This year, Green Common will be collaborating with Patisserie La Lune for the first time to release the Vegan Custard Mooncake. The popular Blueberry Mixed Nuts Vegan Mooncake released last year will be back on shelf as well. Both versions are made in Hong Kong and are entirely free of preservatives.
AAK Foodservice Acquires Aquafaba Butter Producer Fora Foods
Leading vegetable oil and fats producer AAK FoodService has acquired Fora Foods. Fora is the company behind ForA:Butter, a plant-based product made with cocoa butter, coconut oil, and coconut cream. The most significant difference between ForA and other vegan butters is its use of aquafaba (the cooking water from chickpeas) as an emulsifier. The company claims that this unusual formulation makes it one of the only products to be a true 1:1 substitute for dairy butter. AAK already manufactures ForA:Butter, making the acquisition a natural next step. Fora Foods was founded in 2018 by Andrew McClure and Aidan Altman. The same year, the company raised $1.4 million from investors such as New Crop Capital and Blue Horizon. Currently, the product (previously known as Faba Butter) …