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Meat- and Fish Alternatives

Rival Foods to Showcase Its Newest Plant-Based Innovation at SIAL Paris

Rival Foods, a Dutch start-up known for its innovative shear cell technology, is set to introduce a new line of plant-based meat products at this year’s SIAL trade fair in Paris. Following the success of its plant-based ‘chicken’ range, which includes whole-cut filets, blocks, and pulled varieties, the company is expanding its offerings with a new range of ‘meat’ products. Made from just six natural ingredients, including soy and wheat protein, the new meat pieces offer a high-protein, low-fat, and low-salt alternative, designed to replicate the texture and versatility of traditional meat. Rival Foods aims to cater to both the foodservice industry and home cooking, providing an option that fits seamlessly into a wide range of dishes without compromising on taste or nutrition. “These meat …

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Birgit Dekkers & Willem Spigt of Rival Foods

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Interviews

Rival Foods: “We Believe the Whole Cut Segment Will See a Similar Evolution as the Processed Plant-Based Meat Segment”

Rival Foods develops and uses new technologies to create next-generation plant-based whole-cuts with “unprecedented” size, texture, and juiciness. We speak with the Netherlands based company which has very recently signed a lease for its first production location and is preparing to begin production by June this year. Birgit Dekkers, co-founder and CEO of Rival Foods, graduated as a food scientist and undertook PhD research on Shear Cell technology at Wageningen University, before founding Rival Foods. Willem Spigt, CCO of Rival Foods, graduated with a degree in Law and before joining Rival Foods he brought Beyond Meat to Europe for his previous employer Zandbergen WFM. Could you elaborate on the Shear Cell technology developed by Rival Foods, and how it sets your plant-based whole-cuts apart in …

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A vegan whole-cut

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Fundraising

Rival Foods Raises €6M for High Tech Vegan Whole Cuts

Rival Foods, a company dedicated to plant-based whole cuts, recently announced the completion of its €6M Series A funding round. The raised funds will be invested in developing new formulations with next-generation protein sources, scaling up its technologies, and expanding its operational capabilities.   Based in the Netherlands, it was founded in 2019 by Birgit Dekkers and Ernst Breel as a technology spin-off company from Wageningen University & Research. Rival Foods’ aim is to develop plant-based whole cuts and future products using new technologies and processes. Rival Foods claims that by developing technologies, equipment, processes, and product compositions, it can make plant-based whole cuts that deliver the same fibrous texture, rich mouthfeel, and juiciness experience of an animal cut. Its processes also can turn a wide …

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A vegan whole-cut

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Startups, Accelerators & Incubators

Rival Foods and LIVEKINDLY Collective Partner to Develop Plant-Based Chicken

Rival Foods, a young startup based in Germany which produces whole-cuts of plant-based meat, announced yesterday a partnership with LIVEKINDLY Collective to develop plant-based chicken products. Rival Foods says it has developed and commercialised a production process to transform plant ingredients into high-quality textured proteins with authentic fibrous texture, using very few clean-label ingredients. “The key to convincing consumers to change their eating habits is to create delicious plant-based options that are compelling in taste and texture and can truly replace animal products,” said Birgit Dekkers, co-founder of Rival Foods. “One challenge is the fibrous texture of whole plant-based meats and we are able to optimise this requirement and ensure sensory superiority within the plant-based product category.” LIVEKINDLY Collective has over the past year made …

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