Oktoberfest

The Raging Pig Company has launched the Raging Weißwurst, a plant-based Bavarian white sausage alternative.

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Products & Launches

The Raging Pig Company Launches Vegan Bavarian White Sausage for Oktoberfest

Food tech startup The Raging Pig Company has launched the Raging Weißwurst, a plant-based Bavarian white sausage, in partnership with SIGGIS, a restaurant chain based in Munich, to coincide with the 188th edition of Oktoberfest. The innovative product, made with high-quality plant-based ingredients such as peas and mushrooms, will be available as a traditional breakfast served with sweet mustard, pretzels, and white beer.  “Our Raging Weisswurst is the result of intensive research & development and passion for plant-based products. We are convinced that this innovation will not only appeal to convinced vegans, but will also encourage meat lovers to try plant-based alternatives,” says Dr. Arne Ewerbeck, co-founder of The Raging Pig Company. Oktoberfest is taking place in Munich until the 3rd of October, offering many plant-based dishes, including Planteneers’ Bavarian veal …

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Fairs & Events

Plant-Based Bavarian Veal Sausage, Nuremberg Bratwurst & Liver Loaf Available for Oktoberfest 2023

Last year’s Oktoberfest, a traditionally extremely meat-centric beer festival, saw an increased shift towards plant-based offerings, with chef Sebastian Copien hired to develop vegan options, a partnership between the festival and German alt-meat brand GREENFORCE to offer a vegan Weißwurst (white sausage) for the first time, as well as Redefine Meat presenting its new Redefine New-Meat™ Bratwurst. The first announcement in the plant-based space for this year’s festival comes from Planteneers, which reveals its capabilities to offer caterers favorites like Bavarian veal sausage, Thuringer, and Nuremberg bratwurst, and an entirely plant-based liver loaf. “Our fiild-Meat flexible stabilizing system is based on pea and fava bean protein, hydrocolloids, and starch,” explains Dr. Pia Meinlschmidt, Team Leader Product Management at Planteneers. “It lets manufacturers use conventional processing …

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Fairs & Events

Vegan Versions of Classic Dishes to Be Offered at Oktoberfest 2022

A significant shift is set to take place at Oktoberfest 2022, as several vegan options are added to menus for what may be the first time in the event’s history. The Munich-based beer festival is known for its meat-heavy dishes, with 435,000 chickens and 124 oxen said to be consumed each year. But change is coming — the Ochsenbraterei, a venue best known for publicly grilling oxen on a rotisserie, has hired chef Sebastian Copien to develop vegan options. With Copien’s help, the menu now features three plant-based dishes — vegan patties with potato salad, vegan bratwurst with sauerkraut, and mushroom goulash with pulled plant-based meat. “Vegetarian and vegan diets are not a trend, but have been proven to be good for people and nature,” …

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Investments & Finance

GREENFORCE Secures €15M From Prominent Investors

German climate-neutral company GREENFORCE has raised €15 million in an equity round to accelerate growth, international expansion and the continued expansion of its research and development centre in Munich. GREENFORCE is a vegan food tech company developing, marketing and distributing sustainable meat and dairy alternatives. The company, winner of the 2021 Green Product Award and PETA’s Vegan Food Award, sells vegan Easy-to-Mix products in powder form in e-commerce and food retail with about 8,500 sales outlets so far. The food tech company also brings prominent investors on board: presenter and entrepreneur Joko Winterscheidt and delicatessen expert and Oktoberfest host Michael Käfer join a significantly oversubscribed private placement alongside renowned institutional investors from Germany and abroad. Joko Winterscheidt states: “The impact of reducing animal products is …

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