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Products & Launches

Haofood Launches Umami-Packed ‘Carefree Pulled Chickless’ Chicken Made of Peanuts

Chinese peanut-based chicken brand Haofood has announced the launch of its latest innovation — Carefree Pulled Chickless (轻享素素肌™) — a clean-label plant-based chicken “with a strong umami sensation” at various restaurants and DTC in China. The new peanut-based chicken comes in three flavours — Original, Xinjiang Spices, and Salt & Pepper — and the company claims it is free from artificial additives, preservatives, thickeners, water retention agents, colourings, flavourings, and MSG, offering a high-quality nutritional profile. Astrid Prajogo, Haofood’s founder and CEO, shared: “Clean-label products will be more favourable for consumers, as one of the main reasons to choose plant-based products is for health benefits. The consumer demands the assurance that they are eating the healthiest and safest food product and, at the same time, that it …

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Retail & E-Commerce

Chinese Alt Chicken Brand Haofood Rolls out into 2,300 Lawson Stores

China’s peanut-based chicken brand Haofood has announced a new retail partnership with leading Chinese convenience store Lawson. Haofood’s new vegan satay nugget on a stick product is now available for retail at over 2,300 Lawson stores across China. To be sold initially at Lawson stores in Shanghai, Zhejiang, and Jiangsu provinces, Haofood will leverage Lawson’s market experience to accelerate its retail strategy and product availability throughout China. The move comes at a time when China’s millennials are embracing flexitarian, vegetarian and vegan diets in record numbers, according to the brand’s research. Haofood’s new vegan satay nugget on a stick product is made with its proprietary Innotein technology – an end-to-end innovation that Haofood claims ensures its products’ nutritional benefits are easily absorbed by the human …

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Investments & Acquisitions

Haofood Raises $3.5M for Peanut-Based Chicken Alternative

China’s Haofood has completed a seed funding round where it raised $3.5 million for its peanut-based chicken alternative. Participants included Monde Nissin CEO Henry Soesanto, ProVeg International, and Big Idea Ventures. The female-led startup plans to use the funding to diversify its channel sales strategy and advance its R&D infrastructure facility. The new facility will enable Haofood to increase and expand its product range, allowing the company to grow its business both domestically and abroad. Haofood’s existing products are already used by over 50 brands across China, including several restaurants, and expansion to other Asian countries is planned. The company says consumers love the peanut-based chicken’s texture and umami flavour. “Uniting past, present, and future” Haofood is a graduate of the fifth cohort of the …

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Products & Launches

Haofood’s Pioneering Peanut-Based Chicken Today Launches Into Shanghai Restaurants

Haofood, a graduate of the fifth ProVeg Incubator programme, is pioneering the usage of peanut protein as a key ingredient in plant-based meat, using its own proprietary extrusion technology and formulation. Founded in 2020, the startup today announces the launch of its peanut chicken into five Shanghai restaurants, as part of its mission to make eating good food forever possible. “We all know eating meat is less sustainable, but it’s an important part of so many traditional menus,” Haofood’s CEO, Astrid Prajogo, explains. “So plant-based meat is one one of the ways to preserve this, because we can continue our culinary heritage but also respect the Earth.” The five restaurants using Haofood’s products to revitalise their cultures’ dishes are Green Friday (Xujiahui Station), Topolino (Changping …

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