Meatless Farm, a Leeds-based vegan meat producer, announced to vegconomist in April it had plans to expand internationally with its popular plantbased mince, sausage and burger products. Now the British company has announced an exclusive 6 month distribution deal with Whole Foods USA, to enter into a market which is hyped for vegan meat products after the phenomenon of the Beyond Meat stock market success.
Dr. Foods and Next Meats Eye US Market Entry with Vegan Alternatives to World’s Top 3 Delicacies
Two Japanese food tech companies — Next Meats and its spinoff Dr. Foods — were finalists in the Alternative Proteins – Cultivated Meat category at the FoodNiche Summit held at Cornell Tech University in New York. At the event, they presented their sustainable versions of the world’s top three delicacies: vegan foie gras, vegan caviar, and the recently launched vegan truffle butter. In its eighth year, the FoodNiche Summit aims to bridge the gap between academic scientific discoveries and marketplace innovations, presenting an excellent expansion opportunity for Dr. Foods and Next Meats. According to the announcement, the Japanese finalists seek local distribution partners to enter the New York market with their plant-based products. “The companies would like to team up together with industry-leading American companies to …