The funding will go toward construction and contract management, the delivery of key process equipment, installation, commissioning and production ramp-up prior to the start of mass production of Solein protein powder.
Deighton produces continuous and batch processing equipment for a variety of consumer products, including nuggets, burgers, appetizers, vegetables, cookies and international foods.
This will be the company’s first industrial-scale production facility, and it will increase the production capacity of protein ingredient Solein from Factory 01’s 160 tons annually to 6,400 tons annually.