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Ontario-based Nuts For Cheese, maker of dairy-free, plant-based, artisanal cheeses, has announced a $5.35 million round of funding led by Forage Capital Partners along with CPG veterans Mike Fata and Dror Balshine.
Brazilian-founded food-tech brand Future Farm is continuing its launch into the U.S., most recently exhibiting at the 2022 Natural Products Expo West conference in Anaheim, California.
Loryma, a specialist in functional ingredients from wheat has designed special premixes that form an authentic texture in the end product after the addition of water to vegan meat alternatives. They provide numerous opportunities for manufacturers to respond to the trend for vegan meat alternatives with quick and fail-safe convenience products.
The alternative protein market continues to grow, as new companies and legacy companies alike look to build trust with consumers looking for something different.
Mainstream plant-based patties join Before the Butcher’s UNCUT brand and will be sold in the freezer section in resealable 8-packs of quarter-pound patties—2 lbs. at an MSRP of $10.99 (price may vary by retailer).
Dandies Marshmallows (a product of Chicago Vegan Foods) got its start when its cofounder, President and Resident Engineer Ryan Howard, wanted his son to try a marshmallow for the first time. But his son, who was a vegan since birth, was not to consume traditional marshmallows, which contain gelatin, an animal-based ingredient. So it was time for Howard, being a food process engineer, to come up with an alternative, truly vegan marshmallow—which he did in his test kitchen in April of 2008. He called the marshmallows Dandies.
The coming year will be a year of extremes, from “ancient” products including grains, recipes, practices and traditions to the use of technology to create more and better tasting plant-enhanced foods.