Ingredient supplier Fiber Foods is taking its dried jack fruit ingredient to a more global audience with the help of recent funding from venture capital firm PeakBridge, as hybrid plant-based and animal-based meat products gain traction, company co-founder Ineke Aquarius told FoodNavigator-USA.
Jackfruit’s popularity is rising in the global food industry as an affordable meat alternative that can make our favorite fast-food burgers, nuggets, and breakfast sausages more sustainable.