Hugo Cameron
Key players in the oat industry want to capitalise on increasing demand, with the country s first plant-based milk factory on the horizon.
Artist impression of New Zealand Functional Foods plant-based milk factory.
Photo: Supplied / New Zealand Functional Foods
The Oat Industry Group, comprised of growers, processors and retailers, met near Gore today to talk about opportunities for the future of the grain.
Southland s economic development agency thought there was potential for plant-based beverages in the region and formed a company, New Zealand Functional Foods, to commercialise production.
Functional Foods chair Roger Carruthers said once it had secured enough investment, construction on a high-tech plant in Invercargill would get underway.