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May. 6, 2021 3:49 PM
The former general manager of HP Indigo will be an active chairman of the Israeli startup Redefine Meat, which specializes in printing of protein substitutes. In an interview, he admitted he eats real meat, but still dreams of creating a vegetarian steak
The startup Redefine Meat announced this week that Alon Bar-Shany, the former general manager of HP Indigo, has been named the company’s active chairman.
Bar-Shany left HP Indigo last June after 25 years with the company, including 16 as general manager. Now, he is switching from printing color on paper to the three-dimensional printing of protein substitutes.
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This month, Impossible Foods is embarking on a mission to help young Americans build better dietary habits and tackle the climate crisis by introducing plant-based meat at school cafeterias. To support its goal, Impossible Foods secured a Child Nutrition (CN) label an accreditation from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) which allows its Impossible Burger products, both patties and bulk, to be served for breakfast and lunch in K-12 schools nationwide. Every year, schools serve approximately 5 billion lunches and 2.4 billion breakfasts to children, many of which include a variety of animal products. Impossible Foods’ new CN label allows it to introduce its plant-based meat products to meet young people’s nutritional requirements and help them to make better choices for themselves, animals, and the environment.
Beyond Meat shares tumble as restaurant closures weigh on sales
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Beyond Meat Inc.âs sales in the first quarter missed Wall Streetâs expectations as the maker of plant-based meat substitutes grappled with lingering slowdowns and closures of restaurants, stadiums and campuses that account for a significant portion of its business. The shares fell in late trading.
Net revenue climbed 11 per cent to US$108.2 million in the period ending April 3, according to a statement Thursday. Still, that fell short of the US$113.2 million average of analystsâ estimates compiled by Bloomberg. An adjusted loss of 42 cents a share also missed estimates.
Impossible Foods targets K-12 foodservice market after securing USDA Child Nutrition Label for its plant-based meat Impossible Foods is heading into K-12 schools across the US this month via pilot programs in California, Washington, and Oklahoma ahead of a wider K-12 market entry in the fall, after securing a Child Nutrition Label for its burgers from the USDA s food and nutrition service.
Child Nutrition (CN) Labels are voluntary food crediting statements authorized by the USDA that make it easier for schools participating in federal child nutrition programs, including the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program, to determine how much a particular food contributes to federal meal pattern requirements.
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Brave new ‘animal-free’ world: When animal products are no longer made from animals, what do we call them? (And are they vegan?) By Elaine Watson
Picture: GettyImages-Artis777 Thanks to advances in synthetic biology, with the right set of instructions, an army of microscopic little food factories (yeast, fungi, bacteria, algae etc) can now make animal proteins without animals, from collagen and egg albumin to whey protein if you feed them sugar and put them in a fermentation tank. But what do we call them? And are they vegan?
It’s a question that companies in this emerging ‘precision fermentation’ space have been wrestling with since day one (