Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Hormel Foods Corporation, kahi hui meaʻai hōʻailona honua, i kāna hui ʻoihana, ʻo 199 Ventures, ua komo i kahi hui kūʻokoʻa me The Better Meat Co. wahi kuai.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ʻo 199 Ventures i ka makahiki 2019 e Hormel Foods e lilo i incubator meaʻai i mua o ka ʻoihana, e komo pū ana i ka hoʻopukapuka ʻana i nā hui e kūlike me nā hoʻolālā ulu ʻana o Hormel Foods.
E hana pū nā hui ʻelua e hoʻomohala i ka hanauna hou o nā huahana protein ʻokoʻa ʻono maikaʻi, maikaʻi, a hoʻomau me ka The Better Meat Co.'s innovative Rhiza mycoprotein ingredient.
Hana ʻia ma o ka fermentation ʻuala i hoʻokumu ʻia e The Better Meat Co., ʻo Rhiza kahi mycoprotein meaʻai maoli maoli me kahi ʻano ʻiʻo like ʻole. Ke hoʻokiʻekiʻe nei i ka protein ma mua o nā hua manu a ʻoi aku ka hao ma mua o ka pipi, hāʻawi ʻo Rhiza i kahi hanauna hou o ka protein holoholona manuahi ʻole no ka mākeke ʻiʻo ʻokoʻa.
ʻO Fred Halvin, ka Hope Pelekikena o ka hoʻomohala ʻoihana ma Hormel Foods:
"ʻOliʻoli mākou e hana pū me ka hui ʻo The Better Meat Co. e hoʻomau i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka mycoprotein ʻono a kūpono hoʻi a me nā huahana protein-mea kanu."
ʻO kēia hui ʻana ka hana hou loa i nā huahana mea kanu e Hormel Foods. ʻO ka poe ʻAʻole ia he malihini i ka protein i hoʻokumu ʻia i nā mea kanu me nā huahana kūʻai e like me Planters® peanuts, SKIPPY® peanut butter, a me Justin's® nut butter, a me kekahi mau mea kanu pizza toppings ma ka ʻoihana lawelawe meaʻai ma o kāna hui Burke Corporation a ma lalo o ka Happy Little. Makana Plants®.
ʻO ka Better Meat Co. kahi hoʻomaka ʻenehana meaʻai hoʻomau i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Sacramento i hoʻokumu ʻia ma 2018. Ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻolako ʻoihana-ʻoihana, hoʻolaha ia i nā ala hou o ka hana ʻana i ka protein holoholona ʻole ma o ka fermentation, e hana ana i nā mea e like me Rhiza e hoʻoikaika i ka meaʻai. ʻO nā hui e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka hoʻomau ʻoiai e hana ana i ka meatiest alt-protein hiki.
ʻO Doni Curkendall, ka pelekikena hope o nā hana ma The Better Meat Co:
"Haʻaheo mākou e hui pū me Hormel Foods e hoʻokuʻu i ka mana o ka fermentation e kūkulu i kahi lako meaʻai ʻoi aku ka hoʻomau. Loaʻa i ka Hormel Foods kahi pae hohonu o ka ʻike i nā protein holoholona a me nā mea kanu, a ke kakali nei mākou i ka hana pū ʻana e lawe i kā mākou mycoprotein ʻono i ka honua.