Minneapolis (February 15, 2024) — Cargill and Enough, a food technology leader in sustainably producing fermented proteins, expand their current partnership to further innovate nutritious and sustainable meat and dairy alternative solutions that consumers crave doing. Cargill is investing in sufficienthas participated in its latest (Series C) growth funding campaign and entered into a commercial agreement to use and sell fermented proteins.
Enough uses its signature ABUNDA pioneering technology that enables large-scale, sustainable protein production.® mycoprotein. ABUNDA is grown by feeding fungi with sugars derived from sustainably sourced grains, which are then fermented in natural production processes such as beer, wine and yogurt production. This produces ABUNDA mycoprotein, a complete food ingredient containing essential amino acids and rich in dietary fiber. ABUNDA is produced from Cargill’s glucose syrup through a zero-waste fermentation process.
“Cargill is strengthening our partnership with ENOUGH because the world needs more protein grown in more sustainable ways to keep pace with global population growth. It is an emerging ingredient with a disruptive role to play because of its many benefits, including texture, protein profile, scalability, and sustainability,” explained Bergin Kose, Cargill Meat and Dairy Alternatives Managing Director. To do. “We remain committed to bringing alternative and traditional protein source options to the table, and our collaboration with ENOUGH is a great addition to our commitment to nourishing the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way. This is one way to achieve this goal.”
Cargill and ENOUGH already have a multifaceted partnership. His 160,000 square foot (15,000 square meter) production facility, Enough’s first, will be built in 2022. Located in the same location as the Cargill facility In Sas van Ghent, Netherlands. Cargill not only provides glucose syrup and utilities for His ENOUGH, but also partners with His ENOUGH, which receives EU funding. PLENITUDE Consortium Project.
Expanding strategic partnership allows Cargill to leverage its broad portfolio of plant-based proteins, texturizers and fats, formulation and application capabilities to co-develop delicious and nutritious protein alternatives with customers, including ABUNDA mycoprotein I will continue to do so. Enough will continue to benefit from Cargill’s global footprint and raw material technology expertise to scale up more quickly in Europe and beyond.
“Expanding our partnership with Cargill is a great step in accelerating the great progress we have already made through our co-location with the Sass Van Ghent facility,” said Enough CEO Jim Laird. adds. “The alternative protein market is a multibillion-dollar opportunity, and working with partners like Cargill to leverage existing demand and supply chains to scale will bring efficiencies.”
Cargill is the ideal partner to fully support our goal of producing more than 1 million tonnes of ABUNDA by 2033. The company’s expertise as a leader in food solutions and its role at the heart of the food supply chain enables Cargill to scale up new technologies in global markets. Sufficient amount of alternative protein space to build additional capacity.
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about enough
ENOUGH (formerly 3F BIO) is a food technology company with the technology to grow the most sustainable food protein sources. Founded in 2015, his ENOUGH pioneers large-scale sustainable protein production to tackle the complex problems of feeding a growing world population and the unsustainable impacts of conventional protein farming. It has become a person.
Enough will open a first-of-its-kind protein factory in the Netherlands in 2022, with an initial production capacity of 10,000 tonnes per year, with plans to double this by 2025. The company has a team of 65 people in Scotland from 15 countries. , England and the Netherlands. Learn more about Enough here. http://www.enough-food.com For media inquiries, please contact Florence Hines. [email protected].
