Meat+Poultry - May 2022 - SUPP – 8

NEWS AND TRENDS
Meat alternative moves
Makers of cell-based and plant-based meats continue
making progress and achieving success
By MEAT+POULTRY Staff
meatpoultry@sosland.com
PLANET BASED FOODS, US FOODS
FORM DISTRIBUTION PARTNERSHIP
Planet Based Foods, San Diego, Calif.,
announced US Foods Inc., as a new distribution
partner of PBF plant-based
meal options.
US Foods will supply a variety of
plant-based products to restaurants,
business and industry, health care and
independent and multi-unit foodservice
operators throughout Southern
California. US Foods' La Mirada and
Corona divisions will stock The Original
Burger, Mild Breakfast Sausage Patties
and The Italian Sausage Crumble. The
Green Chili Southwest Burger and Hot
Breakfast Sausage Patties will also be
available via special order.
" As our new distribution partner, we
are thrilled that US Foods will be debuting
the Planet Based Foods brand to
their significant customer base, highlighting
us as a premier and unique
offering in their substantial plantbased
and
healthy-eating
said
Braelyn Davis, president and chief
executive officer of Planet Based
Foods. " We are very excited
to be working with one of
America's leading food distributors
and look forward to expanding
our product reach through this evolving
partnership. "
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2022 MEAT ALTERNATIVE TRENDS + TECHNOLOGY MEAT+POULTRY
TOBACCO PLANTS TO HELP SCALE
CELLULAR MEAT PRODUCTION
Food technology startup BioBetter Ltd.
is using the tobacco plant (Nicotiana
tabacum) to scale up production of cellular
meat, which could reduce costs of
the product at retail and foodservice.
Cell-derived meat requires a culture
medium composed of a mix of amino
acids, nutrients and growth factors,
which are needed for cells to multiply.
Israeli-based BioBetter turns tobacco
plants into bioreactors for expression
and large-scale production of the
proteins. The company said a proprietary
protein extraction and purification
technology allows BioBetter to
exploit nearly the entire tobacco plant
while delivering a high-purity product
at broad scale production.
The company sources tobacco
plants from local growers but plans to
eventually source the raw material from
tobacco growers globally.
" There are multiple advantages to
using Nicotiana tabacum as a hardy
vector for producing GFs (growth factors)
of non-animal origin, " explained
Amit Yaari, PhD, CEO of BioBetter. " It
is an abundant crop that has no place
in the food-and-feed chain due to its
extremely bitter taste and content of
undesirable alkaloids.
" The global trend for reducing
tobacco smoking also is raising concerns
among tobacco growers that the
crop might eventually become obsolete.
Yet the tobacco plant has huge potential
to become a key component in the
future of food. "
BioBetter was founded by Oded
Shoseyov, PhD, an entrepreneur and
researcher at The Hebrew University in
Jerusalem; Yarden, a biotech business
expert; and Avi Tzur, who was the first
to invest in the technology.
portfolio, "
MOGALE MEAT CO. MAKES ITS
FIRST CELLULAR CHICKEN ITEM
South Africa-based Mogale Meat Co.,
a portfolio company of CULT Food
Science Corp., successfully developed
its first cell cultured chicken breast product.
The chicken breast is made of real
chicken muscle and fat cells blended
with a mushroom matrix, according to
the company, which was founded by
Dr. Paul Bartels, a wildlife veterinarian
with more than 25 years of experience in
biobanking, cell culture and assisted
reproduction technologies.
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