IHormel Foods Corporation, okuyinkampani yokudla okunegama lomhlaba wonke, imemezele inkampani yayo eqalayo, i-199 Ventures, isingene ebudlelwaneni obukhethekile ne-The Better Meat Co. indawo yemakethe.
I-199 Ventures yasungulwa ngo-2019 ngabakwaHormel Foods ukuze ibe incubator yenkampani eyisa phambili ukudla, okuhlanganisa nokutshala imali ezinkampanini ezihambisana namasu okukhula eHormel Foods.
Lezi zinkampani ezimbili zizosebenzisana ukuthuthukisa isizukulwane esilandelayo semikhiqizo enambitheka kahle, enempilo, futhi eqhubekayo ehlukile ngesithako se-The Better Meat Co. sika-Rhiza mycoprotein.
Ikhiqizwe ngokuvutshelwa okusekelwe kumazambane okuqalwe yi-The Better Meat Co., i-Rhiza iwukudla kwemvelo yonke okuyi-mycoprotein okunokuthungwa okumangalisayo okufana nenyama. Njengoba izidla ngamaprotheni amaningi kunamaqanda kanye nensimbi eningi kuneyenkomo, i-Rhiza inikeza isizukulwane esisha samaprotheni angenazilwane esimeme emakethe ekhulayo yenyama.
UFred Halvin, iphini likaMongameli wezokuthuthukiswa kwebhizinisi eHormel Foods:
“Siyajabula ukusebenzisana nethimba le-The Better Meat Co. ukuze siqhubeke nokunikeza i-mycoprotein emnandi nelula kanye nemikhiqizo yamaprotheni esekelwe ezitshalweni.”
Lokhu kubambisana kuwumzamo wakamuva wemikhiqizo esekwe ezitshalweni yiHormel Foods. I inkampani awazi kahle amaphrotheni asekelwe ezitshalweni anemikhiqizo yokudayisa efana namakinati e-Planters®, ibhotela lamantongomane i-SKIPPY®, nebhotela lamantongomane ka-Justin's®, kanye nezithako ezimbalwa ezisekelwe ezitshalweni ze-pizza embonini yesevisi yokudla ngenkampani engaphansi kwayo iBurke Corporation nangaphansi kwe-Happy Little. I-Plants® brand.
I-Better Meat Co iyisiqalo sobuchwepheshe bokudla obuzinzile obusekelwe e-Sacramento eyasungulwa ngo-2018. Njengomhlinzeki wezithako zebhizinisi-kuya-ibhizinisi, iphayona izindlela ezintsha zokukhiqiza amaprotheni angenazilwane ngokuvutshelwa, ekhiqiza izithako ezifana ne-Rhiza enika amandla ukudla. izinkampani zithuthukise ukusimama ngenkathi zenza i-alt-protein eyinyama kakhulu ibe khona.
U-Doni Curkendall, iphini likamongameli omkhulu wokusebenza e-The Better Meat Co:
“Siyaziqhenya ukusebenzisana neHormel Foods ukukhipha amandla okuvutshelwa ukuze sakhe ukudla okuzinzile. I-Hormel Foods inebhentshi elijulile lobuchwepheshe kukho kokubili amaprotheni ezilwane nezitshalo, futhi sibheke ngabomvu ukusebenzisana ukuze silethe i-mycoprotein yethu emnandi emhlabeni.