MINNEAPOLIS (Feb. 15, 2024) — Cargill and meals tech chief ENOUGH, which produces fermented protein sustainably, are increasing their present partnership to additional innovate nutritious and sustainable various meat and dairy options shoppers crave. Cargill is investing in ENOUGH’s most up-to-date (Sequence C) progress funding marketing campaign and has signed a industrial settlement to make use of and market its fermented protein.

ENOUGH makes use of a pioneering know-how that allows large-scale sustainable protein manufacturing of its signature ABUNDA® mycoprotein. ABUNDA is grown by feeding fungi with sugars from sustainably sourced grain that’s then fermented in a pure manufacturing course of like making beer, wine or yogurt. This creates ABUNDA mycoprotein, a whole meals ingredient that incorporates important amino acids and is excessive in dietary fiber. ABUNDA is produced by a zero-waste fermentation course of, with Cargill’s glucose syrup as a foremost supply.

“Cargill is strengthening its partnership with ENOUGH as a result of the world wants extra protein that’s grown extra sustainably to maintain tempo with international inhabitants progress. Mycoprotein is an rising ingredient with a disruptive position to play resulting from its many advantages together with a meat-like texture, protein profile, scalability and sustainability,” explains Belgin Kose, managing director, Cargill Meat and Dairy Options.  “We stay dedicated to bringing various and conventional protein supply choices to the desk, and our collaboration with ENOUGH is without doubt one of the methods we are able to notice our objective to nourish the world in a protected, accountable and sustainable manner.”

Cargill and ENOUGH have already got a multi-faceted partnership. ENOUGH’s first-of-its-kind 160,000 sq. foot (15,000 sq. metre) manufacturing facility, in-built 2022, is co-located alongside a Cargill facility in Sas van Gent, The Netherlands. Cargill supplies ENOUGH with glucose syrup and utilities in addition to partnering with ENOUGH within the EU-funded PLENITUDE consortium mission.

With the expanded strategic partnership, Cargill will co-create with prospects tasty and nutritious protein various meals containing ABUNDA mycoprotein by leveraging its broad portfolio of plant-based proteins, texturizers and fat, in addition to its formulations and purposes capabilities. ENOUGH will proceed to learn from Cargill’s international footprint and feedstock know-how experience to scale up sooner in Europe and past.

“Increasing our partnership with Cargill is an thrilling step to speed up the nice strides we’ve already made by the co-location of our Sas van Gent facility,” provides Jim Laird, CEO, ENOUGH. “The choice protein market is a multi-billion-dollar alternative, and effectivity will come from collaboration with companions equivalent to Cargill to leverage present demand and provide chain to achieve scale.”

Cargill is a perfect accomplice to assist ENOUGH obtain its purpose to develop over a million tons of ABUNDA cumulatively by 2033. The corporate’s experience as a meals options chief and position on the coronary heart of the meals provide chain permits it to scale up new applied sciences within the various protein house as ENOUGH builds extra capability.

About Cargill

Cargill is dedicated to offering meals, elements, agricultural options, and industrial merchandise to nourish the world in a protected, accountable, and sustainable manner. Sitting on the coronary heart of the provision chain, we accomplice with farmers and prospects to supply, make and ship merchandise which are very important for dwelling.

Our 160,000 crew members innovate with objective, offering prospects with life’s necessities so companies can develop, communities prosper, and shoppers reside nicely. With 159 years of expertise as a household firm, we glance forward whereas remaining true to our values. We put folks first. We attain larger. We do the suitable factor—at this time and for generations to return. For extra info, go to Cargill.com and our Information Heart.

About ENOUGH

ENOUGH (previously 3F BIO) is a food-technology firm with know-how to develop essentially the most sustainable supply of meals protein. Based in 2015, ENOUGH is pioneering excessive scale sustainable protein manufacturing, to sort out the mixed problems with feeding a rising international inhabitants and the unsustainable impression of conventional protein farming.

ENOUGH opened a first-of-its-kind protein manufacturing facility within the Netherlands in 2022 with preliminary capability to provide 10,000 tonnes every year and with plans to doble this by 2025. The corporate has a crew of 65, spanning 15 nationalities, situated in Scotland, England and the Netherlands. For extra details about ENOUGH, please go to http://www.enough-food.com and for media enquiries, please contact Florence Hinds, [email protected].