A briefing on the Plant Protein Company's development(2024.12)

Plant Protein Market

• Australia is spending $13.6 million on plant-based protein research to boost pulse exports.
• Agrocorp International and Megmilk Snow Brand have jointly established a plant protein facility called Agro Snow in Johor, Malaysia. The plant mainly extracts high-quality plant protein from beans such as lentils and chickpeas.
• The Hubei Jiuyuan Xin Food Project, with a total investment of 300 million yuan, started. The project mainly researches and innovates the soy protein vegetarian meat products.
• Ingredion and Lantmannen have entered into a strategic partnership to change the plant-based protein market with innovative, high-quality pea proteins.
• Beverage solutions provider Refresco has announced that it has successfully acquired Spain's Frias Nutricion. 

Plant Protein Products Plan

•  Jiaxing Future Food Research Institute develops high-quality plant texturized fiber protein and realizes industrialization.
• Cremer Foods has launched a new plant texturized fiber protein, STVP. The features of the product: fast rehydration (about one hour at room temperature), water retention rate 270%, room temperature storage.
• Ingredion, Inc. introduces Vitessence Pea 200 D, a new product aimed at nutritional    beverage manufacturers. The protein content of Vitessence Pea 200 D can reach 80%, and it has good solubility, good dispersion, and no gritty feeling.
• Beyond Meat introduces a new product, Beyond Sun SausageⅢ. Its main ingredients include spinach, colored peppers, peas, brown rice, and red lentil protein.
• BettaF! sh has launched a plant-based salmon called SAL-NOM, made with European organic seaweed and bean protein.

The Plant Protein Research Progress

• The University of Minnesota team modified the molecular structure of pea and chickpea proteins with transglutaminase. This technique enhances the gelatinicity and stability of the protein.
• Chickpeas have a maximum protein content of 22% in existing varieties. Scientists in India have created a chickpea with up to 26% protein.
• Sea lettuce is a kind of seaweed, rich in high-quality protein and many kinds of nutrients. Chalmers University of Technology found a new method of extracting sea lettuce protein. The extraction efficiency of this method is three times higher than that of the traditional method.