USA – Cargill, a global leader in food and agriculture, is strengthening its partnership with food tech leader ENOUGH, a company specializing in sustainable protein production through fermentation.
This expanded collaboration includes Cargill’s investment in Enough’s Series C growth funding campaign and a commercial agreement to use and market Enough’s patented Abunda mycoprotein.
Enough utilizes innovative technology for large-scale sustainable protein production by feeding fungi with sugars from sustainably sourced grains, fermented through a natural process similar to brewing beer, making wine, or producing yogurt.
This process results in Abunda mycoprotein, a complete food ingredient rich in essential amino acids and dietary fiber.
The production of Abunda mycoprotein involves a zero-waste fermentation process, with Cargill’s glucose syrup serving as a primary source.
Belgin Kose, Managing Director of Cargill Meat and Dairy Alternatives, emphasized the world’s increasing need for sustainably grown protein to keep pace with global population growth.
“Abunda mycoprotein, with its meat-like texture, protein profile, scalability, and sustainability, is recognized as an emerging ingredient with disruptive potential.”
Cargill and Enough have an existing multi-faceted partnership, with Enough’s production facility co-located alongside a Cargill facility in Sas van Gent, The Netherlands.
Cargill provides Enough with glucose syrup and utilities and collaborates on the EU-funded Plenitude consortium project.
With this expanded strategic partnership, Cargill aims to co-create tasty and nutritious protein alternative foods containing Abunda mycoprotein, leveraging its extensive portfolio of plant-based proteins, texturizers, and fats, as well as formulation and application capabilities.
Jim Laird, CEO of Enough, expressed excitement about accelerating their progress through collaboration, emphasizing that efficiency in the alternative protein market will come from partnerships like the one with Cargill.
The extended partnership is expected to help Enough achieve its goal of growing over one million tons of ABUNDA cumulatively by 2033.
Cargill’s expertise and position at the heart of the food supply chain make it an ideal partner to scale up new technologies in the alternative protein space while supporting Enough in expanding its capacity in Europe and beyond.
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