the industry
alt-protein & food tech industry
alt-protein & alt-products
"Alt-protein" is alternative protein. Instead of using animals for meat, eggs, and dairy, companies in this space use alternative sources. These sources include plant-based, fermentation-derived, and cultivated-based (cell-based) alternatives. The "alt" space extends past protein and includes all sorts of food and material products.
The advantages of alternative protein and products have impacted their viability in the marketplace. Human health benefits, positive environmental and agriculture implications, and financial profitability are areas of keen interest for both the consumer and the investor.
Vital Gains serves companies that are in business to provide: ingredient sourcing | food production | food manufacturing | equipment | logistics | food-service | materials manufacturing | wholesale suppliers | retail
food tech & cell ag
The food technology (food tech) sector continues to innovate to mitigate the risks involved in production, preservation, and quality of food. Food safety, both during food processing and consumer use, is at the core of these technologies. Pasteurization, freeze-drying, and cellular agriculture are examples of food technology.
Cellular agriculture (cell ag) uses biotechnology and tissue engineering to harvest animal cell cultures to produce proteins, fats, tissues, and flavorings. Cell ag production allows for use of animal cells without the raising or slaughtering of farmed livestock.
food tech & cell ag
The food technology (food tech) sector continues to innovate to mitigate the risks involved in production, preservation, and quality of food. Food safety, both during food processing and consumer use, is at the core of these technologies. Pasteurization, freeze-drying, and cellular agriculture are examples of food technology.
Cellular agriculture (cell ag) uses biotechnology and tissue engineering to harvest animal cell cultures to produce proteins, fats, tissues, and flavorings. Cell ag production allows for use of animal cells without the raising or slaughtering of farmed livestock.
our sectors
The plant-based protein market includes proteins derived from soy, wheat, pea, canola, potato, rice, corn, nut, and algae. Business growth in the plant-based protein market has been exponential and continues to expand.
In addition to the plant-based protein market, which includes meats, eggs, milks and cheeses, the plant-based market extends way beyond those products. Vital Gains supports these businesses too. From plant-based pesto to cactus leather, and everything in between.
food service distribution
Vital Gains assists companies involved in the distribution of alt-proteins and alt-products. If your business is in the logistical pipeline of ingredient or material manufacturing, supply, equipment, transportation, or storage, please be in touch to see if we can help your business grow via merger or acquisition.
Cultivated meat (aka cultured meat, clean meat, cell-based meat, lab-grown meat) is real animal meat produced by cultivating animal cells without the requirement to slaughter the animal. Vital Gains is optimistic about this emerging sector and its innovative technology.
Cultivating animal cells for fats, flavorings and gelatins is an exciting sector of the marketplace. Like with cultivated meat these products are lab-grown and the end-product is animal-derived, but the use of slaughtered farmed animals is removed from the process.
Fermentation is the ancient process of converting carbohydrates to alcohol using yeasts and bacteria. These products are in a growing marketplace that is thriving with alternative solutions like fermented milk, tofu, tempeh, bean curd, and pickled foods.
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