The raw pea protein of artificial meat is actually a by-product of Longkou fans.
On the evening of September 4, Shuangta Foods (002481) (hereafter referred to as the Twin Towers) announced an announcement of two new developments in the field of “artificial meat”:
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Recently continued collaborative research, Twin Tower Pea protein vegetarian mooncakes, some products of pea protein fillings have been developed. According to the announcement, the new product fills the gap in the domestic pea protein meat field;
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Twin Towers and Rare Meat
(Beijing) Food Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Zhen Meat”) signed the “Strategic Cooperation Framework Agreement” and established a strategic partnership between the two parties.
June is a pea protein food company first reported in July this year, mentioned in the article Zhen meat is cooperating with a leading company in pea protein. It is expected that in September this year, the first “plant meat” product with pea protein as the main raw material will be produced. Now that the mystery is unveiled, the partner of Jane Meat is the “double-tower food” of the A-share listed company, and the new development of the first “artificial meat moon cake” will continue to follow.
In May of this year, the US “artificial meat” leader Beyond Meat landed on Nasdaq, and its share price rose 163% on the first day of listing. This achievement is stimulating,A number of domestic “artificial meat” concept stocks will follow Up, the Twin Towers are one of them.
Before, the most famous main products of the Twin Towers are Longkou fans. The fans need to use pea starch, and the protein is precipitated in the waste water. According to The semi-annual report released in August: The twin towers and research institutes jointly tackled the problem, and developed the technology of “food protein extracted from fan wastewater and its production process” obtained by the national invention patent. The protein slurry discharged from the company’s starch is used as raw material to produce edible protein; the current recovery rate of pea protein reaches 95.5%, and the pea protein which was previously only sold as feed has become a new profit growth point of the company.
The semi-annual report also showed that the sales revenue of Shuangta in the first half of the year was about 1.15 billion yuan. At present, among the sub-products of Shuangta, fans accounted for 17.98% of the operating revenue, and food protein accounted for 27.96%; In the interactive platform, Shuangta Foods also responded to investors saying: “The company’s protein exports account for about 80%”, “Currently passed “Distributors supply Beyond Meat”, “The market share of pea protein in the international market is over 35%, and the domestic market share is about 50%”.
The two major American artificial meat companies, Beyond Meat and Impossible Food, the former mainly based on pea protein, using beet juice to imitate the “blood color” of meat; the latter is based on soy protein and wheat protein. Lord, use “soy hemoglobin” to replicate the true color of the meat.
About the new product, the twin towers were introduced in the announcement: The company has recently developed a series of products of pea protein meat moon cake and pea protein meat stuffing through continuous cooperative research. The products mainly use pea tissue protein and peas. The brushed protein is a raw material, which has the characteristics of high water retention, high elasticity, high organization, and the like, and has remarkable characteristics such as no common allergen, no transgenic, no cholesterol, and no antibiotic.
With regard to the content of cooperation, the Twin Towers said: 1. To carry out cooperation and innovation in the field of vegetable protein meat. 2. Try joint market development, promotion and product marketing. 3. Give full play to the advantages of both parties and provide professional services. 4. Actively explore and expand a broader space for cooperation.
Beyond Meat “There has been a lot of enthusiasm for the artificial meat industry in the past few months. The progress of new companies and new products has continued to be exposed to the public. Not long ago, KFC also tried to sell “artificial meat fried chicken” in the US market, within 5 hours. Sold out, further verifying how much the American people are buying in artificial meat; This year’s Taobao Creation Festival also invited Hong Kong maker Omni Pork to showcase its products.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, and we will continue to pay attention to the latest developments in this artificial meat moon cake.
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