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The U.S. Maker of Fake Mayo Pitches China on Fake Eggs

On a recent Monday morning in a Shanghai conference room, four executives from a major Chinese food producer and distributor sat socially distanced from one another, pulled down their masks, and tried some fake eggs. In a makeshift basement office in San Francisco, 15 hours behind, Josh Tetrick, the chief executive officer of egg-substitute maker Eat Just Inc., watched via Zoom.

BusinessweekLarissa ZimberoffJune 4, 2020EatJust, Just Eggs, China, Josh Tetrick, Plant-based, food-tech

Fake-Meat Startups Rake in Cash Amid Food Supply Worries

With meat-processing workers falling victim to the coronavirus, shuttering plants and slowing supply, Americans are starting to see poorly stocked aisles where once beef and pork were plentiful. At the same time, the link between industrial meat production and deadly human viruses has become more widely understood.

BloombergLarissa ZimberoffMay 1, 2020Plant-based, Food-tech, Coller Capital, Beyond Meat, Novameat, Vectr Ventures, Bits x Bites, Plantible, New Crop Capital, Starfield, Manta Ray, Rebellyous Foods, LiveKindly