New food technology brings vegetables centre stage
9 May, 2021 06:00 PM
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Food Nation co-founders Josie Lambert, left, and Miranda Burdon. Photo / Supplied
The Country
A project enabling New Zealand to tap into the growing market for plant-based products, will let vegetables feature as a "centre of the plate" item, the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) says.
A diverse range of new processed vegetable products was now available on the market,
thanks to $147,000 investment from MPI's Sustainable Food and Fibre Futures (SFF Futures) fund - with more innovation underway.
The two-year project led by Food Nation, which kicked off in mid-2019, aimed to develop a range of plant-based "meat alternative" foods using mushroom seconds and an array of other more novel plants.