Project 6

The New Zealand Food Innovation Network is a national network of open-access food and beverage production facilities. We’re here to help innovative, ambitious food businesses scale up and commercialise new products. From research and development, through to manufacturing, we support you with expertise and access to a diverse suite of manufacturing equipment.

Powerful words in an age where consumers are questioning not just what is in their next meal, but what was the environmental cost to put it on their plate.

However, this is the challenge Justin Lemmens and Kyran Rei accepted when they launched Sustainable Food’s Hemp-Based Chicken. While they already produced a number of plant-based meat alternatives under the plan*t brand, they were concerned that all meat analogues produced in New Zealand were primarily made from imported protein powders. Therefore, they set out to find alternatives that could be both sustainably grown in New Zealand and used to make delicious vegan products. They quickly found the unique Hemp protein, containing all nine essential amino acids and grown right here in New Zealand was the perfect solution.

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