潜水简介：
- Equinom将生产自定义的豌豆蛋白，以作为食品技术公司与无肉成分的新供应协议的一部分用于肉类农场的产品。根据Equinom的一份声明，来自Equinom的新型PEA蛋白将提供约50％的蛋白质，并减少无肉农场的整体碳足迹。
- 这种合作伙伴关系是Equinom首次涉及CPG公司的黄豌豆蛋白成分。这家总部位于以色列的公司专注于针对人类食品计划的专业农作物育种，以使其在今年晚些时候在基于植物的空间中选择其定制的豌豆蛋白。
- Equinom is known for its work using conventional breeding to improve the taste, nutrition and performance of commonly used ingredients. The company, which closed a$20 million funding roundthis summer, produces all non-GMO ingredients and is also working on improving芝麻种子和soybeans。
潜水见解：
Equinom has been working on improving the yellow pea since 2015, and its program is beginning to bear fruit. Avichai Amrad, Equinom's projects and partnership manager and head of the company's yellow pea program, said that increasing demand for alternative proteins makes the up-and-coming ingredient worthy of the company's attention. After all, he said, common plant-based proteins like soy and wheat can only do so much.
The two companies have been talking about this potential partnership for a long time, Amrad said. CPG companies, which are used to buying whatever ingredients are available, do not always consider the possibilities of improving and modifying them. Meatless Farm, a European plant-based meat company whose products are available in 20 countries including the U.S., would benefit from Equinom's work in its pea crop and be able to tout its higher protein content and easier ingredient farming, which lowers its carbon footprint.
阿姆拉德（Amrad）表示，该协议对Equinom也有重大好处，这象征着该空间中第一个“闭环”项目 - 成分制造商和制造商一起工作。
他说：“这是一个很好的过程，我们可以创新。”“他们可以告诉我们他们生产中的所有食物，食物中的所有东西，我们可以看到最终产品。然后，我们可以将其带回遗传学和豌豆，并繁殖出更好的产品，以供更好的产品用于他们。”
Meatless Farm Founder Morten Toft Bech noted Equinom's research into developing nutritious and sustainable plant-based ingredients and its ability to naturally and efficiently breed seeds. "We are committed to creating a more sustainable global food system from field to fork and partnering with Equinom takes us a step closer to reaching a net zero supply chain," Bech said in an emailed statement. "The higher protein content of our products will also help achieve our mission to help people reduce their meat consumption by providing credible plant-based swaps for meat that are accessible and still taste great."
Yellow peas have been one of thekey ingredients for plant-based food近年来，但从历史上看，这种作物并没有看到太多的创新。根据Equinom的统计数据，它是肉类替代品增长最快的蛋白质来源，到2029年，全球范围的价值将超过1,400亿美元。told Food Navigatorlast August that there had been 600 product launches in 2019, and 490 up to that point in 2020.
而豌豆植物应用很受欢迎s, the nutritional value of these products与肉相比可能缺少。Dialing up the nutritional value of pea protein could make these proteins more desirable for manufacturers.
Having an example of what Equinom's improved pea protein can do on the market could also provide a boost. CPG manufacturers and ingredient processors will be able to test its performance in the Meatless Farm products and see if the nutrition, taste and mouthfeel are as good as promised.
但是，该协议可以以更广泛的方式使Equinom受益。对使用黄豌豆没有兴趣的制造商和成分公司将看到Equinom如何通过其育种方法来定制这种豌豆成分满足无肉农场的需求。它可能会激发更多的公司进行不同的思考，即考虑使原材料更适合最终产品量身定制的方法 - 并与Equinom合作以定制更多的农作物。
