IMPOSSIBLE FOODS
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Founder and Stanford University Professor Dr. Patrick O. Brown decided to switch the course of his career to address the urgent problem of climate change. In particular, he wanted to make the global food system sustainable by producing meat and dairy products from plants. The company plans to expand globally and commercialize additional meat, fish and dairy products.
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Heme is an iron-containing molecule found in every living organism —both plants and animals. The Impossible Burger gets its heme from the protein soy leghemoglobin, which is naturally found in soy roots. Impossible Foods produces soy leghemoglobin through genetic engineering and fermentation.
As of January 2019, Impossible’s new recipe contains no gluten, 0mg cholesterol and is kosher and halal-certified. It has no animal hormones or antibiotics.
Its first large-scale food manufacturing site is in nearby Oakland, California, and can produce about 2 million pounds of plant based meat per month. Impossible Foods is planning additional commercial-scale production facilities.
Impossible Foods Appoints First Chief Demand Officer 6 January 2023
Impossible Foods Cuts 6% Of Its Workforce Amid Restructuring 7 October 2022
Impossible Foods launches frozen meals 1 September 2022
Impossible Foods reformulates to have less fat than beef 30 August 2022
Impossible Foods Launches in the United Kingdom 18 May 2022
Inside Impossible Foods’ colossal US$4 billion empire 20 April 2022
New CEO takes over at Impossible Foods 18 March 2022
Reuters: Impossible Foods legal chief jumps to Twilio 11 November 2021
Food Navigator: Impossible Foods confirms plans for UK launch 20 October 2021
TechCrunch: Impossible plant-based sausage is coming 11 August 2021
Impossible meat returns at Wayback Burgers 22 February 2021
Nathan’s Famous, Inc announced its partnership with Impossible Food 16 February 2021
Rubio’s to add Impossible Meat made from plants to the menu 6 January 2021
Business Wire: "Buy Impossible Burger, Give Impossible Burger" 1 December 2020
"Beyond Meat is not a competitor", says Impossible food CEO 28 November 2020
Tech Crunch: Impossible Foods gobbles up another US$200M 14 August 2020
Vox: Disney partners with Impossible Foods 27 February 2020
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