https://freerepublic.com/tag/fakefoods/ en-us Thu, 7 Jan 2021 18:19:42 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3922539/posts After five years and $8 million dollars, sustainable seafood alternative company New Wave Foods is ready to launch its first product: plant-based shrimp. The shrimp alternative, which the company says has the same flavor and “snap” texture of real shrimp, is made of seaweed and plant proteins derived from mung beans. New Wave Foods is also announcing that it closed an $18 million Series A funding round, led by New Enterprise Associates and Evolution VC Partners (Tyson Ventures, the VC arm of Tyson Foods, had invested in the company in 2019), which will help it scale up its shrimp alternative... fastcompany https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3922539/posts#comment Thu, 7 Jan 2021 18:19:42 GMT