Impossible Foods

Impossible Foods
Private
Industry Food
Founded 2011
Founders Patrick O. Brown, Tal Ronnen, Monte Casino
Headquarters Redwood City, California, US
Website www.impossiblefoods.com

Impossible Foods is a company that develops imitation meats and cheeses made entirely from plants. Headquartered in Redwood City, California,[1] the company aims to give people the taste and nutritional benefits of foods that come from animals without the negative health and environmental impact.[2] The company looked at animal products at the molecular level, then selected specific proteins and nutrients from greens, seeds, and grains to recreate the experience of meats and dairy products.[2]

Patrick O. Brown, a former biochemistry professor at Stanford, co-founded the company with chef Tal Ronnen and cheesemaker Monte Casino.[3]

Impossible Foods has raised rounds of $75 million and $108 million from investors including Google Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Viking Global Investors, UBS,[4] Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing's Horizons Ventures and Bill Gates’.[5]

Products

Impossible Foods currently produces a plant-based cheeseburger, almond milk cheeses, ricotta, ravioli, and cream-cheese-like cheeses. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Impossible Foods". Crunch Base. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Impossible Foods". Impossible Foods. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
  3. 1 2 Loizos, Connie. "Impossible Foods Raises a Whopping $108 Million For Its Plant-Based Burgers". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2015-10-07.
  4. ↑ "Forget Lab Beef, Impossible Foods’ 100% Plant-Based Cheeseburger Is Our Future". Motherboard. Retrieved 2015-10-07.
  5. ↑ Katie Fehrenbacher (2014-10-08). "Meet Impossible Foods, another VC-backed veggie meat startup". Gigaom. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
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