新加坡公司融资800万美元用鹰嘴豆打造纯素海鲜产品

原文：https://vegnews.com/2020/4/singapore-company-raises-8-million-to-launch-vegan-shrimp-squid-and-crab-made-from-chickpeas

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SINGAPORE COMPANY RAISES $8 MILLION TO LAUNCH VEGAN SHRIMP, SQUID, AND CRAB MADE FROM CHICKPEAS

新加坡公司融资800万美元用鹰嘴豆打造纯素海鲜产品（虾、蟹和鱿鱼）

Amid disruptions in the animal agriculture industry due to COVID-19, manufacturing company Growthwell Group aims to create a secure food system with innovative plant-based meat, seafood, and dairy products.

当前由于COVID-19（新型冠状病毒疾病）大流行，动物农业产业遭受重创。食品制造企业Growthwell集团希望通过推出创新的植物性肉类、海鲜和奶制品，有力创建一个安全的食品体系。

by ANNA STAROSTINETSKAYA

作者：ANNA STAROSTINETSKAYA

APRIL 28, 2020

2020年4月28日

This week, Singapore-based manufacturing company Growthwell Group announced that it has raised $8 million to fuel its growth in the plant-based food sector, particularly in the area of alternatives to traditional seafood and meat products. The company will use the funding to open a plant-based technology center in Singapore and as investment capital in CHiCK.P—an Israel-based startup that makes chickpea-based proteins for use in vegan meat and dairy products. Growthwell will also develop plant-based seafood such as shrimp, crab patties, and squid using CHiCK.P’s proteins.

总部位于新加坡的食品制造企业Growthwell集团于本周宣布已获得800万美元融资，以大力促进其在植物性食品行业中的增长，特别是在传统海鲜和肉制品的替代品领域。该集团将利用这笔资金在新加坡设立一个植物性技术中心，另外还投资到总部位于以色列的初创公司CHiCK.P──其制造鹰嘴豆分离蛋白，可用于生产纯素食的肉类和奶制品。Growthwell集团也将利用CHiCK.P公司的蛋白质原料研发植物性海鲜产品，如虾、蟹肉饼和鱿鱼等。

Through Country Foods—one of Singapore’s main distribution and import companies—Growthwell plans to distribute these plant-based seafood products in key Asia-Pacific markets such as China and Australia. In 2021, it will also develop dairy-free alternatives to milk and ice cream using CHiCK.P’s proteins.

通过与作为新加坡主要的分销和进口公司之一的Country Foods进行合作，Growthwell集团计划将其植物性海鲜产品销往中国和澳大利亚等重要的亚太市场。到2021年，该集团还将利用CHiCK.P公司的蛋白质原料研发动物奶和冰淇淋的无乳替代品。

“As a leading manufacturer, we aim to capitalize on the growing global demand for plant-based alternatives in the areas of meat and seafood. The recent COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the vulnerabilities of our food supply chains,” Growthwell Executive Director Justin Chou said. “Our decision to build a manufacturing facility in Singapore is a timely solution to tackle the food security issue. Ultimately, Growthwell strives to be the local and regional champion in supporting the drive to achieve long-term food supply stability.”

“作为一家主要的食品生产商，我们希望积极顺应全球消费者对植物性肉类和海鲜替代品的日益增长的需求。最近的COVID-19（新型冠状病毒疾病）大流行已经暴露了食品供应链的脆弱性，”Growthwell集团执行总监周志麒（Justin Chou）表示。“我们决定在新加坡建立生产设施是当下及时解决食品保障问题的一个方案。最终，Growthwell集团努力发展成维护长期稳定食品供应的地方和地区的中坚力量。”

In the United States, the supply chain disruption to the meat industry is forthcoming. Many slaughterhouses, including Tyson’s largest pork plant, have begun to close as an increasing number of their employees—who often work shoulder-to-shoulder, making social distancing an impossibility—continue to contract and spread COVID-19. Amid the meat shortage and fueled by concerns around an increase in animal-borne illnesses, research firm MarketsandMarkets predicts that consumers will turn to the plant-based sector for solutions, helping it grow from $3.6 billion in 2020 to $4.2 billion by 2021.

在美国，肉类行业即将出现供应链中断的危险。由于肉类加工厂的员工经常需要肩并肩紧挨着工作，无法实行社交疏离（social distancing）措施，导致越来越多的人员继续感染并传播新型冠状病毒疾病（COVID-19），因此迫使许多屠宰场都已经开始停止运转，其中包括泰森食品公司（Tyson Foods）最大的猪肉加工厂。鉴于动物肉类供应的短缺形势以及人们对动物疫源性疾病（animal-borne illnesses）不断增多的忧虑，市场调研公司MarketsandMarkets预测广大消费者为解决饮食问题将把目光转向植物肉行业，从而有望促使这一行业的销售额由2020年的36亿美元增长到2021年的42亿美元。