PLANT-based burgers and bangers that could “revolutionise” food production in the UK have finally hit the shelves.

MYCO’s pioneering range has been rolled out having been in development for well over a year.

The products are made from Hooba, the Yorkshire firm’s own plant-based protein. Hooba is manufactured under the same roof as Myco’s pioneering vertical farm, where the oyster mushrooms used to create the protein are grown.

This completely unique production process, which results in reduced food miles, has resulted in Myco being heralded as creating ‘Britain’s Greenest Burger’.

Now 10,000 of those burgers – along with 20,000 Hooba sausages – have initially been produced for the long-awaited launch.

“Developing and perfecting these products has been a true labour of love, so to finally bring them to market is an incredibly proud moment,” said Sales Director, Andy Fenner.

“Myco’s team is full of parents and grandparents who want to play their part in giving our planet a future. Humans eat too much meat, so we need to find ways to make swapping it out of our diets a bit more appetising.

“We wanted to manufacture a product that matched meat for texture and taste – and the feedback has been glowing.

“In a blind taste test, our sausages and burgers beat some of the biggest plant-based brands in Britain, and there was high praise for the mouthfeel which, historically, has been one of the big stumbling blocks to people eating less meat.

“Our next goal is to get Hooba onto shelves and tables across the country and let suppliers and customers see how good it tastes for themselves.

“We are over-the-moon that our range is finally packaged and ready to go and given how little impact its production has on our planet, we believe this could revolutionise the way food is manufactured. Our hope is that our sustainable manufacturing process could become a blueprint for the food industry.”

Having already agreed listings with multiple suppliers, including some leading artisanal and plant-based wholesalers, the team have also been in pre-launch discussions with a range of retailers with the view of stocking and using Hooba.

And production will be ramped up considerably over the coming years.

Having appointed former Vbites boss David Wood as CEO, Myco is set to create around 70 jobs following a £1.2m investment earlier this year.

Those jobs will be based at the Leeming Bar production plant, which is the first in Britain to both grow and manufacture a plant-based protein under the same roof.

Source: Myco

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MYCO, a UK producer of Hooba, an oyster mushroom protein, announces that it has secured a 20,000 square feet former facility in Leeming Bar, North Yorkshire, with plans to transform it into a vertical farm unit and a product development plant for sustainable meat alternatives.

“This new site is a food industry first”

The plant will be specifically repurposed to support the company’s next growth phase, creating 70 jobs in the next few years “to cope with the expected influx of demand for plant-based foods.” According to the company, it will be the first site of its kind in the UK.

“This new site is a food industry first, and the concept of combining both the growing of the raw materials and the manufacturing of the finished product under one roof will pave the way for more sustainable food manufacturing practices in the future,” said John Shepherd, co-founder and chairman of MYCO.

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Source: Vegconomist