原文：http://vegnews.com/2019/11/brazilian-company-invests-5.5-million-to-grow-the-country-s-plant-based-meat-industry

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BRAZILIAN COMPANY INVESTS $5.5 MILLION TO GROW THE COUNTRY’S PLANT-BASED MEAT INDUSTRY

巴西公司投资550万美元助力本国植物肉行业发展

R&S Blumos is ushering in a new era in Brazil by investing in the development of a São Paulo factory that will be capable of producing 500 metric tons of vegan meat products per month by 2021.

通过投资于一家圣保罗工厂的建设，R&S Blumos公司正在开创巴西的新时代。到2021年，该工厂每月将能够生产500吨纯素肉类产品。

by ANNA STAROSTINETSKAYA

作者：ANNA STAROSTINETSKAYA

NOVEMBER 30, 2019

2019年11月30日

Brazilian company R&S Blumos recently invested $5.5 million—the largest investment it has ever made—into developing ingredients for vegan meat. In 2020, the company plans to complete a facility in São Paulo that, by 2021, will be capable of producing 500 metric tons of plant-based meat ingredients.

巴西公司“R&S Blumos”最近投资550万美元用于开发纯素肉类的原料──这是该公司迄今最大的一项投资。在2020年，该公司计划建成其位于圣保罗的工厂；到2021年，该工厂（每月）将能够生产500吨植物肉原料。

R&S currently makes a variety of ingredients, including dry textured pea protein, but its new wet extrusion technology will help create better plant-based chicken, pork, and fish—which it intends to distribute to its foodservice partners. The Brazilian company partnered with international suppliers of pea protein and equipment, and nonprofit Good Food Institute (GFI) to help get its new meats to market.

R&S Blumos公司目前生产各种各样的原料，包括干燥豌豆组织蛋白（dry textured pea protein），而其新的湿法挤压技术（wet extrusion technology）将有助于制作更佳的植物性鸡肉、猪肉和鱼肉──该公司打算将这些产品供应给其餐饮服务合作伙伴。为了促进其新的肉类产品投放市场，这家巴西公司还与豌豆蛋白和设备的国际供应商以及非营利组织“好食品研究所”（GFI）开展密切合作。

“In order for the food industry to be able to transform itself and grow in a disruptive manner, there must be an offer of high-quality ingredients and innovative processes,” Gustavo Guadagnini, General Director of GFI Brazil told Foodnavigator-LATAM. “The first step in the transformation of the food chain production is exactly the one that companies like R&S Blumos are taking: investing in ingredients that are more sophisticated, sustainable, and healthy, and which offer new applications and result in products that would not have been otherwise possible, transforming the eating habits of consumers.” 

“市场上必须有高质量原料和创新工艺，食品行业才能够成功转型和颠覆性发展，”巴西好食品研究所（GFI Brazil）的总经理古斯塔沃·瓜达尼尼（Gustavo Guadagnini）告诉Foodnavigator-LATAM网站。“像R&S Blumos这样的一些公司目前所做的正是食品链生产转型的第一步工作：投资于原料领域──这些原料更加精密、健康和可持续发展，具有各种新用途，能用来制造独一无二的产品，促使转变广大消费者的饮食习惯。”

Last year, GFI Brazil found that nearly 60 million Brazilians—approximately 30 percent of citizens—are actively reducing their consumption of animal products or already identify as vegetarian.

去年，巴西好食品研究所调查发现，有将近6000万巴西人──约占总人口的30%──积极减少动物制品消费或者自称为是素食者。