原文：http://vegnews.com/2019/12/vegan-meat-brand-raises-35-million-to-bring-more-meatless-burgers-to-australia-s-fast-food-industry

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VEGAN MEAT BRAND RAISES $35 MILLION TO BRING MORE MEATLESS BURGERS TO AUSTRALIA’S FAST-FOOD INDUSTRY

纯素肉类品牌公司融资3500万美元，助力澳大利亚快餐业打造更多植物肉汉堡

Australian brand v2food—which makes the plant-based patty featured in the Rebel Whopper at Burger King franchise brand Hungry Jack’s—will use the funds to expand its production capacity.

澳洲品牌公司“v2food”的本轮融资将用于扩大其生产能力。汉堡王（Burger King）特许品牌“Hungry Jack’s”的“叛逆皇堡”（Rebel Whopper）食品亮点即为v2food公司生产的植物肉饼。

by ANNA STAROSTINETSKAYA

作者：ANNA STAROSTINETSKAYA

DECEMBER 3, 2019

2019年12月3日

Australia is set to get its own wave of plant-based burger options, following the recent $35 million investment secured by vegan brand v2food. The Sydney-based company is noted for developing its own plant-based beef patty, similar to those made by Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods, is now available at Hungry Jack’s (a Burger King Corporation franchise) as part of the “Rebel Whopper.” 

纯素品牌公司“v2food”最近成功获得了3500万美元融资，预示着澳大利亚即将迎来本土植物性汉堡的美食潮流。类似于超越肉类公司（Beyond Meat）和不可能食品公司（Impossible Food），这家总部位于悉尼的v2food公司也是以研发植物性牛肉饼而著称，其产品现已供应给（汉堡王公司的特许经营店）Hungry Jack’s连锁店用于制作“叛逆皇堡”食品。

v2food plans to use the capital from the investment—led by Main Sequence Ventures, a firm that manages the country’s national science agency—to open a new research and development facility in 2020 to increase its output. 

澳大利亚国家科学机构的基金管理公司“Main Sequence Ventures”领投了v2food公司的本轮融资。v2food公司计划将所取得资本用于建设新的研发基地，并于2020年投入运营以增加其产能。

“This is an important step towards v2food’s goal of transforming the way the world produces food,” v2food founder and CEO Nick Hazell said. “There is a big shortfall between the amount of meat we produce today and the amount needed to feed the growing global population. There will be nearly 10 billion people on Earth by 2050.” 

“v2food公司志在改革世界生产食品的方式，上述举措是迈向我们目标的重大一步，”v2food公司创始人兼首席执行官（CEO）尼克·哈泽尔（Nick Hazell）说道。“当今世界肉类生产量与养活不断增长的全球人口的肉类需求量之间仍存在着巨大的差距。到2050年，地球上的人口数量将逼近100亿。”

This year, Burger King has added a number of plant-based options at its locations globally, including the Impossible Whopper in the United States and the Rebel Whopper in Brazil and parts of Europe (with plans to expand to other regions).

今年，汉堡王在其全球各个分店积极推广各种植物性美食产品，譬如在美国本土登场的“不可能皇堡”（Impossible Whopper）、在巴西和欧洲部分地区（有计划扩张到其他地区）亮相的“叛逆皇堡”（Rebel Whopper）、等等。