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Vegan and VC-backed: 5 options to cook up over the holidays

If you’re on the hunt for some meatless options over the holidays, here are a few of the companies you might consider trying.

When Beyond Meat was first founded in 2009, it was one of the only companies on a mission to create non-meat meat products.

Now, as the company gets ready to file for an IPO, it’s one of hundreds of VC-backed companies working toward a more plant-based, sustainable future.

If you’re on the hunt for some meatless options over the holidays, here are a few of the companies you might consider trying.

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Impossible Foods

The company’s plant-based burgers combine natural ingredients like fats, amino acids and vitamins to create raw “meat” from plants. Together, the ingredients deliver the texture and aroma of conventional beef, enabling consumers to access an alternative to conventional meat and dairy products.

Check out our Impossible Foods public profile.

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Perfect Day

The company’s proteins are sustainable, vegan and lactose-free. This enables food manufacturers to formulate animal-free products with the same nutritional quality, but with less reliance on starches, gums and stabilizers.

Check out our Perfect Day public profile.

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Good Catch

The company’s prepared and frozen food products are created to have the look, taste and texture of seafood without the use of dairy, gluten or GMOs. This allows consumers to have tasty, sustainable alternatives to fish and shellfish.

Check out our Good Catch public profile.

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Just

The company offers a plant-based egg substitute to use in baked goods or other food products, enabling customers to have eggless food with the nutrients and protein of egg.

Check out our Just public profile.

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Ocean Hugger Foods

The company’s products offer healthy, delicious and sustainable plant-based alternatives to seafood, enabling consumers to save the oceans and enjoy the taste of tuna.

Check out Ocean Hugger Foods profile.