DuPont Just Introduced Plant-Based Nuggets That Are 90 Percent Protein

More plant-based food options? Yes! DuPont Nutrition & Health, a company that works with food manufacturers and producers all over the world to, “make food safer, healthier, better-tasting and easier to produce,” has launched three new plant-based nuggets.

The nuggets are an impressive 90 percent protein. They are soy-based and have a neutral flavor and a crispy, crunchy texture. The three nuggets are an extension of DuPonts first Nugget, Supro Nuggets 570, a nugget with a light, crispy textured nugget with a barrel shape. Now, three new nuggets have been added to the line-up: Supro Nuggets 580, Supro Nuggets 583, and Supro Nuggets 585. DuPont notes that the nuggets can be used in a wide variety of food products, such as nutrition bars, clustered cereal, and yogurt toppings.

“Consumers want products with simple ingredient statements and high protein,” says Jean Heggie, strategic marketing lead, Protein Solutions Business Unit, DuPont Nutrition & Health.

Demand for protein in the developed and developing world is at an all-time high, with the average person in the U.S. consuming 103 grams per day, around double the actual recommended amount, two-thirds of which comes from animal-based sources. This is a serious issue not only from a health standpoint (too much protein isn’t great for you either) but it’s wreaking havoc on the environment and pushing our already strained natural resources to the brink.

Globally, industrialized animal agriculture already covers over 45 percent of the world’s land mass, uses a majority of finite freshwater water resources, and is responsible for rampant air and water pollution – not to mention is the largest singular source of global greenhouse gas emissions. Even with all the resources that this industry uses, nearly one billion people still go hungry.

Thanks to innovative companies, like DuPont, it seems we have the answer to how we are going to sustainably feed the world’s growing population.

To learn more about trends and developments in the plant-based food space, check out our podcast #EatForThePlanet with Nil Zacharias.

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