Nestlé, the world’s largest food and beverage corporation, has announced a partnership between its U.S. branch and vegan artisanal cheese startup, Miyoko’s Kitchen, in order to meet the rising demand for plant-based food. The multinational corporation says that the California-based brand is among the state’s fastest-growing companies.
The new partnership is part of the TERRA Food & Agriculture Accelerator, a program founded by San Francisco-based co-working company RocketSpace and Dutch multinational bank, Rabobank that aims to unite large companies and emerging, disruptivebrands. Along with Miyoko’s Kitchen, Nestlé has announced partnerships with Here, a startup that makes vegan juices, dips, and spreads using ingredients sourced from local farmers and non-GMO snack brand, Jackson’s Honest.
“These companies represent the future of food,” said Ashlee Adams, Head of Open Innovation at Nestlé. “Our open innovation efforts are focused on meeting companies where they are in their stage of growth and designing win-win partnerships that accelerate that growth. We look forward to working with these companies to share learnings, develop new capabilities and create something better together as we bring people more options in categories that are in high demand – healthy snacking and plant-based foods.”
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