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UP AND COMING

TJEOTSRHICK Their plant-based egg substitute is made
with a tasty special recipe that has a
Canadian yellow pea base. The Just
Mayo mayonnaise, salad dressings and
eggless cookie mixes are available globally
at Costco, Walmart, Target and other
commercial entities. In addition to retail,
Hampton Creek has enticed the Compass
Group to replace their mayonnaise and
cookies when supplying their four billion
school and hospital meals in the U.S. and
the U.K.
It is an up-and-coming private company
that “wishes to create a better planet”
within a sustainable global market and is
seemingly unstoppable with no less than
500 products in the pipeline including
bread, cheese, pasta, and meat alternatives.

BEYOND EGGS

F ormer jocks Josh Tetrick, the embed sustainable innovation into their supply
lawyer and Fulbright Scholar chains,” while incidentally lowering cholesterol.
and Josh Balk, Senior Director In late 2011 their plan was enthusiastically
of Food Policy for The Humane received with a $500,000 U.S. investment from
Society of the United States, have changed Vinod Khosla. The start-up is now valued at
a global eating habit with their eggless egg over $120 million U.S. with other like-minded
company. global-thinking shareholders including: Li Ka-
shing, Peter Thiel, Jerry Yang, and Eduardo
They insist that by using plant-based eggs Saverin. Bill Gates proclaimed Hampton Creek
they can help food companies and individuals Inc. will forever change the food system.
“… reduce costs, attract more customers and

Photos Courtesy Of: Hampton Creek And Wong Wing Ho

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