| Type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Genre | Food manufacturing |
| Founded | 1979[1] |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products |
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| Owner | Maple Leaf Foods |
| Website | www |
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Lightlife "Smart Tenders"
Lightlife Foods is a company that produces vegetarian and vegan meat substitutes. Lightlife was founded in Greenfield, MA in 1979 before relocating to Turner Falls, MA in 1998.[2] It was first founded as Tempeh Works in an old, converted car wash.[3] In the summer of 2000, ConAgra Foods acquired LightLife Foods, which was generating about $25 million in annual revenue at the time.[2][4] Brynwood Partners acquired the company, which had roughly 90 employees at the time, from ConAgra Foods in September 2013.[2] In 2017, Maple Leaf Foods bought Lightlife Foods for $140 million plus related costs.[1][5] In 2019, LightLife introduced a plant-based burger produced with textured pea protein, beet powder, and engineered yeast.[1]
See also
- List of meat substitutes
- List of vegetarian and vegan companies
References
- ^ a b c Wilson, Mark (30 May 2019). "How an old veggie dog company is learning new tricks". Fast Company. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- ^ a b c Watson, Elaine (2013-09-17). "ConAgra sells meat alternatives brand Lightlife to Brynwood Partners". Food Navigator USA. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
- ^ "Our Story | Lightlife". lightlife.com. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
- ^ Shurtleff, William; Aoyagi, Akiko (2014). History of Meat Alternatives (965 CE to 2014): Extensively Annotated Bibliography and Sourcebook. Lafayette, CA: Soyinfo Center. p. 1164. ISBN 9781928914716.
- ^ Lahiri, Diptendu; Sadam, Rishika (2017-02-21). "Canadian meat processor Maple Leaf to buy U.S.-based Lightlife Foods". Reuters. Retrieved 2017-02-23.