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As a part of Fazer’s bold agenda of sustainable growth and a position as a forerunner in foodtech
Fazer Group and Solar Foods, a Finnish foodtech start-up, have entered into a strategic partnership with the objective to jointly research and develop Solar Foods’ novel protein ingredient Solein®.
On Fazer’s journey to a modern sustainable food company with a joint direction, the aim is to innovate across categories and boldly support innovations that may change the way people eat in the future. Changes in the food system and consumption habits are key to abate climate change, and with the newly entered partnership, Fazer Group wants to promote research on new solutions.
Fazer Group continues executing its future-oriented growth strategy. Sustainability being an integral part of Fazer’s strategy on its journey to a modern sustainable food company with a joint direction, Fazer sees food as a solution. How we grow, produce and consume food has a significant impact on the environment, on society and on our wellbeing.
The recent report by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) highlights the impact of land use as well as food production and consumption on climate change. Changing the food system requires fearless research and innovation; solutions that we do not yet have and that we may not even foresee yet. On the path to sustainable food production, Fazer encourages open innovation to explore novel sustainable food solutions.
As a part of Fazer’s bold agenda of sustainable growth and a position as a forerunner in foodtech, Fazer Group has entered into a strategic partnership with Solar Foods. Solar Foods is a Finnish foodtech start-up, which has developed a novel protein ingredient, Solein[®]. Solein[®] is a carbon neutral protein, which can be produced completely independently from soil, negative land use impacts, weather and climate.
Fazer’s sustainability approach consists of four ambitious core goals by 2030; 50% less emissions, 50% less food waste, 100% sustainably sourced and more plant-based.
In practice, Fazer will do research on the ingredient and its applicability into different food applications. The ingredient is under rigorous testing to ensure food safety and it is subject to novel food permission by the European Food Safety Authority.
The partnership is complemented by a financing agreement, which is part of a recent financing round, where Solar Foods raised 3,5 M€ in total in convertible loans to continue developing the protein ingredient and the R&D roadmap thereof. Besides Fazer Group, Solar Foods received financing from Holdix Oy Ab and Turret Oy Ab as well as Lifeline Ventures.