The future of
 food

Innovation that creates new value for all

One of our positive nutrition goals is to generate €1.5bn of sales per annum by 2025 from plant-based products in categories whose products are traditionally using animal-derived ingredients. At Unilever Foundry, we understand that innovation is happening outside our four walls and start-ups are helping to drive this industry.

So we asked the question...

How can we understand and leverage pioneering Alt Protein start-ups to support our ambition?

Our solution

We mapped the Alt Protein landscape and found 30 promising partners from a deep dive into 350 start-ups. With Unilever Foundry, what would typically take 1 year to research (part-time), we were able to do in 2 weeks.

This fast and accurate research enabled us as Unilever to host live, strategic dialogues with start-ups to begin to accelerate growth in Alt Proteins.