USA, Austin. During its annual presentation at the Barclays Global Consumer Staples Conference in Boston, Hormel Foods announced the launch of the Happy Little Plants brand, a new plant-forward, protein portfolio created as part of the company’s first project under its Cultivated Foods umbrella.
The brand is part of the company’s plant-based and blended protein innovation efforts, which began in 2014 with the launch of the Hormel Fuse burger in the company’s foodservice business. Today, retail and foodservice product offerings have expanded to include additional plant-based pizza topping items produced at its Burke Corporation subsidiary and the Applegate Blend Burger, a product that blends organic meat with organic mushrooms.