New Spalding facility will turn cabbages into protein ingredient
An innovative new company in Spalding which is planning a world’s-first processing
facility, has released an artist’s impression of its new base.
Naylor Farms in Rangall Gate is one of Europe’s largest coleslaw cabbage growers and is developing a unit that turns cabbages into plant-based protein ingredients.
As previously reported in the Free Press, Naylor Nutrition is made up of a team of industry experts and has perfected a unique cold extraction process that produces protein-plus functional ingredients from cabbages. The facility will be first of its kind in the world.
Naylor Farms produce around 2,000 tonnes of whole cabbages, leaf and trimmings per week. This new process utilises a mix of whole crop, quality trimmings and leaf and turns it into a highly nutritious plant-based protein-plus ingredient.
Simon Naylor, CEO of Naylor Nutrition, said: “It’s always been our ambition to utilise our whole cabbage crop and turn it into a highly nutritious and sustainable food product.
“We have worked hard to develop and perfect a new gentle cold-extraction process which can be used to create a wide range of functional food products from protein plus ingredients.
“The world has a growing requirement and desire for quality, sustainable plant-based food and to deliver this, we will need to grow crops that have positive functional benefits but without the negative environmental impact that soy, for example, has. Cabbage on the other hand, is fully traceable from field to consumer, sustainable and relatively simple to grow with a high yield.
“This innovative facility is being built on our land so the food miles from field to processing are at a minimum.”
Pea protein which is used in plant-based foods such as burgers is under threat with droughts and wet harvests impacting on both the global price and availability of the ingredient. Cabbage based protein is a sustainable, locally sourced, allergen and GMO-free alternative.
The new eco-friendly factory will be built on Naylor Farms land in Low Fulney Farm in Rangall Gate, Spalding and will create over around 150 skilled positions within the food supply chain.
