The Weekly Advertiser – Wednesday, April 14, 2021

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DAY OUT IN TOWN: From left, Annie, Jack, Mia and Stella from Goroke district enjoy themselves on a climbing frame at May Park in Horsham. Children across the region have been making the most of getting outdoors during school holidays. Picture: RACHEL DECKERT

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$45.7-million investment from international agri-food giant Bunge has fast-tracked plans to double the production of plantprotein powder in Horsham. Australian Plant Proteins, APP, which launched its first commercial processing plant in Horsham last year, secured the investment as a result of booming international plant-protein demand. The agreement will allow APP to double the output of its protein isolates production by March 2022, as well as give Bunge a minority stake

in the company and make it the exclusive distributor in the Americas. APP co-founder and director Brendan McKeegan said the investment meant the next stage of development at the site in Horsham Enterprise Estate would start next month and be finished by March next year. “Initial plans were to increase manufacturing capacity after 12 months but we’re now looking to fast-track that,” he said. “Securing investment and distribution agreements with a major multinational such as Bunge, alongside

our existing partnership with Scalzo Foods in Australia and New Zealand, is testament to the value and ongoing growth in demand for quality, plantbased protein options.” Melbourne-based agricultural investment management company EAT Group, of which Brim-raised Phil McFarlane is a director, founded Australian Plant Proteins in 2016. The company developed the concept in the wake of Wimmera Development Association identifying an opportunity to exploit protein levels in Wimmera pulse crops, regardless of

harvest grading, about a decade ago and establishing a business case. Australian Plant Proteins, which had worked to develop cutting-edge ‘fractionation’ technology to process pulses, gained significant momentum in 2019 when Australian food-ingredient distributor Scalzo Foods announced it had invested in the company. The launch of APP’s first commercial-scale plant-protein facility in Horsham, concentrating on faba beans grown in the Wimmera-Mallee, has since created a value-added step in Australia’s legume and pulse supply

chain. The company has also used its unique fractionation process to develop protein isolates from yellow peas, mung beans, chickpeas, red lentils and yellow lentils, all of which are ready for commercial launch. “As soon as APP commenced commercial production in November 2020, we experienced soaring demand for our premium faba bean protein isolate in Australia and internationally, with customers impressed with the product’s high functionality and clean taste,” Mr McKeegan said. Continued page 3

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