Quorn Foods

Sectors

• Meat & seafood — Plant-based meat analogues
• Alt-protein — Mycoprotein
• Fermentation — Solid-state

Tags

• #england
• #1985
• #very-large
• #monde-nissin
• #biomass-fermentation
• #mycoprotein
• #worlds-largest-alt-meat-by-volume

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More Meat & seafood — Plant-based meat analogues companies in United Kingdom

• Better Nature

  United Kingdom — Meat & seafood — Plant-based meat analogues / Fermentation — Solid-state

  London tempeh producer.

• Finnebrogue

  United Kingdom — Meat & seafood — Charcuterie / Meat & seafood — Plant-based meat analogues

  Sofina-owned (acquired July 2025) 1991 Downpatrick County Down major charcuterie producer (~1,200 staff, ~£200m revenue) producing Naked Bacon (UK's biggest bacon brand), Naked sausages, M&S premium sausages, Booker burgers and Naked Range plant-based.

• Hain Daniels Group

  United Kingdom — Sauces — Cold sauces / Fruit & veg — Jams & fillings / Confectionery — Pralines / Meat & seafood — Plant-based meat analogues

  Major Hain Daniels group across Histon HQ, Pontefract and Fakenham producing Linda McCartney's, Hartley's, Sun-Pat, Robertson's, Frank Cooper's, Mary Berry's and Cully & Sully (IE) — currently being broken up via PE sale.

• Linda McCartney Foods Hain Daniels

  United Kingdom — Meat & seafood — Plant-based meat analogues / Freezing — Block freezing

  Hain Daniels Tilbury Linda McCartney plant-based meat operation.

• Pilgrims Food Masters

  United Kingdom — Meat & seafood — Charcuterie / Sauces — Cold sauces / Meat & seafood — Plant-based meat analogues

  JBS-owned ready meals, hot eating, plant-based and foodservice operation across Linton, Westhoughton, Bury, Norwich, Wolverhampton and Hull (acquired Kerry consumer foods 2021).

• The Compleat Food Group

  United Kingdom — Meat & seafood — Charcuterie / Bakery — Bread / Meat & seafood — Plant-based meat analogues / Fruit & veg — Canned vegetables

  PAI Partners-owned £1.3bn group (formed 2021 Addo + Winterbotham Darby merger) with 17 UK/Wales sites producing savoury pastry (Pork Farms, Wall's, Wrights), continental meats, olives, dips, plant-based (Squeaky Bean) and Yorkshire puddings.

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• Yeastup

  Switzerland — Ingredients — Cultures / Alt-protein — Mycoprotein

  Brugg FoodTech recovering spent brewer’s yeast into functional protein ingredients.

• Zyrcular Foods

  Spain — Meat & seafood — Plant-based meat analogues / Dairy — Plant-based cheese / Extrusion — Twin-screw / Extrusion — Single-screw

  Plant-based meat and fish co-manufacturing partner serving brands like Current Foods.

• 77 Foods

  France — Extrusion — Twin-screw / Meat & seafood — Plant-based meat analogues

  Pre-commercial bioprinting specialist (since 2020) for plant-based pork analogs.

• ÄIO Tech OÜ

  Estonia — Fermentation — Precision / Oils & fats — Specialty fats / Alt-protein — Mycoprotein

  Spin-out from Tallinn University of Technology. Precision fermentation producing microbial oils, lipid-rich yeast biomass and palm/coconut/animal-fat alternatives rich in omega-3 PUFAs. Pilot scale; €1M+ raised.

• Alfa Bio

  Slovakia — Dairy — Plant-based drinks / Meat & seafood — Plant-based meat analogues / Alt-protein — Soy protein

  Independent Banská Bystrica organic plant-based dairy alternatives, tofu, tempeh and vegetable spread producer.

• Algama

  France — Separation — Microfiltration / Separation — Wet fractionation / Alt-protein — Mycoprotein / Ingredients — Hydrocolloids / Eggs — Plant-based egg replacers

  Microalgae extraction and functional ingredient specialist (since 2013). TamaGo egg-replacer and microalgae-based ingredients at pilot scale plus R&D services.