Bunge is expanding its portfolio to include pea and faba protein concentrates, in a move to meet rising demand for alternative plant-based proteins beyond soy.

Bunge is collaborating with Golden Fields, an agricultural company and dry miller of pea and faba based in Europe, to produce the protein concentrates exclusively for Bunge at a new factory in Liepaja, Latvia.

The new pea and faba protein concentrates will complement Bunge's leading soy protein concentrate offerings.

The products are non-GMO, light in colour, finely powdered and deliver 55-70% protein content on a dry basis, allowing food and feed customers to easily enhance protein content and support non-GMO and allergen-free labelling.

Bunge says the new concentrates also bring sustainability benefits as they are made from crops farmed through crop-rotation practices and extracted via dry-fractionation without using water or solvents.

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