100 Transport Containers in India to Turn into Mini Tempeh Factories

Dutch vegan meat firm Schouten Europe not too long ago launched Tempeh Right this moment in Bangalore, India. The corporate produces tempeh domestically in small, high-tech transport containers. Tempeh Right this moment plans to roll out a minimum of 100 shipping-container factories throughout India over the subsequent 5 years in an effort to cut back the protein deficit within the nation. “It’s less expensive to have a decentralized manufacturing of tempeh in India than to provide it in a single massive manufacturing facility,” Schouten Europe CEO Henk Schouten mentioned. “This additionally simplifies the native sourcing of uncooked supplies from smaller farmers.”

The tempeh factories will receive vitality from photo voltaic panels, and 60 p.c of the tempeh that’s produced can be frozen and transported to a central location for storage and packing for the native retail and foodservice trade. The remaining 40 p.c can be used for meals for college youngsters. Whereas native workers can be accountable for the operational aspect of the manufacturing enterprise, the factories can even be monitored by Schouten Europe from the Netherlands to make sure standardized manufacturing, constant high quality, and meals security.

Tempeh Right this moment will give 800 native employees employment with a good wage, and a pair of,000 native soybean farmers will provide soybeans to the tempeh factories. Tempeh Right this moment hopes to ultimately produce a complete of 10,000 metric tons of tempeh per yr.