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June 23, 2021

This alternative meat startup’s secret ingredient? Olive oil

Spain’s Heura raises €16m to develop plant-based chicken, beef and pork products.


Tim Smith

3 min read

Heura’s plant-based chicken and beef products have taken the Spanish startup’s home market by storm. After just a year of retailing, the company’s 'chicken' strips, 'meatballs' and 'beef' burgers are now the country’s most-sold alternative meat products, according to cofounder and chief executive Marc Coloma.

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Tim Smith

Tim Smith was news editor at Sifted. He covered deeptech and AI, and produced Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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