Protein Insights Newsletter
Planterra / JBT Partnership JBT® Corporation is pleased to add Planterra, a plant-based protein company underneath the JBS Foods / Pilgrim’s family of companies, as a new customer in our alternative meat initiative. By aspiring to change the future of protein with flavorful, plant-based choices, Planterra’s goal is to delight vegans, flexitarians, and meat-eaters by producing additional tasty options in the plant-based protein market.
The uniqueness of Planterra’s products and processes presented testing challenges at their own pilot plant facility in Greeley, Colorado. Early stages of planning and testing were therefore executed at our Sandusky Food Processing Tech Center. The talented JBT crew provided expert support in the research & development process through equipment selection, product optimization, and sample creation for Planterra’s photoshoots, foodservice, and retail environments. In order to execute this JBT “win”, Account Manager, Tricia Harlan relied on her prior sales rapport with one of the JBS Foods engineers. The relationship they built brought Planterra into the Sandusky Tech Center where our JBT team was able to present Planterra with our vast processing knowledge and assistance in order to field questions, brainstorm, and most importantly, provide solutions. The JBT Team proved our expertise is second to none! This new product launch (an extruded plantbased protein) has led Planterra to rely on their new preferred suppliers Buhler™, a global extruder manufacturer, and JBT for solutions in injection, portioning, coating, cooking, and freezing. Additionally, Tricia was able to bundle oil holding tanks and a melter from our sister division, Diversified Food & Health, into the equipment package Planterra purchased. “Congratulations” and “Well Done” to the entire JBT team (from production to final installation) involved in this newly formed partnership.
Secondary Processing Equipment Purchased • HVB Injection • DSI Portioning System
Further Processing Equipment Purchased
• Coating & Cooking Equipment • Charmarker
Diversified Food & Health Equipment Purchased • A&B Oil Holding Tanks