Sustainability Summary

This is an unclaimed profile. v2food has not joined Sustainability Tracker to verify their sustainability credentials. We gathered what we could from public sources.

v2food Sustainability Profile

Sustainability Summary

This is an unclaimed profile. v2food has not joined Sustainability Tracker to verify their sustainability credentials. We gathered what we could from public sources.

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v2food is an Australian plant-based meat company founded in 2019 from a CSIRO-Competitive Foods Australia partnership. Its sustainability-related positioning centres on alternative proteins, localised supply chains, and product development intended to reduce logistics costs and carbon intensity. The company has expanded into supermarket and foodservice channels, with a focus on Asia-Pacific markets, and has highlighted traceability, manufacturing efficiency, and lower-emission operations as part of its growth strategy. Its products are described as plant-based meat alternatives, including burgers, mince, nuggets and poultry-style items.

About v2food

Status
Unverified

Website
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Employees
25 - 100

Country
Australia

v2food Sustainability Actions

Launched plant-based meat products

v2food was launched in 2018 out of the CSIRO’s Innovation Fund. It has some “fake meat” products but also a unique process which makes its products easier to produce. v2food products do not contain GMOs or any artificial colours or flavourings.

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Expanded into multiple markets

Today the company sits in over 15 countries and on supermarket shelves, having moved from niche novelty to mainstream staple through strategic partnerships and product realism.

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Built localised supply chains

v2food is reallocating capital and resources to high-growth Asian markets, tailoring SKUs to local taste profiles and building localized supply chains to cut logistics costs and carbon intensity.

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Invested in manufacturing efficiency

The company combines advanced texture-structuring for legume fibers with a data-driven production footprint-AI quality control, automation at the Wodonga plant, and regenerative-agriculture traceability-to lower cost per unit, reduce carbon intensity, and accelerate mainstream adoption.

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Reduced additives in R&D

R&D reduced additives (notably methylcellulose) while keeping structure, supporting consumer preference for simpler ingredient lists.

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v2food Sustainability Commitments

2025

Target international revenue share

By end-2025 the firm targets 50% of revenue from international markets, supported by its $100m Series B and follow-on funding.

2025

Reach cash-flow breakeven

Management targets 20-25% year-on-year revenue growth driven by Asian foodservice expansion, while focusing on localizing production, lowering raw-material unit costs, and capturing manufacturing economies of scale to reach cash-flow breakeven by late 2025.

2026

Halve logistics carbon per SKU

v2food is investing in localized manufacturing hubs to reduce freight and emissions intensity, aiming to halve logistics-related carbon per SKU in target markets by 2026.