LightLife

Lightlife Foods is a company that produces vegetarian and vegan meat substitutes. Lightlife was founded in Greenfield, MA in 1979 before relocating to Turner Falls, MA in 1998.[2] It was first founded as Tempeh Works in an old, converted car wash.[3] In the summer of 2000, ConAgra Foods acquired LightLife Foods, which was generating about $25 million in annual revenue at the time.[2][4] Brynwood Partners acquired the company, which had roughly 90 employees at the time, from ConAgra Foods in September 2013.[2] In 2017, Maple Leaf Foods bought Lightlife Foods for $140 million plus related costs.[1][5] In 2019, LightLife introduced a plant-based burger produced with textured pea protein, beet powder, and engineered yeast.[1]

Lightlife Foods, Inc.
TypeSubsidiary
GenreFood manufacturing
Founded1979[1]
Headquarters
Turners Falls, Massachusetts
,
USA
Products
OwnerMaple Leaf Foods
Websitewww.lightlife.com
Lightlife "Smart Tenders"

See also

References
  1. Wilson, Mark (30 May 2019). "How an old veggie dog company is learning new tricks". Fast Company. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  2. Watson, Elaine (2013-09-17). "ConAgra sells meat alternatives brand Lightlife to Brynwood Partners". Food Navigator USA. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
  3. "Our Story | Lightlife". lightlife.com. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
  4. Shurtleff, William; Aoyagi, Akiko (2014). History of Meat Alternatives (965 CE to 2014): Extensively Annotated Bibliography and Sourcebook. Lafayette, CA: Soyinfo Center. p. 1164. ISBN 9781928914716.
  5. Lahiri, Diptendu; Sadam, Rishika (2017-02-21). "Canadian meat processor Maple Leaf to buy U.S.-based Lightlife Foods". Reuters. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
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