Cracking deal for Vegan Food Group

York-based Vegan Food Group (VFG) has signed a deal with the US firm behind plant-based eggs, JustEgg.

VFG has secured ‘exclusive’ rights to manufacture and supply Just Egg’s mung bean-based eggs, making it the sole producer in the UK and Europe.

VDG has pumped £11.5m to build a fully automated line to produce Just Egg at its facility in Lüneburg, Germany, the largest dedicated plant-based factory in Europe. It will have the capacity to produce the equivalent of 500 million eggs per year. Production will begin later this year.

In a statement, VFG chairman Matthew Glover, said it was a ‘landmark’ deal. He said: “This partnership is a huge leap forward in transforming plant-based food across Europe,”

Just Eggs is part of the Californian-based Just East company which was founded in 2011 by Josh Tetrick and Josh Balk.