Tender Food is on a mission to make alternative meats so delicious, nutritious, and affordable that eating animals won’t make sense anymore! Tender’s technology enables the creation of whole-muscle cut meats, like chicken breast and steak, that look, taste, and feel like their conventional counterparts. In addition to making their own products, Tender can also act as technology partner for companies manufacturing well-textured alternative meats. Tender transforms plant protein into fibers that mimic real meat muscle fibers. In contrast to other plant-based products that imitate processed meat like sausages and burger patties, Tender’s products boast textures and cooking properties that are indistinguishable from animal meat. In a process reminiscent of making cotton candy, Tender takes simple plant ingredients — including proteins like fava bean — and spins the solution at rapid speed into thin fibers. They add fats and flavoring to the fibrous muscle-like tissue, creating complex structures that look, taste, and feel like the real thing.