Just Egg

Eat Just raises funds to continue 'intense focus on profitability'

01-Sep-2023 By Ryan Daily

Plant-based and alt-protein company Eat Just has completed its latest rounding of funding, which will support the company’s goal of profitability, as it continues to grow the distribution of its Just Egg and scale up its cultivated meat capabilities,...

JUST Egg grows plant-based egg market in North America, adds more retail and food service locations

14-Jun-2023 By Deniz Ataman

Driven by consumer demand for healthy and environmentally sound products, JUST Egg’s pourable and folded eggs are now available in 48,000 retail locations in the US and Canada.

Next level eggs: Neggst’s plant-based eggs are on the verge of cracking into the market

06-Jun-2023 By Deniz Ataman

FoodNavigator-USA sat down with Neggst’s CEO, Verónica García Arteaga, during the NYC Vegan Women Summit to discuss the company’s plans to scale up and the brand’s technical considerations in producing a plant-based egg that resembles a chicken egg from...

‘Plants don’t get the flu…’ Plant-based eggs in the spotlight as egg prices surge

17-Jan-2023 By Elaine Watson

While egg prices were up a staggering 59.9%* year-on-year in December 2022 thanks to rising costs compounded by avian flu, refrigerated liquid plant-based alternatives have come down in price, with unit sales (+14.2%) outpacing dollar sales (+8.4% to...

JUST Egg reaches price parity with premium chicken eggs: 'It's an opportunity for trial by consumers who may have been on the fence before,' says CEO

15-Aug-2022 By Mary Ellen Shoup

As the average retail price of chicken eggs has surged 51% in the past year, JUST Egg has reduced pricing for its 12-ounce plant-based liquid egg product by 41%, reaching cost parity with premium chicken egg competitors, according to recent data from...

EXPO WEST 2022: Eat Just SVP: 'When we first launched Just Egg, it was $8. It’s $4 today...'

16-Mar-2022 By Elaine Watson

If the alt-meat space is getting pretty crowded, there is still only a handful of players in the plant-based egg vertical, which is growing strongly, says Just Egg maker Eat Just, which has seen a significant increase in distribution, with its mung-bean-fueled...

Eat Just mung bean protein gets novel foods nod: ‘Bringing JUST Egg to Europe will be one of the most important milestones for our company’

20-Oct-2021 By Katy Askew

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has green-lighted the mung bean protein ingredient used in Eat Just’s egg substitute product, paving the way for the company to launch its JUST Egg plant-based alternative in Europe.

Eat Just Inc. closes $200m funding round: 'You can eat an animal without slaughter. I want to build a brand around that.'

24-Mar-2021 By Mary Ellen Shoup

Marking its largest single fundraise to date, Eat Just Inc. has closed $200m in new funding led by a group of global investors to drive growth and capacity of JUST Egg and GOOD Meat Cultured Chicken.

JUST Egg launches sous vide egg bites: 'We want JUST Egg to shine in all applications'

25-Jan-2021 By Mary Ellen Shoup

JUST Egg, in partnership with sous vide foods manufacturer and distributor Cuisine Solutions, has expanded its plant-based egg portfolio with the launch of frozen sous vide egg bites rolling out to select grocery stores in March.

Poll: More consumers go plant-based for the holidays

14-Dec-2020 By Mary Ellen Shoup

Plant-based meal options are becoming more common at family dining tables this holiday season as 70% of households plan to have at least one plant-based dish on the table, according to results from a OnePoll survey commissioned by Eat Just, Inc.

Whole Foods CEO and Eat Just CEO talk the future of food and importance of innovation

05-Oct-2020 By Mary Ellen Shoup

Innovation at the hands of forward-thinking entrepreneurs will be key to creating a more sustainable food system and healthier population, Whole Foods Market CEO John Mackey told attendees of an online discussion about the new documentary, 'They...

Eat Just aims to achieve operational profitability by end of 2021, mulls IPO: ‘Our addressable market is the $238bn global chicken egg market’

20-Aug-2020 By Elaine Watson

Plant-based egg maker Eat Just hopes to turn an operating profit before the end of 2021, at which point founder and CEO Josh Tetrick says the company will consider an initial public offering (IPO).

JUST Egg to enter Canadian Whole Foods and Walmart stores this fall

16-Jul-2020 By Mary Ellen Shoup

Eat JUST Inc. will launch its folded plant-based egg products at Whole Foods Market and select Walmart stores in Canada, where demand and investment in plant-based food is skyrocketing, says CEO and co-founder Josh Tetrick.

JUST partners with Post Holdings' Michael Foods, plans for largest foodservice expansion yet

18-May-2020 By Mary Ellen Shoup

JUST (Eat JUST, Inc.) has partnered with Michael Foods, a subsidiary of Post Holdings and one of the largest egg processors and suppliers, to bring plant-based JUST Egg to millions more consumers in the US.

NEWS IN BRIEF

JUST Egg reports Q1 2020 retail sales surge and piqued consumer interest

20-Apr-2020 By Mary Ellen Shoup

Ending its Q1 2020, Eat JUST, Inc. – makers of JUST Egg, the plant-based egg alternative made with mung bean protein – reported a +36% increase in unit sales for total US grocery for the four weeks ending March 29, 2020 vs the last four weeks ending...

Eat JUST, Inc. expands internationally amid COVID-19 crisis: 'We’re treating this as we should, which is as an emergency'

18-Mar-2020 By Mary Ellen Shoup

While there may not be a handbook on how to carry on with international expansion amid a global health pandemic, CEO and founder of Eat JUST, Inc. Josh Tetrick is compartmentalizing the endeavor into near- and long-term priorities while taking a page...

Folded, frozen, and faster: JUST Egg is now more convenient, and cheaper, to enjoy

22-Jan-2020 By Mary Ellen Shoup

Eat JUST, Inc, known for its JUST Egg liquid plant-based egg replacement made from the mung bean, has debuted a folded product that requires novice culinary skills to make, said co-founder and CEO Josh Tetrick, whose preferred method of preparation is...

JUST, Inc CEO: ‘The company is JUST Egg, and JUST Egg is the company’

21-Aug-2019 By Elaine Watson

JUST Egg - a plant-based scrambled egg alternative made with mung bean protein – is already outperforming conventional eggs in some accounts, and is now the #1 priority at JUST, Inc given the size of the addressable market, says CEO Josh Tetrick: “Right...