Richmond MP Rishi Sunak said Quorn Foods could help reduce people’s carbon footprint during a visit to the firm’s headquarters in Stokesley last week.
Quorn invited Mr Sunak to visit their site, which employs around 350 people locally, to show him how the company was developing products which can help consumers reduce their carbon footprint.
The MP met Marco Bertacca, Quorn Foods’ CEO, along with other members of the operations team, before taking a tour of the factory.
After his tour of the factory, Mr Sunak also tried some of Quorn’s range of products, cooked by their executive chef Stu Henshall.
Rishi Sunak, MP for Richmond, said: “Quorn is a major employer and a national and international brand leader headquartered here in Stokesley.
“I’ve been very impressed hearing about their plans to develop in a growing sector of the food industry, their commitment to research and development and the important part their products can play in helping to reduce our carbon footprint.”
Marco Bertacca, Quorn Foods CEO, added, “We were delighted to welcome Rishi to our site today, and share with him Quorn’s commitment to providing healthy food for our planet and its people.
“We’re extremely proud of the innovation that is taking place at our Stokesley headquarters, which is focussed on creating delicious food that empowers consumers to eat a little less meat, as part of our collective fight against the climate crisis.
“Successfully tackling that crisis will require collaboration between business, government and consumers, and through our expertise in producing healthy, sustainable protein, we believe North Yorkshire and the UK will play an important part in that global effort.”
To support their 2030 ambition of serving eight billion portions of Quorn a year – the equivalent of one meal for every person on the planet – and becoming a net positive business, Quorn says it has committed to investing £150m in its research and development, as well as production capabilities, as it establishes North Yorkshire as a global centre of expertise in alternative proteins.
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