Israeli company opens $18M facility in St. Louis to produce plant-based meat substitutes

Israeli company opens $18M facility in St. Louis to produce plant-based meat substitutes
December 7, 2021 Jared Haynes
ICL Alternative Protein Facility in St. Louis

This article originally ran in the St. Louis Business Journal on December 2, 2021.

An Israeli publicly traded company with its North American headquarters in St. Louis opened an $18 million production facility Thursday focused on producing “alternative protein,” or plant-based substitutes that look and taste like meat.

Israel Chemicals Ltd., more commonly known as ICL (NYSE: ICL), is a global specialty-minerals company based in Tel Aviv with offices around the world, including its U.S. headquarters in Creve Coeur and a research and development laboratory in Webster Groves. With the opening of the new alternative-protein plant, ICL has reaffirmed its long-term commitment to St. Louis as its U.S. headquarters, company officials said in a news release.

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