Meatless BV
Meatless B.V. is a Dutch B2B developer and producer of textured plant-based ingredients for the food industry. Founded in 2005 in Goes, the company grew out of a former meat-processing business and shifted early into plant-based raw materials for vegetarian, vegan, meat, and fish applications. Today, Meatless positions itself as an R&D-driven partner for food manufacturers that need textured ingredients with specific functional properties such as water holding, heat stability, clean label positioning, and scalable production. Its products are used by food processors in multiple countries, and the company emphasizes practical support from concept development through implementation on existing production lines. Core Values Innovation : Meatless presents itself as an R&D-driven company that creates new textured solutions from a wide range of grains and pulses. It highlights continuous development of new applications and product formats. Partnership : The company stresses close cooperation with customer R&D teams and sees strategic partnerships as central to growth. It offers technical support from idea stage through implementation. Quality and food safety : Meatless emphasizes safe, compliant production, quality systems, and certificates such as FSSC, Kosher, and Halal. Its policy also highlights product quality and food safety culture. Sustainability : The company focuses on low-processed, locally sourced, and environmentally efficient ingredients. It also states that its products have among the lowest footprints in the category. Responsibility : Meatless lists trust and integrity, respect, excellence, result orientation, and responsibility as core values. It also mentions reducing food loss and waste and producing with consideration for the environment. Unique Aspects Acquired by BENEO in 2022 : BENEO acquired Meatless in May 2022, giving the business the backing of a larger functional-ingredients group while Meatless continues as a brand within BENEO. Early plant-based pioneer : Meatless moved from meat processing into plant-based production in 2005, well before the category became mainstream, and built its business around textured vegetable ingredients. Broad pulse and grain portfolio : The company works with rice, fava bean, wheat, pea, quinoa, and developing ingredients such as lentils, tapioca, sunflower, pumpkin, and chickpea, giving it a wide raw-material base. Strong functional performance : Meatless repeatedly highlights water holding capacity, heat stability, and ready-to-use formats as differentiators, especially for industrial customers needing reliable processing behavior. Hybrid meat capability : Meatless has developed hybrid solutions that combine plant-based ingredients with meat, targeting improved juiciness, texture, and cost and carbon-footprint reduction. Regional sourcing and whole-food approach : The company has developed textured products from locally harvested fava beans in the Netherlands and Germany, using gentle processing without high pressure or extreme temperatures.