Wheaton discusses efforts by Cuisine Solutions to develop meatless substitutes that can be seasoned and paired with a garnish or sauce. He says there are exciting alternatives in the category that offer one-to-one replacements for meat products, such as egg replacements. The company does extensive work with suppliers to develop the products.
“And our R&D team works really hard to take some of the things you can’t pronounce out of their recipes and see if we can clean it up and make it a little bit more natural in some instances,” says Wheaton.
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