{"id":7686,"date":"2024-07-25T11:03:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T09:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nordzucker.com\/en\/?p=7686"},"modified":"2024-07-25T09:57:57","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T07:57:57","slug":"nordzucker-plant-based-ingredients-great-interest-from-growers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nordzucker.com\/en\/nordzucker-post\/nordzucker-plant-based-ingredients-great-interest-from-growers\/","title":{"rendered":"Nordzucker &#8211; Plant Based Ingredients: Great interest from growers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"py-4 text-xl leading-8\">\n\tPlant-based proteins based on yellow grain peas from regional cultivation &#8211; the concept of the new Nordzucker business segment has met with a positive response. More than 800 farmers have expressed their interest in growing yellow peas from 2025 &#8211; far more than are needed for the start of production in Gro\u00df Munzel (Lower Saxony) in 2026.<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Farmers were able to register online until the beginning of June, after which they received an initial contract offer for pea cultivation. More than 800 growers had registered by the beginning of July and submitted their offer quantities. \u2018We are delighted with the excellent result and the positive response,\u2019 says Claus-Friso Gellermann, Managing Director of Nordzucker Plant Based Ingredients GmbH. With the first contract offers, we have succeeded in making the grain pea a competitive alternative in cash crop production. In addition, the supply of raw materials from regional cultivation was secured right from the start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The downside: \u2018There are more interested parties than we need for the first year of cultivation in 2025. The offers submitted exceed the volume required for the planned initial processing capacity of the factory in Gro\u00df Munzel,\u2019 explains Gellermann. \u2018Unfortunately, we are therefore unable to offer every prospective grower a contract for 2025 and have to make a selection.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The good news: \u2018As production capacity will be gradually increased over the next few years, we will then be able to offer more and more growers a contract to cover the growing volume demand. This will also open up prospects for interested parties who are not yet successful in the first step.\u2019 The cultivation contracts for the 2026 harvest year will be offered in spring 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From 2026, the grain peas will be processed into protein concentrate and texturate for food production at the Nordzucker site in Gro\u00df Munzel. The ground-breaking ceremony for the new plant will be in November 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Farmers were able to register online until the beginning of June, after which they received an initial contract offer for pea cultivation. More than 800 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":7688,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nordzucker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7686"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nordzucker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nordzucker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nordzucker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nordzucker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7686"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.nordzucker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7729,"href":"https:\/\/www.nordzucker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7686\/revisions\/7729"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nordzucker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nordzucker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}