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Canada-based Above Food is acquiring pasta and pancake mix brand GoodWheat for $4 million from agricultural innovation company Arcadia Biosciences, Inc. GoodWheat was launched in 2018 with a patented fiber and protein-rich wheat grain used to make its dried pastas, quick cake mixes and mac-and-cheese products.

🌾 Above Foods will use its vertically integrated supply chain to “accelerate Arcadia’s wheat IP,” said Arcadia president and CEO Stan Jacot, and will help commercialize the non-GMO grain to new products.

🐟 Above Food purchased Atlantic Natural Foods, a plant-based food supplier and makers of the alt-protein brands Loma Linda and Neat, in 2021.

💭 “Building better-for-you foods begins with the grower producing grains from the highest quality, non-GMO seeds. Above’s identity-preserved field-to-fork supply chain ensures the quality and security of these grains,” Lionel Kambeitz, CEO for Above Food Corp, said in a statement.

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