The World's First Plant-Based Meat "OmniMeat® in Japan

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Easy-to-Digest and Eco-Friendly Food Option From Hong Kong

Green Monday is a social venture company headquarters in Hongkong that is expanding its activities by tackling food problems, health and climate change issues in collaboration with governments and private companies in more than 30 countries in Asia, Europe, and the United States. David Yeung, the founder, officially launch the plant-based meat “OmniMeat”, which originated in Asia, to land in Japan.
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Sales at some retail stores start on May 18, 2020 (Monday). The product starts with the introduction of the menu at the famous vegan restaurant in Tokyo, Saido, and has been decided to be adopted at major foreign-affiliated-5-star hotels from summer 2020.

In the future, it is expected to be available for home-consume and easily found in the city (restaurants, etc).

The sustainability still going
Bring new values in food as plant-based eco-friendly food to Japan

“I think Japan is a trendsetter in Asia. It is widely known that Japanese food is healthy and leads to longevity power. In 2020, Tokyo will be the World Metropolitan Climate Leading Group (C40) and has been signed as one of the cities for combating climate change. With the international event of the Olympic and Paralympic Games coming up, it can be said that the future of Japanese food is at an extremely important time for major changes. Green Monday looks forward to collaborating with restaurants and chefs to create creative and wonderful dishes using Omni meat. Sustainable, delicious, and healthy food will be a new wave in the Japanese gourmet trend. I’m looking forward to it. ”

Green Monday & OmniMeat
David Yeung

About The Product

OmniMeat is created by Green Monday and a Canadian research team over a period of two years with extensive research on food and cooking in Asia. It is plant-based meat (plant substitute meat, meat analogue) that is on sale in Hong Kong in 2018 and will be developed mainly in Asia.

■Brand name：OmniMeat
■Volume：1kg
■Price：1,590 yen（excl.tax）
■Official website：https://omnimeat.co/

About the Brand

OmniMeat has landed in Japan as a highly nutritious, environmentally friendly, 100% plant-derived meat substitute with the concept of “gentle to the body and the earth, and having a meat holiday.” The texture and flavor have been faithfully reproduced as if you were eating minced meat, and nice for various cooking such as steaming, stir-frying, and deep-fried without any special treatment or process is required.

► Emphasis on taste, texture, nutritional value, price balance
► Only plant-based ingredients are used (using ingredients such as soybeans, peas, shiitake mushrooms, beets, rice, and plant-derived adhesives and anticaking agents)
► Zero cholesterol, 96% reduction in saturated fatty acids, 70% reduction in calories
► Calcium 267% up, iron 14% up
(* Compare minced meat ratio / estimated value with uncooked minced meat (84% lean) *) * Refer to USDA ARS Food Data Central for Standard Reference)
► No MSG (sodium glutamate) used (no umami seasoning)
► No genetically modified ingredients

What is plant-based meat?

Plant-based meat = meat substitutes made from vegetable ingredients

“Eating” as a Part of Environmental Activities

In the food culture scene, individual consciousness is gradually changing from things to things while people are calling for a review of their awareness of environmental issues. With increasing attention to “food that is kind to both your body and the earth,” food concepts and culture such as vegan, vegetarian, and plant-based are becoming accepted. Eating plant-based meat is considered a “sustainable lifestyle action that reduces the environmental burden” such as climate variability, health problems, and food problems.

Proposing sustainable food options to Japan through plant-based meat “OmniMeat”

Before the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics and the 2025 Osaka Expo, sustainability born from the food scene will expand to cultural, ideological, and economic activities. Through OmniMeat, Green Monday will propose to the Japanese to experience “food that is kind to both your body and the earth” closer and deliciously. By proposing this “Omni Meat” in a wide range of fields, from eating out and prepared meals in Japan to retail stores such as supermarkets, we aim to increase sustainable choices in the Japanese food scene and to solve environmental problems.

Future Outlook in Japan

From May 18, 2020, new products “Omni Meat Luncheon” and “Omni Meat Fillet” have been launched all over the world (excluding Japan). In Japan, we plan to develop these two products in the future. Unlike the luncheon meat type, fillet type, and minced type that is currently being developed, the range of arrangements will be further expanded. OmniMeat will continue to develop ingredients that have a gentle and innovative impact on the body and earth, not only in Japan but around the world. (* The development of the above two products in Japan will be announced in a release once it is officially decided.)

Collaboration With Restaurants

The collaboration starts with the no.1* vegan restaurant in Jiyugaoka, Tokyo, “Saido” in full-scale development. Currently, the restaurant scene is greatly influenced by COVID-19. With the shift from eating out to ready-to-eat meals in the last few months, there are still a few plant-based options. Now that we have the opportunity to rethink food due to the growing health consciousness caused by the lack of vegetables and lack of exercise, OmniMeat proposes food sustainability that is easy-to-digest by the body and eco-friendly.

* No. 1 in the best vegan restaurant worldwide, presided over by the US vegetarian app “HappyCow”),

Background and Point in Using OmniMeat

At first, I heard that there is an interesting food ingredients and then was introduced to OmniMeat. Soy meat is a good ingredient as meat substitue, but omni is easier to use and has less annoying odor than soy meat. I decided to use it because it fits well with seasonings.

Menu with OmniMeat：Three colors minced rice
Address：2-15-10 Jiyugaoka, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 〒152-0035
Opening hour（temporary）：12:00〜15:00(L.O14:00) / 17:00〜20:00(L.O19:00)
※Close on Wednesday
https://saido.tokyo/

Jiyugaoka, Tokyo Saido’s chef, Mr. Kusumoto

OmniMeat has already been adopted at 30,000 stores in 7 countries around the world, mainly in Asia.

Its taste is widely recognized in a wide variety of genres, from Michelin-starred restaurants to familiar fast food. It’s soft and juicy, steamed, baked, fried, or packed in something. It’s popular with chefs because it can be used in a wide variety of recipes like minced meat.

About Green Monday

Green Monday is a social enterprise from Hong Kong, addressing climate variability, health, and global food issues by promoting a low-carbon and sustainable lifestyle as an action that can be practiced in our daily lives. Through this platform, businesses, restaurants, educational institutions, and consumers participate in social and environmental initiatives. The Green Monday recommends “1 veggie per week” as a specific activity, and recommends a plant-based lifestyle as the next-generation lifestyle.

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