
There is strong demand for plant-based protein ingredients made in Australian from locally-grown pulses. Photo: Unigrain
MAJOR developments towards increasing the production of plant-protein ingredients made from pulses in Australia have slowed with proposed fractionation facilities in South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia yet to start manufacturing at a commercial scale.
This comes as the demand from local manufacturers to buy Australian-grown and processed products continues to expand.
In Australia, there is currently only one operational pulse fractionation plant capable of…