--#1 Recommended Plant-Based Brand
consolidates its headquarters with its state-of-the-art innovation
center.
SANTA
BARBARA, Calif., June 26,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Earlier this month, Kate Farms
officially merged its office headquarters with its state-of-the-art
Innovation and Quality Center (IQ) in Goleta, California, in Santa Barbara County. This exciting
consolidation will bring more of its employees together, enhance
innovative collaboration, and unite the workforce of Kate Farms.
While Kate Farms is first and
foremost a remote company that attracts the best talent from across
the country, establishing a home base where local employees can
work and collaborate and where remote employees can travel to was
always a priority. It is also a great center to host
customers for discussions and collaboration on innovation and
further our collective mission to help people live their best lives
through highest quality nourishment.
"Kate Farms' investment into an industry-leading Innovation and
Quality Center is now reaching another level by relocating our
headquarters to the same location," said Casey Bauer, chief operations officer & EVP
at Kate Farms. "By co-locating much of our staff with our
innovation activities, we can continue to accelerate bringing best
in class products to market for those who need them most."
The IQ was built to actively create the best plant-based
nutrition products as fast as possible. The pilot plant within the
IQ operates exactly like a factory, just at a much smaller scale.
Kate Farms has a team of PhD food scientists, PhD chemists, and
specialized tech operators, each with expertise in their area and a
unique skill to bring high-quality, plant-based nutrition products
to people with a variety of health needs.
At that small scale, they can test many variables in a short
period of time. For example, the product development team tested
over 50 flavor combinations before perfecting the new Kate Farms
strawberry flavor for their Nutrition Shake and Standard 1.4
products.
The IQ's product development lab allows for bench-scale
experiments of innovative ingredients and evaluation of trial
products to ensure that each product is up to the high standards
that Kate Farms sets for itself. The quality control team evaluates
every trial and production run to make sure that every carton of
Kate Farms is safe before shipping it to consumers. Inside the
pilot plant, an ultra-high temperature processing unit has options
for the team to mimic any factory process.
As Kate Farms proceeds to innovate at its unified headquarters,
it is poised to lead advancements in plant-based nutrition to
continue to help people live their best lives.
About Kate Farms
Kate Farms was founded when a little
girl named Kate was failing to thrive because she couldn't tolerate
any of the available tube feeding formulas. Her determined parents,
Richard and Michelle, had the transformative idea to develop a
formula using high-quality, organic, and plant-based ingredients
without the common allergens and ingredients often found in
traditional formulas. Today, Kate is thriving, and Kate Farms is
now the #1 recommended plant-based brand.*
Kate Farms offers medical formulas for children and adults to be
used as sole-source or supplemental nutrition for oral and tube
feeding. They are available nationally and eligible for insurance
coverage with Medicare, Medicaid, 30 states for WIC and private
insurance. Kate Farms formulas are made with organic pea protein,
fiber, and phytonutrients, and made without the top nine common
allergens or artificial colors or flavors. Kate Farms can be
accessed in more than 1,000 US hospitals. For more information on
our full product portfolio, visit www.katefarms.com.
*Independent plant-based formula survey.
Contact: Molly Wilcox,
molly.wilcox@katefarms.com
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