Meati Foods Grows Sustainability with Innovation

Mushroom-root protein producer collaborates with Gold System Integrator Cybertrol Engineering to put efficient commercial production on the fast track Not Your Typical Meat Alternative When Justin Whiteley and Tyler Huggins met as Ph.D. students on the University of Colorado-Boulder campus, they recognized a shared passion for nature-driven, sustainable food systems. And a complementary skill set. “Tyler is an environmental scientist who has focused on biology throughout his career,” said Justin Whiteley, CSO and co-founder, Meati Foods. “And my focus is mechanical engineering – with a Ph.D. s

Deployed Rockwell Automation solutions for operational improvement.

While Meati continued to refine their process at their pilot and research facility in Boulder, they laid the foundation for commercial production in Thornton, Colorado. The production facility or “Mega Ranch” is vertically integrated – and includes all processes required to grow, harvest, process and package the product. To support the transition to commercial scale, Meati called on Cybertrol Engineering, an industry-leading control and information system integrator. Cybertrol is a Gold-level System Integrator partner company in the Rockwell Automation PartnerNetwork™ program. “We knew automat

Deployed energy management solution in Food & Beverage sector.