Morningstar Farms

Morningstar Farms (stylized as MorningStar Farms) is a division of the Kellogg Company that produces vegan and vegetarian food.[1] Many of their offerings are plant-based variations of traditionally meat products, including some that are vegan.[2] Their products include meatless chicken nuggets, popcorn chicken, corn dogs, breakfast sausage, burgers, hot dogs, bacon, and pizza snack rolls with vegan cheese. Some, but not all products are vegan; Morningstar Farms announced all products would be vegan by 2021.[3]

Morningstar Farms
TypeDivision
IndustryFood
Founded1974 (1974)
ParentKellogg's
Websitewww.morningstarfarms.com
Two Morningstar veggie burgers on a frying pan

History

Morningstar Farms was introduced by Worthington Foods (originally a division of Miles Laboratories). The frozen food line of soy-based meatless meats was introduced into supermarkets and grocery stores in the U.S. in 1975. It was widely advertised and introduced Americans to the use of soy as a base for meat analogs.[4] Kellogg's purchased Worthington Foods from Bayer AG's North American division for $307 million in October 1999, at which point it acquired the Morningstar Farms brand.[5] Kellogg sold Worthington in 2014 but retained the Morningstar line of products.[6] In 2021, Kellogg's announced it would spend $43 million to expand their Zanesville, Ohio Morningstar Farms manufacturing plant.[7]

See also
  •  Food portal

References
  1. Morningstar Farms Puts New Perspective on Vegetarian Foods May 1, 2006. Frozen Food Age
  2. Morningstar Farms Responds to Pleas for Egg-Free Foods January 11, 2008 United Poultry Concerns
  3. "Morningstar Farms is going full vegan soon and it can't wait to tell everyone". 4 March 2019.
  4. "Worthington Foods". www.soyinfocenter.com. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  5. "Kellogg Agrees to Buy Veggie-Burger Maker". Los Angeles Times. 1999-10-02. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  6. Byrd, Alita (2014-10-09). "Kellogg Sells Worthington and Loma Linda Brands". Spectrum. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
  7. Dave Fusaro (2021-08-30). "Kellogg Co. To Spend $43 Million on Zanesville Plant". Food Processing. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
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