Processing of previously-discarded young jackfruits into consumer food products and a fibrous food ingredient system that provides meat-like texture and other properties to lower-carbon plant and other non-meat proteins.

This business case study was prepared within the framework of the Technical Advisory project: Mobilising Business Action for Circular Economy in the ASEAN countries under the EU SWITCH-Asia Policy Support Component for the sole purpose of documenting and analysing business experiences with the circular economy. The business case was produced by Sri Shalini Sathyanarayanan (circular economy expert) and reviewed by Rene Van Berkel and Thomas Thomas (regional experts and ACEBA co-convenors) on the basis of information provided and validated by Lemi Foods & Lemit Ingredients (brands of Innovative Food Technology JSC), Vietnam.