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ChickP Protein Ltd. is an Israeli-based company that produces protein isolate from Chickpeas.

ChickP has a patented procedure for extracting protein from Chickpeas that contains a high percentage of protein (up to 90% pure).^[1][2][3] The company also produces a chickpea-based starch.^[4]

Company History[edit]

The company was founded by Ram Reifen in 2016.^[5] Ram Reifen is an Israeli Academic scholar and a professor of Human Nutrition, and the former Director of the Centre for Nutrigenomics and Functional Foods at The Robert H Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food, and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.^[6]

Reifen studied and developed a process to extract an almost-pure protein powder from chickpeas. According to Reifen, chickpeas have “several unique attributes that make it a particularly successful source for meat, fish and dairy-product substitutes”.^[7]

ChichP Isolate protein powder is currently used by companies that produce a variety of meat, eggs, and dairy replacements.^{[8][9][10][11]}

Funding[edit]

ChickP is recognized as a key factor in the current global chickpea protein market.^[12]In 2022, ChickP raised an 8 million dollar seed investment, which has concluded into a 10 million dollar investment in the company.^[13] Among the investors are Growthwell Foods, Ltd, a Singapore-based company in the meat-alternative markets of Asia, and Agrinnovation, an agricultural venture capital fund that belongs to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.^[14][15][16]

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