Bud Light-Maker Sees Another Life for Recycled Grain: Salty Snacks
Protes, the lone food investment of Anheuser-Busch InBev’s venture arm, is developing snacks made with protein recycled from grain used in the brewing process.
Beer brewing tanks stand at a Anheuser-Busch InBev NV facility in St. Louis, Missouri.
Photographer: Alex FLynn/BloombergThe maker of Budweiser and Stella Artois is looking to get extra mileage from its brewing operations in an unconventional way: using recycled protein to help make snacks.
Anheuser-Busch InBev’s ZX Ventures innovation arm has been backing a snacking startup called Protes that’s working to develop a way to turn the protein in spent grain from the beer giant’s brewing process into salty treats. Protes, which already makes pea protein-infused chips and popcorn, aims to have a product using the beer byproduct on the market early next year, according to co-founder Krik Angacian.