Type Food industry Headquarters Bulgaria, Belize Website vitapro.com | Founder Yank Barry Products VitaPro | |
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VitaPro Foods, is a company that makes textured vegetable protein for use as a meat substitute
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CEO Yank Barry developed VitaPro in 1989 or 1990. It was originally a South African venture. According to the VitaPro website, the company now operates from Belize and Bulgaria.
In 1998, Barry was indicted on corruption charges related to a VitaPro contract worth US$34 million with the Texas prisons. In 1999, the Texas Supreme Court ruled the VitaPro contract with the Texas prisons was invalid. After a trial in 2001, he was initially declared guilty, but the verdict was thrown out by U.S district court judge and a new trial was ordered in 2007. He was then acquitted in 2008 after a bench retrial. Barry said the charges were politically motivated.
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VitaPro Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA