VitaPro

VitaPro Foods Inc./VitaPro International Limited
Food industry
Founder Yank Barry
Headquarters Bulgaria, Belize
Products VitaPro
Website vitapro.com

VitaPro Foods, is a company that makes textured vegetable protein for use as a meat substitute[1]

CEO Yank Barry developed VitaPro in 1989 or 1990.[2][3] It was originally a South African venture.[1] According to the VitaPro website, the company now operates from Belize and Bulgaria.[4]

In 1998, Barry was indicted on corruption charges related to a VitaPro contract worth US$34 million with the Texas prisons.[5][6] In 1999, the Texas Supreme Court ruled the VitaPro contract with the Texas prisons was invalid.[7] 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.[5] He was then acquitted in 2008 after a bench retrial.[5] Barry said the charges were politically motivated.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Sarasota resident fights for peace all over world". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. 26 December 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  2. Cohan, William D. (15 August 2011). "Adding to the Confusion". ARTnews.
  3. Silcoff, Sean (1 August 2001). "Montreal Soy Mogul Charged With Bribery Over Prison Meal Deal". National Post.
  4. "VitaPro – contact". VitaPro Foods, Inc. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 "Barry acquitted in Texas prison food scandal". Canada.com. CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc. (via the Montreal Gazette). 25 April 2008. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  6. 1 2 Macdonell, Rod (31 May 1998). "Local food exec indicted in Texas". Montreal Gazette (Sunday Final ed.).
  7. Hays, Kristen (9 September 2005). "Former Prisons Chief, Vitapro Exec Acquitted". Associated Press. Retrieved 23 June 2014.


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