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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