Li Ka-shing fries 'artificial egg,' betting big on it   

李嘉诚投资“人造鸡蛋” 亲身试食“素炒蛋”(图)

据香港《明报》报道，美国旧金山食品科技公司Hampton Creek，研发出植物制的人造鸡蛋及蛋黄酱等，获长江实业主席李嘉诚旗下私人投资公司“维港投资”领头，与其他投资者联合注资2300万美元(约1.8亿港元)。李嘉诚早前亲身试食“炒人造蛋”，表示随着全球人口增加，市场需要“更有效、更环保、更有质素”的食物选择，故拍板投资。[查看全文]

(ECNS) -- Li Ka-shing, Asia's richest man, is among a group who have invested $23 million in a US firm that invented the "artificial egg," the Hong Kong-based Ming Pao said.

Hampton Creek Foods, a company headquartered in Northern California, has found new ways of utilizing plants to replace eggs. Their egg substitute is already on shelves in some places in the US.

Li, who is estimated to be worth $29.5 billion, said he believed the firm had huge potential. To keep up with demand for the growing global population we need to be more efficient, more environmentally friendly, and have more quality and offer affordable choices, he said.

Josh Tetrick, the CEO of the company, said he flew to Hong Kong to meet Li, and posted a photo showing Li making a fried "artificial egg."