Editing Quorn (section)

== Ownership history ==
Originally conceived in 1985 and owned by Marlow Foods, a joint venture between Rank Hovis McDougall (RHM) and Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI), RHM exited the business in 1990 by selling its shares to ICI. When ICI spun off its biological products divisions from the core chemical business in 1993, Marlow Foods became a part of the newly formed [[AstraZeneca|Zeneca]] group, later [[AstraZeneca]].

In 2003, AstraZeneca sold Marlow Foods, including the Quorn business and associated trademarks and patents, to Montagu Private Equity for £72m. Montagu sold the business on to [[Premier Foods]] in 2005 for £172m.<ref name="yorkpost">{{cite news
| url        = http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=56&ArticleID=1047389
| title      = Quorn to get a higher profile as Premier buys maker for £172m
| newspaper  = [[The Yorkshire Post]]
| date       = 7 June 2005
| access-date = 20 May 2006
}}{{Dead link|date=December 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

In 2011, Premier Foods sold Quorn to Exponent Private Equity and [[Intermediate Capital Group]] for {{nowrap|£205 million}}.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.foodmanufacture.co.uk/Business-News/Quorn-s-new-owner-sees-bright-meat-free-future|title= Quorn's new owner sees bright meat-free future|publisher= Food Manufacture|date= 8 March 2011|access-date= 27 June 2011|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110704001403/http://www.foodmanufacture.co.uk/Business-News/Quorn-s-new-owner-sees-bright-meat-free-future|archive-date= 4 July 2011|url-status= live|df= dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="telegraph ">{{cite news
| title        = Premier Foods sells Quorn and Cauldron for £205m
| last         = Ebrahimi
| first        = Helia
| work         = [[The Daily Telegraph]]
| location     = London
| date         = 25 January 2011
| url          = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/8279574/Premier-Foods-sells-Quorn-and-Cauldron-for-205m.html
| access-date   = 10 October 2011
| quote        = Premier Foods [...] by offloading both Quorn and meat-free sausage brand Cauldron for £205m. [...] creating room for private equity duo Exponent and Intermediate Capital Group to swoop. The price was roughly the same as what Premier paid for the brands in 2005.
| archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20111008042330/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/8279574/Premier-Foods-sells-Quorn-and-Cauldron-for-205m.html
| archive-date = 8 October 2011
| url-status   = live
| df           = dmy-all
}}</ref>
In 2015, the owners put the company up for sale via a business auction process. Attracting bidders including [[Danone]], [[Kerry Group]], [[McCain Foods]] and [[Nomad Foods]], it was sold to [[Monde Nissin|Monde Nissin Corporation]] headquartered in the [[Philippines]] for £550m ($831m).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-34407667 | title=Quorn Foods meat substitute firm sold for £550m | work=BBC News | date=30 September 2015 | access-date=4 June 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180527232500/http://www.bbc.com/news/business-34407667 | archive-date=27 May 2018 | url-status=live | df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Armstrong |first1=Ashley |title=Quorn gobbled up by Philippine noodle maker |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/11902915/Quorn-gobbled-up-by-Philippine-noodle-maker.html |work=The Telegraph |date=30 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225031644/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/11902915/Quorn-gobbled-up-by-Philippine-noodle-maker.html |archive-date=25 February 2018 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

{{nutritional value
| name = Quorn Mince, 100g
| kJ = 384
| fibre = 7.5 g
| protein = 13 g
| fat = 1.7 g
| satfat = 0.5 g
| carbs = 2.3 g
| sugars = 0.1 g
| tryptophan = 0.18 g
| threonine = 0.61 g
| isoleucine = 0.57 g
| leucine = 0.95 g
| lysine = 0.91 g
| methionine = 0.23 g
| phenylalanine = 0.54 g
| valine = 0.60 g
| histidine = 0.39 g
| sodium_mg = 140
| note = sources: mycoprotein.org<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.mycoprotein.org/assets/ALFT_V2_2.pdf| title=Quorn™ and mycoprotein nutrition| publisher=mycoprotein.org| access-date=12 September 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116203433/http://www.mycoprotein.org/assets/ALFT_V2_2.pdf| archive-date=16 January 2014| url-status=dead| df=dmy-all}}</ref> quorn.co.uk <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.quorn.co.uk/products/meat-free-mince|title=Quorn Vegetarian Mince|website=quorn.co.uk|access-date=10 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231103173906/https://www.quorn.co.uk/products/meat-free-mince|archive-date=3 November 2023|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
}}