Gardein

Garden Protein International was founded by former chef Yves Potvin in 2003. In 2009, the company began selling its frozen products.

In 2007, Garden Protein had 85 employees and $50 million in annual sales. In 2014, it had nearly $100 million in sales at the retail level. By 2015, it had over 250 employees with distribution to more than 22,000 stores in North America.

Gardein was first used in the United Kingdom in 2008, as an ingredient in Grassington's frozen meals.

Although Gardein is primarily sold as a frozen product in grocery stores, its products have been included on restaurant menus as well.

Many of the faux meat options available at Veggie Grill restaurants are made from Gardein products.

In 2017, hamburger chain Johnny Rockets added the Gardein black bean patty to its menu.

In August 2019, New Zealand based burger chain BurgerFuel added the Chick’n patties to its menu.

Fine for dumping vegetable oil

In February 2018, Gardein pleaded guilty in the Provincial Court of British Columbia to a 2016 offence of unlawfully dumping vegetable oil into a ditch on Gardein's property that leads into the Fraser River. The company was fined $285,000, ordered to improve its Richmond-based plant to prevent future spills, and added to the Environmental Offenders Registry.