April 2026

The world's largest banks provide lending and bond financing totaling $159B to 15 of the largest methane-emitting food companies, according to a new analysis. The Royal Bank of Canada, Barclays, and Bank of America have the highest…
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US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has aired his "amplified concern" about cultivated meat, promising that these proteins would have to undergo strict FDA oversight. 2025 was a milestone year for cultivated meat in the US, with…
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New York's legislators have voted in favour of a bill that would require companies to disclose ingredients they have self-affirmed as GRAS, in line with a federal move promised by Robert F Kennedy Jr. The GRAS overhaul has come early in…
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German specialty chemicals company Wacker has teamed up with US biotech firm Amyris to create bio-based, sustainable personal care ingredients using precision fermentation. Weeks after expanding production capacity at its Brazilian…
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Japanese conglomerate Ajinomoto has developed a plant-derived transferrin protein alternative that can significantly lower culture media costs for cultivated meat production. In its bid to drive down the cost of producing cultivated…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Project Eaden's vegan ham sandwich, Julienne Bruno's return, and the UK government's U-turn on novel foods. New products…
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Canada's AuX Labs has raised $4M in funding to scale up production of its precision-fermented dairy protein and bring animal-free cheese to pizzerias and cafes. Toronto-based startup AuX Labs has secured fresh funding to commercialise…
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Rewe Group, which operates more stores than any other supermarket in Germany, has launched a blended burger with 70% beef and 30% plant-based ingredients. In another sign of blended meat's wide-reaching potential, Rewe Group has…
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Mark Cuddigan, CEO of UK plant-based brand This, says the company is "very close" to achieving annual profitability and explains why it's embracing both meat alternatives and whole-food formats. The startup that made its name on wackily…
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In interviews with the Bezos Center for Sustainable Protein, industry stakeholders lay out the challenges faced by the US market for alternative proteins, and the best ways to address them. Alternative proteins are at a "critical…
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Swiss startup Cosaic has secured $6M in a seed extension round to scale up its yeast-derived emulsifier and advance its regulatory efforts in the US and Europe. Six months after notching a strategic partnership with Ingredion,…
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Alternative protein think tank the Good Food Institute has released its State of the Industry reports for 2025, covering plant-based, fermentation-derived and cultivated proteins. People across the world bought more plant-based meat and…
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South Korea's science ministry has selected Kookmin University's project to engineer food-grade yeast for precision fermentation in the 2026 Basic Research Program. The South Korean government has recognised precision fermentation as a…
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The Singapore Food Agency has published its complete list of approved novel foods, including cultivated meat and fermentation-derived proteins, days before doling out another green light. Cementing its regulatory leadership for…
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British plant-based food brand Gosh has unveiled a range of Super Plants Sausages, which are made from whole foods, rich in fibre, and high in 'plant points'. Brits want minimally processed, fibre-rich, whole-food products that can help…
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Swiss biomanufacturing startup Planetary has raised $28M in fresh funding to expand its global fermentation infrastructure and licensing platform, and diversify its alternative protein product portfolio. Months after establishing a…
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Canadian biotech firm Pinnacle Food Group has developed a methanol-free precision fermentation process to manufacture recombinant human lactoferrin cost-effectively at its Hong Kong lab. Lactoferrin is the darling of the precision…
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Paris-based La Vie, one of Europe's fastest-growing plant-based brands, has expanded beyond meat alternatives with a line of tofu products. The era of plant-based meat brands entering the whole-food category is still thriving, with…
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US supermarket chain Walmart has been hit with a class-action lawsuit for labelling its Bettergoods dairy-free milks as 'plant-based' despite allegedly containing inorganic or animal-derived additives. Walmart, the world's largest…
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UK wellness-focused investor Tooru has agreed to purchase Mylky, a Belgian company selling at-home plant-based milk machines, for £12M ($16.2M). On the back of "phenomenal growth" for its plant-based milk machines, Belgian e-commerce…
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Beyond Meat has introduced its Beyond Immerse line of sparkling protein beverages to the retail market and has notched a partnership with New York distributor Big Geyser. Plant-based giant Beyond Meat is bringing its protein drinks to…
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