April 2026

US startup Bond Pet Foods has welcomed German flavour and chemicals giant Symrise as an investor, with the firms partnering to create new precision-fermented products for pet nutrition. Symrise, a global leader in flavours and…
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Cultivated meat is significantly more environmentally friendly than conventional animal proteins like beef or pork, according to a new peer-reviewed study. The argument for cultivated meat is undeniable on the animal rights front, but…
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Finnish food tech startup Happy Plant Protein will deploy its dry extrusion technology in a first-of-its-kind facility in Latvia to process locally grown crops into high-value proteins. Helsinki-based firm Happy Plant Protein is taking…
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Mondelēz International has used Celleste Bio's cell-based cocoa butter to create nearly a dozen milk chocolate bars, a milestone moment for the cellular agriculture industry. Cell-based chocolate is no longer a pipe dream – and one of…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers cultivated pet food's Singapore debut, Khloe Kardashian's new plant protein chips, and a host of dairy-free brand campaigns.…
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French cultivated meat pioneer Parima, the parent company of Gourmey and Vital Meat, has obtained regulatory clearance to sell its cultivated duck in Singapore, its second such approval in six months. Parisian startup Parima has become…
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Finland's plant-forward nutrition guidelines have spurred increased intake of whole-food proteins like tofu and legumes, with meat reduction the most popular dietary change. In November 2024, the Finnish Food Authority updated its…
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Vikas Garg, founder and CEO of Abillion, explains why the platform was forced to shut down, and reveals it's in discussions with "investors and other parties" to explore a future for the business. Abillion, a platform that helped people…
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Clean Food Group has raised £4.5M ($6.1M) in new funding, alongside a £700,000 ($950,000) grant from the UK government, to expand production of its sustainable yeast-derived fats. UK biotech startup Clean Food Group has brought on new…
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US startup Checkerspot has launched a fermentation-derived algal oil for personal care and cosmetics applications, as part of a collaboration with La Fabrique Végétale. Betting on the personal care industry's expanding embrace of…
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German startup Bluu has scaled up production of its cultivated fish cells to 1,000-litre bioreactors in partnership with Dutch firm Cultivate at Scale, with the personal care sector its first target. Months after expanding its focus…
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Beyond Meat has reformulated its breakfast sausage lineup with avocado oil, cutting saturated fat content by 89% and, in some cases, protein by 36%. Amid its expansion into drinks and other categories, plant-based pioneer Beyond Meat…
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Employment opportunities in the future food sector declined in 2025 amid shifting investment priorities and business models, though North America bucked the trend. Funding for alternative protein companies fell below the $1B mark for…
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Products that blend dairy with plant-based ingredients are preferred over 100% vegan formats in taste tests, but these 'balanced proteins' lag in purchase intention. Here's how they can close the gap. After a breakout year in 2025,…
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The EU should name fermentation-derived food ingredients as a covered technology category and boost investment for scale-up in its second Biotech Act, due later this year, according to a new policy brief. As the EU faces mounting…
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Stephanie Downs, co-founder and CEO of eco leather startup Uncaged Innovations, reflects on how the plant-based milk labelling debate could be echoed in the materials industry. When Oatly lost a recent Supreme Court…
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Europe's plant-based food market grew by 5% from 2024-25, reaching €16.3B in value as several products outpaced animal proteins – but it still makes up a fraction of the region's food and drink sales. Demand for plant-based food…
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Moolec Science has achieved a breakthrough in its molecular farming tech, genetically engineering pea seeds to produce bovine myoglobin, a heme-containing protein. Nearly a year after completing a merger with three other companies,…
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Carlsberg Britvic-owned Plenish has expanded its clean-label plant-based portfolio with two pea protein powders, tapping into the UK's growing protein market. British dairy-free milk brand Plenish is building on its clean-label…
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Molecular farming startup Finally Foods has closed a pre-seed funding round, bringing its total raised to $2.6M, with another $4-6M targeted to expand production of its casein-containing potatoes. Finally Foods, an Israeli startup…
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US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has directed hospitals to align their food purchases with the dietary recommendations or risk losing funding – but unlike the guidelines, the fine print is in favour of plant-based proteins. …
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