Eat Just CEO Josh Tetrick says soaring egg prices have driven up demand for its mung-bean-derived Just Egg, with sales hikes unlike what the firm has seen in the past. Eggs have never been more expensive in the US. According to consumer…
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With egg prices returning to sky-high levels in the US, it brings a major opportunity for plant-based and fermentation-derived alternatives. Can these companies capitalise on the moment? You know things are serious when Waffle House…
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Californian cultivated meat pioneer Upside Foods is aiming to launch chicken shreds – its second product – in the US by year-end. Despite its legal battle against Florida's leaders and an uncertain political landscape around…
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Israeli startup SuperMeat has revealed how it can cut production costs of its cultivated chicken to under $12 per pound, on par with conventional poultry. Just shy of its nine-year anniversary, Israeli food tech startup SuperMeat has…
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French cultivated chicken startup Vital Meat showcased its ingredient in a public tasting in Singapore, where it expects regulatory approval "very soon". With a market launch on the horizon, Vital Meat organised a cultivated meat event…
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In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Vital Meat's cultivated chicken tasting in Singapore, Oatly's new…
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Umiami, the Parisian startup making whole-cut plant-based chicken, is now called Swap, and has entered the US foodservice sector. French plant-based meat company Umiami has rebranded to Swap, which it says is "a universal word, easy to…
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Vegan chicken startup Simulate, famous for its Nuggs, has been acquired by Ahimsa Companies to get the business back on track after months of (dis)quiet. Simulate, the plant-based meat brand known for its meme-famous Nuggs, has been…
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McDonald's France is introducing vegan nuggets made from Beyond Meat, its first plant-based option, offered at the same price as conventional chicken. Fast-food giant McDonald's is finally offering a plant-based option in France, its…
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In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Upside Foods' tasting event at a taqueria, Japan Airlines' sweet protein…
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A breakthrough study explores how continuous manufacturing can solve the scalability challenges of cultivated chicken and bring prices down to $6 per lb. If you speak to anybody from the cultivated meat sector – be it a startup founder,…
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In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers VFC's ad in response to KFC's new campaign, a new oat milk company, and…
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Panda Express has brought back the vegan version of its flagship orange chicken with Beyond Meat, a welcome move for the latter's foodservice struggles. It took over 7,200 signatures on a 16-month-long petition for Panda Express to…
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French startup Vital Meat has submitted a dossier to food regulators in England and Scotland for its cultivated chicken, a process that's expected to take 18 to 24 months. France's Vital Meat, which makes cultivated chicken as a B2B…
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UK plant-based meat challenger brand THIS is launching the country's first nationally distributed vegan chicken thighs, starting with Tesco next week. THIS, the cult-favourite plant-based meat brand, is rolling out a first-to-market…
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Veganuary will soon host the first Choose Chicken-Free Week, as part of a wider rollout of mini-campaigns to complement its annual month-long initiative. On the back of its most successful campaign to date, Veganuary is initiating…
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Vegan food manufacturer TiNDLE Foods is set to unveil a plant-based stuffed chicken range and a barista oat milk – its first foray into dairy alternatives – at this month's Expo West trade event. A year on from acquiring London-based…
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TiNDLE Foods, the food tech behind the hit plant-based chicken alternative, is making its retail debut in Switzerland. TiNDLE Foods, the Singapore-headquartered global vegan meat brand, has made its way to Switzerland. Launching…
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Much like its 2000 prequel, Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget is establishing itself in the 2023 cultural zeitgeist – can it help change people's diets into something more sustainable and animal-friendly? "People want to know where their…
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British tempeh brand Better Nature is working on a new whole-cut vegan chicken ingredient made from tempeh mycelium and okara, the pulp left over from soy milk production. Speaking to Green Queen, the company spills the beans on the…
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Josh Tetrick, co-founder and CEO of Eat Just and its cultivated meat subsidiary GOOD Meat, has been named in the inaugural TIME100 Climate list of most influential business leaders – the only person from the alternative protein industry to…
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