Alt Dairy

Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers a range of product showcases at Expo West, Valsoia's new gelato lines, and Lidl's upgraded meat alternatives. New…
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An upstart brand on the alt-dairy block, New Moon has introduced what it says is the plant-based category's first milk made from whole coconut meat. Positioning it as a category-first, New York-based brand Whole Moon has unveiled a…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Magnum's revamped vegan recipe, Heura's new Tex-Mex Chunks, and a cultivated seafood tasting in Japan. New products and…
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Dutch precision fermentation startup Vivici has closed a €32.5M ($33.7M) funding round to scale production and introduce new animal-free dairy proteins. A year after obtaining regulatory clearance in the US, Dutch animal-free dairy…
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Dairy is making a comeback in the US, with sales of whole milk outpacing plant-based alternatives. Can pecans turn things around? The almond may be America's favourite nut – especially when it comes to milking it – but its…
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Tokyo-based food tech startup Kinish has raised ¥120M ($800,000) to grow "real deal" milk protein in rice grains through molecular farming. Japanese rice may be best known for its sushi, but one local startup wants to use the ingredient…
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Plant-powered Olympian Dotsie Bausch has been fiercely advocating for coffee companies to remove the non-dairy milk surcharge – now, Tim Hortons and Dunkin' have become the latest chains to drop the levy. It was a one-on-one meeting…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers NotCo's Dubai chocolate, BrewDog's collaboration with Impossible Foods, and new products at Expo West. New products and…
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Israel's Finally Foods has announced its first field trial for potatoes containing casein, less than a year after the molecular farming startup launched. In what it describes as "record time", AI-driven molecular farming startup Finally…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Beyond Meat's new products and cookbook, the US's first corn milk brand, and a cultivated seafood tasting. New products…
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Grow with Iris co-founder Amy Langfield explains why she created a free-from, plant-based milk for toddlers, and details her conquest to develop an all-conquering infant formula. Amy Langfield was an art teacher when her newborn…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Eleven Madison Park's new vegan hot honey and Kite Hill's post-Veganuary dairy-free campaign. New products and launches …
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US food tech startup PlantBaby has secured $4M to expand the reach of its plant-based Kiki Milk for kids and launch new products, including a grain-free option this year. Following several years of continuous revenue growth, PlantBaby…
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France's Jay&Joy has secured €2M and acquired fellow vegan artisanal cheese maker Les Nouveaux Affineurs to expand its presence across Europe. Just over 18 months after it was rescued from insolvency, Paris-based vegan cheesemaker…
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The Central Bottling Company, Israel's largest beverage manufacturer, has teamed up with microalgae specialist Brevel to develop functional drinks and dairy alternatives. Israeli beverage giant The Central Bottling Company (CBC) – the…
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Nestlé has partnered with Oatly to unveil a limited-edition Nespresso blend tailored specifically for the latter's barista oat milk. In an effort to boost its barista oat milk, Swedish giant Oatly has teamed up with Nestlé to create…
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Peanuts, potatoes and pistachios are just some of the ingredients taking on the established order of plant-based milk, which remains the most popular vegan category globally. Nearly half of Americans are drinking plant-based milk now,…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers two new dairy-free coffee creamers, Hellmann's social media prank, and Oato's launch of fresh oat milks at Sainsbury's. …
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In its latest collaboration, Dutch vegan giant Flora Food Group has reeled in Gordon Ramsay to sing the praises of its flagship plant-based butter. Gordon Ramsay has been railing against vegan food for a long time, but the Scottish…
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Dutch-Belgian startup Those Vegan Cowboys is raising €15M for its recombinant casein as it prepares to enter the US this year, and has teamed up with dairy giant Hochland to test animal-free cheeses. To get its cow-free cheese onto…
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In a blow for the vegan chocolate industry, Nestlé has taken its KitKat V off shelves in all markets except the UK. Nearly four years after it was first introduced, the vegan KitKat is going off the market amid poor sales, a setback for…
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