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South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang has launched low-sugar soy milk varieties under its Altive brand, while also refreshing the formulations and packaging of its plant-based protein shakes. CJ CheilJedang is doubling down on wellness…
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Oatly's oat milk now has a 67% lower climate impact than chilled cow's milk in the UK, up from 55% in 2021, highlighting the company's shifts in ingredient and energy sources. In late 2025, Swedish oat milk pioneer Oatly announced that…
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Canadian food tech company Botaneco is using a water-based oleosome platform to produce superior plant-based fats that rival dairy and conventional supply-strained options. Could water be the key that unlocks the potential of…
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As sales expand, Danone’s Kate Farms has launched a new flavour of its plant-based nutrition shake and broadened its distribution to reach more GLP-1 users across the US. A year after being acquired by Danone, Kate Farms is aggressively…
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Germany's Bauer Group has opened a production and innovation hub for plant-based dairy products in Bavaria to bring its manufacturing in-house. Bauer Group is betting on the strength of Germany's local infrastructure and raw material…
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Australian startup All G has launched its precision-fermented bovine lactoferrin in the US, just as it plans a second facility and expects to bring its human lactoferrin ingredient to market within six months. Months after securing…
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Oatly recorded a 15.2% hike in year-on-year sales during Q2 2026, boosting its yearly forecast as the oat milk leader moves to become a "full-on" beverage company. Swedish oat milk maker Oatly is building on its recent growth by…
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Australian dairy and plant-based food major Noumi, known for its Milklab brand, is going private after agreeing to sell all its shares for A$737M ($518M) to Arrovest, which is owned by the billionaire Perich family. After a year-long…
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Israeli food tech startup Plantopia has secured $9M in funding to establish a molecular farming facility to produce casein proteins within sprouted oats. Plantopia, a molecular farming firm growing dairy proteins in oats, has raised $9M…
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Finnish oat producer Raisio Group has completed a $1.7M expansion of its Nokia Mill, which produces gluten-free oats for its sister plant-based facility and international customers. Raisio Group, the parent company of Benecol and…
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Dutch-Belgian precision fermentation startup Those Vegan Cowboys has established Margaret's Finest, a collaborative discovery programme to explore the potential of animal-free casein proteins. Ahead of the launch of its cow-free casein…
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Californian precision fermentation startup New Culture has secured another patent for its recombinant casein protein, covering its flagship mozzarella product in the US. Ahead of its expected launch in pizza restaurants in California,…
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Danish biotech giant Novonesis has signed an exclusive deal to scale up and commercialise TurtleTree’s precision-fermented lactoferrin protein, following investment in the Singaporean startup. Singapore’s TurtleTree has taken a giant…
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Food tech startup Nutrition From Water has agreed to make an equity investment in Portugal's PhycoFerm, formalising a joint R&D collaboration to accelerate microalgae strain generation. New Zealand-Portuguese startup Nutrition From…
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Germany's Planethic Group (formerly Veganz Group) has kickstarted self-administration proceedings to secure its "long-term competitiveness", a year after restructuring the business. Planethic Group, the German holding company formerly…
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Non-dairy milk outperformed its conventional counterpart in the US foodservice sector last year, but sales of plant-based proteins fell despite a narrower price gap with meat. Plant-based alternatives are encroaching upon the market…
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New Zealand startup Andfoods will bring its lentil-based whipped cream to Singapore in the coming weeks, shortly after its black gram protein was mentioned in a Mars patent filing. In March, confectionery giant Mars filed a patent…
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A bipartisan bill from the US House of Representatives is aiming to restrict the labelling of a carbon-derived butter developed by Savor, which ascribes the measure partly to a "misunderstanding" of its technology. Congress members from…
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French dairy giant Danone has made its latest functional health acquisition, signing an agreement to buy Australia's Made Group, maker of plant-based yoghurt brand Cocobella. Danone has agreed to acquire Made Group, the Australian owner…
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Danone has added yoghurts and shakes to its Silk Protein range of plant-based dairy products, building on America's seemingly endless appetite for the macronutrient. Seven months after entering the protein wars with a soy milk that…
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Dutch precision fermentation startup Vivici has secured €12.5M ($14.4M) in funding from the European Innovation Council to scale up and expand its footprint for cow-free whey proteins. A year after raising €32.5M in a Series A round,…
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