Alt Dairy

The Good Food Institute, an alternative protein think tank, has released its latest State of the Industry series of reports for 2024. Here's how plant-based, fermentation-derived and cultivated proteins fared in 2024. While investment…
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Rudy Yoo, co-founder of Armored Fresh and Pureture, has big plans for the future food industry, featuring yeast-based casein, barley-derived coffee, and clean-label, complete plant proteins. How does a five-ingredient, sugar-free,…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Purple Carrot's partnership with Fable Foods, Gosh!'s new points-based packaging, and SimpliiGood's spirulina-based salmon. …
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US food tech startup Perfect Day has been hit with a false marketing lawsuit for its FDA-approved, animal-free dairy whey protein. Months after ending its lawsuit with a co-manufacturing partner, Californian precision fermentation…
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Bel Group France has partnered with portfolio company Standing Ovation to upcycle its whey waste to produce precision-fermented casein proteins. What if waste from cow's milk could help create next-generation dairy products? That's…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers This's pasta partnership with Ugo Foods Group, Starday's $11M Series A round, and a nomination for the Earthshot Prize. …
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Kraft Heinz has launched the first ready-to-eat vegan offering under its iconic Jell-O brand, a dairy-free version of its chocolate pudding. Packaged food giant Kraft Heinz is for the first time diving into plant-based desserts,…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Bold Bean Co's Ottolenghi collaboration, Beyond Meat's new documentary, and Miyoko Schinner's upcoming vegan cookbook. …
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From animal-free egg salad to a milk alternative made from corn, here are the future food products that stood out most to our expert reviewer at Expo West 2025. It's that time of year again: when Anaheim, California is packed with…
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A bipartisan bill is calling on Congress to provide non-dairy milk options in the national school meal programme to cater to lactose-intolerant and diet-restricted students. It's becoming rarer and rarer to see US Democrats and…
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Dairy-free milk is the most evolved market in the plant-based industry, and a majority of non-drinkers show a potential to switch if certain barriers are removed. The majority of people who don't consume oat milk, vegan Cheddar or…
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Swiss fermentation firm Cultivated Biosciences has unveiled a new brand identity and its debut product, a yeast-derived ingredient to replace animal-based and industrial emulsifiers. Zurich-based Cultivated Biosciences has rebranded to…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Ajinomoto and Solar Foods's latest product launch, Unity Diner's return, and a new meat-free omakase experience in Hong…
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Whey is the dairy industry's largest byproduct – but it has enormous potential to reduce food waste and develop sustainable microbial proteins. Thousands of swimming pools' worth of whey are discarded every year, polluting aquatic…
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Califia Farms has launched a line of summer-coded fruity drinks using coconut cream, tapping into the growing trend for flavoured plant-based milk. Los Angeles-based Califia Farms is going back to its juice roots with its latest product…
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French precision fermentation startup Bon Vivant has rebranded to Verley and rolled out a range of functional animal-free whey proteins. Bon Vivant, the animal-free dairy company hailing from Lyon, has introduced a new brand identity…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Impossible Foods's beef slider rollout, the New York Mets's new vegan sandwich, and Grubby's vegan meal kits for B Corp…
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New Zealand-based cauliflower ice cream startup EatKinda is moving operations away from its home country to focus on the US amid scaling challenges. EatKinda, the New Zealand startup making dairy-free ice cream from cauliflower, is…
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Danone-owned plant-based dairy giant Alpro has announced that it is moving to a 100% local supply for its oat milk lineup in the UK, powered by a multimillion-pound investment to expand its capacity. The UK's leading plant-based milk…
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Brevel, an Israeli startup using light and fermentation to create microalgae-based ingredients, has secured $5M in a seed extension round. Israeli food tech player Brevel has extended its seed funding pot by $5M, taking total investment…
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Californian food tech startup Savor has launched its farm-free, carbon-based butter, which will appear on Michelin-starred menus this year, ahead of a Series B funding round. "Life on Earth is carbon-based, meaning both we and the food…
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