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Texas-Based NadaMoo! Closes $10 Million Series B to Expand Dairy-Free Ice Cream Brand
Dairy-free ice cream brand NadaMoo! has secured close to $10 million for brand building and distribution expansion. The funding round was led by existing investors District Ventures Capital and Invest Eco. A new partner, Killam!-->…
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Fooditive Announces First Vegan Casein That Can Replace Cow’s Milk Across All Dairy Applications
Dutch food tech and ingredient developer Fooditive has revealed another success story. Following on from upcycled natural sweetener, it has launched a vegan-friendly casein protein made from peas. The animal-free casein powder has numerous!-->…
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The Week In Food Tech: MeaTech 3D Bio-Prints ‘The Largest’ Cultivated Steak to Date, Treeline Unveils Vegan Slices and Shreds
Just a few short years ago, it was unusual to get more than a handful of stories each week about meat analogues, dairy alternatives, and other alt and/or vegan foods. Nowadays, the opposite is true. In fact, there are so many developments!-->…
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Scottish Soft Drinks Giant AG Barr Snaps Up Majority Stake In Vegan Milk Brand MOMA Foods
AG Barr has announced it has taken a 60 percent stake in UK brand MOMA Foods. It marks the first step into plant-based foods for the Irn Bru maker. Full acquisition of the alt-milk and porridge brand is expected within three years.
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Mighty Bags Extra £4.5 Million To Develop Precision Fermentation Milk In The UK
A recent £4.5 million seed plus round brings alternative dairy startup Mighty’s total funding to £8 million. Funds are being earmarked for international expansion, alongside bringing a new precision fermentation-based plant milk to market!-->…
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Miyoko’s Creamery Launches Program That Helps Struggling Dairy Farmers Transition to Succesful Plant-Based Crops
California-based Miyoko’s Creamery is pushing ahead with plans to domesticate its supply chain. Looking for a farm to transition to plant-based crops, the company has launched its Dairy Farm Transition (DFT) program. The chosen location!-->…
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African Animal-Free Startup De Novo Dairy Bags Pre-Seed Funding For Milk Without Cows
South Africa's De Novo Dairy, the continent's first precision fermentation dairy startup, has announced the close of a successful round of pre-seed funding that will enable to company to push forward on R&D. One of a growing number of!-->…
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Australia’s WOA, the ‘World’s Lowest Carbon Milk’, Raises $20 Million
Australia’s Wide Open Agriculture (WOA) announced it has raised $20 million to support a move to domestic plant-based production for its low carbon oat milk. Funding was raised through share purchases, both institutional and individual,!-->…
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Banana-Flavored Oat Milk Leader Banana Wave Acquired by Canadian Alt Food Investor
Canadian investment outfit Eat Beyond has announced its intention to acquire Florida-based Banana Wave, a banana flavored oat milk drink company. The acquisition will enable Banana Wave to expand further and will give Eat Beyond a stronger!-->…
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Cell-Cultured Breastmilk Offers Parents Alternative To Formula
By: Ruth Purcell & Bianca Le, The University of Melbourne
Science has made impressive gains in the art of producing animal products minus the animal. Now this emerging field of cellular agriculture is taking on its biggest!-->!-->!-->…
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Precision Fermentation Breast Milk Startup Helaina Bags $20M Series A
Helaina, the startup developing immune-equivalent proteins in breast milk through precision fermentation, has raised $20 million.
Helaina has closed its Series A funding round with $20 million, co-led by early-stage tech investors Spark!-->!-->!-->…
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Spain Rejects Right-Wing Attempt To Ban Plant-Based Meat and Dairy Labels
The Spanish government has rejected right-wing party Vox’s proposals to ban labels for plant-based products.
Vegan and vegetarian product labels will be staying in Spain, after the government rejected right-wing party Vox’s!-->!-->!-->…
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World’s First Sesame Milk Brand, Canada’s Planting Hope, Goes Public on TSX Venture Exchange
Canadian plant-based food company and sesame milk manufacturer The Planting Hope Co. has completed its initial public offering (IPO) in Canada, selling 22.5 million shares at $0.40 apiece. These shares are now trading on the TSX Venture!-->…
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Sustainable Precision Fermentation ‘Dairy Identical’ Imagindairy Raises $13 Million In Seed Round
As demand for animal-free milk and dairy products rises, Israel's Imagindairy closes a robust seed round for its precision fermentation milk technology.
Completing its seed round, Israeli-based dairy identical food tech brand!-->!-->!-->…
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McDonald’s Australia Just Added Oat Milk To McCafé Menus
McDonald’s Australia has just added a new vegan dairy option to its McCafé menu: oat milk. The popular plant-based milk will be supplied by cult favourite Aussie brand MILKLAB. While many Australian residents have rejoiced at the news of!-->…
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Perfect Day’s Dairy-Identical Alt Milk Lands at Starbucks
Coffee giant Starbucks is testing Perfect Day's fungi-based dairy-identical milk in select Seattle locations, the company announced earlier this week.
Perfect Day, the Bay Area food-tech startup, has been on a roll. The brand, which is!-->!-->!-->…
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This Vegan Dairy Startup Backed By Rock Legend Bryan Adams Plans To Go Public
Bettermoo(d), the Canadian plant-based dairy startup backed by rock legend Bryan Adams, is now gearing up to go public. The brand, which is set to release its Moodrink line of dairy-free milk this winter, announced an agreement with Happy!-->…
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Alpro Boosts Vegan Milk Production Capacity to 300M Litres At UK Plant
Alpro has ramped up its capacity amid surging demand for vegan milk. Its latest £17 million investment in a new high-speed production line at its Kettering facility in the UK will help it churn over 300 million litres of plant-based milk!-->…
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Lindt Is Releasing Two New Vegan Oat Milk Chocolate Bars For Veganuary
Lindt has announced on World Vegan Day that it will be releasing two new vegan milk chocolate bars in time for Veganuary 2022.
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Brazil’s Future Farm Gets $58M To Expand Vegan Meat Range & Develop Plant-Based Milk, Butter
Brazil-based alt-meat startup Future Farm has closed a $58 million round of Series C funding to make its plant-based meat analogues more widely available and also add new products to its roster. BTG and Rage Capital co-led the round, which!-->…
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Beyond Oats: 6 New Dairy Free Milks From Potato to Pecan
It’s time for almonds and oats to move over in the vegan milk world. We have new plant-based ingredients to steal the show.
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