Alt Fats

US startup C16 Biosciences has launched its first food ingredient, a precision-fermented cocoa butter, while expanding its portfolio of yeast-derived fats for the beauty industry. After making waves in the beauty and personal care space…
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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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Singaporean food tech startup ImpacFat has teamed up with M3triq to use AI-powered ingredient discovery to fast-track the commercialisation of its cultivated omega-3 fish fat. The convergence of food tech and artificial intelligence…
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A new analysis suggests that waste-fermented microbial lipid alternatives to fats like palm oil and animal fats can already compete with premium cocoa butter on cost. The alternative fat space has been heating up rapidly over the last…
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Swedish precision fermentation startup Melt&Marble has debuted Marble7, its animal-free "designer fat" for the beauty and personal care sector. Months after securing clearance for the global sale of its precision-fermented fat,…
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US alternative fat startup Savor has closed a $32M funding round, with participation from AAK, which has signed a deal to develop dairy alternatives and bakery applications with the former's carbon-derived fats. Californian food tech…
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Finnish food tech startup Perfat Technologies has launched Perfat Soft, a sunflower-oil-based oleogel that can replace butter and palm oil across a range of applications. Entering the flourishing fat-alternative space, Helsinki-based…
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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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UK biotech firm Sun Bear Biofuture has completed the first run of its yeast-derived cocoa butter alternative in a setup that costs less than 10% of the industry standard. British startup Sun Bear Biofuture is out to prove that precision…
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Californian label Tower 28 Beauty has debuted a lip jelly featuring C16 Biosciences's Palmless Torula Oil, a yeast-derived substitute for palm oil. Yeast in your lip care? That is now a reality thanks to a new collaboration between a…
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Mars Petcare has launched another edition of its global pet food innovation programme for sustainable proteins and fats, with an amplified focus on Asia-Pacific. The market for sustainable pet food solutions has never been hotter. …
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Clean Food Group has raised £4.5M ($6.1M) in new funding, alongside a £700,000 ($950,000) grant from the UK government, to expand production of its sustainable yeast-derived fats. UK biotech startup Clean Food Group has brought on new…
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US startup Checkerspot has launched a fermentation-derived algal oil for personal care and cosmetics applications, as part of a collaboration with La Fabrique Végétale. Betting on the personal care industry's expanding embrace of…
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Estonian startup Äio has debuted its upcycled, sustainable fat alternative, RedOil, in a skin-boosting serum created with personal care brand Tilk. Accelerating the drive to phase out harmful tropical and petroleum-based oils from the…
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UK biotech startup Clean Food Group has launched CleanOil, a waste-derived yeast fat that can help the beauty and cosmetics sector shift away from the planet-harming palm oil. As more consumers seek cleaner, more sustainable…
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Swedish precision fermentation startup Melt&Marble has secured clearance to sell its animal-free fat for food in the US and personal care lipid internationally. Melt&Marble can now commercialise its sustainable "designer fats"…
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US startup Savor has launched a beauty and personal care division, expanding its carbon-based fats beyond food to address the climate issues caused by the use of tropical oils in cosmetics. The ubiquitous use of palm oil in cosmetics…
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As Europe’s personal care brands look for eco-friendly alternatives to animal and tropical fats, a new partnership bets on microalgae oils to usher in a new era for cosmetics. More and more Europeans are seeing cleaner beauty, with half…
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Dutch startup Time-Travelling Milkman has teamed up with Finland's VTT Technical Research Centre on a $700,000 EU-backed project to create a plant protein from sunflower sidestreams. To tackle the worsening climate and food insecurity…
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At the forefront of the global future food ecosystem, Green Queen founding editor Sonalie Figueiras sets out the most important trends to watch every year. Here are her predictions for 2026. As the Green Queen editor-in-chief, part of…
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The future food industry has seen plenty of victories this year, spanning regulatory approvals, supermarket pledges, and women's wellness. Here are the 10 biggest wins for food tech in 2025. 1) Cultivated meat approvals accelerated …
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