Cell-Based News

German cultivated meat startup Bluu Seafood has teamed up with spice manufacturer Van Hees to create hybrid proteins combining cultured fish cells with plant-based ingredients. As it awaits regulatory approval in multiple geographies,…
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The advanced biotech sector can cut global emissions by 5% and create $1T in annual economic value, but only with major investments to derisk scale-up and ensure cost competitiveness. Technologies that use microbes to feed the…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Chike Nutrition's plant protein coffees, a sunflower seed meat alternative, and US physicians' letter to the government. …
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In a potentially big win for cultivated meat and precision fermentation, the EU is set to publish a document outlining its push to overhaul and fast-track novel food approval. Novel food approval could receive a boost under a new…
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UK firm Multus Biotechnology has unveiled an animal-free media formulation for cultivated meat, allowing companies to eliminate serum from their products. To ease ethical concerns, optimise production and lower costs, British company…
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While young men are driving the rise in meat consumption in the UK, they're also more open to cultivated meat than other demographics. Two in five young men in the UK are eating more meat than they did last year, and 83% of them don't…
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French startup Gourmey, which is awaiting regulatory approval for cultivated meat in six markets, is betting on AI to solve the industry's greatest problem. Gourmey, the Parisian firm producing foie gras by cultivating duck cells in…
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Asian biotech startup Avant has received the C-Label accreditation for its ZelluGen peptide complex, a first for a non-food product. Aiming to clean up both our skin and the marine peptide industry, Avant's ZelluGen peptide complex –…
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US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has pledged to cut red tape and maintain the country's biotech leadership, despite the rollback of a Biden-era biomanufacturing mandate. From MAHA to MABA, the current US administration sure loves…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Violife's protein-packed Cheddar alternative, Petaluma's plant-based dehydrated dog food, and the EU's vegan labelling war. …
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott has made the state the seventh in the US to ban the sale of cultivated meat. He has also ordered an investigation into ultra-processed foods. Despite two more companies receiving regulatory approval to sell…
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A new map by RA Capital Management and the Nature Conservancy uncovers 'the true impact' of agriculture on Earth's systems, and why it's the most overlooked opportunity to improve public and planetary health. Despite the food system…
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British cultivated pork startup Hoxton Farms has teamed up with Japan's Mitsui Chemicals in its latest move, spotlighting Asia's biomanufacturing leadership. When it comes to cultivated meat, Europe is still playing catch-up thanks to…
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US food tech startup Clever Carnivore has achieved industry-leading cost reductions for its cultivated pork, which it hopes to begin selling in the country next year. As companies scramble to lower the production costs of cultivated…
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Sydney-based Vow received regulatory approval to sell cultivated meat in Australia and New Zealand, which will begin appearing on restaurant menus in the coming weeks. Australians will soon be able to order cultivated meat from…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers a host of protein lattes, Better Nature's tempeh rollouts, and Meatable's presentation at a Wall Street Journal forum. …
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Owen Ensor, co-founder and CEO of British cultivated pet food startup Meatly, on why political bans shouldn't deter investors from the alternative protein ecosystem. The past year has witnessed a surge in media attention surrounding…
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A study of Upside Foods' cultivated meat tasting shows what consumers want from these proteins and what they don't want from their lawmakers. On June 27, 2024, a California company took a stand against the state of Florida. Upside…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Oatly's recipe lookbook, Villareal CF's tofu seminar, and People Magazine's plant-based awards. New products and launches…
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Along with its upcoming fundraise, Simple Planet is about to submit dossiers in South Korea and Singapore for regulatory approval – a feat its CEO says will make cultivated meat resurgent. Despite continued declines in funding and…
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Researchers have uncovered eight themes that prevailed in the media coverage of the USDA's first two approvals of cultivated meat in 2023, which had implications. Is cultivated meat 'real meat'? Does it pose any benefits? Is it an…
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