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After a decline in alternative protein investments in 2024, funding further fell by 28% in Q1 2025 compared to the same period a year ago. Analysts blame AI, high costs, and low sales. There's no other way to put it: 2024 was a bleak…
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British pet food startup Meatly has announced a wave of breakthroughs that significantly slash the cost of cultivated meat, bringing it closer to price parity with chicken. Food tech innovators are continuing to make advancements that…
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Beef and lamb are among the foods that face the biggest threats from competition with cultivated meat, underscoring why some lawmakers want to ban the latter. One country and six US states have so far passed laws that prohibit companies…
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A techno-economic analysis has found that French cultivated meat startup Gourmey's bioreactor system can reach production costs of $3.43 per lb. When you remove the politics of it all, people aren't as resistant to cultivated meat as…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Impossible Foods' new vegan chicken, Quorn's Mission: Impossible collab, and a new kind of tempeh. New products and…
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In Germany, a quarter of consumers are open to trying cultivated meat made from a 3D printer, a much greater share than in 2019. As Europe's leading plant-based market, Germany has always shown openness to food tech innovation,…
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Cultivated meat isn't approved for sale in Europe yet – but that hasn't stopped this entrepreneur from setting up an online shop for these proteins. Forget Michelin-starred restaurants and famed butcheries. What if you could get…
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Nebraska has become the sixth US state to ban cultivated meat, after Governor Jim Pillen signed the bill that he had initially requested. Jim Pillen, owner of the largest pork producer in Nebraska, happily signed a bill sent to his desk…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Nutella Plant-Based's UK launch, Oatly's collab with Chris Parnell, and Nestlé's new biotech centre. New products and…
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Dutch cultivated meat startup Mosa Meat has filed for regulatory approval in the UK, where it's part of a government support scheme and teased its first burger all those years ago. Twelve years after unveiling the world's first…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Massive Attack's vegan concert, Beleaf's plant-based meat price freeze, and the FDA's labelling guidelines. New products…
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University of Edinburgh scientists have developed a pig fat cell line that promises efficient, scalable and consistent cultivated meat production, with the potential of going past the exosphere. Could astronauts enjoy a cultivated bacon…
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Half of Europeans say eating less meat will become mainstream in the next decade, and a similar number are open to trying cultivated meat, if the EU food safety regulator approves it. The EU must remove roadblocks and speed up the…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers the Science Museum's future food exhibit, Beyond Steak's UK debut, and a Dutch public-private plant-based partnership. …
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Montana Governor Greg Gianforte has signed a bill that prevents the production or sale of cultivated meat in the state, while Indiana has introduced a two-year prohibition. From October 1, manufacturing or selling cultivated meat in…
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From gas protein and bean-free coffee to cultured quail and upcycled kombucha, Fura is opening up the future of food to Singaporeans. One of the hottest additions to the Asia's 50 Best Bars list last year, the cult bar is putting…
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Dutch startup Meatable has partnered with Singapore-based TruMeat to build a large-scale facility to produce cultivated meat at cost-competitive levels. As it awaits regulatory approval in the island nation, Meatable is planning to…
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US cultivated seafood startup BlueNalu is targeting an initial launch of its bluefin tuna in California and has cemented partnerships to take the product global. A highly prized sushi delicacy made from cultured tuna cells could soon be…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Gordon Ramsay's partnership with Becel, a new vegan egg in Italy, and Spain's plant-based school meal decree. New…
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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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Upside Foods has been handed an initial legal victory after a judge denied Florida's request to dismiss the lawsuit against its cultivated meat ban. The lawsuit against Florida's ban on cultivated meat is going ahead, after a judge…
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