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42% of Japanese Consumers Open to Trying Cultivated Meat, But Safety Remains Key Concern
Over four in 10 Japanese consumers are willing to give cultivated meat and seafood a taste as long as it's safe, but 58% have never heard of it, highlighting the challenge for the country's alternative protein sector.
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Future Food Quick Bites: Vegan Earthshot Prize, Dr. Praeger’s Turns 30 & A Neat Rebrand
In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Dr. Praeger's new veggie-forward offerings, Applewood Vegan's!-->…
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California Cultured Joins Forces with Japanese Chocolate Giant Meiji for Cell-Based Cocoa Products
US startup California Cultured will see its cell-based cocoa incorporated in products by Japanese chocolate giant Meiji, with a 10-year commercial partnership for the former's Flavanol Cocoa Powder.
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Future Food Quick Bites: Valentine’s Specials, Scotch Eggs & Greek Dragons’ Den
In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Fortnum and Mason's cultivated scotch egg tasting, a Dragons' Den deal!-->…
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What the US FDA Reorganisation Means for Alternative Protein Regulation
Sparked by the infant formula crisis, the FDA is about to undergo a major overhaul that will transform its human foods programme and regulatory affairs teams – what does this mean for alternative proteins?
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As GOOD Meat & UPSIDE Foods End Restaurant Collabs, What’s Next for Cultivated Meat Tastings?
The restaurants serving cultivated meat in Singapore and the US have stopped doing so – as the industry enters a crucial year for regulation and commercialisation, what's next for consumers hoping to taste cultured meat?
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Singapore’s Islamic Council Rules Cultivated Meat as Halal Under the Right Conditions
The Islamic Religious Council of Singapore has issued a fatwa declaring that cultivated meat is generally halal, and Muslims can eat these products as long as they adhere to halal standards.
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Safeguarding the Future: How RESPECTfarms is Helping Farmers Transition to Cultivated Meat
In the 1980s, Willem van Eelen began working on the technology that produces what we know today as cultivated meat – now, his daughter, via RESPECTfarms, is extending his vision to help farmers take the plunge, beginning with the world's!-->…
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Wild Earth’s Ryan Bethencourt: ‘Our Mission is to Make Killer Food, Without the Killing’
In an exclusive interview with Green Queen, Wild Earth co-founder and alt-protein investor Ryan Bethencourt talks the death threats he's received, his experience with Shark Tank and Mark Cuban, his investment criteria, learning from Tesla,!-->…
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Disassociating From the Beginning: US Senators Propose a Ban on Cultivated Meat in School Meals
Amid a flurry of proposed bans on cultivated meat in the US and around the world, two senators have now introduced a bill that would prohibit the use of cultured meat in school meals.
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Future Food Quick Bites: Dupe Cheese, Squeezy Sour Cream & TikTok Butter
In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers a ton of alt-dairy developments, more discussions around banning!-->…
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‘Immense Potential’: Indian Government Body to Develop Cultivated Fish in Partnership with Neat Meatt
In a first-of-its-kind partnership, the Indian government is embarking on a project to create cell-cultured seafood with cultivated meat startup Neat Meatt Biotech.
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Israeli Startup Pluri Launches Cell-Based Coffee Business with Industrial Production Capacity
Israeli cellular agriculture firm Pluri has launched a cell-based coffee business, which will be spun out into a new subsidiary focused on industrial-scale production to combat the crop's climate challenges.
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SciFi Foods Completes Commercial-Scale Production to Bring Hybrid Beef One Step Closer to Your Plate
San Francisco-based SciFi Foods has announced the successful completion of its first 500-litre bioreactor run in its recently opened facility in San Leandro. The startup now aims to complete regulatory approval and enter US foodservice by!-->…
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Here’s What Went Down at the EU Agrifish Council Meeting on Cultivated Meat
Ministers from 13 nations are pushing back strongly against the EU's cultivated meat policy and asking the bloc to rethink its novel foods regulatory process in the interest of safety.
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Startups Celebrate Dutch Panel to Assess Cultivated Meat Tastings, as Meatable Files Dossier
The Netherlands has launched an expert committee to evaluate applications for cultivated meat tastings, six months after forming an official framework for the same. Cultured pork producer Meatable has responded by submitting its dossier to!-->…
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Future Food Quick Bites: Vegan Mickey Mouse, Price Changes & Labelling Wins
In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Oatly's new partnership with Carvel, price fluctuations for meat and!-->…
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Cultivated Meat Regulation: Where Are We? UK, Israel & Australia Forge Ahead, US & EU Fall Behind
With 2024 tipped to be a landmark year for cultivated meat regulation, we look at how the industry is faring across the world.
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Cultured Unagi: Forsea Foods Unveils ‘World First’ Cultivated Eel with Tokyo Eatery Saido
Israeli food tech startup Forsea Foods has unveiled the first prototype of its cultivated eel, linking up with Tokyo vegan restaurant SAIDO to create dishes with the cell-cultured fish. It aims to launch the seafood product by 2025.
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Aleph Farms: Israel Awards the World’s First Regulatory Approval for Cultivated Beef
Israeli cultivated meat producer Aleph Farms has received the world's first regulatory approval for cell-cultured beef, marking a milestone in the alternative protein sector.
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Cultivated Meat: A Cut Above for Farmers, Health, and Safety
As Arturo Jose Garcia and Allie Molinaro argue, cultivated meat can be a boon for smallholder farmers, not to mention reduce global dependence on antibiotics, decrease the need for dangerous slaughterhouses, and empower a future of!-->…
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