Cell-Based News

Investment in plant-based, fermentation-derived and cultivated proteins declined by half in the first six months of 2025, outlining continued headwinds for the sector. Alternative proteins haven't had the same pull with investors as…
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There's a reason why meat is at the heart of the culture wars – for cultivated proteins to succeed, companies need to tap into consumers' emotions. After four successive years of declining consumption, Europeans began eating more meat…
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US food tech startup Friends & Family Pet Food Company has received regulatory approval to sell its cultivated meat for dogs and cats in Singapore, a first for Asia. Its inaugural treats will contain 65-70% cultured cells. Friends…
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Israeli food tech firm Believer Meats has secured US FDA approval for its cultivated meat, and completed the construction of its manufacturing facility. Believer Meats has become the fifth cultivated meat startup to secure regulatory…
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US food tech startup Mission Barns has secured the USDA greenlight for its cultivated pork fat, paving the way for its launch into Sprouts and restaurant group Fiorella this quarter. While states continue to ban cultivated meat, at the…
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The APAC Society for Cellular Agriculture and Cellular Agriculture Australia have teamed up to advance the Asia-Pacific future food industry. To boost the Asia-Pacific market for cultivated meat and fermentation-derived food…
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German engineering firm GEA has opened its New Food Application and Technology Center in the US with a $20M investment to scale up alternative protein production. To boost alternative proteins like animal-free dairy and cultivated meat,…
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Barry Callebaut, the leading supplier of chocolate to the food industry, has signed a partnership to explore cell culture technology for cocoa alternatives. With the cocoa industry keenly feeling the effects of climate change on their…
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A leader in green energy and electric vehicles, China is spearheading the protein transition too, with more cultivated meat patent applicants than any other nation. Could China be winning the alternative protein innovation race? …
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers a new GLP-1 alternative drink, Canada's pea protein bet, and the European Space Agency's cultivated meat project. New…
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EU politicians have voted in favour of advancing the bloc's biomanufacturing and biotech prowess to promote sustainability, public health, and food security. It's a big month for biotechnology in the EU. The European Commission just…
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A majority of consumers globally remain interested in plant-based meat and dairy alternatives, while millennials are keenest on blended proteins. Despite the doom-and-gloom coverage of the plant-based sector, three-quarters of global…
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The use of terms like 'beef' or 'salmon' on cultivated meat packaging labels helps, rather than hinders, consumer understanding, particularly with allergenicity. Four in five Europeans are able to differentiate 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 Next Level Burger's new menu, Quorn's £18M injection, and Chocolat Stella's apricot kernel milk bar. New products and…
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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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