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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein
The latest fermentation biotech news including precision fermentation and recombinant protein dna technology, biomass fermentation and traditional fermented foods.
Your Wardrobe Staples Could Be Made From Fermented Protein Fibres
Alternative material innovator and casual wear brand Pangaia Lab has announced the launch of a capsule collection powered by Brewed Protein, a biomaterial made by Spiber. The collection includes the NXT GEN Hoodie, a sweater that contains!-->…
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Remilk’s Precision Fermentation Dairy Is the Second to Earn U.S. GRAS Status
Two years after California-based Perfect Day became the first company to earn GRAS status for its precision fermentation β-lactoglobulin—the primary protein in whey found in cow and sheep milk—Tel Aviv's Remilk has become the second!-->…
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Strive Nutrition Blends Plants and Perfect Day’s Precision Fermentation In New Line of Sustainable Milk
In a partnership that blends precision fermentation and plant-based ingredients, Strive Nutrition has launched a line of dairy alternatives featuring Perfect Day's animal-free whey.
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Hyfé Foods Scoops $2 Million For Sustainble Mycelium Flour
Chicago’s Hyfé Foods, a developer of mycelium flour, has closed an oversubscribed pre-seed raise, netting $2 million. The round was led by The Engine, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology-offshoot venture firm. Blue Horizon, Caffeinated!-->…
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This New Zealand Startup Is Making Plant-Based Mortadella From Microalgae
Auckland-based NewFish has come out of stealth to close a NZ$1.3 million (approx. US$816,000) pre-seed funding round. Outset Ventures led the round with participation from domestic investor Tangaroa Ventures, basketball player Steven Adams!-->…
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Future Food-Tech’s Dedicated Alt Protein Summit To Connect Global Leaders & Innovators Disrupting How We Eat
According to non-profit think tank the Good Food Institute's State of the Industry 2021 report, over $5 billion was invested into alternative protein startup last year, up from over $3 billion the year before. As huge challenges continue!-->…
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MeliBio and Eleven Madison Park Hosted An Exclusive World Bee Day Celebration
California-based vegan honey maker MeliBio celebrated World Bee Day with Michelin-starred restaurant Eleven Madision Park (EMP) as the two came together in New York City to host an event which included cocktails and a four-course meal.!-->…
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Is Plant-Based Fish Made From Food Industry By-Products The Future Of Alt-Seafood? This Tempeh Startup Says Yes
UK-based tempeh manufacturer Better Nature is expanding its product range to include alternative seafood. Using traditional tempeh fermentation techniques with food industry by-products, the company claims it can replace conventional fish.!-->…
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Animal-Free Chocolate Milk Is Here Thanks To Perfect Day’s Partnership with Tomorrow Farms
New York’s Tomorrow Farms is looking to ‘give cows a break’. The food tech is focused on creating animal-free milk and has partnered with Perfect Day. Tomorrow Farms will soon be launching its Bored Cow line of flavoured milk drinks,!-->…
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Superbrewed Food Secures GRAS Status For New Whole Food Protein Ingredient
Delaware-based startup Superbrewed Food has been granted GRAS (generally recognised as safe) status for its postbiotic cultured protein development, marking the first microbiome protein to get approval by the U.S. Food and Drug!-->…
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Animal-Free Cheese Maker Change Foods Awarded Second Government Grant In Less Than A Month
The Australian Commonwealth Government has named Change Foods as a key partner in a new AUD$164 million Trailblazer Universities Food and Beverage Accelerator led by the University of Queensland and Queensland University of Technology!-->…
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Bosque Foods Just Bagged $3M To Transform Mycelium into Whole Meat Pork and Chicken
There's not doubt that mushrooms as a food group are delicious. Chewy, packed with umami and available in an assortment of textures, it's hardly a surprise that chefs and food entrepreneurs everywhere are looking to create beef, pork and!-->…
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Q&A w/ AgFunder’s Louisa Burwood-Taylor, AgriFood Expert & Journalist
Green Queen founder Sonalie Figueiras recently chatted with Louisa Burwood-Taylor, AgFunder's Head of Media & Research, about what makes an interesting story, covering portfolio company competitors, the rise of angel investing, and!-->…
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Change Foods Scoops $1 Million Grant To Turn Sugarcane Waste Into Animal-Free Cheese Feedstock
US-Australian food tech Change Foods has secured a $1 million grant from the Australian Commonwealth Government to create a platform for upcycling sugarcane fibre waste that will be processed to offer a low-cost and accessible feedstock!-->…
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Scientists Claim Swapping 20% Of Beef For Microbial Protein Will Halve Deforestation Demand
According to new research published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature swapping 20 percent of all beef eaten globally for microbial protein, such as the type used to make Quorn, would halve deforestation over the next 30 years, Further,!-->…
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Tomorrow Farms Raises $8.5 Million for Sustainable ‘Next-Gen’ Foods
Closing an $8.5 million Seed Round led by Chris Sacca's Lowercarbon Capital, Maveron, Valor Siren Ventures, Simple Food Ventures, and SV Angel, Tomorrow Farms says it's gearing up to fuel the "sustainable food revolution."
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Melt&Marble Secures €5 Million After Showcasing Precision Fermented ‘Beef’ Fat
Swedish startup Melt&Marble, which makes animal fat analogues, has closed a €5 million seed funding round, led by Lever VC. The company recently unveiled its alternative to beef fat that can be customised for plant-based meats. The!-->…
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Alternative Seafood Is Set To Benefit From This New Whole Food Ingredient
Smallfood, a Canadian microbial fermentation ingredients startup, claims that it's about to change the alternative seafood sector thanks to a whole food ingredient it has developed. When added to seafood analogues, the company's!-->…
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15 New Alt Protein Startups To Watch
Animal agriculture contributes to climate change to such an extent that there’s no question alternatives need to be embraced. As the second-largest human-caused contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, the industrial animal protein!-->…
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This Swiss Fermentation Manufacturing Platform Snagged $8.1 Million To Scale Its ‘New Food Revolution’
Geneva-based food tech Planetary has announced a $8.1 million in a seed financing round. Astanor Ventures led the investment, with XAnge, Blue Horizon, Nucleus Capital and more participating. The startup is planning to use the money raised!-->…
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This French Biotech Is Aiming To Be Europe’s Answer To Perfect Day
Lyon-based Bon Vivant has announced its intention to bring cow-free dairy protein to the European market. The precision fermentation biotech has recently scooped €4 million to progress its R&D. Alliance for Impact, High Flyers Capital,!-->…
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