Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Danish natural food colors biotech company Chromologics has closed an extended Seed funding round, bringing its total to more than €12 million. Adding €7.1 million in equity from its existing investors plus two new investors,…
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The New Zealand-based women-led precision fermentation start-up, Daisy Lab, has successfully closed an oversubscribed Seed funding round. The NZD $1.5 million (USD $930,000) Seed investment was led by The Values Trust, Icehouse…
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Perfect Day, the leading producer of precision fermentation whey, has had its US patent challenged by an anonymous petitioner. The news of the patent challenge broke yesterday. While the request has not been made public on the US…
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Belgian precision fermentation company Paleo has secured €12m in a Series A funding round to accelerate its myoglobin use in plant-based meat and fish. The funding was led by DSM Venturing and Planet A Ventures, alongside Gimv, SFPIM…
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Oodaalolly Chocolate, known for its premium Philippine-sourced cacao, has partnered with precision fermentation leader, Perfect Day, to launch a new product: Mushroom Milk Chocolate. The partnership between the two California-based…
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Good Food Institute Israel details the strength of the alternative protein market in Israel in a new 'State of The Industry' report. The new Good Food Institute Israel (GFI) report, entitled Israel - State of Alternative Proteins,…
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On a mission to make meat hybrids mainstream, Israel-based Mush Foods is now offering a mushroom-derived 50CUT mycelium protein ingredient as a solution aimed at reducing animal protein in meat products. Mush Foods says 50CUT serves as…
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Nine global precision fermentation leaders have come together to establish the Precision Fermentation Alliance, a new coalition that seeks to promote and champion precision fermentation as a trusted solution for a more resilient and…
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According to new data, year-on-year funding for alternative proteins across Asia Pacific has increased by 43% and shows strong growth across all sector verticals from cultivated to plant-based to fermentation. Encouraging growth across…
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The Estonian start-up Äio has raised €1 million to create alternative oils and fats using agricultural byproducts. The funding comes by way of Nordic Foodtech VC, EAS, and other partners. Founded last year by TalTech bioengineers…
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Michroma, the California-based biotech startup working to develop natural colorants from fungi, has closed a $6.4 million Seed funding round. Michroma's new funding was led by Supply Change Capital, a food tech VC backed by 301 INC, the…
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Actress Anne Hathaway has invested in The Every Co., a leading precision fermentation protein platform aimed at bringing sustainable alternatives to the food system. In her first B2B investment, the Academy-Award-winning actress Anne…
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Things are getting meaty over at Meati as the mycelium mushroom meat producer opens a large-scale production facility it says can rival the output of conventional animal farms. Following a Series C funding round that brings…
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Spanish food tech startup Väcka, says it filed a patent application for the first-to-market dairy-free cheese made from melon seeds. Forget soy, coconut, and cashew — the newest trend in dairy-free cheese is...melon seed?…
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AI startup The Live Green Co., which has developed a platform dubbed 'Charaka', used to discover plant-based replacements for animal ingredients, synthetics, and highly processed ingredients has unveiled a precision fermentation division. …
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Remilk, the Israel-based precision fermentation startup, has announced a partnership with U.S. food giant General Mills. General Mills has already begun using Remilk in its Bold Cultr cream cheese, which it first launched in 2021 made…
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Vegan entrepreneur Noah Hyams shares his top 3 future of food finds at CES 2023, from fermented plant-based soy protein to bioengineered microbe-based soft serve.  CES never used to be a food-forward show. But in 2019, plant-based meat…
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What does the alt protein industry have in store for us amidst a very turbulent 2023 ahead? A lot, actually. Below, I share my 12 crystal ball takes (in no particular order).  I sat down to write these trends and ended up writing a…
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Canadian protein giant Maple Leaf Foods has joined forces with mycoprotein meat producer, The Better Meat Co. The partnership will bring Better Meat's tech to Maple Leaf's plant-based subsidiary, Greenleaf Foods. Over the summer, Maple…
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By: Chris D Thomas, Jack Hatfield and Katie Noble Here’s the basic problem for conservation at a global level: food production, biodiversity and carbon storage in ecosystems are competing for the same land. As humans demand more food,…
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Those Vegan Cowboys, the spinoff brand from the founders of the Dutch plant-based meat brand Vegetarian Butcher, has launched its first precision fermentation cheese. Jaap Korteweg and Niko Koffeman put vegan meat on the map with the…
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