Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Just a few short years ago, it was unusual to get more than a handful of stories each week about meat analogues, dairy alternatives, and other alt foods. Nowadays, the opposite is true. In fact, there are so many developments in the…
Read More...

Geltor's vegan collagen is featured in new skin care products from Orora. The HumaColl21 has been clinically proven to boost skin health.
Read More...

Compound Foods, a San Francisco startup brewing coffee without any beans, has just secured $4.5 million in its seed round. The biotech has developed coffee that tastes, looks and smells and even the same caffeine dose as its conventional…
Read More...

General Mills is gearing up to enter the precision fermentation alt-protein industry, signalling the move with a new brand, Renegade Creamery. While the food giant has not confirmed the move, Renegade describes its product as ​​”creating…
Read More...

Aussie food techs Vow and Nourish are teaming up to merge cell-based meat and precision fermentation fat—a new type of hybrid alt-protein.
Read More...

This week in Alt Food, a Michelin-starred chef gets into cultured meat, Chipotle debuts plant-based chorizo, and a new vegan butter hits store shelves.
Read More...

Worldwide, we consume around 7 million tons of chocolate every year. But as with other sectors of the food industry like meat and dairy, mainstream chocolate is under a lot more scrutiny these days for unsustainable production methods and…
Read More...

Melt&Marble, a Swedish company tapping precision fermentation to make sustainable animal-free fats, has bagged €750,000 in seed funding.
Read More...

Breast milk appears to be the next frontier in the world of biotech, with a new player joining the emerging sector focused on disrupting infant nutrition. Based in New York, startup Helaina is using precision fermentation to recreate…
Read More...

A former dairy industry duo have launched a cultured vegan dairy beverage brand, Yoi, based on a Japanese fermentation technique.
Read More...

Cape Town-based De Novo Dairy wants to be the first African startup using precision fermentation to make real animal-free dairy.
Read More...

Nature's Fynd has just closed a $350 million Series C round to accelerate its international launch plans for its fungi-based protein Fy.
Read More...

Boulder startup Meati Foods wants to open an 80,000 square foot factory to churn out tons of its mushroom-based meat. And they have now secured $50 million in funding to do just that. The startup is one of the companies in the growing…
Read More...

Biotech Cirkulär is using advanced biotechnology processes to produce alternative proteins in bulk from biological residues. With a low environmental impact, the company's first application is milk protein which can be used to create…
Read More...

Following traditional cheesemaking methods, Amsterdam cheese makers Max&Bien have launched vegan cheese wheels based on fermented wheat.
Read More...

Mycorena has raised a new round of funding to expand its vegan fungi-based protein made out of food waste.
Read More...

Danish startup Chromologics will use the funds to grow its vegan bio-based natural food colourants developed using precision fermentation.
Read More...

More than 7 in 10 consumers are willing to try and buy novel animal-free cheese products, a new consumer acceptance study has found. These products are made from precision fermentation, which allows the replication of real dairy proteins…
Read More...

Nature’s Fynd has received a "no questions" letter from the FDA, giving it the go-ahead to use Fy Protein in food products.
Read More...

Geb Impact Technology is making vegan meat from algae. And with a new grant from the Hong Kong government, it's scaling up.
Read More...

Vegan protein startup Enough has raised more than $51 billion in a series B funding round. The company makes a mycoprotein.
Read More...