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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.
Clara Foods Secures US$8M Venture Loan To Bring Animal-Free Eggs To Market
Clara Foods, the food tech that makes eggs without chickens, has recently received a US$8 million venture loan facility. The San Francisco startup says that the funds will be used to build its animal-free sustainable protein platform!-->…
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Top 13 Alt Protein Trends: Our 2021 Industry Predictions
2020 was a challenging and unexpected year, and most of the world was brought to its knees by the Covid-19 pandemic. It's been almost 12 months of bad, sad news and traumatic moments. But for the alt protein industry, 2020 has been an!-->…
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Fermentation Dairy Startup Perfect Day To Establish Singapore R&D Centre With A*STAR
California-based alternative dairy startup Perfect Day will soon open its Singapore-based R&D centre this year, in partnership with the government-run Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR). Called the A*Star-Perfect Day!-->…
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Top 10 Alternative Protein Headlines Of 2020
There’s no doubt that it’s been a record-breaking year for the alternative protein industry, from the world’s first regulatory approval for cell-based meat to enormous rounds of funding despite the economic downturn amidst the pandemic. To!-->…
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Better Dairy Secures US$2.1M Seed Funding For Its Animal-Free Fermentation Dairy
Better Dairy, a London-based startup using fermentation technology to produce molecularly identical dairy proteins, has raised £1.6 million (US$2.17 million) in funding. The firm says that the capital will be used to fuel its research and!-->…
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Israeli Food Tech Remilk Raises US$11.3M To Scale Microbial Fermentation Dairy
Remilk, an Israeli startup that produces animal-free dairy products using fermentation technology, has bagged US$11.3 million in a Series A funding round to accelerate its production and distribution plans. The Tel Aviv-based company says!-->…
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Fungi Protein Food Tech Nature’s Fynd Bags US$45M, Brings On Cargill & Bel Brand Execs To Lead 2021 Launch
Nature’s Fynd, the Chicago-based food tech that has won the backing of big names like Bill Gates and Jack Ma, has announced that it has raised US$45 million and added a number of food industry veterans to its team as part of its!-->…
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Change Foods Welcomes Irina Gerry: Why This Danone Senior Brand Manager Chose To Become CMO Of An Alt Dairy Startup
Formerly Senior Brand Manager for plant-based brands at Danone and the the force behind major recent launches at Silk and So Delicious, Irina Gerry has recently joined the management team at U.S.-Australian food tech Change Foods, which!-->…
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Solar Foods Gets US$5.2M Grant From Business Finland To Commercialise Air Protein
Finnish food tech Solar Foods has been granted €4.3 million (US$5.21 million) in financing from Business Finland, a government organisation supporting innovation funding and investment. The financing will support the startup’s development!-->…
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Change Foods Closes Oversubscribed US$875K Pre-Seed Round For Animal-Free Cheese Made By Precision Fermentation
Change Foods is on a mission to create the dairy products that consumers love, but without the environmental, ethical and health issues associated with traditional dairy production. Unlike many non-dairy alternatives made from plants,!-->…
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Mushroom Steak: Meati Foods Raises US$28M Series A Round For Its Fungi-Based Whole-Cut Meats
Meati Foods, a Colorado-based food tech, has secured US$28 million in its Series A funding round. It follows its earlier secret restaurant trial of its plant-based steaks made from fungi and announcement that it will soon roll out its!-->…
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China’s First-Ever Fermentation & Cultivated Meat Seminar Unites Growing Industry
Held last month in Shanghai, the GFI Consultancy’s (GFIC) seminar session on fermentation and cultivated meat marked the first event of its kind to take place in mainland China. It saw over 80 scientists, investors, food companies and!-->…
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Alt Dairy Startup Launches US$2.9M ‘Bounty Hunt’ For Fungal Strain For Animal-Free Real Milk
Those Vegan Cowboys, a newly founded alternative dairy startup created by the founders of plant-based meat brand The Vegetarian Butcher, has just issued a record-breaking global “bounty hunt” for a fungal strain that can help develop real!-->…
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Hyasynth: Biotech Startup First To To Bring Fermented CBD To Market
Montreal-based biotechnology company Hyasynth has won the race to become the first to commercialise cannabidiol (CBD) produced and extracted through a yeast fermentation process, without the need for traditional cultivation or extraction!-->…
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Asian Investors Back Mushlabs In US$10M Round To Scale-Up Mushroom-Based Alt Protein
Biotech startup Mushlabs has recently raised US$10 million in a Series A funding round for its mushroom-fermentation technology. The financing round was led by Singapore’s VisVires New Protein and Switzerland’s Redalpine, with!-->…
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Perfect Day-Backed Urgent Company Launches Alt Dairy Ice Cream Brand
The founders of California-based food tech Perfect Day have joined with a product developer in the dairy industry to launch Urgent Company, a new sustainable consumer food company. Its first brand will be Brave Robot, which will offer a!-->…
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INTERVIEW: SpiceBox Organics Founder Punam Chopra “Eating Healthy Can Solve So Many Problems In Life”
SpiceBox Organics is a boutique USDA-certified organic store and café in Hong Kong that specialises in high-quality ingredients, snacks and freshly prepared grab-and-go meals that are healthy and earth-friendly. Since its inception in!-->…
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“Tea Is For Everyone:” New Guide Book Demystifies Traditional Chinese Tea Culture For International Audience
The world of Chinese tea has been for years shrouded in mystery for non-Chinese speakers. Inspired by the fascinating history and rich tradition of tea in mainland Chinese and Taiwanese culture, author Chan Sin Yan with local publisher Man!-->…
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Meet The Vegan Entrepreneur Who Created Vietnam’s Dairy-Free Cheese Market
Kashew Cheese is a startup on a mission to create a dairy-free cheese market in Vietnam. The young company produces healthy, plant-based artisan cheeses made with local ingredients, notably cashews, which are fresh and abundant in the!-->…
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Nongfu Spring: Company Launches China’s First Vegan Yogurt Brand Made From Walnuts, Coconut & Almond
After three years of research and development, the first “mainstream” vegan yogurt alternative by Nongfu Spring is now commercially available to Chinese consumers. The new vegan range by the Chinese food giant will feature three flavours!-->…
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INTERVIEW: Rice Girl Momoko Nakamura On Her New Plant-Based Tokyo Book & Why The World Needs ‘Better Rice’
We recently had the opportunity to interview Momoko Nakamura - more famously known as Rice Girl - the popular Japanese author, food television producer and advocate for healthy living. Momoko just launched her new book, PLANT-BASED TOKYO,!-->…
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