Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

New research finds consumers are attracted to animal-free dairy when marketing emphasizes the environmental and ethical benefits, but not too much and not too little, either. It's a fine line for consumers weighing the benefits of…
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Finnish food tech company Solar Foods has received regulatory approval for its novel sustainable protein powder made from hydrogen and carbon dioxide. Solein, Solar Foods' new protein, has received approval for sale and consumption from…
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With its world-class innovation centre, a Scale It Up Innovation Challenge, and pioneering protein aeration technology, leading machinery maker Bühler is helping global meat substitute startups supercharge their production and scaling…
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With backing led by Hong Kong-based billionaire Li Ka Shing's VC Horizon Ventures, Australian food tech startup, Nourish Ingredients, has raised more than AUD$45 million (USD$28.6 million) in a Series A. The microbial…
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Alternative dairy maker Change Foods has signed an agreement with the KEZAD Group to design the first-of-its-kind commercial manufacturing plant in the UAE, helping to solve one of the industry's biggest pain points: the fermentation…
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Synonym, a financing and development platform for biomanufacturing, has raised a pre-seed round of $6.3 million, led by Andreessen Horowitz, Giant Ventures, Blue Horizon, Siddhi Capital, FJ Labs and Global Founders Capital among others. …
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Cocoa butter made without cacao beans? Seminal Biosciences says it's done it in a strategic collaboration with Nucelis. Like a number of staple foods, cacao, the bean that all chocolate comes from, might not survive climate change. The…
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A new line of hard juices from Pulp Culture features The Every Company's precision fermentation egg protein in a first for the alcohol and precision fermented egg categories. Following seven years of research and its commercial launch…
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Mycoprotein seafood startup Aqua Cultured Foods is tacking on another category disruption beyond its alternative seafood. The Chicago-based company is using up whole-muscle offcuts from its vegan seafood in a new range of dumplings to…
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Paris-based food tech company Standing Ovation has closed an oversubscribed €12 million Series A financing round to scale its animal-free casein and alt-cheese products. The new funding was led by Astanor Ventures, with participation from…
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Biotech is a priority for the Biden Administration, as the President signed an executive order earlier this week implementing support for the emergent category. Funding amounts were not disclosed but Biden says biotech holds the potential…
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Nestlé announced earlier this week that it is preparing to launch new dairy milk alternative using Perfect Day's animal-free precision fermentation whey. The announcement builds on the multinational food giant's recent investments into…
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In a bid to bring more sustainability to New Zealand's food system, the country's Off-Piste Provisions is collaborating with food tech experts to produce plant-based protein from fermented agricultural byproducts. Partnering with one of…
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New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra and bioscience company, Royal DSM, have launched a precision fermentation startup to create sustainable dairy proteins. The “complementary” nutrition company comes three years after Fonterra and DSM…
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South Korea's Mycel is poised for rapid expansion with the closing of its $10 million Pre-Series A funding round. The mycelium wave has been sweeping food and fashion in recent years, and South Korea's Mycel is the latest to tap into…
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In a world's first, biotech company TurtleTree says it has developed bovine lactoferrin—a protein abundant in colostrum—using precision fermentation technology. California- and Singapore-based TurtleTree says it spent 18 months…
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As domestic appetite for dairy products grows, Chinese startup Changing Biotech is making milk proteins using precision fermentation to address this burgeoning demand. Changing Biotech, China's first precision fermentation dairy…
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Myprotein, the world's largest online consumer sports nutrition brand, is bringing Perfect Day's precision fermentation whey into the fold. Whey Forward is the first co-branded product in the MyProtein label using Perfect Day's…
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More than 500 Louisa Coffee shops across Taiwan now offer vegan burgers made with Lypid's proprietary vegan PhytoFat. And after months in stealth mode, Zero Acre Farms brings its cultured oil to market. With a taste and texture that…
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A lot’s been made of Mighty Drinks’ new series of dairy-free milk. Touted as the first in the UK to employ biomass fermentation technology, the brand has doubled down on its promise that the new line tastes just like conventional dairy. As…
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Colorado-based Meati Foods has closed a $150 million Series C funding round. The round, led by Revolution Growth and Chipotle's Cultivate Next Fund, will help the mushroom-focused brand accelerate its production, develop new products, and…
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