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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.
Hyfé’s Sustainable Mycelium Protein Scales Up Ahead of Schedule
Climate-tech company Hyfé says it has scaled up the production capacity of its mycelium protein to 400L pilot bioreactors.
On a mission to unlock low-cost production for sustainable products, the Chicago-based Hyfé is utilizing waste!-->!-->!-->…
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Tasted & Reviewed: The Best Animal-Free & Plant-Based Cream Cheese Spreads
Not every alt protein cream cheese is made equal and that’s a great thing!
If you poll every one of your friends on what their favorite cream cheese is, you will not get anywhere near consensus. There’s an array of choices on the market!-->!-->!-->…
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Is Fungi The Future Of Bacon? We Tasted Libre Foods’ Animal-Free Rashers To Find Out
Libre Foods' fungi-based bacon product created using fermentation (precision) technology is designed to meet the growing EU demand for pork—currently a $53 billion industry—that offers an alternative to the disadvantages of commercial pig!-->…
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The Future is Asian: Green Queen Publishes 2022 Edition of Award-Winning APAC Alt Protein Report
A new report by Green Queen Media argues that while plant-based meat sales may be flat in the US and Europe, in Asia Pacific, the alternative protein industry is booming.
Green Queen Media has published the 2022 edition of its!-->!-->!-->…
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Is Perfect Day Gearing Up for Fermented Gelatin?
Perfect Day, the California-based precision fermentation dairy producer, has acquired India's Sterling Biotech Limited—one of the top gelatin producers in the world.
Nabbing Sterling Biotech, which sold at bankruptcy for roughly $78!-->!-->!-->…
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Perfect Day’s Precision Fermentation Animal-Free Milk Comes to Asia In an Industry First
Perfect Day's Very Dairy is the first precision fermentation milk available in Asian supermarkets.
Very Dairy, the animal-free milk brand launched by California-based food tech company Perfect Day, will be the first milk of its kind!-->!-->!-->…
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ICL Food Specialties and Protera Biosciences to Develop Sustainable Protein Via Precision Fermentation
Specialty minerals company ICL Food Specialties, and Protera Biosciences, have partnered on an AI-backed tech to create protein-based products via precision fermentation.
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Unilever Calls Dairy ‘Problematic’ As It Explores Ice Cream Made From Microbes
Your favorite Unilever-owned ice cream products could soon be made from microbes. The company is exploring precision fermentation as a means to address its portfolio's climate impact.
Multinational food giant Unilever says it is!-->!-->!-->…
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Bel Group Will Bring Precision Fermentation to Laughing Cow, Babybel, and Boursin
Following its investment in Standing Ovation earlier this year, the Bel Group says it has entered into an exclusive partnership with the dairy producer to bring precision fermentation into its catalog of products.
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You’re Already Eating Foods With Ingredients Made Using Precision Fermentation, So Why The Fuss About Animal-Free Dairy?
Precision fermentation has been around for decades, and most of us eat foods that contain ingredients made using the technology on a daily basis. Animal-free dairy makers are now using it to bring you the cheese and milk you love without!-->…
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George Monbiot, Climate Activists Urge COP27 to Rewild and Embrace Alternative Protein
Environmentalist and writer George Monbiot joins climate activists on a new manifesto that lays out a sustainable future where all of the world's food can be grown in an area the size of London.
According to the United Nations, the!-->!-->!-->…
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Fungi-Based Protein Gets a Trade Group
With fungi showing promise as a vegan protein alternative, category leaders have joined forces.
Leaders in the fungi-based protein sector have formed their own trade group. The Fungi Protein Association has launched with eight founding!-->!-->!-->…
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Phyx44, India’s First Full-Stack Precision Fermentation Dairy Company, Raises $1.2M Seed
Phyx44 is well on its way to disrupting India's dairy sector with its $1.2 million seed funding for its precision fermentation technology.
The Bangalore-based Phyx44 says it's using precision fermentation to create whey and casein!-->!-->!-->…
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Cresilon Closes $25 Million Series A for Biotech Hemostatic Gel That Works Instantly
Brooklyn-based Cresilon has developed an innovative hemostatic gel for wound treatment in animals. With its $25 million Series A funding, the company is working to bring the life-saving tech to humans.
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A Centrist Approach to Animal-Free Dairy Might Be Best, New Research Finds
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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Solar Foods Earns Regulatory Approval In Singapore for Carbon-Captured Protein
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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Looking To Start a Future Food Startup? Singapore’s Protein Innovation Centre Is The Launchpad You Need
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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Nourish Ingredients Closes USD$28.6 Million Series A for Microbial Fermentation Fats
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.
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Dairy in the Desert: Change Foods To Bring the First Precision Fermentation Facility to the UAE
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 Announces $6.3M Pre-Seed Round for Biomanufacturing Development
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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Seminal Biosciences Emerges from Stealth Mode With Cacao-Free Cocoa Butter
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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