Food & Nutrition

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…
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Following the landmark IPCC report declaring a “code red for humanity”, a new grassroots campaign is calling on world leaders to take action on one of the biggest drivers of the climate crisis: our food system. The Plant-Based Treaty is…
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A new climate documentary narrated by Oscar award-winning actress Kate Winslet is set to spotlight the true cost of our food choices. Debuting next month, Eating Our Way To Extinction addresses the “hard truths” of what’s driving…
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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.
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Apeel, the startup whose tech enables longer-lasting fresh produce, has just bagged $250 million in a fresh funding round. The round, led by Singapore’s Temasek, will go towards Apeel’s continued expansion across Europe, the U.S. and U.K.…
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Matt Crisp is the CEO of Benson Hill, the company using AI to create sustainable foods and ingredients. Based in St Louis, Missouri, the firm describes itself as a “crop design” company combining AI, data analytics, food science and plant…
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Chef Toshio Tanahashi is a master in shojin ryori, one of the oldest culinary traditions in Japan. Based in Okinawa, the southernmost part of Japan, the renowned shojin chef, who trained under Zen buddhist monks, is famously known as a…
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British startup Foodsteps has created a platform to help restaurants and caterers calculate and reduce carbon emissions through labelling.
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Restaurateurs in Hong Kong are partnering up with Zero Foodprint Asia to support regenerative agriculture in their own backyard.
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Biotech startup Protera has raised US$10 million in its Series A round to advance its protein platform and fight food waste.
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American actress Zooey Deschanel wants to help shoppers make sustainable and healthy food choices on a new rewards app called Merryfield.
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Hoow Foods, the Singapore startup using AI and machine learning to make your favourite foods healthy, secures $3 million in funding.
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American food giant ADM is doubling down on its alt-protein business segment with a planned acquisition of Sojaprotein. Based in Serbia, Sojaprotein is the largest plant-based protein provider in southern Europe and the country’s largest…
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A new Oxford University review finds that red and processed meat consumption significantly increases the risk of heart disease.
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Unilever will launch on-pack carbon labels for selected products this year, before covering its entire range within the next 2-5 years.
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One in five Americans' diets are completely different than five years ago, with data citing a rise in consumers who are “vegan-curious”.
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A new documentary, Meat Me Halfway, says reducing meat consumption can fix our broken food system, our health and our climate crisis.
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Health and food security concerns will be among the top drivers of the plant-based protein shift in key Asian economies, a new report finds.
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Pivot Bio, the startup that wants to displace synthetic fertiliser emissions, has just raised $430 million in its Series D funding round.
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Food system experts chatted about sustainable protein, food, nutrition, and more at the recent Food Systems Forum.
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The healthy fast-casual restaurant chain Just Salad will use new capital to scale its reusable bowl program and double its restaurants.
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