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This is the Only Way the Food System Will Meet Its Climate Goals
Fully replacing animal proteins with alternative sources by 2050 is now the only way to keep the food system from eating up its carbon budget, a new study has found.
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Germany’s Bluu Seafood Hooks Deal with Spice Major Van Hees to Develop Cultivated Fish Products
German cultivated meat startup Bluu Seafood has teamed up with spice manufacturer Van Hees to create hybrid proteins combining cultured fish cells with plant-based ingredients.
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Most Americans Think Plant-Based Diets Are Too Expensive. They’re Wrong
A new survey shows that a majority of US consumers believe vegan diets are more costly than the Standard American Diet, despite meat being the highest source of spending for 70% of them.
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Plant-Based Seafood Needs A Protein & Omega-3 Boost, Finds Nutritional Review
While most vegan seafood products qualify as a source of protein, on average, they still lag behind conventional fish, according to a new review.
While many flexitarians turn to seafood in their bid to cut back on meat, the adoption of!-->!-->!-->…
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Malaysia’s Largest Coffee Chain Goes Big On Plants with Green Rebel Partnership
Zus Coffee, now Malaysia's largest coffee chain, has launched a vegan menu with Southeast Asian plant-based meat startup Green Rebel Foods at over 200 locations.
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Future Food Quick Bites: Protein Coffee, Beyond Meat x Lacrosse & Plant-Based Pakistan
Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Chike Nutrition's plant protein coffees, a sunflower seed meat alternative, and US physicians' letter to the government.
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Veganz Eyes Turnaround with Launch of Mililk FoodTech & $35M Sale of OrbiFarm
Germany's Veganz Group has established Mililk FoodTech to unlock hidden business value following a 34% drop in sales last year, and will sell its OrbiFarm subsidiary for €30M ($35M).
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Atlantic Natural Foods Agrees to Potential Sale of Loma Linda, Tuno to Filipino Food Giant
Atlantic Natural Foods, the company behind Loma Linda and Tuno, has signed an asset purchase agreement with Philippines-based Century Pacific Food.
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British Startup Multus Taps AI & Automation to Create Serum-Free Media for Cultivated Meat
UK firm Multus Biotechnology has unveiled an animal-free media formulation for cultivated meat, allowing companies to eliminate serum from their products.
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5 Minutes with A Future Food VC: Oyster Bay Venture Capital’s Felix Leonhardt
In our interview series, we quiz future food investors about the solutions that excite them the most, their favourite climate-forward restaurant, and what they look for in successful founders.
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Could AI Be the Solution for Cheap Cultivated Meat? This French Startup Is Betting On It
French startup Gourmey, which is awaiting regulatory approval for cultivated meat in six markets, is betting on AI to solve the industry's greatest problem.
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Plant-Based Startup Prot Targets India’s Protein Deficiency with Category-First Block
Mumbai-based Prot has released Prot Block, a shelf-stable ingredient offering health-conscious Indians a new format of plant-based protein.
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Make American Biotech Accelerate: Is RFK Jr’s Latest Promise Good News for Food Tech?
US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has pledged to cut red tape and maintain the country's biotech leadership, despite the rollback of a Biden-era biomanufacturing mandate.
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Future Food Quick Bites: Supreme Cheddarton, Vegan Dog Food & Nestlé Layoffs
Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Violife's protein-packed Cheddar alternative, Petaluma's plant-based dehydrated dog food, and the EU's vegan labelling war.
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Texas, America’s Largest Beef Producer, Becomes Seventh State to Ban Cultivated Meat
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has made the state the seventh in the US to ban the sale of cultivated meat. He has also ordered an investigation into ultra-processed foods.
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Plant-Based Collab: NotCo Unveils Flamin’ Hot Nuggets & Doritos Mayo
Snack giant Doritos has teamed up with food tech startup NotCo to launch co-branded vegan products with the iconic Flamin' Hot flavour in Chile.
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Dutch Retailer Albert Heijn Joins Blended Protein Push with Hybrid Meat & Milk Range
Dutch supermarket Albert Heijn has introduced 15 products combining meat and dairy with plant-based ingredients in the largest such rollout of blended proteins yet.
The Netherlands really is going big on blends.
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Malaysian Startup Opens Southeast Asia’s First Innovation Hub for Plant-Based Milk
Pure Mylk, a Malaysian plant-based dairy firm, has opened an innovation hub to help companies bring dairy-free beverages to market.
Malaysia's Pure Mylk has opened The Mylky Way in Selangor, described as Southeast Asia's first dedicated!-->!-->!-->…
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Canada’s New School Foods Expands Into Plant-Based Beef Under New Entity
Canadian whole-cut plant-based meat maker New School Foods has expanded its business structure and diversified from salmon to beef.
Following months of aggressive expansion for its plant-based whole-cut salmon in Canada, New School!-->!-->!-->…
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Cultivated Meat Firm Hoxton Farms Goes All-In On Asia’s Biomanufacturing Prowess
British cultivated pork startup Hoxton Farms has teamed up with Japan's Mitsui Chemicals in its latest move, spotlighting Asia's biomanufacturing leadership.
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Are We Eating The Earth? An Interview with Award-Winning Author Michael Grunwald About His Groundbreaking New Book
An interview with the author of a new book that exposes how flawed land-use math is derailing climate progress and argues that even eliminating fossil fuels won’t save us unless we fix food production’s massive emissions.
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