Alt Protein

London-based food tech startup Julienne Bruno has raised £5 million in a seed round, bringing its total funding to more than £6 million for its dairy-free cheese made from soy milk. Funding for the fresh round was led by Cherry…
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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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Swedish oat milk giant Oatly is restructuring its manufacturing and reducing headcount in an effort to reduce costs. Oatly, the darling of the dairy-free sector, has announced plans to address supply chain issues and overhead following…
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The search of animal fat alternatives is taking off. Demand for flavourful cultivated meats, realistic plant-based options, and palm oil-free products is increasing, and in parallel, a variety of fats are being developed to cover a…
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Specialty minerals company ICL Food Specialties, and Protera Biosciences, have partnered on an AI-backed tech to create protein-based products via precision fermentation. The collaboration between Israel's ICL and Chile's Protera…
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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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Food's climate problem is getting worse and yet, we're more stuck than ever. Why is it so hard? COP27 ended on a bittersweet note, with some achievements but mainly with a growing sense of frustration. For once, food and agriculture…
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As attention turns toward agriculture in the fight against climate change, cellular agriculture emerges as an invaluable solution. During COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced its…
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Wilk, the publicly traded Israel-based food tech company developing cell-based human and animal milk, says it has developed the world's first yogurt made from cell cultures. External laboratories verified that Wilk's yogurt meets all…
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New Zealand has officially entered the cultivated meat space with Opo Bio's NZ$1.5 million seed capital raise and first product launch. Opo Bio's first product, cultivated cow cells dubbed 'Opo-Moo,' is now available for purchase by…
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Australia's first cell-based milk startup, Me&, says it is developing cell-based breast milk just like a human mother would. Me&'s cellular and molecular technology captures the inbuilt program in breast tissue cells allowing…
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A new survey finds nearly 40 percent of Chinese consumers are reducing their meat consumption—a move driven by health benefits, taste, ethics, and a 'cool factor.' The new research, led by Good Growth, finds that more than half (60…
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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. The Bel Group, whose…
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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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Following the first-ever dairy-free festival in Jakarta, Indonesia-based Green Rebel Foods has launched into the plant-based dairy category. Green Rebel is a leading producer of plant-based protein across Southeast Asia. Its new…
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Asian alternative meat maker OmniFoods has debuted a new patented technology, dubbed OmniNano™️ Vegan Fat, that will provide the juiciness that consumers expect from animal meat and power a new line of vegan beef, chicken and pork…
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Alternative protein has a naming problem. As a burgeoning global population gets hungrier and hungrier for meat, do we need to reframe the industry's identity? I've been covering the alternative protein industry for over 6 years. At…
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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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California-based cultivated meat producer Upside Foods has received FDA GRAS status for its cell-based chicken, becoming the first company in the U.S. to have its products designated as safe to eat. The milestone announcement comes…
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Notes From the Frontlines of the Sustainable Food Movement – a new opinion column by Irina Gerry Images of happy cows on pasture hide the ugly truth the dairy industry doesn't want you to know: dairy production can never be sustainable.…
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Cultivated meat brand Meatable has announced a 'Future of Meat' innovation center in partnership with plant-based meat brand Love Handle in an effort to bring the two sectors together to co-create the future of food. Would you eat vegan…
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