Alt Protein

Singapore state-owned food innovation platform Nurasa has teamed up with New Wave Biotech to help alternative proteins escape the valley of death with AI-led bioprocess optimisation. In April, Singaporean future food platform Nurasa and…
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To mark the release of his book, Meat, the Good Food Institute founder Bruce Friedrich talks alternative proteins, political bans, investment struggles, blended meat, and parallels with cars and the internet. The seed that sparked Bruce…
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UK tofu leader The Tofoo Co is set to acquire German seitan producer Topas, best known for its Wheaty brand, ahead of a planned launch in Europe's largest plant-based market this year. As it sets its sights on European expansion, The…
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Hybrid dairy is looking to plug the gap between dairy's climate and health issues and plant-based alternatives' taste and price challenges – can it be the near-term solutions this industry sorely needs? Milk remains the most…
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Plant-based meat leader Impossible Foods has that CEO Peter McGuinness is stepping down after nearly four years, with the company’s executive team set to take over day-to-day operations. Impossible Foods announced that Chief Executive…
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The US led the world in the number of job opportunities in the alternative protein sector, as Europe and the cultivated meat category punched above their weight. Future food companies in the US posted more than 1,500 open roles in 2025,…
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As a category, blended meat matured in 2025, and supermarkets led the way. Can the climate crisis, inflation, and health concerns bring more consumers to this format this year? With meat prices and the demand for protein simultaneously…
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The Ultra-Processed Food (UPF) narrative has gone viral by weaponizing the innate human fear of the unknown, also known as neophobia, inadvertently grouping sustainable and necessary novel food innovations with nutritionally poor junk…
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Planetary's new strategic partnership in India could take its decentralized fermentation model global, opening the door to cheaper blended meat and nutritionally superior dairy alternatives.​ Switzerland-based Planetary has signed a…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers organic plant-based kids' milk at Walmart, cellular aquaculture AI partnerships, a UK Veganuary record, and US foodservice…
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Despite ambitious sustainability targets and a booming food-tech sector focused on plant-based protein, Switzerland's transition to a future-ready food system is being undermined by deeply entrenched government policies and subsidies that…
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The world’s most followed influencer just tasted chicken made from cells on camera, giving cultivated meat the kind of "MrBeast moment” that could reshape how millions of young consumers think about the future of protein. In a…
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German cultivated protein startup Innocent Meat has raised €6M ($7M) to scale up and obtain regulatory approval for its products, which it aims to bring to market in 2028. Innocent Meat, a German firm producing a range of cultivated…
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Arizona's House of Representatives is deliberating over two new bills that aim to restrict the sale of cultivated meat, with one suggesting an 18-month prison term for violators. The season of state-level attempts to ban cultivated meat…
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Sara Ayech, UK director for Madre Brava, believes retailers in the UK have faltered by focusing on animal proteins in their new GLP-1 product lines. Checking out the new supermarket ranges for January, it’s interesting to see several of…
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Danone-owned plant-based brand Alpro is launching Meal to Go, a line of meal replacement drinks packed with protein and over two dozen micronutrients. Banking on its single-digit growth in a volatile plant-based dairy market last year,…
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Vegan Food Group has closed its York office to focus on its plant-based factory in Germany, with VFC and Meatless Farm separating from the company, and Clive's Purely Plants shutting down. Two years after its formation, the Vegan Food…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Just Egg's Germany debut, Oatly's latest fashion collab, and HappyCow's 2026 vegan index. New products and launches …
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Dutch startup Time-Travelling Milkman has teamed up with Finland's VTT Technical Research Centre on a $700,000 EU-backed project to create a plant protein from sunflower sidestreams. To tackle the worsening climate and food insecurity…
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Israeli cultivated meat startup Aleph Farms has partnered with contract manufacturer Cell Agritech and set up an entity in Singapore to serve as its Asia-Pacific hub. As it awaits regulatory approval from the Singapore Food Agency,…
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A district judge has denied Texas's motion to dismiss a lawsuit by two food tech startups over its ban on cultivated meat, allowing the case to move forward. Four months after Upside Foods and Wildtype sued Texas for its ban on…
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