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Eat The Change: Beyond Meat Chairman Launches Vegan Mushroom Jerky Line
Eat the Change, a new plant-based snack startup co-founded by Beyond Meat chairman Seth Goldman and celebrity chef Spike Mendelsohn, has debuted its first product – organic mushroom jerky. Currently available through the brand’s!-->…
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Meatless Farm Expands U.S. Retail Footprint & Product Range To Match Rising Plant-Based Demand
Meatless Farm, the British plant-based meat brand, has announced its expanded retail and e-commerce distribution in the U.S. and will soon be launching a dozen new products within the next six months. The company, which first entered the!-->…
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French Startup Core Biogenesis Secures US$3.1M To Scale Growth Factors For Cell-Based Meat
French startup Core Biogenesis has raised €2.6 million (US$3.16 million) in seed financing, which will go towards accelerating production of its cost-efficient growth factors for applications in both cell therapy and the development of!-->…
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Vevolution Reveals Top Animal-Free Food Tech Finalists To Compete At Pitch & Plant 2020
Vevolution, the London-based hub dedicated to accelerating the plant-based movement, has announced the finalists who will pitch to leading investors at its upcoming Pitch & Plant event, the first global edition of its animal-free!-->…
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Raised & Rooted: Tyson Ditches Meat & Eggs From ‘Blended’ Range, Reformulates To 100% Plant-Based
Tyson Foods has decided to turn its back on its hybrid burger and is changing its vegetarian nuggets in its Raised & Rooted range sold in the U.S., which will reformulate the brand into a 100% plant-based line that is suitable for!-->…
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Fungi Protein Food Tech Nature’s Fynd Bags US$45M, Brings On Cargill & Bel Brand Execs To Lead 2021 Launch
Nature’s Fynd, the Chicago-based food tech that has won the backing of big names like Bill Gates and Jack Ma, has announced that it has raised US$45 million and added a number of food industry veterans to its team as part of its!-->…
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Nestlé Launches Plant-Based Food Brand ‘Harvest Gourmet’ In China With Tianjin Production Site
Nestlé has officially launched Harvest Gourmet, its plant-based food brand for the Chinese market. The Swiss food giant also opened the doors to its Tianjin-based production site, where a portion of the facility is used to manufacture its!-->…
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Plant & Bean To Open Europe’s Biggest Plant-Based Meat Production Facility With Plans For U.S. & Asia
Plant & Bean, a British developer and manufacturer of plant-based food products, has announced that it will be opening the largest plant-based meat production facility in Europe. The new plant will enable brands to manufacture at scale!-->…
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Change Foods Welcomes Irina Gerry: Why This Danone Senior Brand Manager Chose To Become CMO Of An Alt Dairy Startup
Formerly Senior Brand Manager for plant-based brands at Danone and the the force behind major recent launches at Silk and So Delicious, Irina Gerry has recently joined the management team at U.S.-Australian food tech Change Foods, which!-->…
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FoodChain ID Launches New Vegan, Plant-Based & Vegetarian Certification Program
FoodChain ID, one of the world’s leading food safety standard organisations providing accredited third-party certifications, has created a new program dedicated to Vegetarian, Plant-based, and Vegan (VEG) products. The organisation says!-->…
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Biospringer Debuts Yeast Protein For Plant-Based Cheese & Meat That Combats ‘Off-Notes & Off-Tastes’
Biospringer, a biotech unit under French fermentation giant and the world’s biggest yeast producer Lesaffre, has announced the launch of its new yeast protein that has been specifically developed for plant-based cheese and meat!-->…
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Singapore’s WhatIF Foods To Launch Climate-Resilient Vegan ‘BamNut’ Milks
Singapore-based WhatIF Foods, the sustainable foods brand launched by food tech NamZ, is planning to launch its new plant-based milk line next year. The vegan-friendly milk will be made from Bambara groundnut, a climate-resilient crop that!-->…
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Nestlé To Invest US$3.5B In 5-Year Climate Plan Powered By Regenerative Agriculture & Plant-Based Innovation
Nestlé has doubled down on its sustainability commitments, pledging to invest a total of CHF 3.2 billion (US$3.59 billion) over the next five years as part of its long-term goal of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. The Swiss food giant!-->…
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Mosa Meat Announces Oversubscribed Series B To US$75M After Second Close
Mosa Meat, the Dutch company behind the world’s first cell-based beef burger which the startup debuted in 2013, has announced the second closing of its Series B financing with US$20 million to bring its total amount raised in this round to!-->…
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GFI Named Top Charity 5th Year In A Row For Leading Sustainable Alt Protein Growth
The Good Food Institute (GFI) has been named a Top Charity by the Animal Charity Evaluators (ACE) for the fifth consecutive year. The award evaluates the track record of success, impact and scope of nonprofit organisations, with the GFI!-->…
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British Biotech To Scale Fishmeal Made From Recycled Industrial Emissions After US$3M E.U. Grant
U.K. biotech firm Deep Branch is set to scale-up its sustainable animal feed made from recycled carbon. After securing a €2.5 million (US$3.03 million) grant from the European Innovation Council (EIC), the company says it will be building!-->…
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Israel’s Prime Minister Tries Aleph Farms Cultivated Steak & Pledges Government Support For Cell-Based Meat
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has tasted cultivated steak developed by food tech Aleph Farms, becoming the first head of a government to do so. The taste test was a part of Netanyahu’s national policy plan to propel Israel as a!-->…
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“System Of Support”: Dutch Food Tech Industry A Global Leader Thanks To Multi-Stakeholder Buy-In
Despite being a relatively small country in Europe, sandwiched between Belgium and Germany, the Netherlands is not one to be underestimated when it comes to leading the plant-based movement. Already one of the world’s biggest exporters of!-->…
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Solar Foods Gets US$5.2M Grant From Business Finland To Commercialise Air Protein
Finnish food tech Solar Foods has been granted €4.3 million (US$5.21 million) in financing from Business Finland, a government organisation supporting innovation funding and investment. The financing will support the startup’s development!-->…
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Konjac, Millet & Chickpea: 7 Asian Nations Ideally Positioned To Supply Diverse Plant Crops For Global Food Tech Industry
In a new report, the Good Food Institute Asia Pacific (GFI APAC) has highlighted 14 alternative protein ingredients that could help not only diversify the range crops used in novel plant-based meat products, but also help bolster the!-->…
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Fable Food Gears Up To Bring Its Mushroom-Based Vegan Braised Beef Across Asia
Australian plant-based startup Fable Food Co is now setting its sights on expanding in Asia as demand for sustainable vegan meat alternatives continues to grow across the region. The food tech has recently doubled-down its presence in!-->…
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