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Future Food Quick Bites: Gordon Ramsay x Flora, Hyper Oat Milk & Vegan School Meals
Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Gordon Ramsay's partnership with Becel, a new vegan egg in Italy, and Spain's plant-based school meal decree.
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The 6 Types of Plant-Based Meat Consumers, and How Brands Can Attract Them
The "addressable market" for plant-based meat and dairy in the US is large, with potential consumers largely omnivores. What does it say about the industry's future?
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Global Plant-Based Sales Up By 5% in 2024 Despite US Setback: New Report
The Good Food Institute, an alternative protein think tank, has released its latest State of the Industry series of reports for 2024. Here's how plant-based, fermentation-derived and cultivated proteins fared in 2024.
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From Zero-Dairy Casein to Beanless Coffee: Rudy Yoo’s Plan to Reinvent the Food Industry
Rudy Yoo, co-founder of Armored Fresh and Pureture, has big plans for the future food industry, featuring yeast-based casein, barley-derived coffee, and clean-label, complete plant proteins.
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Florida’s Attempt to Dismiss Cultivated Meat Lawsuit Denied by Judge
Upside Foods has been handed an initial legal victory after a judge denied Florida's request to dismiss the lawsuit against its cultivated meat ban.
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Solar Foods: Your Future Protein Powder Will Be Made From Air
Finland's Solar Foods has developed a protein shake to help you pump your macros. The kicker? The ready-to-mix powder ditches dairy for CO2.
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Planting Change: Beyond Meat Links Beef to Big Tobacco in New Documentary
As one of the world's largest plant-based meat companies, Beyond Meat hits back at the livestock industry with a new documentary short.
Is beef just the new tobacco?
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Moolec Science: Molecular Farming Pioneer to Merge with Bioceres Group in All-Stock Deal
Molecular farming player Moolec Science – known for its pork-producing soybeans – has announced a merger with Argentina's Bioceres Group and two other firms.
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5 Minutes with A Future Food VC: FTW Ventures’s Jenn Burka
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.
Jenn Burka is a Principal at FTW Ventures.
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The Plant-Based Reset: Can Whole-Food Proteins Like Veg’chop Win Over Consumers?
As sales of meat alternatives continue to slide, a new crop of whole-food plant protein formats is on the rise. Oh So Wholesome's Veg'chop is among the products spearheading this shift.
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British Startup THIS Targets Anti-UPF Demand with Whole-Food Plant Protein Range
THIS, the UK startup famous for its plant-based meat analogues, has introduced a new product format that champions whole foods and has more protein than tofu.
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Future Food Quick Bites: Earth Day, 30 Under 30 & Spirulina Salmon
Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Purple Carrot's partnership with Fable Foods, Gosh!'s new points-based packaging, and SimpliiGood's spirulina-based salmon.
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Globally, 60% Believe in Climate-Smart Diets, and 89% Want More Govt Action
Transitioning away from emissions-heavy animal proteins is critical to saving the planet, but it isn't possible without government action.
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Ozempic Maker Pumps $7.6M in AI Project to Make Non-UPF Plant-Based Meat
Danish pharma giant Novo Nordisk has provided a grant worth 50 million kroner ($7.6M) to the University of Copenhagen to develop less processed plant-based proteins.
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Govt-Backed Report Shows How Finland Can Build A €1B Future Food Economy
Finland is well-placed to become a cellular agriculture leader, with its export potential set to reach €1B in the next decade – but funding and regulation challenges must be addressed.
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Loma Linda’s 135-Year Vegan Legacy Faces Uncertainty with Bankruptcy Filing
Atlantic Natural Foods, the plant-based company behind Loma Linda and Tuno, has filed for bankruptcy months after withdrawing from a takeover deal by Above Food.
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Could This Be the Holy Grail of Cultivated Meat?
Researchers in Japan say they've reached a "breakthrough" in tissue engineering that could open up "transformative opportunities" for cultivated meat production.
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Americans Know Beef is Bad for the Planet, And They Want Their Leaders to Talk About It
Over half of Americans identify beef as the most polluting food, and many are open to eating plant-based, but they need policy changes to support the shift.
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Swiss Government 2025 Nutrition Strategy: More Plants, Less Food Waste
The Swiss government has published its nutrition strategy for the next eight years, expanding the focus to sustainability, plant-based diets and food waste.
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EU Climate Agency: Alternative Proteins Are Inevitable for Future Food Security
What will the food system look like in 2050? According to the EU, meat will give way to plants and novel proteins, no matter how things end up.
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Europe Is Now A Global Food Tech Leader, As Sustainable Protein Investments Soar
European future food startups saw a 25% boost in funding in 2024, making the region a global leader in the space – but economic uncertainty is keeping investors cautious this year.
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