Alt Protein

US food tech startup Friends & Family Pet Food Company has received regulatory approval to sell its cultivated meat for dogs and cats in Singapore, a first for Asia. Its inaugural treats will contain 65-70% cultured cells. Friends…
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Ahead of its expected EU launch this year, plant-based meat giant Impossible Foods has lost a four-year trademark battle with an independent bakery from Spain. Impossible Foods, the California-based producer of meat alternatives, has…
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Israeli molecular farming startup has pivoted its business model to develop high-protein potatoes for the chip industry. Tel Aviv-based food tech firm PoLoPo is aiming to disrupt the $53B potato chip industry and meet the protein moment…
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Israeli food tech firm Believer Meats has secured US FDA approval for its cultivated meat, and completed the construction of its manufacturing facility. Believer Meats has become the fifth cultivated meat startup to secure regulatory…
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US food tech startup Mission Barns has secured the USDA greenlight for its cultivated pork fat, paving the way for its launch into Sprouts and restaurant group Fiorella this quarter. While states continue to ban cultivated meat, at the…
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Oat milk leader Oatly has revised its full-year guidance after sales dropped in the US and China, where it is mulling a potential restructuring. Swedish plant-based milk giant Oatly continued to struggle in the US and Greater China in…
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Scientists advising the German government have called for greater support of alternative proteins in a new report, recommending over 50 policy measures. Coining the 'three Rs' of protein diversification is a new report by Germany's…
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German engineering firm GEA has opened its New Food Application and Technology Center in the US with a $20M investment to scale up alternative protein production. To boost alternative proteins like animal-free dairy and cultivated meat,…
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Californian gas fermentation firm NovoNutrients, which makes proteins from gases, is selling its assets a year after raising $18M in funding. The "shifting investment climate" around food tech has pushed another alternative protein…
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A leader in green energy and electric vehicles, China is spearheading the protein transition too, with more cultivated meat patent applicants than any other nation. Could China be winning the alternative protein innovation race? …
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The EU Commission has reignited the plant-based meat labelling debate by proposing a ban on the use of 29 animal-related terms for vegan packaging labels. When the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that no member state can prohibit…
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3D printing food tech startup Steakholder Foods has debuted two fish-free seafood products in grocery stores in Israel. Israeli 3D-printed meat maker Steakholder Foods has commercialised its first plant-based seafood products in the…
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The UK government's new food strategy recognises how its R&D and manufacturing prowess can help develop alternative protein products and plug a £14B productivity gap. The UK has just unveiled its new food strategy to create a…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers a new GLP-1 alternative drink, Canada's pea protein bet, and the European Space Agency's cultivated meat project. New…
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A majority of consumers globally remain interested in plant-based meat and dairy alternatives, while millennials are keenest on blended proteins. Despite the doom-and-gloom coverage of the plant-based sector, three-quarters of global…
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UK tofu maker The Tofoo Co recorded an 18.5% growth in revenue in 2024, hitting nearly £24M in the same year the company changed hands. Subverting the decline of the UK's meat-free market, The Tofoo Co enjoyed a milestone year with…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Next Level Burger's new menu, Quorn's £18M injection, and Chocolat Stella's apricot kernel milk bar. New products and…
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The Aussie Plant Based Co has re-entered the market with new vegan burgers, sausages and cheeses nine months after being acquired out of liquidation by Smart Foods. Everybody loves a good comeback story. And the plant-based sector needs…
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Plant-based nutrition brand Kate Farms has launched two high-protein shakes to tackle "critical nutrition gaps" from GLP-1 use, its first product since its acquisition by Danone. Just a week after finalising its takeover by dairy giant…
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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. With our calorie and protein demand growing, the global food system…
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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. As it awaits regulatory approval in multiple geographies,…
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