Alt Protein

Plukon Food Group, a Dutch poultry producer, has snapped up local meat-free startup Vega Insiders to strengthen its alternative protein portfolio. Netherlands-based poultry giant Plukon Food Group has acquired Vega Insiders, a producer…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Kellanova's plant-based RXBars, Vivera's pre-frozen tofu, and a cultivated seafood tasting event. New products and…
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San Francisco startup Wildtype has become the world's first startup to get US regulatory approval to sell cultivated seafood, with its salmon now on the menu at Kann in Portland, Oregon. Cultivated seafood has cruised to become a…
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Indonesian plant-based meat pioneer Green Rebel Foods has rolled out two products at 7-Eleven Philippines, both as retail offerings and as part of in-store meals. While sales of meat alternatives are falling in certain markets, global…
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While pet food brands tout the use of animal byproducts as sustainable, a new analysis shows that products made with cultivated meat generate a fraction of the emissions. Producing meat from cellular agriculture instead of conventional…
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After a decline in alternative protein investments in 2024, funding further fell by 28% in Q1 2025 compared to the same period a year ago. Analysts blame AI, high costs, and low sales. There's no other way to put it: 2024 was a bleak…
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Discount retailer Aldi Nord has become the latest company to hop on the blended meat bandwagon with a burger made from 60% beef and 40% plant proteins in the Netherlands. As part of its move towards shifting protein sales in favour of…
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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. Mirasbek Kuterbekov is a Principal at Thia…
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British pet food startup Meatly has announced a wave of breakthroughs that significantly slash the cost of cultivated meat, bringing it closer to price parity with chicken. Food tech innovators are continuing to make advancements that…
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Beef and lamb are among the foods that face the biggest threats from competition with cultivated meat, underscoring why some lawmakers want to ban the latter. One country and six US states have so far passed laws that prohibit companies…
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A techno-economic analysis has found that French cultivated meat startup Gourmey's bioreactor system can reach production costs of $3.43 per lb. When you remove the politics of it all, people aren't as resistant to cultivated meat as…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Impossible Foods' new vegan chicken, Quorn's Mission: Impossible collab, and a new kind of tempeh. New products and…
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The co-founder of French plant-based chicken startup Swap (ex-Umiami) has been forced to step down as CEO amid weak sales, with the firm reportedly needing $10M by the end of this year. Swap, the Parisian vegan chicken firm formerly…
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A recent survey found that people taking GLP-1 drugs reduce their consumption of certain foods, including beef – but the demand remains, which gives vegan food producers a leg up. Can GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro be a boon for…
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US sales of plant-based food fell by 4% and 5% in retail and foodservice last year, respectively, but they held steady above the $8B mark for the third year in a row. Despite widespread sales declines across the plant-based category,…
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In Germany, a quarter of consumers are open to trying cultivated meat made from a 3D printer, a much greater share than in 2019. As Europe's leading plant-based market, Germany has always shown openness to food tech innovation,…
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Dr Sarah Ison, global director of research at Madre Brava, argues that the ultra-processed food discourse is helping worsen climate change. Ultra-processed foods, or UPFs, are dominating news sites, opinion pages and influencers’ social…
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Cultivated meat isn't approved for sale in Europe yet – but that hasn't stopped this entrepreneur from setting up an online shop for these proteins. Forget Michelin-starred restaurants and famed butcheries. What if you could get…
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With relations between Americans and Canadians souring, a wave of economic nationalism has prompted one Toronto startup to aggressively expand its plant-based salmon. If there are two things Canadians love right now, it's homegrown…
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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. Jacob Afriat is a General Partner at Great…
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Nebraska has become the sixth US state to ban cultivated meat, after Governor Jim Pillen signed the bill that he had initially requested. Jim Pillen, owner of the largest pork producer in Nebraska, happily signed a bill sent to his desk…
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