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Investments into Asia-Pacific Alt Protein Startups Up 43% Says New Report
According to new data, year-on-year funding for alternative proteins across Asia Pacific has increased by 43% and shows strong growth across all sector verticals from cultivated to plant-based to fermentation.
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Clean ‘Carefree’ Vegan Pulled Chicken Made From Peanuts Launches in China
Haofood, the leading producer of vegan chicken made from peanuts, says its clean-label plant-based chicken is now available in China.
Made without any artificial additives, preservatives, thickeners, or MSG, Haofood's clean Carefree!-->!-->!-->…
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Swiss Start-Up Mirai Foods Debuts the World’s First Cultivated Tenderloin Steak
Mirai Foods, the Switzerland-based food tech startup working on cultivated meat, says it has achieved a breakthrough with the first tenderloin steak grown from cells.
Mirai Food's achievement comes by way of a natural cell process that!-->!-->!-->…
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28 of South Korea’s Cultivated Meat Stakeholders Sign MOU to Advance the Industry
Cultivated meat industry stakeholders in South Korea, including manufacturers, academia, and several city and provincial governments are working to advance cellular agriculture.
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60% of US Restaurant Operators See Plant-Based As A Long-Term Trend
One-third of US consumers say they like/love plant-based foods, and restaurant operators are increasingly likely to add plant-based menu items, with price and taste still key attributes for diners.
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Cajú Love’s Cashew Fruit Meat Makes Its Retail Debut
Cashew fruit meat startup Cajú Love has made its retail debut with placement in select retailers across Los Angeles, Portland, and New York.
Hawaii-based Cajú Love is carving a new category in the booming vegan meat market. But unlike!-->!-->!-->…
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Tofu Maker Acquires Tofurky For Undisclosed Amount
Tofurky, a leading producer of plant-based meats in the US, and its sister vegan cheese brand, Moocho, have been acquired by Morinaga Nutritional Foods, the US-based manufacturer of Mori-Nu Silken Tofu.
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Waitrose Debuts Marbled Plant-Based Steak Valentine’s Day Special
Slovenian startup and Y-Combinator alumn Juicy Marbles has partnered with UK supermarket chain Waitrose for a Valentines Day steak dinner special featuring its vegan marbled beef alternative.
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Japan Researchers Create Cultivated ‘Whole’ Steak Cube
University of Tokyo professor Shoji Takeuchi and his colleagues say they have succeeded in producing the world's first cultivated cubed steak.
The diced steak was first produced in 2019, when Takeuchi and his team produced a!-->!-->!-->…
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Hong Kong’s Plant Sifu Pork Comes to Nosh’s Meal Plan Menu
Plant Sifu, Hong Kong’s first locally established and produced plant-based food brand, has announced it will be the exclusive plant-based meat partner with the regional meal delivery service Nosh in a limited-edition menu!-->…
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Fable Foods’ Meaty Mushrooms Land $8.5 Million As Flexitarians Eat Up Healthy Alternatives
The Australian mushroom startup has secured a $8.5 million Series A round with a diverse group of backers including Princeton Professor Peter Singer, K3 Ventures and former YUM! Brands CEO Greg Creed.
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Vegan Runny Yolk Eggs Debut In Los Angeles Restaurants
Amid the largest avian flu outbreaks in history, Yo Egg is offering Los Angeles-area consumers an alternative: vegan whole-poached eggs.
Israel's Yo Egg has made its U.S. debut in Los Angeles at six area restaurants including two Real!-->!-->!-->…
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If We Build It, Will They Come?
Notes From the Frontlines of the Sustainable Food Movement – an opinion column by Irina Gerry
Food and climate are intrinsically linked: the way we produce food today is not sustainable. This much we know. Startups across the globe are!-->!-->!-->…
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New Tech Lets the Sustainable Black-Eyed Pea Contend With Soy at Scale
Agri-tech company Better Seeds has developed the first black-eyed peas for mechanized harvesting in a bid to reduce the environmental impact of soybean cultivation.
Black-eyed peas, also called cowpeas or lubias, are high in protein and!-->!-->!-->…
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CellX Announces China’s First Cultivated Meat Pilot Factory
Shanghai-based cellular agriculture company CellX and food manufacturing specialists Tofflon have signed a strategic partnership agreement to develop the first cultivated meat pilot plant in mainland China.
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New Partnership Aims to Put Spirulina at the Forefront of Vegan Seafood
A new partnership between Haifa Group Ltd. and SimpliiGood by AlgaeCore Technologies Ltd. aims to bring more upstream vegan protein opportunities to the freshwater algae spirulina while creating a sustainable circular carbon economy.
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With 108 School Districts On Board, Rebellyous Foods Raises $9.5 Million to Scale Vegan Chicken
Seattle-based vegan food startup Rebellyous Foods says it has raised $9.5 million in new funding, bringing its total funding to more than $30 million.
The new funding for Rebellyous Foods follows a $5.35 million raise in 2021, and a $6!-->!-->!-->…
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Lobbies, Food Tech & Neophobia: In Conversation with George Monbiot About How To Feed The World Without Devouring The Planet
It's hard to think of someone who holds truth to power as effectively and as committedly as George Monbiot. The multi-award-winning British thinker, journalist, activist, and long-time environmentalist has been speaking out on the ills of!-->…
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Veganuary Sets Another Record-Breaking Year As Plant-Based Eating Gains Steam
Veganuary sets a new participation record with more than 700,000 sign-ups in its tenth year of encouraging people to eat vegan for January.
While U.S. sales of plant-based meat declined 14 percent by volume for the 52 weeks ended Dec.!-->!-->!-->…
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2023: The Year of Vegan Sushi
Another Veganuary has come to a close but the vegan options continue to roll in. And one category is set to see big growth this year: vegan sushi.
Supermarket sushi giant Kikka Sushi has announced vegan tuna and salmon sushi coming to!-->!-->!-->…
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The First Cultivated Pork Filet Debuts In the U.K.
BSF Enterprise, a biotech-focused investment company, says its subsidiary 3D Bio-Tissues has produced the first cultivated steak in the U.K. made from pork cells.
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