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Meatable Moves Closer to Becoming the World’s First Cultivated Pork Producer to Earn Regulatory Approval
Dutch cultivated meat producer Meatable says it's poised to bring cultivated pork to Singapore through an exclusive partnership with the only approved contract cultivated meat manufacturer, ESCO Aster.
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India’s Licious Adds Veggie Chicken and Lamb As It Moves to Take Over the Category
Licious, the Temasek-backed Indian meat company, has announced the launch of UnCrave, its first foray into vegetarian meat.
The new launch will see Licious work directly with consumers on the UnCrave products, focusing on Delhi, Mumbai,!-->!-->!-->…
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Forget Recent Sales, Widespread Vegan Meat Adoption Is Inevitable, Says Report
New analysis suggests alternative protein and vegan meat is in the early phase of an "S" adoption curve. And by the next decade, there will likely be a tipping point.
The new findings come as plant-based meat sales have waned; a recent!-->!-->!-->…
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Thailand’s Ambitious Plan to Become the ‘Silicon Valley of Food’
Thailand's National Innovation Agency (NIA) SPACE-F project is aimed at bringing investment opportunities to the Thai food tech sector and creating the Silicon Valley of food for Southeast Asia.
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New Partnership Will Grow Micro Meat’s Cultivated Meat In Outer Space
Heading to outer space anytime soon? You may be dining on cultivated meat, thanks to a new partnership between alternative protein pioneer, Mexico's Micro Meat, and U.S.-based Orbital Assembly, developer of space-based business parks with!-->…
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Vegan Meat Leader Impossible Foods Lays Off 6% of Staff Despite Steady Growth. What’s Next?
Impossible Foods, the Bay Area vegan meat brand behind Burger King's Impossible Whopper, says it recently laid off six percent of its workforce. Is it a sign of more cuts or more growth ahead?
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Umami Meats Patents Novel Single-Cell Tech to Bring Down Cultivated Seafood Costs
Singapore-based Umami Meats has filed a patent for a novel single-stem cell technology that it says can build both muscle and fat in cultivated seafood.
The new patent for mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) lines from fish is aimed at helping!-->!-->!-->…
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These 16 Food Tech Startups Are Revolutionising India’s Food Ecosystem
These 19 food startups are leading India’s emerging alternative protein space, developing 100% plant-based and cell-based alternatives.
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‘It’s Scary For Businesses To Take Risks’: Britty Mann of Planted Society on Vegan Menu Activism
This November, the City of Austin's Office of Sustainability is launching a month-long plant-based restaurant campaign and it's all thanks to Britty Mann. Green Queen's Sonalie Figueiras talks to the Austin, Texas-based food educator and!-->…
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BlueNalu Demonstrates Scalability and 75% Profit Margin for Cultivated Seafood
Cultivated seafood company BlueNalu says it has 'cracked the code' to significant profitability with 75 percent gross margins achieved through breakthrough technology.
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Is High Protein Bread the Next Big Plant-Based Trend?
Food tech startup Equii has closed a $6 million seed funding round for its proprietary microbial protein-based bread. Is this a new frontier for plant-based food?
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Asia’s First Dairy-Free Festival Is a Signal of the APAC Market Potential
Last month, Jakarta held Asia's very first dairy-free festival and alternative milk latte art competition in a strong showing of the category potential across the region.
Organized by the Jakarta Vegan Guide, the Generasi Dairy-Free!-->!-->!-->…
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Is France About to Become the World Leader In Cultivated Meat?
Paris-based cultivated meat company Gourmey has announced the closing of an oversubscribed €48 million Series A funding round to accelerate its culinary-grade sustainable meat and foie gras and open the largest cultivated meat hub in!-->…
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Vow Opens One of the Largest Cultivated Meat Factories In the World Ahead of Anticipated Regulatory Approval
Australian cultivated meat company Vow has unveiled Factory 1, its NSW-based factory capable of producing 30 tons of cultured meat per year.
Coinciding with the opening of Factory 1 in Alexandria in Sydney, Vow says it has started!-->!-->!-->…
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Singapore’s Meatiply Debuts Asia’s First Cultivated Smoked Duck Breast
Singapore-based cultivated meat startup Meatiply, has revealed three structured meat prototypes as proof of concept, including the first smoked duck breast meat in Asia.
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Want To Invest Like Bill Gates? These Are The Alternative Protein Companies He Has A Stake In
Bill Gates is a repeat investor in the alternative protein sector. He has cited the industry as crucial to helping solve the climate crisis, with alternatives to animal agriculture heralded as essential developments. Not one to just talk!-->…
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The World’s Largest Beef Company Is Breaking Up With Plant-Based Meat. Is It The End of The Category, Or Something Else Entirely?
Notes From the Frontlines of the Sustainable Food Movement – a new opinion column by Irina Gerry
The world’s largest meat company, JBS, has exited its plant-based business in the US. Is this a bad sign for plant-based meat?
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Woody Harrelson Helps Wicked Kitchen ‘Push Boundaries’ In $20 Million Bridge Round
Wicked Kitchen, the plant-based empire that started out of the U.K. supermarket chain Tesco, has secured $20 million in bridge funding, including a convertible note from actor Woody Harrelson.
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Anina Turns Food Waste Into Sustainable Plant-Based Ready-Meals
Israeli food tech start-up Anina is using upcycled vegetables to create ready meal "pods" that use up imperfect vegetables for healthy plant-based meals.
About 33 percent of the world's food is wasted every year—close to 1.3 billion!-->!-->!-->…
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New Partnership Will Bring the First Cultivated Wagyu Beef to Europe
A collaboration between U.S.-based cultivated meat company Orbillion Bio and Luiten Food, a European leader in premium meat, will bring cell-based wagyu beef to Europe, pending regulatory approval.
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South Korean Cultivated Meat Startup TissenBioFarm Raises $1.6 Million In Pre-Series A
Preparing to disrupt South Korea's protein market, TissenBioFarm has closed a 2.2 billion KRW (approx. 1.6million USD) pre-Series A funding round.
TissenBioFarm says the new funding was led by impact investing company, Envisioning!-->!-->!-->…
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