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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.
Aiming to bring sustainable premium!-->!-->!-->…
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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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‘Adoption Will Take Decades But Macro Fundamentals Won’t Change’ – TiNDLE’s CEO Talks Future Of Plant-Based Meat
Beyond Meat's nosedive, lukewarm growth, mediocre products? We unpack the plant-based meat industry with the CEO of global alt meat startup TiNDLE.
Just a little over two years old, vegan chicken maker TiNDLE is often held up as one of!-->!-->!-->…
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Aqua Cultured Foods Tackles Food Waste With Dumplings Made From Mycoprotein Offcuts
Mycoprotein seafood startup Aqua Cultured Foods is tacking on another category disruption beyond its alternative seafood. The Chicago-based company is using up whole-muscle offcuts from its vegan seafood in a new range of dumplings to!-->…
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European Consumers Are Driving the Demand for Sustainable Protein, Survey Finds
European consumers are keen to see more alternatives to conventional animal products, finds a new survey.
More than 60 percent of consumers across four European countries—France, Spain, Germany, and Italy—say more alternatives to meat!-->!-->!-->…
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After 40 Years, Dairy-Free Pioneer Tofutti Adds ‘Vegan’ to Its Labels
Legacy dairy-free brand Toffuti has announced its first rebrand in decades with one notable upgrade: the labels now includes the words 'vegan' and 'plant-based.'
To the vegan-versed consumer, Tofutti's new black and red packaging looks!-->!-->!-->…
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They’ve Got Beef: Beyond Meat Vs. Impossible Foods Burger Showdown: What’s The Difference?
Arguably, no two food tech companies have played a bigger role in making it seem possible for the planet to go plant-based than California-based rivals Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods. Both companies manufacture animal-free burger patties!-->…
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New Report: How Asia Came to Dominate Plant-Based Meat Industry IP
A new report published by the researchers at Roots Analysis details how the intellectual property for plant-based meat has grown more than three times over the last decade, jumping from 2,388 in 2012 to 7,126 this year. And leading the!-->…
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All G Foods Launches Bloom Providore the First Vegan Meat Range for Chefs In Australia
Australian startup All G Foods has launched Bloom Providore, a meat-inspired plant protein range made exclusively for chefs.
“With more Australians opting for plant protein options, the market has crowded with too many plant-based!-->!-->!-->…
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Q+A w/ Benedict Lim of OATSIDE, Asia’s First Full-Stack Oat Milk Startup
How did OATSIDE become one of Asia's fastest growing oat milk companies? CEO & creator Benedict Lim talks to Green Queen's Sonalie Figueiras about why malty milk matters and more.
In less than two years, self-described 'full-stack'!-->!-->!-->…
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Perfect Day’s Latest Precision Fermentation Product? It’s the Technology Itself
Perfect Day, the pioneer in animal-free whey created through precision fermentation, has launched Nth Bio—a spin-off platform that will leverage its expertise and technology services for collaboration and hire.
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Rival Foods Raises a €6 Million Series A to Improve on Plant-Based Meat Development
Rival Foods, the Wageningen University & Research spinoff working since 2019 to replicate animal meat with plants, has announced the closing of a €6 million Series A funding round.
PeakBridge and Roquette Ventures led the funding!-->!-->!-->…
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Next Level Burger Raises $20 Million for Vegan Fast-Food Expansion Plans
Can $20 million help plant-based fast-food chain Next Level Burger open 1,000 locations?
Matt de Gruyter, co-founder and CEO of Next Level Burger, the first organic vegan burger chain in the U.S., says the company's latest raise, $20!-->!-->!-->…
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New Partnership Brings Microalgae Protein Experts Together In Dairy Exploration
Is microalgae milk coming?
Sophie's Bionutrients and NewFish, both leaders in microalgae protein fermentation, are partnering on an effort to further explore microalgae's potential in the future of food, namely the booming dairy!-->!-->!-->…
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Mark Cuban and Emily Ratajkowski Back Prolific Machines’ $42 Million Raise to Scale (Cheap) Cultivated Meat
Emerging from stealth mode, the celebrity-backed Prolific Machines is about to bring down the price of cultivated meat significantly.
Profilic Machines' $42 million was raised a year ago and comes from a long list of seed and an!-->!-->!-->…
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5 Reasons Why India’s Evolving Smart Vegan Protein Sector Makes It a Country To Watch
India’s love affair with dairy is well documented. As a country, it has the largest dairy herd in the world and milk production accounts for 5 percent of the national economy. Local cuisines frequently feature dairy, as well as eggs and!-->…
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Standing Ovation Closes €12 Million Series A for Precision Fermentation Casein
Paris-based food tech company Standing Ovation has closed an oversubscribed €12 million Series A financing round to scale its animal-free casein and alt-cheese products. The new funding was led by Astanor Ventures, with participation from!-->…
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