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Hyfé Foods Scoops $2 Million For Sustainble Mycelium Flour
Chicago’s Hyfé Foods, a developer of mycelium flour, has closed an oversubscribed pre-seed raise, netting $2 million. The round was led by The Engine, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology-offshoot venture firm. Blue Horizon, Caffeinated!-->…
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Oatly Rumoured To be Whittling Down List Of Candidates For CEO Position
The Wall Street Journal reports that Jean-Christophe Flatin, a soon-to-be-former Mars executive, is being considered the top candidate to replace Oatly’s outgoing CEO Toni Petersson. Flatin is joining Oatly on June 1 as global president!-->…
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Synthesis Capital Secures $300 Million For Food Tech Investment Opportunities
London’s Synthesis Capital has closed its first fund, scooping more than $300 million in capital pledges. According to the company, this is the largest dedicated food tech VC of its kind. The year-old investor, Led by Costa Yiannoulis,!-->…
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Future Farm Enlists Brazilian Pop Superstar Anitta As Its New Partner
Future Farm, known as Fazenda Futuro in its home country, has confirmed it has welcomed fellow Brazilian singer sensation Anitta onboard as a partner. One of the most influential Latinx artists in the world, Anitta has a 62 million-strong!-->…
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Cultivated Meat Might Seem Alien But It’s Better Than Animal Agriculture
By Matti Wilks.
The world is in the grips of a food-tech revolution. One of the most compelling new developments is cultured meat, also known as clean, cell-based or slaughter-free meat. It’s grown from stem cells taken from a live!-->!-->!-->…
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Good Meat Partners With ABEC to Build the Largest Cultivated Meat Bioreactors
Good Meat, the Eat Just division focused on cultivated meat, has partnered with ABEC on a multi-year agreement to boost its production of cell-based protein.
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Gen Z Americans: 60% Approve Of Meat Tax And More Are Open To Meat Alternatives
A new study, conducted by Veylinx, has revealed consumer insights critical to the growth of the alternative protein sector. A key takeaway for brands looking to entice new customers is confirmation that price and taste are bigger drivers!-->…
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Burger King France Adds Natalie Portman-Backed La Vie Bacon To Its Menus
Burger King France has announced that it is partnering with French vegan pork startup La Vie Foods to add its bacon to menus across the country. The collaboration is slated to be exclusive to the French market for six months. La Vie had!-->…
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Wide Open Agriculture Signs Lupin Protein Supply Agreement With Monde Nissin Australia
Australia’s Wide Open Agriculture (WOA) has confirmed a partnership with food giant Monde Nissin Australia (MNA). The former will supply its proprietary Buntine Protein, a concentrate made from lupin beans that can act as the main!-->…
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Beyond Meat Bets On Consumers Wanting To Keep Up With New Chief Taste Consultant Kim Kardashian
Beyond Meat has announced reality television superstar Kim Kardashian as its new "chief taste consultant". Kardashian has lent her ambassadorship to the somewhat embattled brand, citing that she has used the products at home regularly. In!-->…
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Orbillion Says It Will Achieve Price Parity With Conventional Meat By 2026
San Francisco-based startup cultivated meat Orbillion has announced that it projects reaching price parity with conventional meat by 2026, with commodity pricing for beef to follow by 2030. The declaration comes as CEO and co-founder!-->…
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This New Zealand Startup Is Making Plant-Based Mortadella From Microalgae
Auckland-based NewFish has come out of stealth to close a NZ$1.3 million (approx. US$816,000) pre-seed funding round. Outset Ventures led the round with participation from domestic investor Tangaroa Ventures, basketball player Steven Adams!-->…
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Stand-Up Burgers Is Landing in Los Angeles This June
Veggie Grill has announced that one of its offshoot brands, Stand-Up Burgers, is opening a fourth location and its first in Los Angeles. Construction of a Culver City restaurant has begun, with June 15 being slated as the opening date.!-->…
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Serena Williams and Jake Gyllenhaal Star In JUST Egg Advertising Campaign
Eat Just’s JUST Egg has attracted a number of celebrity investors. Now, two of the most prominent, Serena Williams and Jake Gyllenhaal, are starring in satire-rich advertising campaigns to promote the health benefits and taste of the!-->…
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Project Pollo Accelerates Efforts To Drive Chick-fil-A Out Of Business With ‘Shark Tank’ Appearance
Texas-based Project Pollo was recently represented by founder and CEO Lucas Bradbury in the season finale episode of Shark Tank. He pitched the vegan chicken chain to residents ‘sharks’ Mark Cuban, Lori Greiner, Kevin O’Leary and Barbara!-->…
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Future Food-Tech’s Dedicated Alt Protein Summit To Connect Global Leaders & Innovators Disrupting How We Eat
According to non-profit think tank the Good Food Institute's State of the Industry 2021 report, over $5 billion was invested into alternative protein startup last year, up from over $3 billion the year before. As huge challenges continue!-->…
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MeaTech Joins the UN’s Global Compact Initiative on Sustainability
Israel-based cultivated meat company MeaTech has joined the United Nations Global Compact initiative in a move to support the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.
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Evolved Meats Scoops $2 Million To Secure Its Position As A Low-Cost Operator Within The Cultivated Sector
Toronto-based cultivated meat player Evolved Meats, formerly known as CaroMeats, has secured $2 million in a seed funding round. Investment was led by Maple Leaf Foods, one of Canada’s largest protein companies. Big Idea Ventures, Garage!-->…
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Motif FoodWorks Unveils First Commercial Plant-Based Meat Line
Boston-Based Motif FoodWorks has announced a new range of plant-based meat products. Dubbed Motif MoBeef, MoPork and MoChicken, launches will be staggered from now through to 2023. The products are aimed squarely at foodservice providers,!-->…
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MeliBio and Eleven Madison Park Hosted An Exclusive World Bee Day Celebration
California-based vegan honey maker MeliBio celebrated World Bee Day with Michelin-starred restaurant Eleven Madision Park (EMP) as the two came together in New York City to host an event which included cocktails and a four-course meal.!-->…
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Peace of Meat & Enough Partner To Create Hybrid Mycoprotein Chicken Flavored With Cultivated Fat
Israel-based MeaTech has confirmed its wholly-owned Belgian subsidiary, Peace of Meat, will be working with Scotland’s Enough, an innovator in the mycoprotein sector that specializes in fungi fermentation using renewable feedstocks.!-->…
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