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The EU Backs The World’s First Cultivated Meat Farm
The Craft Consortium is building a cultivated meat farm in the Netherlands, a first-of-its-kind project co-funded by the EU.
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India Cuts Tax on Plant-Based Milk & Meat to Make Vegan Food More Accessible
The Indian government's latest tax reform has brought plant-based meat and milk alternatives closer to parity with animal proteins.
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Beyond Meat, Oatly Challenge Chinese Students to Develop Future Food Products
As China's future food leadership grows, its students will compete to solve real-world problems by developing new products in ProVeg International's next Food Innovation Challenge.
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Industry Consolidation: 40+ Major Alternative Protein Companies Have Shut or Been Acquired in Past Year
The previous 12 months have seen a sharp increase in the number of alternative protein businesses that have ceased trading, come close to the brink, or been acquired. Here are all the major deals, starting September 2024.
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In the Netherlands, Shrinking Livestock Numbers Could Give Hybrid Dairy A Boost
Cattle populations are declining in the Netherlands, leaving companies with an opportunity to foray into hybrid milk products. And consumers are here for it.
Hybrid dairy has already been in Dutch headlines once this year, after retail!-->!-->!-->…
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LiveKindly Collective Bucks Plant-Based Meat Slowdown, Expects Profitability This Fall
Livekindly Collective is set to become profitable this fall, reversing the plant-based meat industry trend with strong brand building, private-label offerings, and Ed Sheeran.
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Future Food Quick Bites: Impossible x Joey Chestnut, Billie Eilish & Cinnamon Roll Lattes
Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Impossible Foods's Joey Chestnut partnership, Billie Eilish's emissions-cutting concerts, and Aleph Farms's Peta promise.
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Umami Bioworks Gets EU Registration to Sell Two Cultivated Fish Products for Pet Food
Singaporean food tech startup Umami Bioworks has registered two cultivated seafood ingredients for pet food in the EU, and is eyeing a Q2 2026 launch.
In a year of milestones for the industry, cultivated pet food has landed on another.
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Finnish Food Factory Gets $11.8M for Plant-Based Dairy Manufacturing
Finnish Food Factory, a contract manufacturer of plant-based dairy products, has secured €10M ($11.8M) in scale-up funding from Taaleri Bioindustry.
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With 700% Rise, Lidl GB Exceeds Plant-Based Meat & Dairy Sales Target
Lidl GB has blown past its target of increasing private-label plant-based sales by 400% by 2025, recording a rise of 694% in the last five years.
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Vegan Finest Foods: Dutch Plant-Based Meat Brand Goes Bankrupt, Eyes Rescue Deal
Dutch startup Vegan Finest Foods, which makes plant-based seafood, meat and sauces, has declared bankruptcy, citing softening demand and post-Covid difficulties.
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Taiwanese Legislators Call for Inclusion of Plant-Based Meat in School Meals
Legislators and civil society groups in Taiwan are calling on the government to reform its school lunch programme, which they say stigmatises plant-based meat as processed food.
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UK Cultivated Meat Tech Firm CellRev Calls It Quits, Citing Funding Woes
CellRev, a Newcastle-based bioprocessor of cell culture technologies, has ceased trading and appointed administrators to sell its assets.
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Legacy Plant Protein Brand Yves Veggie Cuisine is Being Discontinued – and People are Mad
Yves Veggie Cuisine, a 40-year-old Canadian meat-free brand, is being taken off shelves by owner Hain Celestial, sparking furore on social media.
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Panther M*lk: Dairy-Free Liqueur Maker From Dragons’ Den Shuts Down
Scottish startup Beastly Brews, which produced the oat milk liqueur Panther M*lk, has ceased trading after two supermarket listings fell through.
Three years after appearing on Dragons' Den, the Glasgow-based producer of Panther M*lk, a!-->!-->!-->…
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Novameat Leans Into Clean-Label Demand with Plant-Based Pulled Pork & Lamb
Spanish firm Novameat has expanded its line of pulled plant-based meats with clean-label pork and lamb alternatives for foodservice.
A year after securing $19.2M in Series A funding, Novameat has introduced two new meat alternatives!-->!-->!-->…
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Future Food Quick Bites: Greggs Steak Bake, Coco Gauff Smoothie & Vegan Dog Treats
Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Greggs's vegan steak bake return, Savor's carbon-based butter launch, and Coco Gauff's Naked Smoothie collab.
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German Plant-Based Meat Like Returns to the UK with Eye on ‘Gen Z Flexitarians’
Like, the plant protein brand owned by Livekindly Collective, is returning to UK shelves with three SKUs across all major supermarkets.
Livekindly Collective is bringing back its Like brand of plant-based meat to the UK, around three!-->!-->!-->…
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Inside India’s First Cultivated Chicken Competition for Chefs
Biokraft Foods held a Great Indian Cultivated Chicken Cook-Off last week, with young chefs showcasing the future of food in the Navi Mumbai event.
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Cultivated Meat Can Usher In A Just Transition of Protein Systems
Cultivated meat, plant-based proteins and regenerative agriculture can facilitate a "just transition" of the protein industry, but factory farming needs to stop, a new study shows.
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In China, Nearly Half of Consumers Would Replace Meat with Cultivated Proteins
Nearly half of citizens in China's tier 1 cities would choose cultivated meat and seafood over conventional options – but health and safety remain the main concern.
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