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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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Is Plant-Based Fish Made From Food Industry By-Products The Future Of Alt-Seafood? This Tempeh Startup Says Yes
UK-based tempeh manufacturer Better Nature is expanding its product range to include alternative seafood. Using traditional tempeh fermentation techniques with food industry by-products, the company claims it can replace conventional fish.!-->…
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Animal-Free Chocolate Milk Is Here Thanks To Perfect Day’s Partnership with Tomorrow Farms
New York’s Tomorrow Farms is looking to ‘give cows a break’. The food tech is focused on creating animal-free milk and has partnered with Perfect Day. Tomorrow Farms will soon be launching its Bored Cow line of flavoured milk drinks,!-->…
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Superbrewed Food Secures GRAS Status For New Whole Food Protein Ingredient
Delaware-based startup Superbrewed Food has been granted GRAS (generally recognised as safe) status for its postbiotic cultured protein development, marking the first microbiome protein to get approval by the U.S. Food and Drug!-->…
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NotCo Enters US Foodservice Sector With Dairy-Free Shake Shack Collaboration
Chilean food tech NotCo has partnered with U.S. fast casual burger chain Shake Shack. The two have developed a dairy-free chocolate custard and a chocolate shake to be tested in ten restaurant locations. The plant-based offerings will be!-->…
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Mewery Looks To Slash Cultivated Pork Costs With Microalgae Ingredients
Czech foodtech startup Mewery is developing cultivated pork on microalgae scaffolding. The company claims it is the first in Europe to be doing so. Using the regenerative plant base allows for significant production cost savings,!-->…
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Animal-Free Cheese Maker Change Foods Awarded Second Government Grant In Less Than A Month
The Australian Commonwealth Government has named Change Foods as a key partner in a new AUD$164 million Trailblazer Universities Food and Beverage Accelerator led by the University of Queensland and Queensland University of Technology!-->…
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Jam ‘n’ Vegan Secures Veg Capital Backing For Chef-Made Ready Meals With A Cultural Twist
Vegan investor Veg Capital, led by Veganuary and VFC co-founder Matthew Glover, has announced it has led a £200,000 seed round for U.K.-based Jam ‘n’ Vegan, which produces family favourite ready meals infused with world flavours. In!-->…
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Israel Startup Bringing Its Plant-Based Sunny-Side-Up And Poached Eggs To US Restaurants
Israeli food tech startup Yo! Egg has announced it will be launching into U.S. restaurants later this year. Its sunny-side-up and poached eggs are claimed to be the world’s first, by company CEO Eran Groner. The whole-egg analogues are!-->…
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Imagindairy Closes $28 Million Seed Round Following Successful Funding Extension
Tel Aviv-based precision fermentation startup Imagindairy has confirmed a $15 million seed extension round following its November 2021’s $13 million raise. Funding will be used for accelerated R&D efforts alongside new personnel hires.!-->…
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Impossible Nuggets and Sausage Launch In U.K., Additional Products ‘To Come Later’
Two Impossible Foods products will mark the Bay Area food tech company's highly anticipated European debut this week.
The Impossible Chicken Nuggets and Impossible Sausage Patties are available starting today at more than 300 locations!-->!-->!-->…
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GOOD Meat and ADM Confirm Strategic Partnership To Ramp Up Cultivated Meat Output
Californian-food tech Eat Just has announced that its GOOD Meat cultivated chicken brand is now partnering with food processing giant ADM to help accelerate commercial rollout of GOOD Meat products. The collaboration marks the first!-->…
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Willicroft’s Vegan Bean Cheese Nets $2.1 Million To Expand Across Europe
Dutch bean-based plant-based cheese startup Willicroft has closed its pre-seed funding round, securing €2 million. The round was led by PINC and Rockstart with Döhler and Feast Ventures participating. Funding has been raised to support!-->…
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Bosque Foods Just Bagged $3M To Transform Mycelium into Whole Meat Pork and Chicken
There's not doubt that mushrooms as a food group are delicious. Chewy, packed with umami and available in an assortment of textures, it's hardly a surprise that chefs and food entrepreneurs everywhere are looking to create beef, pork and!-->…
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This Chef Is Moving From Steakhouses To Sustainable ‘Symplicity Foods’ To Take On Beyond Meat
Neil Rankin, founder of London steakhouse Temper, is entering the plant-based food sphere. The chef claims that he is fed up with alternative protein not quite hitting the right mark and claims he can do better. His gripes include Beyond!-->…
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Finless Foods’s Pokè-Style Plant-Based Tuna Now Available Across U.S.
California’s Finless Foods, one of the early players in the cultivated seafood space, is ready to debut its plant-based tuna analogue nationwide across the United States. Its pokè style product, which the company claims i minimally!-->…
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