Alt Protein

Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Picard Surgelés's La Vie collab, Compass Group's plant-forward hospital menu, and McDonald's veggie breakup. New products…
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Aleph Farms CEO Didier Toubia explains how the cultured meat startup used its own growth medium to cultivate cells developed by an external partner in Roslin Technologies. Can a partner-led, cross-platform approach unlock cultivated…
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Lawmakers in South Dakota were aiming to enforce a 10-year ban on cultivated meat; Governor Larry Rhoden has vetoed the bill, calling it "against our values" and suggesting an alternative approach instead. South Dakota's push to ban…
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Dutch beverage giant Refresco has agreed to acquire US plant-based food and drink company SunOpta in a $1.1B deal, which is set to complete in Q2 2026. In a sign that non-dairy milk still holds clout, Dutch beverage producer Refresco…
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Livestock farming is already a leading driver of climate change, and increasing GHG emissions could result in a 36-50% decline in the area suitable for grazing by the end of the century. The world's largest food production system is…
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Tokyo-based biotech startup IntegriCulture posted full-year profitability in 2025, driven by its cellular agriculture infrastructure and products. After a year of new collaborations, brand launches and product showcases, Japanese firm…
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A federal district judge has ruled that Texas's law requiring plant-based meat companies to use terms like 'meatless' violates the First Amendment and cannot be enforced. In a major win for the plant-based food industry, a federal court…
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Ali Morpeth, co-founder of the Planeatry Alliance, suggests that alternative proteins have reached a pivotal moment, and how the food system adapts them is the next big hurdle. For much of the past decade, the alternative protein…
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With a mere €1.4 billion in public funding, supportive policies for alternative proteins could add €111 billion a year to the EU economy by 2040. Plant-based, fermentation-derived and cell-cultured foods can meet 10% of the EU's meat…
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Bay Area chain Palmetto Superfoods has introduced a new Blade Smoothie, featuring Leaft Foods's alfalfa-derived Leaf Rubisco protein and an "unmatched" amino acid profile. Californians can now walk into a store and drink a protein…
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Indian CPG giant Marico has agreed to buy a controlling stake in Cosmix Wellness, a vegan protein and supplements brand that found national fame on Shark Tank, in a deal worth ₹226 crores ($25M). Protein continues to progress fast in…
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US cultivated meat startup Omeat has rebranded to Evergreen Connect and secured $6M in new funding to launch blended beef products stateside and in Singapore. Nearly three years after emerging from stealth and enduring a rollercoaster…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Ikea's Tiny Chef collab, This's financial milestone, and Kynda's new mycelium facility. New products and launches Ikea…
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Singapore state-owned food innovation platform Nurasa has teamed up with New Wave Biotech to help alternative proteins escape the valley of death with AI-led bioprocess optimisation. In April, Singaporean future food platform Nurasa and…
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To mark the release of his book, Meat, the Good Food Institute founder Bruce Friedrich talks alternative proteins, political bans, investment struggles, blended meat, and parallels with cars and the internet. The seed that sparked Bruce…
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UK tofu leader The Tofoo Co is set to acquire German seitan producer Topas, best known for its Wheaty brand, ahead of a planned launch in Europe's largest plant-based market this year. As it sets its sights on European expansion, The…
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Hybrid dairy is looking to plug the gap between dairy's climate and health issues and plant-based alternatives' taste and price challenges – can it be the near-term solutions this industry sorely needs? Milk remains the most…
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Plant-based meat leader Impossible Foods has that CEO Peter McGuinness is stepping down after nearly four years, with the company’s executive team set to take over day-to-day operations. Impossible Foods announced that Chief Executive…
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The US led the world in the number of job opportunities in the alternative protein sector, as Europe and the cultivated meat category punched above their weight. Future food companies in the US posted more than 1,500 open roles in 2025,…
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As a category, blended meat matured in 2025, and supermarkets led the way. Can the climate crisis, inflation, and health concerns bring more consumers to this format this year? With meat prices and the demand for protein simultaneously…
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The Ultra-Processed Food (UPF) narrative has gone viral by weaponizing the innate human fear of the unknown, also known as neophobia, inadvertently grouping sustainable and necessary novel food innovations with nutritionally poor junk…
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