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The Week In Food Tech: TiNDLE Gets Its Very Own Football Star, The Raging Pig Co. Takes On Vegan Bacon
This week, in food tech news: TiNDLE partners with a football star, the Raging Pig Co. announces a spin on vegan bacon, and more.
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Vegan Lamb Launches In the US to Help ‘Democratize’ Heritage Breed Meats
Plant-based lamb has arrived in the U.S. Food-tech startup Black Sheep Foods, dedicated to recreating heritage breed and wild game meats from plants, has launched its first vegan lamb at Bay Area Greek restaurant, Souvla.
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Bill Gates Backs Lab-Grown Breastmilk Startup Biomilq Again in $21M Series A
Biomilq, the female-led biotech developing lab-grown breastmilk, has secured $21 million in a Series A round with backing from Bill Gates.
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UK Vegan Meal Leader Allplants Breaks Record with $52M Series B
Allplants, the vegan meal-delivery service based in the UK, has raised $52 million in a record-breaking Series B round.
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Vegan Tuna Sandwiches Are Landing In 4,000 Aldi Stores Across Germany
This month, more than 4,000 Aldi supermarket stores will start selling vegan tuna sandwiches made with BettaF!sh's plant-based alternative.
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EU Meat Giant: We Were Wrong About Plant-Based Meat
Danish Crown, one of Europe’s largest meat producers, has admitted that it failed to recognise the significance of the plant-based trend.
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Why Investors Just Poured $80M Into This Startup’s Cloud Bioreactor Platform
Culture Biosciences just closed its Series B financing with $80 million to expand its cloud bioreactor platform for synbio solutions.
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UK Vegan Meal Delivery Startup Planty Gears Up for Europe After €770K Raise
Planty, the London-based vegan meal delivery startup, has recently raised €770,000 in a new round of funding to fuel its expansion plans.
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USDA Makes First Public Cultivated Protein Investment with $10M Tufts University Grant
The USDA has awarded $10 million to Tufts University for the National Institute for Cellular Agriculture to study cultivated protein.
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Vegan Pitch Competition VWS Records 25% Increase in Women of Colour Founders
VWS Pathfinder, the world’s first pitch competition for female vegan founders, has recorded a 25% rise in women of colour founders this year.
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4 Surprising APAC Alternative Seafood Insights Shared By Industry Insiders
Here are 4 of the top takeaways from a recent closed-door meeting attended by alternative seafood industry insiders and experts.
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Singapore Vegan Chicken Brand TiNDLE Makes US Debut In New York
Singapore's leading vegan chicken brand TiNDLE has made its debut in the US at the New York City Wine and Food Festival.
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McDonald’s To Test McPlant Burger Made By Beyond Meat At 8 US Locations
Next month, McDonald’s will start a small-scale test of its McPlant product, the plant-based burger the chain is co-developing with Beyond Meat. From November 3, the McPlant will be available for a limited time at eight US McDonald’s!-->…
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Vegan Chick*n Brand VFC Works Against The System, But With Big Retailers. Why? Impact.
While VFC stands up to the unsustainable, unethical food system, the vegan chicken brand isn't opposed to working with big food to change it.
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Vegan Products Make Up 12% of Chile’s Food Market: Report
Vegan food products now make up 12% of Chile's total food market, after recording an 8% rise over the past four years, new research shows.
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Food Additive Petition Most ‘Credible’ Regulatory Pathway for Cell-Cultured Meat and Seafood, Says EDF
The Environmental Defense Fund says seeking a food additive petition is the most “credible” regulation pathway for cell-based meat companies.
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Grounded Foods Eyes EU Market for Ugly Cauliflower Dairy-Free Cheese With Pre-Series A $2.5M Raise
Grounded Foods has raised $2.5 million in pre-Series A funding, which will help to bring its dairy-free cheese to Europe.
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Vegan Pork Leader OmniPork Launches Across UK At 119 Sainsbury’s Supermarket Outlets
Green Monday’s OmniFoods alternative protein brand has officially launched its OmniPork product range in the UK in the chilled foods aisles of leading UK supermarket Sainsbury’s. This retail launch is part of Hong Kong-based OmniFoods’!-->…
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Spanish Vegan Meat Pioneer Heura Enters Mexican Market Via 220 Retailers, Including Walmart
Spanish plant-based meat pioneers Heura has entered the Mexican market with retail giant Walmart and other supermarket chains.
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This Startup Is Upgrading New Zealand’s Dairy Heritage With Precision Fermentation
Dairy is big business in New Zealand. The country is the world’s largest dairy exporter and home to dairy giant Fonterra. But as the world wakes up to the realities of livestock farming, from its impact on the environment to the suffering!-->…
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Growthwell Opens Singapore’s First Fully Automated Vegan Meat and Seafood Factory
Growthwell Foods will soon be opening the doors to Singapore's first fully automated production line for plant-based meat and seafood.
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