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Along with its upcoming fundraise, Simple Planet is about to submit dossiers in South Korea and Singapore for regulatory approval – a feat its CEO says will make cultivated meat resurgent. Despite continued declines in funding and…
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Munich-based vegan pet food startup Vegdog has raised €9M ($10.2M) in Series A funding to expand its European presence, after seeing sales hike by 66% in 2024. While startups working on alternative proteins for humans continue to face…
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Australian cultivated meat startup Magic Valley held a tasting for politicians in the New South Wales parliament last week. Just months before cultivated meat makes it onto restaurant menus in Australia, some of the country's…
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Home to a host of leading future food startups, California has established a special committee to advance innovation in the alternative protein sector. While several states in the US are banning (or hoping to ban) cultivated meat from…
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In our interview series, we quiz future food investors about the solutions that excite them the most, their favourite climate-forward restaurant, and what they look for in successful founders. Steven Finn is the Co-Founder and…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Kellanova's plant-based RXBars, Vivera's pre-frozen tofu, and a cultivated seafood tasting event. New products and…
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San Francisco startup Wildtype has become the world's first startup to get US regulatory approved to sell cultivated seafood, with its salmon now on the menu at Kann in Portland, Oregon. Cultivated seafood has cruised to become a…
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California Cultured, a food tech startup making cocoa via cellular agriculture, has transitioned to large-scale biomanufacturing in a key breakthrough for the industry. US startup California Cultured has successfully moved from…
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While up to two-thirds of UK consumers are willing to try precision-fermented products, fewer would consume them regularly, exhibiting the need to build familiarity and trust. Between 52% and 68% of Brits are open to trying foods made…
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Discount retailer Aldi Nord has become the latest company to hop on the blended meat bandwagon with a burger made from 60% beef and 40% plant proteins in the Netherlands. As part of its move towards shifting protein sales in favour of…
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In our interview series, we quiz future food investors about the solutions that excite them the most, their favourite climate-forward restaurant, and what they look for in successful founders. Mirasbek Kuterbekov is a Principal at Thia…
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British pet food startup Meatly has announced a wave of breakthroughs that significantly slash the cost of cultivated meat, bringing it closer to price parity with chicken. Food tech innovators are continuing to make advancements that…
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Beef and lamb are among the foods that face the biggest threats from competition with cultivated meat, underscoring why some lawmakers want to ban the latter. One country and six US states have so far passed laws that prohibit companies…
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A techno-economic analysis has found that French cultivated meat startup Gourmey's bioreactor system can reach production costs of $3.43 per lb. When you remove the politics of it all, people aren't as resistant to cultivated meat as…
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Swedish food tech startup Millow is repurposing a Lego factory to produce an oat and mycelium protein with 97% fewer emissions than beef, and minimal processing. A result of three decades of research on mycelium, Millow is gearing up…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Impossible Foods' new vegan chicken, Quorn's Mission: Impossible collab, and a new kind of tempeh. New products and…
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Californian food tech startup MeliBio, known for its plant-based Mellody honey, has been acquired by Swiss innovation hub FoodYoung Labs. US bee-free honey startup MeliBio has been snapped up by FoodYoung Labs, a Swiss venture studio…
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The co-founder of French plant-based chicken startup Swap (ex-Umiami) has been forced to step down as CEO amid weak sales, with the firm reportedly needing $10M by the end of this year. Swap, the Parisian vegan chicken firm formerly…
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German hypermarket chain Kaufland has released two sweet treats using Planet A Foods's cocoa-free chocolate alternative, ChoViva. As cocoa prices become untenable for both consumers and businesses, one supermarket is tackling the…
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Oat milk continues to rise in popularity globally, thanks to its flavour and climate benefits – but it is so much more than simply another non-dairy alternative now. Despite what was perceived as a bad year for the category, oat milk,…
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Cultivated meat isn't approved for sale in Europe yet – but that hasn't stopped this entrepreneur from setting up an online shop for these proteins. Forget Michelin-starred restaurants and famed butcheries. What if you could get…
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