Future Foods

German food tech startup MicroHarvest will roll out 15 new products with partners across Europe by the end of June, all fuelled by its waste-upcycled microbial protein. Climate-friendly pet food has been on the ascendance over the last…
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As future food regulation progresses in Japan, local startup Organoid Farm has completed a 200-litre demo run for its cultivated beef, ahead of opening a new production plant in 2028. Japan's Organoid Farm has successfully conducted one…
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The US Army has issued a bid to companies and researchers to develop technologies to manufacture alternative proteins for soldiers on the front lines. A year ahead of the introduction of vegan options in the military meals programme,…
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Wise to the climate-damaged realities of the cocoa industry, Mars is taking major steps to decarbonise its offerings, from climate-smart farming to bean-free chocolates. The world's largest chocolate company is feeling the bite of…
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US food tech startup Fudi Protein has secured early-stage funding to commercialise its alfalfa-based Rubisco protein as an alternative to egg whites, dairy and other "subpar plant-based proteins". Wisconsin-based Fudi Protein has…
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Canada's Pinnacle Food Group has signed an MoU to explore establishing an Open Yeast Platform hub for precision fermentation in Hong Kong. Days after developing a breakthrough fermentation process to create recombinant whey proteins,…
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Swiss food tech startup Yeastup has signed a distribution agreement with DKSH to sell its beer-waste-derived UpFiber Beta-Glucan ingredient in the DACH region. Months after opening an industrial-scale facility to produce proteins from…
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South Africa's Immobazyme has successfully scaled production of a critical growth factor to lower the cost of cultivated meat, in collaboration with a government-owned research organisation. In a breakthrough for the domestic…
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China's Nanjing Agricultural University and Joes Future Food hosted the 2026 Global Forum on Cultured Meat last week, bringing together future food experts from across the world. For cultivated meat to succeed, cross-sector…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Tiba Tempeh's protein bites, Prefer's Brazilian bean-free coffee collab, and Garden Gourmet's vegan tilt. New products…
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A new report explores how China is aligning policy, capital and technology to become the world's alternative protein capital, following its lead from the green energy and mobility sectors. China is in "year zero" of a food systems…
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Canadian startup Opalia has secured C$3.2M ($2.3M) in the first close of a funding round to expand production of its cell-based dairy and pursue regulatory clearance in North America. Months after signing its first commercial supply…
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US startup Friends & Family Pet Food is rolling out 12 cultivated meat products for cats and dogs in Singapore retail, ahead of a fresh $1.1M funding drive. Singaporeans can now buy cultivated meat for their furry friends. …
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Swiss startup SentiaNova has emerged from stealth with a pre-processing technology that removes off-flavours from plant proteins in a bid to tackle one of the industry's most common complaints. Addressing the taste barrier that plagues…
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Lithuanian food tech startup Pentasweet has begun construction of its €65M ($76M) precision fermentation facility to produce the sweet protein brazzein. Building on the global momentum for sugar alternatives, Lithuania's Pentasweet has…
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WWF, WRI and other civil society groups are calling on Europe's supermarkets to accelerate the protein transition by increasing the ratio of plant-based food sales. European supermarkets must disclose the share of sales emanating from…
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US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has aired his "amplified concern" about cultivated meat, promising that these proteins would have to undergo strict FDA oversight. 2025 was a milestone year for cultivated meat in the US, with…
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New York's legislators have voted in favour of a bill that would require companies to disclose ingredients they have self-affirmed as GRAS, in line with a federal move promised by Robert F Kennedy Jr. The GRAS overhaul has come early in…
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Japanese conglomerate Ajinomoto has developed a plant-derived transferrin protein alternative that can significantly lower culture media costs for cultivated meat production. In its bid to drive down the cost of producing cultivated…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Project Eaden's vegan ham sandwich, Julienne Bruno's return, and the UK government's U-turn on novel foods. New products…
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Rewe Group, which operates more stores than any other supermarket in Germany, has launched a blended burger with 70% beef and 30% plant-based ingredients. In another sign of blended meat's wide-reaching potential, Rewe Group has…
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