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Döhler Backs Fava Bean Chocolate Maker As Climate Change Eats Up Cocoa Crops
German food manufacturing specialist Döhler has invested in UK startup Nukoko to scale up its bean-to-bar cocoa-free chocolate, ahead of a market launch in 2025.
This month, cocoa futures in the UK dropped by 16%, marking a rare gulf!-->!-->!-->…
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Austrian Vegan Seafood Startup Opens ‘World’s Largest’ 3D-Printed Food Factory
Revo Foods has opened what it says is the world's largest factory dedicated to 3D-printed food, rolling out an updated whole-cut mycelium salmon fillet as the facility's first product.
Austrian alternative protein startup Revo Foods has!-->!-->!-->…
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Heura Goes Beyond Meat with Healthier Plant-Based Cheese & Pasta to Take On UPF Label
Spanish plant-based pioneer Heura is expanding its technology to offer nutrient-dense cold cuts, cheese, and pasta, in a bid to move past the ultra-processed food label.
It may account for a quarter of Spain's plant-based meat market,!-->!-->!-->…
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Future Food Quick Bites: Dairy-Free Mozzarella Sticks, Vegan Wetherspoons & Indian Cultivated Meat
In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Sunday Supper's plant-based mozzarella sticks, M&S's new vegan!-->…
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Choruba & the Chocolate Factory: Italy’s Foreverland Bites Into €3.4M for New Cocoa-Free Chocolate Products
Cocoa-free chocolate maker Foreverland has raised €3.4M ($3.76M) in a seed funding round to open its first production facility for its carob-based Choruba alternative.
Puglia-based startup Foreverland has got investors' tastebuds!-->!-->!-->…
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LanzaTech Expands Gas Fermentation Tech to Recycle Waste Carbon Into Protein, Partners with US Military
Synbio firm LanzaTech has extended its carbon recycling operations to human food applications with a new protein, and teamed up with the US military on a joint project.
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Those Vegan Cowboys Unveils Animal-Free Casein for Meltier, Stretchier Cheese
Dutch-Belgian food tech startup Those Vegan Cowboys has debuted its precision-fermented casein protein, with plans to launch animal-free cheese in 2025.
Animal-free casein is having a moment. From new startups pushing the envelope with!-->!-->!-->…
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Kinoko-Tech Inks Deal to Roll Out Fungi Products in Australia, From Zero-Waste Burgers to Mycelium Muesli Bars
Israel's Kinoko-Tech has partnered with Australia's Metaphor Foods to commercialise a range of mycelium protein products – including sausages, flapjacks and chips – down under.
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Estonia’s Äio Secures €6.1M for Demo Facility to Turn Sawdust Into Palm Oil & Animal Fat Alternatives
Estonian startup Äio has closed a €6.1M ($6.8M) funding round to build a facility for its fermentation-derived alternatives to palm oil and animal fats.
Transforming agricultural and woodworking waste into oils to replace planet-harming!-->!-->!-->…
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Researchers Are Using Baker’s Yeast to Turn Carbon Dioxide Into Protein & Folate
Scientists have discovered a way to turn gases into yeast that contains more protein than beef and enough folate to meet your daily requirements.
What if acetate and carbon dioxide could help you meet your daily nutritional needs?
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How Rebellyous Foods’s New Mock 2 Platform Makes Cost-Competitive Plant-Based Meat
Seattle startup Rebellyous Foods has unveiled its Mock 2 Production System, which reduces the cost of manufacturing plant-based meat to reach parity with animal proteins.
In February 2023, Rebellyous Foods closed a $9.4M Series B!-->!-->!-->…
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Helaina Raises $45M to Launch Effera Human Lactoferrin with Kroma Wellness, Mitsubishi & More
US startup Helaina has closed a $45M Series B round to commercialise Effera Human Lactoferrin, its breast milk equivalent protein, in the US later this year.
Helaina, the New York-based firm making breast milk alternatives with!-->!-->!-->…
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Future Food Quick Bites: Slutty Vegas, Impossible Chicken Salads & A Vegan Cream Liqueur
In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Upside Foods' tasting event at a taqueria, Japan Airlines' sweet protein!-->…
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Israel’s DairyX Foods Unveils ‘Self-Assembling’ Animal-Free Casein Micelles, Eyes 2027 US Launch
Israeli startup DairyX Foods has developed a method to make precision-fermented casein proteins that self-assemble into micelles.
To deliver stretchy, melty cheese and firmer, creamier yoghurt free from cows, DairyX Foods has come upon!-->!-->!-->…
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Mushroom Innovator Fable Foods Opens Its Spores to Blended Meat – Here’s Why
Fable Foods co-founder and CEO Michael Fox explains why the company has decided to work with meat producers on blended applications.
Climate Week NYC is coinciding with a new era for blended meat, with a major taste test revealing that!-->!-->!-->…
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Americans Like Blended Meat Burgers & Nuggets More Than Their Bestselling 100% Animal Counterparts
In a comprehensive survey about blended meat, Americans were found to prefer half-meat, half-plant burgers and nuggets more than the market-leading, fully animal-derived products.
People prefer the taste of blended meat over most!-->!-->!-->…
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Forma Foods Unveils ‘Chaotic’ 3D Printing Tech for Michelin-Starred Vegan Beef
Mexico's Forma Foods is making whole-cut plant-based meat using a 3D printing technique that has impressed Michelin-starred chefs.
What started as a bioprinting firm in 2017 has turned into a full-fledged food tech startup, leveraging!-->!-->!-->…
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After 136 Years, Italy’s Gruppo Tonazzo is Ditching Meat for Plant-Based
Italian legacy meat producer Gruppo Tonazzo is shuttering its meat business to solely focus on plant-based proteins via its Kioene brand.
Driven by its impact on the environment and people's health, one of Italy's oldest meat!-->!-->!-->…
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The Future of Dairy: Are Alternative Protein Startups the Solution to Big Dairy’s Problems?
A new report looks at the challenges facing dairy and its more planet-friendly alternatives, and how collaborations between them can shape the future of dairy.
Globally, dairy might be a $944B market, but it is facing growing pains in!-->!-->!-->…
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Future Food Quick Bites: Vegan Uggs, Plant-Based Stroopwafels & Beer from Pasta Waste
In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Alpro's new flavoured barista milk, vegan footwear wins, and Violife's!-->…
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Explained: How Methane Emissions Are Linked to the Food System, and What We Can Do About It
Methane has highly detrimental impacts on the planet, with the food system – particularly livestock – the main emitter of the gas. What can we do about it?
When we talk about greenhouse gas emissions, many of us are really just talking!-->!-->!-->…
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