Future Foods

The UK and EU have agreed on a deal to remove post-Brexit checks on agrifood trade, with novel foods set to receive a temporary exemption to preserve the former's regulatory progress on cultivated meat. Cultivated meat companies hoping…
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British cultivated meat startup Ivy Farm Technologies has secured regulatory clearance to sell its Wagyu beef as an ingredient in pet food, marking just the second such approval in the UK. Oxford-based Ivy Farm Technologies has become…
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Food tech startup Nutrition From Water has teamed up with Portuguese ingredient giant Prolacto to develop functional blends that combine the former's water-based proteins and fibres with the latter's dairy platform. The intertwining of…
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Singapore's Prefer has extended its partnership with Ajinomoto's Atlr.72 brand, which will launch a permanent store featuring their bean-free latte. They have also signed an MoU with JTB Group to explore product development across Asia. …
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Slovenian food tech startup Juicy Marbles has launched Granny's Roast, a whole-cut plant-based turkey roulade with a "gobble-ish" flavour just in time for Thanksgiving. Juicy Marbles, the viral startup behind ultra-realistic vegan…
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A government-funded university project in South Korea has developed a whole-muscle cultivated meat cut combined with plant proteins that can reduce production costs by up to 80%. Scientists at a South Korean university have devised a…
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Californian plant-based pioneer Beyond Meat has expanded the footprint of its mycelium steak filet to Sprouts Farmers Market stores nationwide, ahead of an expected decline in its quarterly earnings this week. Days before its latest…
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Cremer Group's FermBase platform has extended its collaboration with Differential Bio to provide AI-led process and material solutions for novel fermentation players. A month after launching high-performing yeast blends for next-gen…
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German food tech startup Senara, which is developing cell-based dairy, has established a hub in the Netherlands with financial backing from LIOF, the regional development agency of Limburg. Senara, a German firm developing cell-cultured…
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Japanese cellular agriculture company IntegriCulture has raised ¥100M ($635,000) from Niigata Venture Capital as part of its projected ¥700M ($4.5M) Series A extension round to expand its cell-cultured meat and cosmetics programmes. …
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Oatly has posted a 9.1% increase in Q3 revenue, but lowered its profit forecast for the full year due to "stronger and faster than expected" inflation in North America, where it will launch fibre oat milks in January. In a quarter that…
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Having relocated its headquarters to the Netherlands, TurtleTree has signed a research partnership with Nizo Food Research to speed up the development of its precision-fermented lactoferrin protein for women's health. Lactoferrin is…
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European precision fermentation startups Formo and Those Vegan Cowboys have obtained a joint 'no questions' letter from the US FDA for their animal-free casein proteins. Four months after filing a joint notice confirming the Generally…
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Ahead of a new funding round, US startup 2nd Nature has partnered with natural food and drink company Kalsec to discover waste-derived functional ingredients using its AI platform. Ohio-based firm 2nd Nature is broadening the footprint…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Burger King's Vegan Royale offer, The Undairy Co.'s dairy-free chocolates, and the cost of UPF labelling. New products…
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Israeli food tech startup Meala has entered full-scale production of its texturising pea proteins at two sites in Europe, which will enable it to replace 1,400 tonnes of eggs a year. Aiming to help food manufacturers de-risk their egg…
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US food tech startup BMC Ingredients has secured regulatory approval to sell its Rhiza mycoprotein in India, where it plans to launch in Q2 2027. BMC Ingredients is hoping to capitalise on India's appetite for microbial proteins after…
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Dutch startup Revyve has launched a yeast protein solution to make it easier for manufacturers to choose alternative proteins over whey, and at a lower cost. Revyve, a Dutch food tech startup using microbes to produce functional…
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New Zealand food tech startup Andfoods has launched its dairy-free whipped cream, made from fermented black gram protein, in Singapore's foodservice channel. In Singapore, professional kitchens are now using a next-gen whipped cream…
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Dutch dairy giant Hoogwegt will become the first buyer of Opalia's cell-cultured whole milk next month, which it will test in cheese, butter and yoghurt products, both as a full replacement and in hybrid formulations. A year after…
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German cocoa-free chocolate maker Planet A Foods has launched a single-ingredient Cocoa Booster powder to tackle rising costs and appeal to GLP-1 users via its high-fibre content. Planet A Foods, one of the leading startups in the…
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