Future Foods

Lawmakers in Hungary have overwhelmingly voted in favour of banning cultivated meat, even though the EU Commission has called the move "unjustified" and experts have questioned its legality. After nearly two years of attempts, the…
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Spanish startup MOA Foodtech has unveiled the MOA Box, a turkey service for manufacturers to create high-value ingredients from starch byproducts through fermentation and AI. To enable food companies to produce future-facing ingredients…
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CSM Ingredients, a leading bakery industry supplier, has forayed into the cocoa-free chocolate world with a range of carob-based innovations. It was in the 1970s, during the natural food movement, that carob gained popularity as a cocoa…
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Swiss manufacturing giant Bühler Group has named three winners of its New Chocolate Challenge, which aims to industrialise climate-resilient cocoa-free ingredients. Foreverland, Green Spot Technologies and Kawa Project have all won…
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The EU is losing out to other regions on the biotechnology front, thanks to an outdated novel food framework. A regulatory sandbox could reinstate its leadership. Europe is home to some of the world's most avant-garde food tech…
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Wellness company Fermenta will roll out limited-edition protein bars featuring Solar Foods' gas-fermented protein, Solein, in the US early next year. As Americans sink their teeth into everything protein, companies are scrambling to…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Heura's frankfurter recipe, Eat Just's sector-leading sales, and Beyond Meat's legal victory. New products and launches …
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Under Japan's new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, the list of economic growth priorities includes a focus on food tech and synthetic biology. After decades of growth driven by the private sector, Japan's government is taking charge of…
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French startup Green Spot Technologies has raised €5M ($5.8M) to expand production of its waste-derived fermented ingredients, including cocoa alternatives under new brand Milatea. As the hunt for cocoa alternatives reaches a fever…
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After weeks of stock uncertainty, Beyond Meat has posted a 13% revenue decline in Q3 2025 and has adjusted its expectations for the next quarter, too. In a rollercoaster Q3, Beyond Meat saw its sales shrink despite exceeding…
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Remilk has partnered with industry leader Gad Dairies to launch three animal-free milk products using its precision-fermented whey protein in cafés, restaurants and (soon) supermarkets in Israel. Two years after being cleared to sell…
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Didier Toubia, co-founder and CEO of cultivated meat pioneer Aleph Farms, believes alternative proteins are bouncing back as business models mature and regulators take notice. For several years, complementary proteins have followed a…
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The future of coffee, cocoa and wine is already in danger thanks to climate change, and even the most advanced geoengineering interventions might not be enough to protect them. In a damning study about the extent of the climate crisis's…
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Food waste and meat consumption are major drivers of the climate crisis. But a blended meat approach could provide a win-win solution. What do apples, TikTok and waste have in common? According to researchers at Cornell University,…
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With seasonal lookbooks and a flavour trend report that feels like it came from the fashion industry, Oatly is courting Gen Z to take its oat milk to newer heights. Here's an exclusive peek behind its strategy. Fashion, flavour and…
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The Global Methane Hub has invested $30M in an accelerator programme to fast-track solutions to lower methane emissions from rice production. Half the world depends on rice for most of its food requirements, and 95% of the…
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Singapore has replaced its '30 by 30' food sovereignty plan with one that sharpens focus on specific food categories, and pledged S$42M ($32M) for 11 future food projects. Six years after announcing a strategy to lower its reliance on…
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As climate change wrecks the cocoa industry, Barry Callebaut has teamed up with Germany's Planet A Foods to produce alternatives with its cocoa-free chocolate, ChoViva. What if your KitKat bar were made without chocolate? As extreme…
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China's Angel Yeast has begun operating an 11,000-tonne production line for its yeast protein, bolstering the country's sustainable food leadership. Already accounting for 15% of global yeast production and nearly 60% of the market in…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Oatly's switch to British oats, Eat Just's pancake mixes, and NotCo's Stranger Things collab. New products and launches …
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Californian food tech startup The Every Company has raised $55M in Series D funding to expand production of its precision-fermented egg proteins, following a nationwide rollout at Walmart. The Every Company is going all out to fill the…
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