Future Foods

We recently tuned into an invite-only virtual media conference featuring Impossible Foods’ most senior executives including CEO & Founder Pat Brown, CFO David Lee, CCO Rachel Konrad and Senior VP of International Nick Halla, where they…
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A new Australian study has found that Generation Z – the younger generation born between 1995 and 2015 – are not ready to accept cultivated meat, but are greatly concerned about environmental and animal welfare issues. Despite their…
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Launched by Singapore-based plant-based food startup Float Foods in partnership with Ultra Indonesia, a food incubator, the NEW FOOD Startup 2020 will target plant-based food innovators and entrepreneurs in Indonesia. The initiative aims…
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Wildtype, a cell-based food tech, is starting to take pre-orders from chefs as it looks for partners to feature their cultivated sushi-grade salmon on menus. While the San Francisco-based startup is still a while away from fully launching…
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Vivera, the largest producer of plant-based meat alternatives in the Netherlands, is planning to invest at least €30 million (US$35.5 million) over the next three years to expand its product line, machinery and workforce as demand…
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Fenn Foods, an Australian plant-based meat brand, is set to launch its first carbon-neutral beef alternative before the end of this year. Its product, dubbed “veef”, aims to be the most delicious and sustainable plant-based meat product on…
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Brazilian vegan startup Fazenda Futuro recently secured US$21.5 million in investment, which the company says it will use to expand its line of plant-based meats and accelerate the launch of its burgers, meatballs and sausages to more…
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) in the U.S. has just awarded UC Davis a US$3.5 million five-year grant for cultivated meat research, marking the first major government grant in the country for research into cellular agriculture for…
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Bond Pet Foods, Inc., a biotech startup making animal-free proteins for pet food, has announced that it has developed the world’s first animal-free cultured chicken meat protein for cats and dogs. The Boulder, Colorado-based company also…
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Founded this year, South Africa-based Mzansi Meat Co. is the first cell-based food tech to arrive in the continent. Using cellular agriculture technology, the company hopes to produce cruelty-free cell-cultured protein products, including…
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Meat-Tech 3D, an Israeli cultivated meat food tech, has just signed a letter of intent to acquire a company developing cultured fat products. The company to be purchased by Meat-Tech has come up with a proprietary stem-cell-based…
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Singapore based plant-based review and discovery app abillionveg has closed a pre-Series A funding round totalling US$3 million with injections by Hong Kong's Nan Fung Group, CloudKitchens and York Capital. In addition, Twitter’s head of…
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During an invite-only virtual media conference featuring the company's most senior executives attended by Green Queen, Impossible Foods has officially announced today (September 10) the launch of its Impossible Sausage Made From Plants in…
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Beyond Meat has just announced an agreement with Jiaxing Economic & Technological Development Zone (JXEDZ) to design and develop its manufacturing footprint in the area with a new facility with ready access to Shanghai. This will make…
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By: Shen Ming Lee Hungry For Disruption offers a futuristic vision for embracing the scientific and technological advances in food for the coming decades. The book explores how breakthrough innovations in smart agriculture, novel…
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Japanese food tech IntegriCulture Inc. has been awarded a ¥240 million (US$2.2 million) grant from the government’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry to build its commercial cellular agriculture facility. Constructing its commercial…
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Starbucks Hong Kong has just announced the launch of its plant-based menu, which features three vegan-friendly plant-based coffees and two new vegetarian meal options made with Impossible Foods’ plant-based breakfast sausage. The expansion…
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Sydney-based food tech Vow has recently served up its cell-based exotic meats in a trial with famed Australian chef Neil Perry. Six different animal species were selected for the trial, from kangaroo to alpaca, representing the first…
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Hey Maet, a new plant-based meat startup that just entered the Chinese alternative meat industry, has recently announced significant investment as well as a partnership with Shuangta Food, a pea protein company that supplies Beyond Meat.…
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Oatly is the world's most famous oat milk brand to date and millions of plant-forward consumers are fans of their milks, yogurts, creams and ice cream products that are entirely made from plants. Even the biggest coffee chain in the world,…
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Sol Cuisine Inc., long-time plant-based brand headquartered in Ontario, has recently secured C$10 million (US$7.6 million) in a funding round led by BDC Capital’s Industrial Innovation Fund, the venture arm of Canada’s national development…
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