Future Foods

Scientists at Italy's public research agency have developed prototypes of nutrient-rich sweet snacks from cultured plant cells and fruit residues, offering a glimpse at the future of food. Italy may have rejected cultivated meat, but…
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Japanese cellular agriculture specialist IntegriCulture has introduced Cellag, a brand to sell its own products, as well as those by other companies, across the food, cosmetics, and materials categories. To drive greater interest and…
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South Korean food tech startup SeaWith has signed a supply deal with the UK's 3D Bio-Tissues, whose cell culture media can reduce the cost of the former's cultivated meat by 30%. Most Koreans are open to trying cultivated meat, but its…
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The Cultured Hub, a biotech facility run by Swiss food industry giants, has expanded its service to include plant cell culture technology for coffee, cocoa and citrus. Swiss biotech plant The Cultured Hub is broadening its horizons with…
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New Zealand startup Leaft Foods has signed a distribution deal to use its Rubisco protein as an egg replacer in baked goods, ahead of a major year of expansion. How would you like a brioche made with alfalfa leaves instead of eggs? …
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The future food industry has seen plenty of victories this year, spanning regulatory approvals, supermarket pledges, and women's wellness. Here are the 10 biggest wins for food tech in 2025. 1) Cultivated meat approvals accelerated …
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Waitrose's mushroom wellington, Offbeast's plant-based ribs, and Typcal's new mycelium factory. New products and launches…
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Insights from food systems changemakers drove our reporting this year. Below, we present our top 10 interviews of the year, featuring an EU lawmaker, a former White House advisor, and the queen of plant-based dairy herself. Our exclusives…
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From product labels to school lunches to regulatory progress, 2025 has seen a lot of wins and losses for alternative protein – here are the 10 standout developments. Note: all wins are listed in chronological order of when they were…
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In a year full of economic uncertainty and consolidation, our readers were most interested in funding and policy stories. Here are Green Queen's 10 most-read future food stories of 2025, featuring Trump's tariffs, Beyond Meat, and Michelin…
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Plant-based companies have witnessed a spike in investment this year, despite declines for cultivated meat and fermentation. Here are the 10 largest future food funding rounds of 2025, featuring animal-free eggs, yeast proteins, and Beyond…
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Estonian startup Äio has secured a €1.2M ($1.4M) grant from the national innovation agency to produce its yeast-derived Flavoured Fat on a commercial scale. Ahead of a year when it plans to enter the market and launch a Series A funding…
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Swiss food tech startup Yeastup has opened an industrial-scale facility to repurpose spent brewer's yeast into proteins and functional ingredients. It's now raising another Series A round. Switzerland's Yeastup has opened an…
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Solar Foods has teased Solein Cream as one of many applications for its gas-derived protein, with a three-ingredient solution that could solve the bottlenecks for non-dairy products. An emulsion of water, oil, and carbon could usher in…
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US Senator Adam Schiff has introduced a new bill to allocate over $500M in federal R&D funding and create a national strategy for alternative proteins. A new bill calls on the US government to develop a national protein…
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Dutch-Belgian startup Those Vegan Cowboys has raised €6.25M ($7.3M) to scale up its cow-free dairy protein. It's eyeing a 2026 US launch, having secured regulatory clearance. Those Vegan Cowboys has taken a major step towards bringing…
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The EU's first Biotech Act has proposed to expand the support given to companies looking for novel food approval, but has kept these products out of the scope of regulatory sandboxes. Despite promising a regulatory overhaul for novel…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Emily in Paris's creamer collab, Beyond Meat's tenders, and Formula 1's blended beef trick. New products and launches …
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The Illinois Alternative Protein Innovation Task Force has released a report on how the state can build on its biomanufacturing leadership to strengthen its economy and food sovereignty. Illinois can generate new income streams for…
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Chinese startup Joes Future Food has built the country's largest pilot plant for cultivated meat, after completing the world’s first scaled trial production run of its pork. In a sign of China's biotech prowess, Nanjing-based Joes…
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James Petrie, co-founder and CEO of Nourish Ingredients, argues why the processed food discourse lacks nuance, and how the food tech industry can provide winning solutions. The food industry is at a crossroads marked by confusion,…
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