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Exclusive: Fat is the Key to Exceptional Chocolate, According to Cocoa-Free Startup WNWN
Famous for its cacao- and palm-oil-free chocolates, WNWN Food Labs deep-dives into its research and development with fats, its alternative to cocoa percentages, and when consumers can expect to taste its chocolate.
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Exclusive: Malaysian Startup Debuts ‘World-First’ Tempeh Beef Mince
Malaysian alt-protein startup Good Health Farm claims it has created the world's first tempeh beef mince in Singapore. It looks, cooks and tastes like its conventional animal counterpart, and costs the same as certain premium varieties.!-->…
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The World’s First 100% Cultivated Meat Butchery Is in the Works in Canada
Canadian cultivated meat startup The Better Butchers has revealed plans to open what would be the world's first exclusively cultured meat butchery within the next two years. The brand says it wants to be Canada's first company to launch!-->…
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Protein Reinvented: Vegbloc’s Fresh and Healthy Approach Targets The Time-Strapped and Planet-Conscious
It's not tofu or tempeh, and don't call it plant-based meat. Newcomer-on-the-shelf Vegbloc looks to disrupt the protein on the plate of busy, climate-conscious folks who value health, taste and convenience.
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Cell-Based Collagen Brand Jellatech Completes $3.5M Oversubscribed Seed Round to Scale Up Animal-Free Protein Production
North Carolina-based biotech startup Jellatech has announced a $3.5M oversubscribed seed funding round to amp up the production of its cell-based collagen and other proteins. It comes months after the firm created a fully functional human!-->…
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Cult Food Science and Umami Bioworks Unveil World’s First Cultivated Fish Cat Food Brand
Canadian cultivated meat innovator Cult Food Science has collaborated with Singapore-based cultured seafood producer Umami Bioworks to unveil Marina Cat, a cultivated pet food brand. It will combine Umami's cultivated red ocean snapper and!-->…
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Chinese Startup Develops World’s First Cultivated Deer Antler Stem Cell Line, Aims to File for Approval in 2024
Chinese cultivated meat startup Jimi Biotech has developed what it claims is the world's first deer antler stem cell line, making it capable of mass-producing these cells. It comes months after it unveiled the country's first!-->…
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From Billions in Subsidies To Disinformation, Here’s How Big Meat and Dairy Are Attacking The Alt Protein Industry
In the EU and the US, livestock farming receives about 1,000 times more funding than plant-based and cultivated meat, with the "gigantic" power of the animal agriculture industry blocking the development of sustainable proteins, finds a!-->…
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With Its Ready-To-Sell Ethical FBS Alternative, Cultivated Startup Omeat Bets On Revenue Generating B2B Arm
Los Angeles startup Omeat, which launched in June after four years in stealth mode, has launched and already completed the first commercial sales of Plenty, its ethical and affordable alternative to fetal bovine serum (FBS). The product is!-->…
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Exclusive: Vegan Honey Brand MeliBio Talks Precision Fermentation, Expansion Plans & Upcoming Series A
MeliBio co-founder and CEO Darko Mandich tells Green Queen about the company's pivot from precision-fermented to plant-based honey, its European launch, and an upcoming Series A funding round this autumn.
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Unlocking Halal Cultivated Meat’s Potential: Exploring an Untapped Opportunity
By Prof. Cother Hajat and Dr. Sophie Attwood
The global Halal food market is estimated to reach US$1.67 trillion by 2025, growing to meet the demands of a rapidly increasing Muslim population that will comprise 30% of the world’s!-->!-->!-->…
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Mycoprotein Startup Enough Raises €40M to Produce One Cow’s Worth of Protein Every 2 Minutes by 2027
Scottish-Dutch food tech company Enough has raised €40M in Series C funding to accelerate the production of its mycoprotein product, Abunda, which is used in plant-based alternatives like chicken breast, mince and dairy. The brand aims to!-->…
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50% of Asia’s Protein Must be Animal-Free by 2060 To Reach Net Zero
Countries in Southeast Asia and Asia-Pacific must increase their alt-protein production by 2030 to help mitigate the climate crisis, as animal protein and its associated emissions must peak by the end of the decade, says a new report. By!-->…
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UK Food Tech Firm Raises £2.3M to Bring Fermentation-Based Palm Oil Alternative to Market
Ahead of a Series A round next year, UK biotech firm Clean Food Group has raised £2.3M in funding to accelerate the commercialisation of its fermentation-based fat, which it describes as a sustainable replacement for palm oil. The!-->…
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Africa’s First Cultivated Meat Startup Rebrands to Newform Foods, Aims to Ramp Up Production with Cost-Effective Platform
South Africa's Mzansi Meat is rebranding to Newform Foods, and has developed a cost-effective bioproduction platform to accelerate production of cultivated meat. Africa's first cell-cultured meat company, Newform Foods is in early-stage!-->…
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Imagindairy Becomes the Third Precision Fermentation Dairy Company to Earn US GRAS Status, Opens New Headquarters
Israeli alt-dairy maker Imagindairy has obtained self-affirmed GRAS (generally recognised as safe) status in the US, becoming only the third precision fermentation company to do so. Now, with its new headquarters, it aims to accelerate!-->…
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Singapore Vegan Startup Hegg is Now in the Egg Section of Your Supermarket, After Partnering with the Island’s Leading Egg Distributor
Singaporean vegan egg startup Hegg – a subsidiary of Howw Foods – has entered into a distributorship agreement with the nation's largest egg distributor, Dasoon. The move is designed to expand the presence of Hegg's Eggless Egg in local!-->…
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Californian Startup Achieves Casein Cheese Milestone: “We Can Make 25,000 Pizzas’ Worth of Animal-Free Mozzarella”
US animal-free cheese producer New Culture has announced that it has successfully scaled up its precision fermentation process to manufacturing levels, claiming it can now produce 25,000 pizzas' worth of cheese per batch. The San Francisco!-->…
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This Startup Makes Whole-Food Plant-Based Snow Crab & Whitefish from Vegetables
In what is a burgeoning plant-based category, vegan seafood undergoes a whole-food twist with Canadian startup Seed to Surf, which uses vegetables as its primary ingredient. Founded in 2020, the brand makes tinned snow crab and smoked!-->…
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DSM-Fonterra Backed Startup Closes Seed Round to Produce Animal-Free Dairy Ingredients
Dutch business-to-business ingredients company Vivici has successfully closed its seed funding round to bring its animal-free precision fermented dairy proteins to market. Backed by founding investors DSM-Firmenich Venturing and Fonterra,!-->…
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Mycelium Meat: 8 of the Best Brands Turning Fungi Root into Whole-Cut Steak, Chicken, Bacon & Deli Meats
Mycoprotein – essentially mycelium created from microscopic fungi – has already been on plant-based radars for decades, with Quorn being the world's first producer of meat alternatives made from the ingredient. Now, a host of startups are!-->…
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