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UK biotech firm BSF Enterprise has reorganised its corporate structure, making 3D Bio-Tissues its core IP and manufacturing engine and rebranding Cultivated Meat Technologies into a dedicated commercial arm called Milieu.bio. British…
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German food tech startup Infinite Roots has launched a mushroom-based Umami Block featuring 18g of protein per 100g under its MushRoots brand, just as it simultaneously advances its mycelium platform. Hamburg-based fermentation firm…
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Indian sugar giant Dhampur Bio Organics has partnered with Swiss fermentation startup Planetary to produce mycoprotein products through the latter's BioBlocks platform. Months after they began exploring a tech licensing partnership to…
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US supplements giant Herbalife and the Indian Institute of Technology Madras have established a Phyto Innovation accelerator programme to translate plant biotechnology research into scalable solutions. Months after opening a plant cell…
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US startup Pythag Tech has closed a $4.25M funding round for its AI-led platform to lower the cost and production timelines for cultivated meat on a commercial scale. The cultivated meat sector is encountering a dearth of funding, which…
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Israeli startup Brevel and Indian conglomerate The Wave Group are building an illuminated fermentation factory in Uttar Pradesh to make microalgae ingredients and help plant cell culture firms scale up production. Brevel, an Israeli…
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Swedish oat milk pioneer Oatly has published the latest editions of its Future of Taste report and recipe lookbook, highlighting trends like medicinal drinks, wellness ingredients, chewy textures, and human connection. Out with flat…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Carvel's dairy-free ice cream menu, Trubar's high-protein bars, and Parima's regulatory progress in Australia. New…
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Finnish startup Enifer's Pekilo mycoprotein is making its European debut as the main ingredient in Dutch premium pet brand HenArt's new semi-moist baked biscuit for dogs. The pet food industry continues to embrace mycelium protein, with…
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Japanese food tech startup Kinish has raised ¥490M ($3.1M) to expand the sales of its rice-based ice cream brand at home and in the US, and advance its work on rice-derived casein protein. Kinish, a Tokyo-based startup using rice to…
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British startup One Planet Pizza is expanding into the "underperforming" frozen meal space with high-protein plant-based comfort food classics, on the back of a 70% surge in revenue this year. It was in 2016 that Mike and Joe Hill began…
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US biotech startup Galy, which made its name with lab-grown cotton, has entered the cell-cultured cocoa space with WunderHaus, a chocolate brand set to launch stateside in December, with a UAE rollout targeted for 2027. Backed by the…
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US food tech startup Friends & Family Pet Food has expanded its cultivated meat products for dogs and cats to Hong Kong, debuting the lineup online ahead of a brick-and-mortar rollout. Hong Kong's 240,000 pet-owning households can…
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Ahead of a new funding round, UK precision fermentation startup Better Dairy has secured self-affirmed GRAS status for lactopontin, a human-identical milk protein for supplements and nutrition products, in the US. Better Dairy, a…
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Canadian firm Pinnacle Food Group's Hong Kong subsidiary has confirmed the expression of recombinant human lactoferrin protein through its yeast strain in a bench-scale fermenter. Months after developing a breakthrough methanol-free…
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Finnish food tech company Solar Foods, known for its gas-derived Solein protein, has joined the Deep Space Food Consortium as a foundational member, two years after winning the Nasa-backed challenge that spawned the alliance. In 2024,…
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Time Magazine has published its 2026 list of the world's best inventions, this time featuring Beyond Meat's faba bean mince, Leaft Foods's Rubisco protein, and Lavazza's plastic-free Tablì coffee tabs. Beyond Meat's move beyond meat…
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Beyond Meat has added Protein + Energy variants to its Beyond Immerse range of sparkling drinks, alongside new flavours to the standard protein beverage lineup. US plant-based giant Beyond Meat isn't pushing the brakes on its biggest…
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Whole Foods Market has released its annual food and beverage trends report, shining a light on the bean boom, ingredient minimalism, 'beautrition', zero waste 2.0, and more for 2027. From the bean renaissance to the clean-label wave,…
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Scientists at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University have developed a mycelium fermentation process to transform okara, the leftover pulp from soy milk and tofu production, into an umami-rich ingredient. At Singapore's Nanyang…
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Netherlands-based think tank the Ministry of Future Affairs has established a novel food regulatory sandbox to help startups gain insight into pre-submission advice for the approval of innovations like cultivated meat. If the EU won't…
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