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Food processing giant ADM has received $2.23M in tax credits from the Iowa state government to convert an underutilised space at its Clinton facility into a precision fermentation hub. A month after securing a contract to produce The…
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US startup Superbrewed Food has unveiled Thryvia, a postbiotic ingredient derived from its cultured microbial protein, for use in shelf-stable supplements, foods, beverages, and pet nutrition products. US fermentation startup…
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South Korean startup TissenBioFarm has conducted a tasting of its cell-based coffee, the latest addition to its portfolio of high-value-added cellular agriculture products. One of South Korea's pioneering cultivated meat companies is…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Oatly's Egyptian partnership, World Plant Milk Day, and Hungary's animal welfare win. New products and launches …
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Monde Nissin-owned Quorn Foods, which houses the eponymous mycoprotein brand and Cauldron, witnessed a 2.2% hike in revenue in the first half of 2026, a welcome change from several years of decline. Quorn Foods's bet on convenience…
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Californian startup Perfect Day has spent two years in the sheds to solve the cost and scalability challenges of precision fermentation. Now, with the whey market in overdrive, it's re-emerging as a "fundamentally stronger" business. …
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Tufts University is establishing a new $4.6M Innovation Hub for Food and Materials to help companies test and scale novel ingredients, sustainable foods, and biomaterials. Building on its sustainability leadership, US-based Tufts…
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Israeli food tech firm Ever After Foods has secured $2M in funding and acquired Belgium's Fishway, combining their cultivated protein technologies with an initial focus on pet food. Ever After Foods is advancing its cultivated meat…
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US alternative protein startup Offbeast has developed whole-cut beef tips that combine 50% meat with 50% plant-based ingredients, using a process that can integrate into existing meat processing lines. As blended meat continues to…
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The World Economic Forum has namechecked alternative proteins and cellular agriculture as solutions that must be incorporated into food for long space missions. As missions to the Moon and Mars evolve from symbolic milestones to…
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US companies NNB Nutrition and Axiom Foods have debuted PeptiClear, a line of premium hydrolysed plant proteins, to help manufacturers meet consumer demand amid the global whey shortage. With food producers struggling to whet consumers'…
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US biotech player Dyadic International has signed a development and commercial license deal with a European partner to add more precision-fermented dairy proteins to its lineup. Dyadic International is adding more cow-free dairy…
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Singaporean beanless coffee startup Prefer has entered retail stores through a listing with Shell, which will stock its ready-to-drink hybrid coffee cans across all 56 service station stores on the island. All of Shell's service…
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Swedish food tech startup Millow has secured €2M ($2.3M) in funding to expand production of its low-water oat and mycelium protein, which it will initially launch in the Nordic foodservice channel. Growing mycelium on oats to produce a…
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The blended meat wave is encroaching upon East Asia, with Ginga Foods launching a pork sausage product with 50% plant-based meat from Mama Foods in Japan. Over the last couple of years, blended meat has gained a foothold in the…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Fitgreenmind's partnership with Dean&David, Plantstrong's packaging refresh, and Lidl's extended food waste…
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The Trump administration has published its long-awaited proposal to scrap a rule that allows companies to self-determine which ingredients are GRAS, but it has postponed its promised definition of ultra-processed foods. Nearly a year…
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US startup Superbrewed Food has released the results of a clinical study on its postbiotic cultured protein, which has been found to outperform pea protein and match whey on muscle protein synthesis. In the food world, protein is the…
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Researchers have discovered a way to grow myoglobin, a heme-containing protein that gives meat its colour and umami flavour, in genetically engineered tobacco and lettuce plants to make better-tasting meat alternatives. Instead of…
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Californian startup Plantible Foods has secured $35M in USDA-backed loan and equity funding to quintuple the manufacturing capacity for its duckweed-derived Rubisco protein. A funding effort supported by the US government will help San…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Beyond Meat's ad campaign with Josh Hart, Califia Farms's banana milk, and a Harvard study on UPFs and health. New…
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