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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Impossible Foods's 404 Day party, Armored Fresh's Piilk protein shakes, and Upside Foods's cultivated meat lawsuit in…
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Italian food tech startup Foreverland has bagged €6M ($7M) in funding to fuel the European expansion of its cocoa-free chocolate alternative, Choruba. At the start of the year, Foreverland announced product launches featuring its…
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Australian biomanufacturing specialist Cauldron Ferm has raised $13.25M in funding to expand its "hyper-fermentation" platform with retrofitted facilities and meet government and corporate demand. Scale and cost efficiency have always…
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Finnish startup Enifer has filed a GRAS notification to the US FDA for its Pekilo mycoprotein, marking a step towards large-scale partnerships for high-protein applications, including blended meat. To pump up the sustainable protein…
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New York startup Pureture has obtained self-affirmed GRAS status to use its yeast-derived protein in food and beverage products in the US. US food tech startup Pureture can now sell its yeast-derived protein ingredient to manufacturers…
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At this year's Future Food-Tech conference in San Francisco, the policy spotlight shone bright, with artificial intelligence set to play a big role in the sustainable food industry. The swashbuckling policy shifts from the Trump…
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Czech food tech startup Mewery has achieved one of the highest yield densities in the cultivated meat sector, and is now halfway through a €7M ($8M) fundraising effort. Mewery has taken a major step to move its cultivated pork from…
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Solar Foods has unveiled Solein Protein Drink, a new concept product for its gas protein, which contains significantly less natural sugars than animal- or plant-based counterparts. After showcasing prototypes of protein powders,…
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Ingredient giant Ingredion has partnered with AI protein discovery platform Shiru to commercialise next-gen prebiotics for the GLP-1-fuelled era of gut health. Protein, fibre, artificial intelligence (AI), and gut health – these are…
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Plant-based barista milks and coffee creamers have closed the flavour gap with dairy, though the average non-dairy product still has some way to go. Price and protein wins, meanwhile, will be key to the category's future. In the US, 83%…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Elmhurst 1925's new protein shakes, Fitgreenmind's vegan documentary, and Japan's new cell ag communication guide. New…
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US startup Marine Biologics has unveiled SeaTex, a seaweed powder that can stabilise proteins and bind fats to offer clean-label food and drink formulations. As concerns around ultra-processing push up the demand for clean-label…
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New Wave Biotech and iMEAN have teamed up to help biomanufacturers address the cost and viability gaps between the upstream and downstream parts of their scale-up efforts. One of the most recurring obstacles to large-scale manufacturing…
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Danish fermentation startup Unibio has signed a deal with the Saudi Industrial Investment Group to build the world's largest factory producing sustainable proteins from greenhouse gases. One of the world's largest producers of natural…
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Reagenics Research produces protein inside potatoes via plant cell culture, and studies show its low methionine content can help build muscle and slow ageing. Could the spud be the key to longevity? Globally, up to 60% of people say…
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Swedish food tech startup Smaqo has rolled out meatballs made with beef and mycoprotein in supermarkets within the ICA Gruppen network. First, it was hybrid dairy; now, it's blended meat. Sweden's largest retailer is going all-in on the…
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Brits could be eating cultivated meat as soon as next year, with the Food Standards Agency hoping to approve two proteins by early 2027 as it releases an outlook on future food innovations. Cultivated meat has never been closer to…
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Californian biotech firm Amyris has completed construction of a new manufacturing line at its precision fermentation plant in Brazil, the latest move in its post-bankruptcy rebuild. US biomanufacturing company Amyris is expanding its…
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Swiss biomaterials firm Seprify has raised 12.25 million francs ($15.7M) to scale its cellulose-based alternatives to titanium dioxide for the food and cosmetics sectors. As the consumer goods industry reckons with the impact of…
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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 Starbucks return, Quorn's ready-to-go bites, and a host of Indian alternative protein launches. New…
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Swedish precision fermentation startup Melt&Marble has secured clearance to sell its animal-free fat for food in the US and personal care lipid internationally. Melt&Marble can now commercialise its sustainable "designer fats"…
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