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Beyond Meat has added four new flavours to its plant-based protein drinks range, Beyond Immerse, whose initial drop sold out within days. Just a month after its surprise foray into the beverage category, plant-based pioneer Beyond Meat…
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The Spare Food Co, a startup that upcycles produce for use in blended meat, has won a national contract with Premier to bring its proteins to hospitals, schools, universities, and corporate kitchens. A new foodservice partnership has…
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Superbrewed Food has begun commercial production of its fermented postbiotic protein at a facility owned by Döhler, whose venture arm has made a fresh investment in the startup. German manufacturing giant Döhler Group has made a…
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Healthier Comforts has rolled out an animal-free egg white protein powder in the US, which features The Every Company's precision-fermented OvoPro ingredient, the company has confirmed to Green Queen. Armed with the third-largest…
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Dutch food tech startup Vivici has launched its animal-free lactoferrin protein under the Vivitein brand, after self-determining its GRAS status in the US. Precision fermentation firm Vivici is aiming to expand access to functional and…
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Confectionery giant Puratos will introduce a cell-based chocolate product for professionals in the US this year, leveraging its investment in food tech startup California Cultured. Following a year when cocoa prices reached record highs…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers a new vegan docuseries on HBO Max, Lasso's protein fruit snacks, and PepsiCo's plant-based soup bet. New products and…
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New Zealand cellular horticulture startup Forever Harvest has bagged NZ$1.2M ($715,000) in pre-seed funding to speed up the development of its lab-grown fruit and nut ingredients. By 2080, nearly two-thirds of the banana-growing areas…
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French precision fermentation startup Verley has raised €32M ($37.6M) in Series A funding to scale up and commercialise its cow-free, functional whey proteins in the US this year. Months after receiving approval from the US Food and…
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Finland's largest supermarket, S Group, has revealed that sales of plant-based products were on the rise last year, alongside growing interest in blended meat. The owner of nearly half of Finland's retail market share has yet again…
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Indian firm PreferCo has teamed up with German biotech giant Glatt to launch a precision fermentation scale-up centre in Hyderabad, weeks after India's landmark trade deal with the EU. It was nearly a month ago that India signed its…
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The world's top coffee producers are getting too hot to grow the crop, and high prices are already changing how we consume it. Singapore's Prefer is betting on ready-to-drink, bean-free drinks as a solution. Coffee prices are worsening…
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Copenhagen-based Reduced, which upcycles food processing waste into savoury flavour enhancers, has raised €4M ($4.7M) to expand production to industrial levels. Danish startup Reduced has closed a Series A funding round to bring its…
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Harnessing the world's most abundant protein from duckweed, US startup Plantible Foods has secured a 'no questions' letter from the FDA, validating its ingredient for the food industry. Cookies made from leaves could soon be a reality…
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Cultivated meat is at a critical juncture, with investment at a seven-year low and the closure of several pioneering startups. Now, some of the leading players speak to Green Queen about their plans for 2026, and the industry's future. …
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The US Departments of Agriculture and War have signed an MoU to elevate agriculture into the national security framework, with a focus on advancing novel technologies to address vulnerabilities. Food security is critical to national…
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US startup Joyn Foods has earned K-12 approval in South Carolina, enabling it to sell its mycelium-enhanced blended meat to schools across the state. With kids' nutrition in sharp focus in the national health discourse, one…
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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 Bareburger expansion, Crafty Counter's Whole Foods ramen collab, and One Planet Pizza's sales milestone. …
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The Global Stewardship Group has launched a programme dedicated to plant molecular farming, with five startups joining as inaugural members to help bring the technology to market. One of the most promising future food technologies has…
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Food industry giant Cargill has teamed up with Kokomodo to advance cell-based chocolate solutions, with financial support from the EU. In the face of the climate emergency, Big Chocolate continues to embrace alt-cocoa. Cargill, the…
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Belgian food tech startup Koppie has secured additional funding and completed an industrial-scale production run of its beanless coffee products, ahead of a planned launch later this year. Would you drink "hybrid coffee"? This is a…
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