Future Foods

A sustainable alternative to palm oil can't come soon enough. C16 Biosciences says it's ready to make it happen with its first commercial product line launching next year. C16 Biosciences, the Bill Gates-backed company producing oils…
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Impossible Foods will retain the patent rights on its novel heme ingredient used for its vegan beef and pork, says the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. But it's not the end to its battle with Motif FoodWorks. Earlier this year, Impossible…
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New research finds consumers are attracted to animal-free dairy when marketing emphasizes the environmental and ethical benefits, but not too much and not too little, either. It's a fine line for consumers weighing the benefits of…
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Wild Earth, the Bay Area pet food company focused on alternative protein sources, has developed a cultivated chicken broth topper aimed at making the category more sustainable. Cultivated meat isn't just novel tech designed to…
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A new report suggests limiting meat consumption to no more than two times per week to help reduce methane emissions and slow the impact of climate change. But despite multiple calls for reducing methane emissions, countries are falling…
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Cellular agriculture producers across the APAC region have come to a consensus: the preferred English-language term for the category is "cultivated." The cultivated meat sector has gone through a number of naming conventions including…
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Finnish food tech company Solar Foods has received regulatory approval for its novel sustainable protein powder made from hydrogen and carbon dioxide. Solein, Solar Foods' new protein, has received approval for sale and consumption from…
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Israel-based Forsea Foods has closed a $5.2 million Seed funding round led by Target Global with backing from The Kitchen FoodTech Hub, PeakBridge VC, Zora Ventures, FoodHack, and Milk & Honey Ventures. Forsea is growing its…
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The vegan shift is in full swing Down Under as Domino's adds Impossible Beef to 700 menus across Australia and New Zealand. All pizzas on the Domino's Australia menu can now add Impossible Beef, the chain announced last week. It comes…
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Backed by NBA player Ricky Rubio and footballers Sergi Busquets and Sergi Roberto, Barcelona-based Heura says it's gearing up for what will be one of the biggest Series B funding rounds for the vegan meat sector in 2023. Heura is…
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Last year was a banner year for agrifood tech companies across Asia Pacific. And 2022 is following with notable achievements, with more than 360 investment deals in the first half of the year totaling more than $5 billion, according to the…
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For the first time, three leading cultivated food industry associations are hosting a first-of-its-kind meeting this week in Singapore to formalize the launch of a global alliance to advance cultivated foods on the global stage.  The…
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U.K.-based Hoxton Farms says it has closed a $22 million Series A funding round for its novel cultivated animal fat. The funding follows a $3.6 million Seed round last year. The fresh funding round was led by Collaborative Fund and…
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With its world-class innovation centre, a Scale It Up Innovation Challenge, and pioneering protein aeration technology, leading machinery maker Bühler is helping global meat substitute startups supercharge their production and scaling…
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Beanless coffee pods for your Nespresso machine? Northern Wonder is brewing just that: an innovative, alternative coffee product made sans beans to combat deforestation. Coffee Free Coffee? Northern Wonder, a European food…
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With backing led by Hong Kong-based billionaire Li Ka Shing's VC Horizon Ventures, Australian food tech startup, Nourish Ingredients, has raised more than AUD$45 million (USD$28.6 million) in a Series A. The microbial…
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Alternative dairy maker Change Foods has signed an agreement with the KEZAD Group to design the first-of-its-kind commercial manufacturing plant in the UAE, helping to solve one of the industry's biggest pain points: the fermentation…
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The Good Food Institute India, in partnership with the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, held its first in-person Summit in New Delhi last week since the pandemic, taking a look at the smart protein industry and how…
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Beginning early next year, Swees Plant Based Foods Co., a Thai-based dairy-free cheese startup, will begin production in the country's first vegan cheese factory. Expecting to be fully operational in its new facility by 2023, Swees says…
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Synonym, a financing and development platform for biomanufacturing, has raised a pre-seed round of $6.3 million, led by Andreessen Horowitz, Giant Ventures, Blue Horizon, Siddhi Capital, FJ Labs and Global Founders Capital among others. …
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Cocoa butter made without cacao beans? Seminal Biosciences says it's done it in a strategic collaboration with Nucelis. Like a number of staple foods, cacao, the bean that all chocolate comes from, might not survive climate change. The…
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