Green Business

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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Building on its plant-forward pledge, Duke University's dining programme has partnered with Nadura Foods to introduce plant-based meat products to its menus across the campus from the Fall 2026 semester. Duke University has taken a…
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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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UK plant protein brand Tofoo & Co has started work on a new facility that will double its tofu production capacity and support annual sales of £73M. It's expected to complete construction by autumn 2027. As Brits choose whole-food…
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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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Allplants, the vegan meal brand launched by the founders of Deliciously Ella, has been scooped up by France's Fleury Michon, which will leverage the former's platform to expand its plant-based footprint in the UK. In their second exit…
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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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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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A researcher at Norway's Nofima institute has proposed combining sidestreams from the fish industry with plant proteins to develop hybrid seafood products to valorise waste and offer more sustainable options. Blended meat is embedded in…
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Danish startup Cellugy has scaled production of its fermentation-derived skincare ingredients 10-fold, bringing bio-based skincare to industrial manufacturing levels. In a major milestone for the fossil-free cosmetics space, Cellugy has…
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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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Stephen O’Rourke, commercialisation lead at the University of Helsinki’s BioFlavor project, argues why food tech companies should begin working on commercial answers before research is finished. A lot can go into developing a new food…
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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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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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New Zealand's Daisy Lab, known for its cow-free whey proteins like lactoferrin, has been acquired by UK fermentation firm Mycofeast. British fermentation specialist Mycofeast, which makes functional ingredients for human and animal…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Oddlygood's caramel-waffle milk, Rival Foods's low-sodium vegan steak, and Blue Bottle's oat milk U-turn. New products…
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Californian startup New Barn Organics has acquired the recipe IP of Bam's buckwheat milk, together developing an alternative highlighting the ingredient's regenerative agriculture attributes. To differentiate their portfolios and…
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