Green Business

Chef Alain Passard's Arpège, which has held three Michelin stars since 1996, has switched to an almost entirely vegan menu. After two vegan restaurants earned Michelin stars this year, a long-standing fixture on the food guide has…
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Canadian biotech firm Mara Renewables has raised $9.1M in funding to expand the production of its algae-based omega-3 DHA. Nova Scotia-based Mara Renewables has piqued investors' interest to the tune of $9.1M for its fish-free omega-3…
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McDonald's is targeting India's protein craze with a meat-free Protein Plus range to boost the nutritional content of its burgers. The latest company to hop on India's protein train is the world's largest food corporation. McDonald's…
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Ahead of its expected EU launch this year, plant-based meat giant Impossible Foods has lost a four-year trademark battle with an independent bakery from Spain. Impossible Foods, the California-based producer of meat alternatives, has…
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On a mission to make healthy ultra-processed foods, UK startup Modern Baker has secured £2.5M ($3.4M) in a Series A funding round. While the furore around ultra-processed foods (UPFs) remains at fever pitch, one British startup is…
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Israeli molecular farming startup has pivoted its business model to develop high-protein potatoes for the chip industry. Tel Aviv-based food tech firm PoLoPo is aiming to disrupt the $53B potato chip industry and meet the protein moment…
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In a hackathon hosted by AI-for-good organisations Electric Sheep and Open Paws, around 150 coders came up with compassionate tools for animal justice. What do you get when you put 150 young hackers in a room to develop tech-led…
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Oat milk leader Oatly has revised its full-year guidance after sales dropped in the US and China, where it is mulling a potential restructuring. Swedish plant-based milk giant Oatly continued to struggle in the US and Greater China in…
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Seaweed packaging pioneer Notpla piloted a rugby-ball-inspired sustainable drinks carrier at last month's match between England XIV and France XIV. While England and France's rugby players battled it out at Twickenham's Allianz Stadium…
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London-based food tech startup Win-Win has raised £3M ($4M) in funding for its cocoa-free chocolate, and partnered with German bakery giant Martin Braun-Gruppe for two coating products. British cocoa-free chocolate firm Win-Win has…
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Scientists advising the German government have called for greater support of alternative proteins in a new report, recommending over 50 policy measures. Coining the 'three Rs' of protein diversification is a new report by Germany's…
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German engineering firm GEA has opened its New Food Application and Technology Center in the US with a $20M investment to scale up alternative protein production. To boost alternative proteins like animal-free dairy and cultivated meat,…
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Californian gas fermentation firm NovoNutrients, which makes proteins from gases, is selling its assets a year after raising $18M in funding. The "shifting investment climate" around food tech has pushed another alternative protein…
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Estonian startup Äio has secured €1M ($1.1M) in a government grant to speed up the development of its yeast-derived sustainable fat alternative, specifically for use in cosmetics. With the EU set to ban the import of products featuring…
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Plant-based diets are linked to better health outcomes, so should vegans be entitled to better insurance rates too? A frequent criticism of vegan diets is that they're too expensive. Meat and dairy alternatives tend to be costlier than…
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Barry Callebaut, the leading supplier of chocolate to the food industry, has signed a partnership to explore cell culture technology for cocoa alternatives. With the cocoa industry keenly feeling the effects of climate change on their…
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A leader in green energy and electric vehicles, China is spearheading the protein transition too, with more cultivated meat patent applicants than any other nation. Could China be winning the alternative protein innovation race? …
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The EU Commission has reignited the plant-based meat labelling debate by proposing a ban on the use of 29 animal-related terms for vegan packaging labels. When the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that no member state can prohibit…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers a new GLP-1 alternative drink, Canada's pea protein bet, and the European Space Agency's cultivated meat project. New…
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Finland's Solar Foods has signed a letter of intent to commercialise up to 1,650 tonnes of its Solein gas protein, with plans to have its new factory fully operational by 2030. Amid its ongoing efforts to launch in the US, Finnish gas…
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Discount retailer Aldi Suisse has launched a cost-competitive meat-free chicken filet under its MyVay brand, using Planetary's Libre mycoprotein. Visitors to Aldi Suisse's stores can now buy a vegetarian chicken filet with four…
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