Green Business

Food tech startups Ever After Foods and Roslin Technologies have worked together to produce structured cultivated meat tissue with dramatically higher protein concentration and record levels of productivity. Two cultivated meat startups…
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French climate tech startup CarbonFarm has raised €7M ($7.8M) to scale its rice decarbonisation platform, which uses AI to measure and finance high-integrity projects that cut methane and water. Climate-smart rice farming is witnessing…
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A palatability study has found that the same number of cats prefer BioCraft Pet Nutrition's cultivated mouse meat as those who choose conventional chicken. Cats can't decide what they like more: meat made from mouse cells in…
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University of Edinburgh spinout MiAlgae has secured £2.5M ($3.3M) from the Scottish National Investment Bank to support the construction of its facility to produce fish-free omega-3 from whisky waste. Scottish startup MiAlgae's efforts…
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Onego Bio's patent lawsuit against The Every Company has been dismissed by a judge in Delaware, marking the end of their bitter legal spat over animal-free egg proteins. The legal dispute between the two leading precision-fermented egg…
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Danish biotech startup Algiecel has established an industrial-scale plant at Novonesis's facility in Kalundborg, Denmark to make microalgae-based fish oil alternatives for pet food and cosmetics. Thanks to El Niño and continued…
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The European Food Safety Authority has highlighted the need to sustain scientific expertise and ensure regulatory clarity to avoid approval delays for novel foods like cultivated meat. The EU must strengthen its regulatory readiness…
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Italian startup Dreamfarm, known for its artisanal vegan cheese, witnessed 45% year-on-year revenue growth in the first eight months of this year, flipping the script on the most-derided plant-based category. One of the longest-standing…
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US minority- and women-owned startup Bare Beans has secured $2.8M in seed funding and rolled out ready-to-eat packs of beans in the retail channel, tapping into the appetite for minimally processed proteins. The legume renaissance…
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Protein Industries Canada has inducted nine new startups into Strengthening the Canadian Supply Chain programme, each of which is focused on plant proteins. In yet another sign of Canada’s strong commitment to plant proteins, the…
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Mercy for Animals has ranked the US's 25 largest burger chains on their plant-based options, with McDonald's among the lowest-scoring businesses and facing calls to expand its meat-free offerings. McDonald's, the world's largest…
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The EU's 'veggie burger' labelling ban will undercut its protein strategy, warn a group of 28 food organisations and companies, asking lawmakers to reject efforts to expand restrictions. As negotiators convene for the European…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Oh Mungood's UK debut, Accro's higher-protein meat alternative, and One Planet Pizza's frozen meals. New products and…
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UK company Cultigen Group has joined its marketplace, research and pricing platforms for cultivated meat into a Research Layer for scientists. Cultigen Group, which is building a series of tools to help cultivated meat innovators…
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French food tech startup Edonia has raised €15M ($16.8M) to open an industrial facility for its minimally processed spirulina protein mince, after securing €30M in pre-orders. Paris-based microalgae innovator Edonia has closed a €15M…
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A Dutch public-private partnership has led to the formation of the EcoFerm Consortium, which aims to develop continuous precision fermentation technologies to scale up alternative proteins economically. Cost-effective scale-up is the…
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As EU policymakers mull further restrictions on plant-based meat labels, which could affect the UK too, a new survey shows that 95% of Brits recognise that a meat-free product is, in fact, meat-free. Adding to a well-established body of…
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Swedish specialty fats company AAK is deploying its dry fractionation technology on a commercial scale in Malaysia to produce palm-mid fractions, a key ingredient in cocoa butter alternatives. AAK, a Swedish producer of plant-based oils…
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The Netherlands's Wageningen University & Research has inaugurated a new R&D facility to accelerate the scale-up of sustainable foods like proteins, reduce food waste, and develop eco-friendly packaging. One of the world's…
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Japanese biotech startup Spiber has launched a contract service for strain development and fermentation manufacturing, targeting next-gen proteins for use as food ingredients, industrial enzymes, and more. Spiber, a firm known for its…
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The World Sustainability Organization has updated its certification standards for the foodservice industry, requiring restaurants and hotels to make 30% of all meals plant-based. The hospitality industry's drive to offer greener menus…
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