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Tattooed Chef Returns to US Supermarket Shelves A Year After Filing for Bankruptcy
Meatless brand Tattooed Chef is back on retail shelves in the US under its new parent company Planted Ventures, 10 months after filing for bankruptcy.
Nearly a year after its collapse, Californian meat-free producer Tattooed Chef has!-->!-->!-->…
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Plant Protein Maker BaiChuan Bio Tech Prepares for IPO in China
Chinese plant protein company Baichuan Bio Tech is preparing for an IPO, having registered for consultation with the Zhejiang Securities Regulatory Bureau.
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Walmart’s Largest Private Label Launch in 20 Years is All About Plant-Based, Free-From & Better-for-You
Walmart has launched Bettergoods, a private-label brand that focuses on trend-forward, chef-inspired foods traversing better-for-you and free-from products that don't cost the earth.
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Companies Are Asking Workers to Come Back to Work – Who’s Going to Look at the Carbon Emissions?
Return-to-office mandates could be getting in the way of companies' climate goals.
By Kate Yoder
When office workers stopped working in offices in 2020, trading their cubicles for living room couches during COVID-19 lockdowns, many!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Protein Sustainability Scorecard: Which Foodservice Companies Are the Most Planet-Friendly?
In the US, some caterers are ramping up their response to climate change, while others are employing greenwashing tactics – a new scorecard ranks the country's foodservice sector on sustainability goals.
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Stephen Colbert Highlights Climax Foods’ Good Food Award Snafu On The Late Show
The Late Show featured vegan cheesemaker Climax Foods on its show last night, where Stephen Colbert tried its cheese, and highlighted the controversial Good Food Awards saga.
First it was a mammoth meatball. Now it's vegan blue cheese.
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South Korea Inaugurates Regulation-Free Special Zone for Cultivated Meat Development
The South Korean government has created a special zone designed for the development of cultivated foods, which will exempt companies from certain regulatory hurdles to help them commercialise their products.
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Shiru Unveils AI-Led Protein Marketplace and Discovery Marketplace
Artificial intelligence startup Shiru has today launched the "world's first" protein discovery platform, allowing companies to find and buy sustainable proteins for product development.
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Impossible Foods Weighs Up ‘Liquidity Event’, Including Possible IPO or Sale in 2-3 Years
Impossible Foods is considering a "liquidity event" that could see the plant-based meat giant raise more capital, go public or even be sold to another company in the next few years.
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Taste of Zero Waste: Hilton Introduces Waste-Free Menus at 4 UK Hotels
Hilton has rolled out zero-waste menus at four of its hotels in the UK as part of its ESG strategy, alongside a low-waste menu at nearly 20 additional sites.
On Stop Food Waste Day (April 24), Hilton launched zero-waste menus at!-->!-->!-->…
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Exclusive: Lupreme Maker Eighth Day Foods Puts Tech & Business Up for Sale
Australian food tech company Eighth Day Foods is in the process of finding buyers for its fermentation technology and the business itself, with the aim to focus on scaling up as part of a mature multinational company.
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Down, Out and Back: Plant & Bean Back On the Map with New Factory in Thailand
A year after filing for administration in the UK, vegan food manufacturer Plant & Bean has opened a new factory for plant-based meat via a joint venture in Thailand.
Much like its counterparts, 2023 was a turbulent year for Plant!-->!-->!-->…
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Internal Rifts and Layoffs Headline Tough Year for Omeat – But Cultivated Meat Startup Will Soon Close New Funding Round
Los Angeles startup Omeat has seen its employee count shrink by about 80%, with a change in leadership brought on by what insiders describe as a hostile work culture, according to AgFunderNews.
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Unilever Scales Back Climate & Social Pledges in Alarming ESG U-Turn
An ESG leader and one of the world's largest CPG companies, Unilever is pushing back its climate and social pledges amid increased pressure to focus on financial goals above everything else.
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Fully Plant-Based: Rewe Opens First 100% Vegan Supermarket in Germany
The Rewe Group has opened the doors to its first 100% vegan store in Germany. Called Rewe Fully Plant-Based, the new space houses more than 2,700 products, and is located on a road crossed by 90,000 pedestrians every day.
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Perfect Day Faces $134M Lawsuit by Manufacturing Partner for Breach of Contract & Unpaid Bills
Californian precision fermentation pioneer Perfect Day has been sued for $134M by its Italian manufacturing partner Olon for breach of contract, fraudulent inducement, and fraudulent concealment.
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The State of European FoodTech: Funding Declines, More Deals, Alt-Protein Wins & Promising Future
Amid a backdrop of a fall in food tech investments globally, Europe also suffered a decline – but the number of financing deals went up, with food science and agtech funding on the rise, according to DigitalFoodLab's 2024 State of European!-->…
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US Banks Have Provided $134B in Livestock Funding Since 2016, With Nestlé & ADM Biggest Beneficiaries
Despite net-zero plans, banks in the US are fuelling the expansion of industrial livestock production by financing corporations whose emissions are higher than all of Japan, according to new research.
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New Zealand Plant-Based Pioneer Sunfed Meats to Shut Down After Post-Pandemic Pressures
One of Asia-Pacific's foremost plant-based meat companies, New Zealand-based Sunfed Meats, is shutting down after facing supply chain pressure, high costs, and a loss of faith from its investors.
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THAIFEX-HOREC Asia 2024: Plant-Based Milk Steals the Vegan Show at Thailand Trade Fair
At the inaugural THAIFEX-HOREC Asia in Bangkok last month, representation for veganism was strong, particularly for plant-based milk, with a host of startups presenting new innovations in the space.
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Some of the Most Powerful Ad & PR Execs Have Links to Highly Polluting Industries: Report
Half of the executives at the six largest advertising and public relations firms have connections with heavily polluting industries, according to a new investigation by climate media outlet DeSmog and marketing activism group Clean!-->…
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