Policy & Regulation

Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Bold Bean Co's Ottolenghi collaboration, Beyond Meat's new documentary, and Miyoko Schinner's upcoming vegan cookbook. …
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A bipartisan bill is calling on Congress to provide non-dairy milk options in the national school meal programme to cater to lactose-intolerant and diet-restricted students. It's becoming rarer and rarer to see US Democrats and…
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Known for its cultured quail, Sydney-based Vow has received regulatory approval from Food Standards Australia New Zealand, a first for cultivated meat in the region. Australian food tech startup Vow has become the first startup to…
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The European Investment Bank has provided Swedish agricultural cooperative Lantmännen with €50M in part financing for a pea protein isolate factory. Lantmännen, Sweden's largest farmer cooperative, has received a big boost from the EU…
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Chinese food tech player CellX has self-determined its first-of-a-kind morel mycelium ingredient as safe in the US, launching high-protein snacks under new consumer brand Mourish. Chinese startup CellX is entering the US with what it…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Ajinomoto and Solar Foods's latest product launch, Unity Diner's return, and a new meat-free omakase experience in Hong…
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Amid trade wars and a potential recession, the solution to a strong US economy could simply be on your plate. Can growing and eating more plants equal more jobs? That's the central argument from a new report suggesting that the US could…
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The EU Commission has answered calls to create a protein diversification strategy; parliamentarians say more definitive action is needed. After see-sawing on its commitments to a greener protein ecosystem, the EU has finally agreed to…
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Chinese government officials have called for a boost to the national biotech capacity and the introduction of a novel food framework at its Two Sessions summit. Chinese lawmakers have issued calls to speed up the development of its…
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France's food safety agency has recommended a ban on soy-based products in mass catering, raising concerns that have been long debunked and go against scientific consensus. After attempting to ban cultivated meat, France could be coming…
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Canada's Odd Burger has halted its US expansion plan amid "increased political tensions", just days after it announced a plan to course through the tariff war between the two neighbours. Heightened political tension between Canada and…
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Food tech firm BioCraft Pet Nutrition has received registration from Austrian authorities to sell its cultivated meat ingredient in pet food applications across the EU. After a string of developments last year, 2025 is shaping up to be…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Impossible Foods's beef slider rollout, the New York Mets's new vegan sandwich, and Grubby's vegan meal kits for B Corp…
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One of the loudest opponents of cultivated meat, Coldiretti rallied thousands of farmers to demand the EU assess novel foods like new drugs. It cited concerns from scientists, but half of them are members of the organisation. It was…
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Replacing half of meat and seafood production with plant proteins could save 100,000 lives lost from air pollution in Thailand, a new study has found. Thailand's annual crop-burning season causes air pollution lethal enough to…
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The US's move to potentially remove the self-determination pathway of food safety could have significant implications for fermentation protein companies, with the FDA doubling down on safety while outlining its support for innovation. …
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South Korea's largest Muslim organisation has issued a fatwa recognising that cultivated meat can be Halal if it meets certain requirements, with one startup already pursuing the certification. Cultivated meat can be considered Halal…
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The UK government is being urged to update its Eatwell Guide in line with the Eat-Lancet Planetary Health Diet, with a plant-forward system predicted to save the NHS over £50M every year. As novel food regulation advances rapidly in the…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Benexia's new chia seed milk, Violife's campaign with Chrishell Stause, and Holy Carrot's upcoming restaurant in London. …
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The United Nations Statistical Commission has adopted Minimum Dietary Diversity as a new indicator to track progress for its Zero Hunger goal in women and children. In a move to highlight dietary quality over calorie consumption, the…
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Canadian plant-based restaurant chain Odd Burger has detailed its US expansion strategy to tackle the impact of the ongoing trade war between the neighbours. As America's trade war with the world continues, one burger chain is opting…
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