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New School Foods Nets $6M in Funding, Opens New Factory for Vegan Whole-Cut Salmon
Canada's New School Foods has attracted $6M in new capital and opened a commercial-scale manufacturing facility to bring its vegan salmon to market.
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Akua: Kelp Burger Startup Winds Down Amid Wider Plant-Based Industry Headwinds
Seaweed-based meat startup Akua is shutting shop after seven years in operation, citing logistical challenges and the overall decline of plant-based meat.
Akua, the New York-based maker of the Kelp Burger, is ceasing operations, in what!-->!-->!-->…
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Overfishing is Bad for Marine Life – and the Planet
Just by ending the practice of overfishing, we could store the same amount of carbon as 6.5 million acres of forest each year.
By Sophie Kevany
In the search for winning climate solutions, the world’s oceans are an undisputed!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Exclusive: Aqua Cultured Foods Earns US Regulatory Approval for Fish-Free Fermentation-Based Seafood
Aqua Cultured Foods has obtained self-affirmed GRAS status in the US, and will begin selling its cellulose-based seafood analogues made via fermentation to restaurants next month.
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Bayou Best Foods: Big Idea Ventures Launches Vegan Seafood Company, Acquires IP From New Wave Foods
Food tech investor Big Idea Ventures has launched a new vegan seafood company that utilises intellectual property from New Wave Foods, which shut down last year.
Big Idea Ventures (BIV) has incorporated Bayou Best Foods, a new!-->!-->!-->…
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Canada Confirms Ban on Open-Net Pen Salmon Farming in British Columbia, But Pushes It Back to 2029
The Canadian government has announced it will ban open-net salmon farms in British Columbia in 2029, but environmentalists have criticised the five-year-long delay in implementation.
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Forsea Foods Hosts Cultivated Eel Tasting in Israel, Aims for 2026 Rollout
Israeli alternative protein startup Forsea Foods held an intimate tasting event for its cultivated unagi in Tel Aviv, with plans to launch the eel meat in Japan by 2026.
Investors, journalists, food manufacturers, opinion leaders and!-->!-->!-->…
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Pulmuone Signs R&D Deal with Robotics Company ABB to Advance Cultivated Seafood Plans
South Korea's Pulmuone is making its move into cultivated seafood with an R&D partnership with robotics company ABB.
Seoul-based plant protein giant Pulmuone has partnered with Swiss robotics company ABB to advance AI-assisted!-->!-->!-->…
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Uncovering the Ugly Truth Behind India’s Shrimp Farming Industry
Food and climate journalist Thin Lei Win speaks to Ian Urbina, executive editor of The Outlaw Ocean Project, about the organisation's investigation into India's shrimp farming industry.
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Wanda Fish Develops Cultivated Bluefin Tuna Toro Sashimi, Plans to File Regulatory Dossiers in 2025
Israeli cultivated seafood startup Wanda Fish has developed hybrid toro sashimi, the highly prized fatty cut of bluefin tuna belly, and plans to apply for regulatory approval next year.
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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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Bluu Seafood Opens Europe’s First Cultivated Seafood Facility, Eyes Singapore Launch in 2025
German cultivated fish startup Bluu Seafood relocated to Hamburg with the opening of a large-scale pilot plant to produce its salmon and rainbow trout, ahead of an expected launch in Singapore early next year.
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Aqua Cultured Foods to Roll Out Fish-Free Seafood in Chicago Restaurants After Tapping Ginkgo’s Microbial Expertise
Chicago-based startup Aqua Cultured Foods has partnered with Boston's synbio firm Ginkgo Bioworks to optimise the production of its fermentation-derived whole-cut seafood. It will soon launch its first analogues at Michelin-starred!-->…
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The Kraken: Revo Foods Releases the World’s First Vegan Octopus
Revo Foods has today launched the world's first vegan octopus for retail, using its patented 3D-printing technology to transform fungi into a seafood analogue beloved by many, and one being increasingly unethically farmed.
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Singaporean Cultivated Seafood Startups Umami Bioworks and Shiok Meats Announce Merger
In a major shift in the cultivated seafood space, Singaporean startups Umami Bioworks and Shiok Meats have announced plans to merge. Once finalised, Umami Bioworks CEO Mihir Pershad will lead the combined entity, and Shiok Meats CEO!-->…
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New School Foods Ropes in Vegan Chef Matthew Kenney for ‘Culinary Council’ Ahead of Whole-Cut Salmon Launch
Canadian whole-cut plant-based salmon producer New School Foods has kicked off its New School Culinary Council of industry advisors, starting with vegan chef Matthew Kenney, who will help the brand make its commercial debut later this!-->…
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With a $3.3M Pre-Seed Round, Pacifico Biolabs Bets on Fermentation to Perk Up Alternative Seafood Sector
German startup Pacifico Foodlabs, which makes alternative proteins from biomass fermentation, has emerged from stealth with $3.3M in pre-seed financing. It is starting with seafood analogues.
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Unhooked: Alt-Seafood Startups Face Headwinds Despite Urgent Need for Fish-Free Solutions
San Francisco-based New Wave Foods and Germany's Ordinary Seafood have become the latest casualties in the alternative protein sector, spotlighting the troubles experienced by the vegan seafood category in recent times.
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Food Colonialism: How the Norwegian Salmon Industry is Hurting Food Security in West Africa
A new investigation reveals the adverse effects of Norwegian farmed salmon on malnutrition, food insecurity and loss of livelihoods in West Africa.
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‘Immense Potential’: Indian Government Body to Develop Cultivated Fish in Partnership with Neat Meatt
In a first-of-its-kind partnership, the Indian government is embarking on a project to create cell-cultured seafood with cultivated meat startup Neat Meatt Biotech.
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Steakholder Foods: Israeli Startup Expands Seafood Range with 3D-Printed Shrimp
Israeli startup Steakholder Foods has added a 3D-printed shrimp prototype to an expanding roster of alternative seafood products. The company plans to also introduce a hybrid version if costs allow.
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