Singapore

Japanese cellular agriculture leader IntegriCulture has partnered with Sumitomo Riko to demo production of its cultivated meat in Singapore, and aims to file for approval this year. On the back of its first profitable year, Japan's…
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Malaysian firm Cell AgriTech has acquired all equipment from cultivated seafood startup Avant's research arm in Singapore, which has wound down its operations in the island nation. Cell AgriTech, a contract manufacturer (CDMO)…
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The world's top coffee producers are getting too hot to grow the crop, and high prices are already changing how we consume it. Singapore's Prefer is betting on ready-to-drink, bean-free drinks as a solution. Coffee prices are worsening…
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Asian cellular agriculture firm Avant is winding down its research arm, Avant Proteins, in Singapore; however, it is still pursuing regulatory approval for its cultivated fish in the city-state. In yet another instance of consolidation…
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Singapore state-owned food innovation platform Nurasa has teamed up with New Wave Biotech to help alternative proteins escape the valley of death with AI-led bioprocess optimisation. In April, Singaporean future food platform Nurasa and…
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The National University of Singapore has introduced carbon-labelled meals on campus menus as part of a research initiative with carbon accounting firm Zevero. In its bid to identify the most effective ways to lower food-related…
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Israeli cultivated meat startup Aleph Farms has partnered with contract manufacturer Cell Agritech and set up an entity in Singapore to serve as its Asia-Pacific hub. As it awaits regulatory approval from the Singapore Food Agency,…
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Singaporean cellular agriculture company Umami Bioworks has teamed up with salmon specialist Nippon Barrier Free to bring cultivated marine supplements and cosmetics to Japan. A pioneer in the cultivated seafood and marine ingredients…
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Singapore has replaced its '30 by 30' food sovereignty plan with one that sharpens focus on specific food categories, and pledged S$42M ($32M) for 11 future food projects. Six years after announcing a strategy to lower its reliance on…
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Over nine in 10 Singaporeans say they'd replace a portion of their meat with blended proteins, with one product outperforming 100% chicken mince on taste. Combining meat with plants in a best-of-both-worlds approach is gaining favour in…
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British cultivated meat startup Hoxton Farms has submitted a regulatory dossier to the Singapore Food Agency, with filings in the UK, North America and other Asian countries to follow soon. Amid a wave of regulatory successes for…
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Japanese food conglomerate Ajinomoto has introduced beverages using Prefer's beanless coffee and Solar Foods's Solein gas protein in Singapore. An iced latte with coffee made without beans, milk without cows, and protein produced from…
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France's Parima, formed this month after Gourmey's acquisition of Vital Meat, has received regulatory approval to sell cultivated chicken in Singapore, a first for a European startup. Parima has become the first European startup to be…
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Asian investment platform Further will host a new summit in Singapore to unlock capital in the region's agrifood tech sector, in partnership with VC firm AgFunder. Asia-Pacific produces half of the world's food, but only attracts a…
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Singaporean startup ImpacFat has secured fresh financing to fuel its Asian commercialisation plans for cultivated omega-3 fish fat. ImpacFat, a Singapore-based biotech firm producing fish fats from cell cultures, has expanded into Japan…
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Singapore startup Fattastic Technologies has partnered with Ajinomoto Thailand to explore applications for its healthy plant-based alternative to animal and saturated fats. A fast-emerging player in Asia's alternative fat field,…
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Singaporean sustainable fats startup Terra Oleo has emerged from stealth with a $3.1M funding round and selection in Breakthrough Energy's 2025 Fellows cohort. Turning agro-industrial waste into sustainable alternatives to palm oil and…
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Singapore's Greenitio has closed a $1.5 million seed funding round to turn mushroom-based chitosan into functional biopolymers for cosmetics and specialty chemicals. A biotech startup from Singapore has attracted $1.5M from investors to…
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Singaporean food tech startup Umami Bioworks has registered two cultivated seafood ingredients for pet food in the EU, and is eyeing a Q2 2026 launch. In a year of milestones for the industry, cultivated pet food has landed on another. …
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Japan's IntegriCulture and Singapore's Umami Bioworks have joined forces to leverage their cellular agriculture expertise and develop novel cosmetics from cultured fish cells. Ahead of Japan's inaugural Cellular Agriculture Week, one of…
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Singaporean cellular agriculture startup Umami Bioworks has launched Marine Radiance, a line of cell-cultured marine bioactives, starting with regenerative compound PDRN. Singapore-based Umami Bioworks has expanded its AI-led cell…
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