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Scientists at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University have developed a mycelium fermentation process to transform okara, the leftover pulp from soy milk and tofu production, into an umami-rich ingredient. At Singapore's Nanyang…
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Netherlands-based think tank the Ministry of Future Affairs has established a novel food regulatory sandbox to help startups gain insight into pre-submission advice for the approval of innovations like cultivated meat. If the EU won't…
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New Zealand's Daisy Lab, known for its cow-free whey proteins like lactoferrin, has been acquired by UK fermentation firm Mycofeast. British fermentation specialist Mycofeast, which makes functional ingredients for human and animal…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Oddlygood's caramel-waffle milk, Rival Foods's low-sodium vegan steak, and Blue Bottle's oat milk U-turn. New products…
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US plant-based giant Beyond Meat's new protein powder range, Starmatter, has earned a Purity Award from the Clean Label Project, placing it among the top third of certified products within its category. Beyond Meat is building on its…
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The World Health Organization and the Good Food Institute APAC have signed a multi-year partnership to explore the role of alternative proteins in public health policies in Asia-Pacific. The planet's leading authority on public health…
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Students at the SRM Institute of Hotel Management in India will spend a fifth of their coursework learning to cook plant-based, with the culinary school already having reduced its use of animal products by 30%. With plant proteins…
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Californian startup New Barn Organics has acquired the recipe IP of Bam's buckwheat milk, together developing an alternative highlighting the ingredient's regenerative agriculture attributes. To differentiate their portfolios and…
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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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The Abu Dhabi government has developed a framework for companies to conduct public tastings of novel foods, such as cultivated meat and precision-fermented proteins, before securing full UAE approval. The UAE's capital has taken a major…
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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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Most consumers in urban India are willing to buy cultivated meat, viewing it as a healthy protein source, with affordability and trust critical for widespread adoption. In one of the world's largest meat-eating countries – by sheer…
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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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