TiNDLE Parent Next Gen Foods Acquires UK Plant-Based Gelato Startup To Recreate ‘Memorable Flavor of Dairy’
TiNDLE parent Next Gen Foods has acquired a plant-based gelato startup Mwah! based out of London as part of a wider strategy to expand their brand portfolio.
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Daisy Lab Closes a $1.5 Million Seed Round to Redirect Dairy-Dependent New Zealand
The New Zealand-based women-led precision fermentation start-up, Daisy Lab, has successfully closed an oversubscribed Seed funding round.
The NZD $1.5 million (USD $930,000) Seed investment was led by The Values Trust, Icehouse!-->!-->!-->…
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Aloha’s New Energy Bars Are Made From Climate Resilient And Regenerative Pongamia Bean Oil
Plant-based protein brand Aloha has launched “The Kona Bar,” a special edition product made from pongamia trees that supports sustainable agriculture in Hawaii.
The new snack bar features responsibly-sourced ingredients, including!-->!-->!-->…
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Expectations vs. Reality: It’s Time To Change The Investor Conversation Around Sustainable Food
No single approach will offer a silver bullet solution to all problems within the food system — no matter how large the opportunity or dire the need.
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An Open Letter To The WSJ: Indonesia’s Deforestation Policies Are Far From A Model Of Success
While it’s true that forest destruction in Indonesia is at its lowest pace in twenty years, deforestation policies in Indonesia are anything but a model of success.
I wrote this response to the Wall Street Journal article, "Indonesia!-->!-->!-->…
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Plant-Based Egg Leader Debuts New Frozen Breakfast Meal Range Amidst Focus On Profitability
Eat Just Inc has launched new ready-to-eat frozen meals made with its popular plant-based folded egg, partnering with cult condiment brand Fly By Jing on the first flavor.
Eat Just's plant-based egg division, JUST Egg™, has debuted a!-->!-->!-->…
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$114 Billion Meat Giant Cargill Partners With Cubiq Foods To Scale Plant-Based Fat
Cargill, the world’s third largest meat producer, has recently announced its extending its partnership with food tech startup Cubiq Foods to co-develop and commercialize plant-based fat technologies.
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Mosa Meat’s New Cell Feed Supply Chain Will Bring Cultivated Meat Prices Closer to Conventional
Dutch cultivated meat pioneer Mosa Meat has announced a partnership with its investor Nutreco to develop a cell feed supply chain.
The Letter of Intent signed with Nutreco will support the development of a cell feed supply chain that!-->!-->!-->…
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Heura Saw a 260% Increase In International Vegan Meat Sales in 2022
Spanish-based plant-based food tech startup, Heura, says it increased its international sales by more than 260 percent in 2022, defying category dynamics.
Despite the global economy and the stagnant U.S. plant-based market, Heura says!-->!-->!-->…
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WNWN Raises a $5.6 Million Series A for Its Cacao-Free Chocolate and a ‘More Ethical Future of Food’
WNWN Food Labs, the world's first producer of sustainable, cocoa-free chocolate, has raised $5.6 million in a Series A financing round that it says will help the company scale up its manufacturing for a retail launch later this year.
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Happier People More Likely To Eat Cultivated Meat, Shows New Research
A new study suggests that there is a positive correlation between consumers' psychological well-being and their willingness to consume cultivated meat.
Researchers at Singapore Management University's School of Social Sciences and the!-->!-->!-->…
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Aleph Farms Increases Its Cultivated Meat Capabilities With 2 Key Moves
Israeli cultivated meat manufacturer Aleph Farms has announced the acquisition of a manufacturing facility in Modi'in, Israel, and related assets from biotechnology firm VBL Therapeutics, along with a new manufacturing agreement with ESCO!-->…
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Beyond Meat Turns A Financial Corner, Promises Lower Prices and Healthier, Tastier Products in 2023
Beyond Meat founder Ethan Brown spoke to analysts during an earnings call with confidence and optimism for 2023, promising to better market the health profile of its products, improve the taste of one of its "core platforms" and lower!-->…
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Anonymous Petitioner Challenges Perfect Day’s Patents For Dairy-Free Whey
Perfect Day, the leading producer of precision fermentation whey, has had its US patent challenged by an anonymous petitioner.
The news of the patent challenge broke yesterday. While the request has not been made public on the US!-->!-->!-->…
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The Soy Milk Waste Market Is About to Have a Plant Protein Moment
As Luya Foods brings its vegan meat made from soy milk waste to the largest Swiss retailer, Migros, a Singapore startup secures funding to expand its soy milk waste production.
Swiss-based Luya Foods says its new marinated vegan meat!-->!-->!-->…
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Plant-Based Diets Provide Complete and Balanced Nutrition for Dogs, Study Finds
A new study provides evidence that plant-based diets can offer complete and balanced nutrition for adult dogs.
The 12-month study, conducted by clinician-scientists at Western University of Health Sciences' College of Veterinary!-->!-->!-->…
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IKEA Will Eliminate Dairy Products from Menus by 2030 As It Goes All In On Sustainability
IKEA, the Swedish furniture giant, says it will eliminate dairy products from its cafe menus by 2030 as part of the company’s sustainability goals, which include becoming climate-positive by 2030.
In its 2022 Sustainability Report!-->!-->!-->…
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Japan’s Prime Minister Embraces Cultivated Meat As Part of the Country’s Sustainable Future
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says the country will move forward with a plan to develop an industry of "cell agriculture" bringing a focus to cultivated meat and fish as a means to reduce the country's carbon footprint.
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Drink It Like Beckham: Silk Nextmilk Drops Celeb Heir Studded Plant-Based ‘Got Milk’ Campaign
A new campaign by Silk Nextmilk features the children of David Beckham, Shaquille O'Neal, John Travolta and Christie Brinkley with plant-based milk mustaches in a recreation of the popular pro-dairy 90s adverts their parents starred in.
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How to Stop the Spread of Climate Disinformation
Governments should make companies alter the algorithms that amplify climate falsehoods.
By Erica Sieber and Michael Khoo
The next time you use Twitter, search for “climate.” What do you expect to see as the top result? Content about!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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The Many Ways AI & ChatGPT Will Disrupt Food Tech
AI and ChatGPT offer a wide range of use cases across the food tech supply chain- we explore the most exciting.
You may be part of the more than 100 million people that have given ChatGPT, Open AI's optimized language model, a whirl.!-->!-->!-->…
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