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UK startup Adamo Foods has won a €10M ($11.7M) grant from the EU's Horizon Europe programme for a project to use industry sidestreams to scale up and launch its whole-cut mycelium meat. The EU is backing a three-year project to convert…
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Finnish startups Enifer and Rovio Pet Foods have teamed up to launch a semi-moist dog treat made with Enifer's Pekilo mycoprotein ingredient. Enifer, a food tech startup producing proteins from mycelium, has entered the canine nutrition…
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A US federal judge has asked Impossible Foods to pay the attorneys' fees incurred by influencer Joel Runyon and his company Impossible HQ after his $3.25M trademark victory in March. Plant-based meat giant Impossible Foods has been…
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The Every Company has filed a motion asking a Delaware court to sanction Onego Bio for "improper duplicative litigation". The latter, in turn, accuses The Every Co of contradicting statements made under oath. Finnish startup Onego Bio…
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Molecular farming pioneer Moolec Science has completed the first phase of the industrialisation of its GLA-rich safflower oil, and has kicked off a new sowing campaign and a move into renewable energy. Moolec Science, a company using…
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Danone is closing its plant-based dairy facility in New Jersey, which made products for its Silk and So Delicious brands, laying off 114 employees amid a slowdown in its non-dairy business. Despite dominating in Europe, Danone's…
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US synbio firm LanzaTech has partnered with the Technical University of Denmark’s Bright hub to set up a biofoundry that can recycle waste CO2 emissions into biofuels, sustainable materials, and more. LanzaTech, a US startup…
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Californian food tech startup Ruby Bio has demonstrated fermentation titers above 100g per litre for its clean-label emulsifiers, paving the way for large-scale, cost-competitive production. With consumers turning away from…
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Better Juice, a startup that uses microbial enzymes to turn fruit sugars into dietary fibre and non-digestible molecules, has been acquired by Dutch juice giant Prodalim. The number-one ingredient Americans want to avoid this year is,…
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Oterra has teamed up with Debut Bio to develop and scale a natural alternative to Red 40, a petroleum-derived food dye linked to ill health in children. The food industry's reckoning with the use of artificial dyes continues with a new…
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Canada's Phytokana Ingredients has secured C$450M ($330M) in offtake agreements for its fava bean products, supporting its planned commercial-scale facility in Alberta. In a major vote of confidence for its fava bean products, Canadian…
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German dairy giant Müller has agreed to acquire local plant-based milk pioneer Berief Food, which will continue to operate as a largely independent unit. One of Germany's oldest plant-based food companies is changing hands to accelerate…
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Violife won more honours than any other brand at the 2026 Tasty Awards. Its commercial lead, Meryem Leyoussi, explains how the company is balancing taste and nutrition. Four of the 27 plant-based products that were adjudged to be on par…
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UK startup Meatly has raised £10M ($14.1M) to establish Europe's largest cultivated meat facility in London, with pet food product launches slated for 2027. British food tech firm Meatly has secured £10M ($14.1M) in Series A funding to…
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UK startup Naturbeads has received a €4.1M ($4.8M) EU grant to support the construction of a new factory in Italy to produce cellulose-based alternatives to microplastics. Cellulose materials are attracting investor attention in Europe,…
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Beyond Meat experienced a 15% decline in sales in Q1 2026, with hopes of a turnaround hinged on retail launches of its plant protein drinks and mycelium steak. After posting its worst financial year as a public company in 2025, this…
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Australian precision fermentation startup Eden Brew has been cleared to sell its cow-free casein protein in the US, and pivoted its immediate focus to health and supplements. Just months after filing the first regulatory application for…
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Californian startup Biosphere has received a Department of Defense grant worth $9M to build portable bioreactors and produce gas-fermented proteins for the US Army. Despite the Trump administration's love affair with meat, it's betting…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Taco Bell's Beyond Meat partnership, Sproud's sales and emissions records, and a wave of crowdfunding campaigns. New…
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A court in Wisconsin has thrown out Onego Bio's lawsuit against The Every Company in the state for lack of personal jurisdiction. But a parallel lawsuit between the animal-free egg startups will continue in Delaware. The patent lawsuit…
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German food tech startup MicroHarvest will roll out 15 new products with partners across Europe by the end of June, all fuelled by its waste-upcycled microbial protein. Climate-friendly pet food has been on the ascendance over the last…
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