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German food tech startup Planet A Foods is leading the cocoa-free alternative race to help the chocolate industry deal with the climate crisis. It has now gone global and will soon enter the US. As chocolate collaborations go, there's…
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A new Factory Farming Index suggests that industrial animal agriculture leads to a loss of 1.8 years of healthy life per person, thanks to antibiotic resistance and excessive meat consumption. Factory-farmed meat is threatening human…
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Hybrid dairy is looking to plug the gap between dairy's climate and health issues and plant-based alternatives' taste and price challenges – can it be the near-term solutions this industry sorely needs? Milk remains the most…
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Plant-based meat leader Impossible Foods has that CEO Peter McGuinness is stepping down after nearly four years, with the company’s executive team set to take over day-to-day operations. Impossible Foods announced that Chief Executive…
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Low-carbon beef is a fantasy, and the only way to guarantee a reduced impact of this meat is to buy less of it, according to a new study. Livestock producers may make claims of sustainability or even carbon neutrality, but beef can…
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The US led the world in the number of job opportunities in the alternative protein sector, as Europe and the cultivated meat category punched above their weight. Future food companies in the US posted more than 1,500 open roles in 2025,…
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As a category, blended meat matured in 2025, and supermarkets led the way. Can the climate crisis, inflation, and health concerns bring more consumers to this format this year? With meat prices and the demand for protein simultaneously…
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India's celebrated White Revolution, which made it the world's top milk producer, is now facing intense scrutiny over its hidden and significant costs to the climate, animals, and the economic security of its small-scale farmers. For…
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Are protein shots the next big functional beverage trend? Dutch fermentation firm Vivici thinks so, positioning its animal-free whey ingredient as the ideal base for these products. Since the start of the pandemic, the number of…
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The Ultra-Processed Food (UPF) narrative has gone viral by weaponizing the innate human fear of the unknown, also known as neophobia, inadvertently grouping sustainable and necessary novel food innovations with nutritionally poor junk…
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The conversion of fertile farmland in Punjab, dubbed India's "breadbasket", into solar energy projects offers farmers a stable income, but is raising critical concerns about the long-term impact on the country's food security and the…
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Planetary's new strategic partnership in India could take its decentralized fermentation model global, opening the door to cheaper blended meat and nutritionally superior dairy alternatives.​ Switzerland-based Planetary has signed a…
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From Brazil’s cattle pastures to Indonesia’s palm oil plantations, European “green” funds that claim to combat climate change are financing companies tied to deforestation and rising emissions, shows a new investigation by Green Queen…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers organic plant-based kids' milk at Walmart, cellular aquaculture AI partnerships, a UK Veganuary record, and US foodservice…
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Kenya must leverage Indigenous crops, food waste innovation, and a shift to plant-rich diets to transform its vulnerable agricultural sector into a scalable blueprint for global climate resilience and public health. Kenya is already…
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In a warming world, a cold colonial legacy persists on Lesotho’s breakfast plates. Breakfast, as a post-waking meal, has long existed in human cultures across the globe, though arguably its modern commercial identity was powerfully…
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Most of our nutrition toolkit was never designed around female biology, says New York startup Helaina, which ferments microbes to create breast milk proteins for a new dawn for women's wellness. Americans can now buy vegan protein…
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Despite ambitious sustainability targets and a booming food-tech sector focused on plant-based protein, Switzerland's transition to a future-ready food system is being undermined by deeply entrenched government policies and subsidies that…
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Can fungi help humans live better and longer? Dutch mycoprotein startup The Protein Brewery is hoping to do just that by promoting multiple pathways of healthy ageing. In Western Europe, people born in 2024 are expected to live 17 years…
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The world’s most followed influencer just tasted chicken made from cells on camera, giving cultivated meat the kind of "MrBeast moment” that could reshape how millions of young consumers think about the future of protein. In a…
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German cultivated protein startup Innocent Meat has raised €6M ($7M) to scale up and obtain regulatory approval for its products, which it aims to bring to market in 2028. Innocent Meat, a German firm producing a range of cultivated…
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