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French dairy-free cheese startup Jay&Joy, which also owns Les Nouveaux Affineurs, has raised €2M ($2.3M) to expand its presence across the UK and Europe. From Camembert to Brie, cheese is one of France's most famed exports. One…
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Katie Cantrell, co-founder and CEO of behavioural change non-profit Greener By Default, argues why the food industry needs to rethink its approach to nudging plant-based choices. Recent publications have rightly drawn attention to the…
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Amid CSIRO's financial challenges, the Australian national science agency has decided to end work on food ingredients and processing, but reaffirms that agrifood will continue being one of its largest units. One of Australia's most…
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Australian future food advocacy groups Food Frontier and Cellular Agriculture Australia have merged to accelerate research, policy breakthroughs, and regulatory progress for sustainable proteins. Since the highs of 2020-21, the…
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In a blind taste test, consumers rated Aleph Farms's cultivated meat as just as good as beef on the flavour and texture scale, with half saying they'd order it in a restaurant. To get meat-eaters to bite into a steak made from cultured…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Impossible Foods's 404 Day party, Armored Fresh's Piilk protein shakes, and Upside Foods's cultivated meat lawsuit in…
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With a fibre-packed alternative promising to rival dairy in the coffee industry, Maïzly CEO Tim Leclercq explains why corn milk could be the next big non-dairy innovation. Four years and 120 iterations. That's what it took for Tim…
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Italian food tech startup Foreverland has bagged €6M ($7M) in funding to fuel the European expansion of its cocoa-free chocolate alternative, Choruba. At the start of the year, Foreverland announced product launches featuring its…
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Australian biomanufacturing specialist Cauldron Ferm has raised $13.25M in funding to expand its "hyper-fermentation" platform with retrofitted facilities and meet government and corporate demand. Scale and cost efficiency have always…
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Nearly four months after making a string of acquisitions, Bettani Farms is looking to overhaul vegan cheese with ramped-up distribution and a "high-stretch" mozzarella alternative. 2025 was a transformational year for Bettani Farms. …
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Finnish startup Enifer has filed a GRAS notification to the US FDA for its Pekilo mycoprotein, marking a step towards large-scale partnerships for high-protein applications, including blended meat. To pump up the sustainable protein…
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Starbucks has launched a new menu item centred on local startup GoodDot's soy and pea protein mince, extending its plant-based bet to satiate India's hunger for protein. Indians can now walk into a Starbucks store and grab a breakfast…
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Beyond Meat has rebranded to Beyond The Plant Protein Company as it expands into whole-food proteins and drinks – is the vegan pioneer having an identity crisis reflective of the times? As with many food businesses post-pandemic,…
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New York startup Pureture has obtained self-affirmed GRAS status to use its yeast-derived protein in food and beverage products in the US. US food tech startup Pureture can now sell its yeast-derived protein ingredient to manufacturers…
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The UK's food security minister has confirmed that alternative proteins represent a "major opportunity" in the upcoming national food strategy, with a promise to accelerate novel food approvals. Just a week after the UK's food safety…
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Instant noodle pioneer Samyang Foods has opened a research facility dedicated to plant-based food in the Netherlands, with protein and functional foods among its focus areas. The company behind Buldak ramen is looking to accelerate the…
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Finnish startup Elea & Lili has emerged from stealth with a €2.5M ($2.9M) funding round to launch its cellulose alternative to fossil-based polymers for the hygiene and agriculture industries. Eco materials firm Elea & Lili has…
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At this year's Future Food-Tech conference in San Francisco, the policy spotlight shone bright, with artificial intelligence set to play a big role in the sustainable food industry. The swashbuckling policy shifts from the Trump…
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Czech food tech startup Mewery has achieved one of the highest yield densities in the cultivated meat sector, and is now halfway through a €7M ($8M) fundraising effort. Mewery has taken a major step to move its cultivated pork from…
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Solar Foods has unveiled Solein Protein Drink, a new concept product for its gas protein, which contains significantly less natural sugars than animal- or plant-based counterparts. After showcasing prototypes of protein powders,…
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Singaporean plant-based milk leader Oatside has unveiled a new brand, Nobo, featuring two high-protein soy milks that aim to give the Asian classic a modern makeover. As the home of the original plant-based milk, Asia's centuries-old…
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