Y Combinator Backs Orbillion Bio In First Cell-Cultured Red Meat Investment
Orbillion Bio has become the latest startup to join the Y Combinator, becoming the prestigious accelerator’s first cell-cultured red meat investment. The female-founded food tech is laser-focused on developing slaughter-free and!-->…
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Meatable Closes US$47M Series A To Diversify Cell-Based Meat Portfolio With Beef
Meatable, the Dutch cultivated meat startup, has raised US$47 million in its Series A financing round. The funds will be geared towards expanding its current product portfolio, adding cell-based beef after having showcased its cultivated!-->…
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Green Monday Announces Omni Luncheon Menu Debut at McDonald’s Shanghai, Guangzhou & Shenzhen
Green Monday, the alternative protein leader based headquartered in Hong Kong, is celebrating the launch of a new menu featuring the group's plant-based spam equivalent, Omni Luncheon Meat, with QSR giant McDonald's in three Chinese!-->…
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Burger King Canada To Launch Impossible Whopper Nationwide
Burger King Canada has announced the launch of the Impossible Whopper across its chains nationwide, starting next month. Rolling out initially across outlets in Ontario, the fast food chain’s meat-free version of the iconic Whopper will be!-->…
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ProVeg Asia Food Innovation Challenge To Tap Into ‘Enormous’ Regional Plant-Based Opportunity
ProVeg, the international nonprofit dedicated to building a sustainable food system, recently launched its Southeast Asia Food Innovation Challenge aimed at finding and nurturing university talent in the region to into plant-based!-->…
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Eat Just Bags US$200M To Ramp Up Production & Fuel Global Growth
Eat Just, the food tech that pioneered the plant-based egg and became the world’s first to gain regulatory approval for cultured meat, has raised US$200 million in a new round of financing. The funding will go towards accelerating its!-->…
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John Oliver’s HBO Show Takes On Plastic Pollution & Industry ‘Lies’ Behind Global Recycling Crisis
In his latest episode of Last Week Tonight, the award-winning late-night talk show on HBO, host John Oliver delved into one topic often buried by everyday health and political crisis news headlines, but is on every level just as!-->…
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‘Ugly’ Produce Pioneer Imperfect Foods Pledges To Reach Net-Zero By 2030
Imperfect Foods, one of the first startups to slash food waste with “ugly” produce boxes, has pledged to double down on its sustainability efforts by slashing its carbon footprint. Pledging to reach net-zero emissions by the end of the!-->…
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Triton Algae To Launch Plant-Based Tuna & Algae-Based Alternative Protein Ingredients
Triton Algae Innovations, a startup leveraging freshwater algae species, is preparing to launch its plant-based algae ingredients and its first retail product – a tuna analogue – to show consumers the potential of the underwater crop in!-->…
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Parkour Collectives In France Switch Off Store Signs To Raise Awareness About Light Pollution
Despite a strict curfew across France due to the pandemic, a fair few retail shops continue to leave their store signs and lighting on. A creative group of parkour collectives has been using their physical prowess to raise awareness on!-->…
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With Climate Change The Focus, China’s New Five Year Plan Looks Hopeful For NEVs
According to China's new five-year plan, the State Council announced that the sales of electric, plug-in hybrid, and hydrogen-powered vehicles in China are predicted to rise to 20% of overall new car sales by 2025 from the present existing!-->…
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Lia Debuts World’s First Biodegradable & Flushable Pregnancy Test To Market
Lia, the women-founded startup developing eco-friendly reproductive health and wellness products, has just launched the world’s first biodegradable and flushable pregnancy test. After years of research and development, the much-anticipated!-->…
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Will Chile’s First Unicorn Be An Alternative Protein Startup? NotCo CEO Reveals Plan
Chilean AI-driven alternative protein startup NotCo has set its sights on becoming the country’s first to achieve the prestigious “unicorn” status. Speaking in a recent interview, the NotCo CEO Matias Muchnick revealed the goal of topping!-->…
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‘Sperm Counts Could Reach Zero By 2045’: ‘Everywhere’ Plastic Toxins Behind Fertility Crisis That Threatens Human Survival
Declining sperm counts and changing reproductive development are leading to a fertility crisis that could endanger human life, says leading epidemiologist Dr. Shanna Swan. Driving the trend is our growing exposure to “everywhere chemicals”!-->…
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Meatless Farm Opens Facility In Canada To Produce 14,500 Tonnes Of Plant Protein Ingredients For Other Brands By 2023
British plant-based meat maker Meatless Farm recently opened a Canadian facility in Calgary in order to debut a new business division that will see the startup produce as well as supply plant-based proteins and ingredients to companies!-->…
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Veg’d: Chef Matthew Kenney To Open Vegan ‘Fast Food’ Drive-Thru In California
U.S.-based Michelin-rated celebrity chef, entrepreneur and author Matthew Kenney who specializes in plant-based cuisine, is set to open Veg’d, a fast-food restaurant in Costa Mesa, California with a vegan drive-thru in early May.
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Nativ Cascara: Nestlé Australia Launches Sustainable Upcycled Coffee Husk Drink Termed ‘Social Beverage’
In a move to keep up with conscious consumerism, Nestlé Australia has debuted a brand new line of upcycled drinks. Made from upcycled coffee berry husks, the caffeinated “social beverage” Nescafé Nativ Cascara uses up the discards from!-->…
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Mars Wrigley To Create Biodegradable Wrappers For Its Candy Brand Skittles
In partnership with Danimer Scientific, confectionery giant Mars Wrigley has announced that by early 2021, its world-famous Skittles candy will be sold in biodegradable wrappers.
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Le FroMAge: Hong Kong’s First 100% Vegan Cheese Shop Opens Its Doors At K11 Musea
While the city is teaming with plant-based meat and milk alternatives, animal-free cheese is still a novetly for most Hong Kongers, so it's hugely significant that the city will welcome its first-ever 100% plant-based cheese shop,!-->…
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Circular Electronics? World’s Leading Companies Launch First Private Sector Alliance To Reduce Waste Across Industry
Recently, leading electronic brands including Dell Technologies, Google, Microsoft, Vodafone, and global organizations set up the first-ever private sector alliance for circular electronics along with a vision and roadmap committing to a!-->…
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Vegcraver: Berlin-Based Duo Debuts World’s First Vegan-Only Caterer Booking Platform
Entrepreneur duo Roxy Velez and David Heidrich have launched the world’s first vegan-only caterer booking platform in Berlin, Germany, to bring increased visibility and accessibility to plant-based foods.
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