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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Lavazza's Alpro-endorsed milk frother, HappyVore's kebab collab, and the FDA's self-GRAS update. New products and…
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Israeli food tech startup Plantopia has secured $9M in funding to establish a molecular farming facility to produce casein proteins within sprouted oats. Plantopia, a molecular farming firm growing dairy proteins in oats, has raised $9M…
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A global study has revealed that young populations are consuming low amounts of plant-based food, pointing to a critical nutrition gap among children. Globally, children are eating lower amounts of plant-based foods than they should,…
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A new analysis suggests that waste-fermented microbial lipid alternatives to fats like palm oil and animal fats can already compete with premium cocoa butter on cost. The alternative fat space has been heating up rapidly over the last…
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Orkla has given a facelift to six popular breakfast products under its MTR Foods brand in India, which now feature 10g of plant-based protein to align with consumer health trends. Among the best ways to help people eat more protein is…
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Around three in five consumers in the US are open to the idea of eating less meat and replacing it with beans, citing concerns about inflation and personal health. A similar number of Americans consume both meat and beans, but a large…
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The EU has added inulin-propionate ester, a fibre ingredient that can stimulate the body's natural GLP-1 response, to its list of approved novel foods, enabling companies to sell the additive in food products. As weight-loss medications…
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Italian cocoa-free chocolate maker Foreverland has expanded its portfolio with a no-added-sugar, fibre-rich lineup to align with current consumer nutrition trends. Four months after investors pumped $7M into its cocoa-free solutions,…
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The Indian government has published a 10-year roadmap to boost the national bioeconomy sector, which includes building the alternative protein sector through manufacturing and regulatory progress. India's commitment to the bioeconomy…
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The EU has pumped €5.7M into Alganova, a new project that seeks to establish a biorefinery for the production of proteins and functional ingredients from microalgae fed on waste and carbon dioxide. Algae's potential to safeguard the…
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Singapore's National Environment Agency has awarded S$5.3M ($4.1M) to three food waste upcycling projects as part of its Closing the Resource Loop initiative. To tackle its food waste problem and boost its self-sufficiency, the…
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The Trump administration is finding it difficult to land on a standardised definition of ultra-processed food, according to the FDA's acting deputy chief, who reiterated that the agency doesn't plan to ban these products. Establishing a…
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A new study suggests that consumers in the US and Germany are more accepting of cultivated meat when labelled with that term instead of 'lab-grown'. What do you call cultivated meat to deliver the maximum impact? Do you keep that…
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Swedish precision fermentation startup Melt&Marble has debuted Marble7, its animal-free "designer fat" for the beauty and personal care sector. Months after securing clearance for the global sale of its precision-fermented fat,…
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In its annual sustainability report, Brazilian meat major JBS scrapped its net-zero emissions goal for 2040 and omitted mentions of its earlier target of eliminating supply chain deforestation. JBS, a meat producer that emits more…
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Austrian-American food tech startup BioCraft Pet Nutrition has published a publicly available regulatory dossier for cultivated meat ingredients in pet food, proposing a minimum safety disclosure standard for the industry. To advance…
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Singaporean agritech startup Rize has closed a $31M Series B investment to aggressively expand sustainable, low-methane rice farming across Southeast Asia. Rize, a Singapore-based startup futureproofing rice production, has secured $31M…
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US food tech startup MycoTechnology has teamed up with Adorvia Biotechnology, pairing its honey truffle sweet protein with the latter's Reb M stevia to offer manufacturers a new tool for sugar reduction. With sugar reduction top of mind…
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German biomaterials firm AMSilk has extended its collaboration with Ajinomoto Foods Europe to enable industrial-scale manufacturing of its bioengineered spider silk proteins. Three years after forming their strategic collaboration,…
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California's 2026-27 budget includes a $500M school kitchen provision that enables educational institutions to purchase plant-based meals and milk alternatives. He may be running for president in 2028, but if his final state budget is…
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Johan Jörgensen is a writer, food systems thinker, founder of Sweden FoodTech, and the author of the new book, Flat Earth Food, from which this excerpt is adapted. There is a field in the American Midwest – you can find its equivalent…
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