José Andrés is Serving Up Wildtype’s Cultivated Salmon at His DC Cocktail Bar
Spanish-American chef José Andrés, one of the food industry's most outspoken advocates for climate action, has partnered with Wildtype to serve its cultivated salmon at Barmini in Washington, DC.
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UK Ready Meal Startup Pollen + Grace Faces Criticism After Adding Meat Options
British ready meal startup Pollen + Grace has abandoned its 100% plant-based approach, adding chicken-based options to its lineup and facing pushback on social media.
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Meat-Free Restaurant Clover Food Lab to Close All Locations After 17 Years
US meatless restaurant chain Clover Food Lab is closing all its 11 locations this week, after failing to find a buyer for the distressed business.
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How HappyVore Overtook Nestlé to Become France’s Best-Selling Plant-Based Meat Brand
HappyVore is now the top-selling plant-based meat brand in France, surpassing Nestlé's Garden Gourmet. Its co-founder and CEO, Guillaume Dubois, explains how it got here.
The French are eating less meat, and more plants – and one!-->!-->!-->…
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Bezos Earth Fund Bets $34M on Lab-Grown Cotton, Silk & Fibres to Greenify Fashion Sector
The Bezos Earth Fund has awarded $34M in four grants to develop sustainable, plastic-free textile fibres, including cotton and silk, for the fashion industry.
If it's up to Jeff Bezos, your future wardrobe could house fabrics made from!-->!-->!-->…
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Dairy & Coffee Companies Failing to Set Methane Targets, Finds New Ranking
Only three major dairy and coffee producers have published methane targets, despite recognising the link between agriculture, livestock and climate change, a new analysis reveals.
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Future Food Quick Bites: Silk Protein, Pee for the Planet & The Coffee Bean
Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Silk's ultra-high-protein milk, a urine-to-fertiliser project featuring Oatly, and The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf's!-->…
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Germany’s Infinite Roots Acquires Fellow Mycelium Meat Startup Bosque Foods
German food tech firm Infinite Roots has strengthened its mycelium meat portfolio with the acquisition of Bosque Foods, which had filed for insolvency due to regulatory challenges in 2024.
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Pacifico Biolabs Brews Up $8M to Launch Mycelium Chicken Grown in Beer Tanks
German mycelium protein startup Pacifico Biolabs has raised €7M ($8.1M) in Series A funding to scale up and launch its clean-label, cost-effective chicken alternative this year.
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Daring Foods Brings Clean-Label Plant-Based Chicken to Australia After v2food Acquisition
US plant-based meat brand Daring Foods has expanded into Australia, following its acquisition by local plant protein player v2food last year.
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Phytolon Raises $23.6M to Launch Yeast-Derived Beetroot Red Dye for Food
Israeli food tech firm Phytolon has secured $23.6M to commercialise its fermentation-derived alternatives to food colours, starting with red dye.
The Make America Healthy Again-led war on artificial food dyes is catching investors'!-->!-->!-->…
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Oatly Launches High-Fibre Oat Milk in China to Tackle National Deficiency & Weak Sales
Swedish plant-based dairy giant Oatly has introduced a high-fibre oat milk and low-GI cream in China, homing in on diverse nutritional highlights to build its momentum in the country.
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Austrian Legacy Meat Producer Combines Plant-Based & Blended Meat Under New Brand
Austrian meat major Marcher Fleischwerke has expanded its focus on alternative proteins with Now!, a new brand that combines plant-based meat with blended proteins.
Blended meat's momentum seems unstoppable in the current landscape.
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MyriaMeat Extends Cultivated Meat Platform to Produce Venison from Roe Deer Cells
German food-tech startup MyriaMeat has successfully established a pluripotent stem cell line from roe deer, expanding its cultivated meat product portfolio.
Munich-based MyriaMeat has laid the groundwork for developing a cultivated!-->!-->!-->…
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Brazil Drafts WHO Proposal to Ban Sale of Ultra-Processed Food to Children
The Brazilian government has asked the World Health Organization to develop regulations requiring countries to restrict the sale of ultra-processed foods, especially to children.
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Amai Proteins Cleared to Sell Precision-Fermented Sugar Alternative in Singapore
Israeli startup Amai Proteins has obtained regulatory approval to sell Sweelin, a sweet protein inspired by serendipity berries, in Singapore – a first for the country.
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Canadian Govt Invests in $11M Scale-Up Project for Whole-Cut Plant-Based Meat
Protein Industries Canada is backing a C$15.1M ($10.9M) project to expand production of whole-cut plant-based meat and seafood alternatives for the local market.
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India’s StrainX Bioworks Raises $13M to Bring Precision-Fermented Proteins to Market
Indian precision fermentation startup StrainX Bioworks has emerged from stealth with $13M in funding, a large-scale facility, and US GRAS determination for one of its ingredients.
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Are Lab-Grown Fats the Future of Lipstick? This Palm Oil Alternative Makes the Case
Californian label Tower 28 Beauty has debuted a lip jelly featuring C16 Biosciences's Palmless Torula Oil, a yeast-derived substitute for palm oil.
Yeast in your lip care? That is now a reality thanks to a new collaboration between a!-->!-->!-->…
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Steakholder Foods to Launch Whole-Cut Plant-Based Meat Brand in the US
Steakholder Foods is bringing its 3D-printed, whole-cut meat alternatives to the US with the launch of its new plant-based brand, Perfecta, in the second half of 2026.
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Irish University Bags $3.5M in Govt Funding to Turn Grass Into Protein
Munster Technological University has received €3M ($3.5M) from Ireland's agriculture ministry to develop biorefinery tech that can convert grass and legumes into protein.
Can grass be the next protein frontier?
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