Global Banks Cut Factory Farming Investments By Half in 2024, But Sustainability Funding Lags
While the world's leading finance institutions significantly divested from industrial animal agriculture last year, factory farming still received five times more funding than sustainable systems.
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Plant-Based Diets Can Support Healthy Growth in Children Finds Multi-Study Review
A new review suggests that well-planned plant-based diets are safe and healthy for kids, if they're carefully planned and supplemented to prevent nutrient deficiencies.
Can kids be vegan and healthy?
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Could the EU’s Biotech Act Finally Break the Novel Food Approval Deadlock?
In a potentially big win for cultivated meat and precision fermentation, the EU is set to publish a document outlining its push to overhaul and fast-track novel food approval.
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British Startup Multus Taps AI & Automation to Create Serum-Free Media for Cultivated Meat
UK firm Multus Biotechnology has unveiled an animal-free media formulation for cultivated meat, allowing companies to eliminate serum from their products.
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Social Media Mixed Bag in Food Waste Fight: Influencers Educate Against It While Promoting Impulse Buys
The use of social media can help reduce individuals' food waste, but it also drives impulse purchases, presenting a conundrum for businesses looking to shrink their climate footprint.
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Gen Z Growing Appetite for Meat Extends to Cultivated Proteins Too, More So Than Other Age Groups
While young men are driving the rise in meat consumption in the UK, they're also more open to cultivated meat than other demographics.
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Brazil’s Future Cow Raises R$4.85M to Scale Up Animal-Free Dairy Proteins Via Fermentation
São Paulo-based precision fermentation startup Future Cow has secured R$4.85M ($885,000) in equity and public funding to expand its platform for animal-free whey and casein proteins.
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Japanese Retailer Aeon Brings Planet A Foods’s Cocoa-Free Chocolate to Asia
Japan's largest retailer, Aeon, has debuted a private-label biscuit SKU featuring ChoViva, a cocoa-free chocolate alternative by Planet A Foods.
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Aussie Govt Programme Teams Up With All G to Scale Up Animal-Free Dairy Proteins
In a government-backed effort, University of Queensland researchers have produced precision-fermented dairy proteins that will now be scaled up by Sydney startup All G.
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Legume is the New Coffee: Meet the Belgian Startup Making Your Latte Without the Bean
Belgian startup Koppie, which makes a single-ingredient coffee alternative using legumes, has emerged from stealth with a pre-seed funding round.
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5 Minutes with A Future Food VC: Oyster Bay Venture Capital’s Felix Leonhardt
In our interview series, we quiz future food investors about the solutions that excite them the most, their favourite climate-forward restaurant, and what they look for in successful founders.
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This Company is Using AI & Fermentation to Create Deforestation-Free Fats
Palm oil and cocoa fats are facing upheaval thanks to their climate and economic costs. For Smey, the solution lies with yeast, fermentation, and AI.
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Could AI Be the Solution for Cheap Cultivated Meat? This French Startup Is Betting On It
French startup Gourmey, which is awaiting regulatory approval for cultivated meat in six markets, is betting on AI to solve the industry's greatest problem.
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Plant-Based Startup Prot Targets India’s Protein Deficiency with Category-First Block
Mumbai-based Prot has released Prot Block, a shelf-stable ingredient offering health-conscious Indians a new format of plant-based protein.
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Avant’s Cultivated Marine Peptide Earns C-Label Certification in Industry-First
Asian biotech startup Avant has received the C-Label accreditation for its ZelluGen peptide complex, a first for a non-food product.
Aiming to clean up both our skin and the marine peptide industry, Avant's ZelluGen peptide complex –!-->!-->!-->…
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Make American Biotech Accelerate: Is RFK Jr’s Latest Promise Good News for Food Tech?
US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has pledged to cut red tape and maintain the country's biotech leadership, despite the rollback of a Biden-era biomanufacturing mandate.
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Future Food Quick Bites: Supreme Cheddarton, Vegan Dog Food & Nestlé Layoffs
Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Violife's protein-packed Cheddar alternative, Petaluma's plant-based dehydrated dog food, and the EU's vegan labelling war.
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Denny’s Add Full Vegan Breakfast to Permanent Menu at All 1,300 US Locations
Diner-style chain Denny's has rolled out a Plant-Based Breakfast Slam at all its locations in the US, bucking the trend of the wider restaurant industry.
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Texas, America’s Largest Beef Producer, Becomes Seventh State to Ban Cultivated Meat
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has made the state the seventh in the US to ban the sale of cultivated meat. He has also ordered an investigation into ultra-processed foods.
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Plant-Based Collab: NotCo Unveils Flamin’ Hot Nuggets & Doritos Mayo
Snack giant Doritos has teamed up with food tech startup NotCo to launch co-branded vegan products with the iconic Flamin' Hot flavour in Chile.
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Denmark’s Cellugy Gets €8M EU Funding for Fossil-Free Skincare Materials
Danish biotech firm Cellugy has secured €8.1M via an EU grant to scale up its bio-based alternative to fossil-based skincare ingredients.
To rid the cosmetics industry of its fossil fuel dependence, Danish startup Cellugy has received!-->!-->!-->…
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