Dutch Retailer Albert Heijn Joins Blended Protein Push with Hybrid Meat & Milk Range
Dutch supermarket Albert Heijn has introduced 15 products combining meat and dairy with plant-based ingredients in the largest such rollout of blended proteins yet.
The Netherlands really is going big on blends.
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Agriculture: The Planet’s Biggest Resource Drain, And Our Most Untapped Solution
A new map by RA Capital Management and the Nature Conservancy uncovers 'the true impact' of agriculture on Earth's systems, and why it's the most overlooked opportunity to improve public and planetary health.
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Malaysian Startup Opens Southeast Asia’s First Innovation Hub for Plant-Based Milk
Pure Mylk, a Malaysian plant-based dairy firm, has opened an innovation hub to help companies bring dairy-free beverages to market.
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Canada’s New School Foods Expands Into Plant-Based Beef Under New Entity
Canadian whole-cut plant-based meat maker New School Foods has expanded its business structure and diversified from salmon to beef.
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Cultivated Meat Firm Hoxton Farms Goes All-In On Asia’s Biomanufacturing Prowess
British cultivated pork startup Hoxton Farms has teamed up with Japan's Mitsui Chemicals in its latest move, spotlighting Asia's biomanufacturing leadership.
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Are We Eating The Earth? An Interview with Award-Winning Author Michael Grunwald About His Groundbreaking New Book
An interview with the author of a new book that exposes how flawed land-use math is derailing climate progress and argues that even eliminating fossil fuels won’t save us unless we fix food production’s massive emissions.
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Mighty Drinks: UK Plant-Based Milk Startup Seeks Rescue Deal After Entering Administration
British plant-based milk firm Mighty Drinks has entered administration amid rising costs and fundraising challenges, with its future now hanging on a rescue deal.
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Rival Foods: Plant-Based Meat Startup Lands $11.5M for Clean-Label Whole Cuts
Dutch food tech firm Rival Foods has secured €10M ($11.5M) in funding to scale up its suite of whole-cut plant-based meats, which contain minimal ingredients and high amounts of protein.
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Exclusive: Clever Carnivore Plans 2026 Cultivated Pork Launch with Industry-First $0.07/L Media Cost
US food tech startup Clever Carnivore has achieved industry-leading cost reductions for its cultivated pork, which it hopes to begin selling in the country next year.
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Vow Makes History As First Startup to Serve Cultivated Meat at Australian Restaurants
Sydney-based Vow received regulatory approval to sell cultivated meat in Australia and New Zealand, which will begin appearing on restaurant menus in the coming weeks.
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Belém Declaration: UN Members Urged to Develop Plant-Based Action Plans by COP32
Regional government leaders, activists and stakeholders have signed a declaration calling on UN member states to create national plans to promote healthy and sustainable diets.
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Juicy Marbles x Revo Foods: Can CPG Brand Collabs Revive Plant-Based Meat Sector?
Slovenian plant-based meat maker Juicy Marbles has teamed up with Austrian mycoprotein firm Revo Foods to launch a whole-cut cod alternative tailored for the US market.
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EU Backs 16 Future Food Startups Tackling Climate Crisis
The EU has extended its track record of investing in climate-smart food tech startups amid rising inflation and environmental threats in the region.
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Future Food Quick Bites: Protein Lattes, Food Tech Hubs & Tempeh Innovation
Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers a host of protein lattes, Better Nature's tempeh rollouts, and Meatable's presentation at a Wall Street Journal forum.
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Feeding the Future: Why Hollywood Food Storytelling Needs a Climate-Scale Revolution
While Hollywood productions are becoming more climate-aware, both on-screen and behind the scenes, one area continues to elude the industry: the intersection between food and the environment.
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This Startup Got $4.6M To Turn Food Waste & Fungi Into Plant-Based Meat Flavourings
France's Fungu'it has secured €4M ($4.6M) in funding to scale its technology that turns food waste into natural flavours for meat and cocoa alternatives.
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Israeli Startup ‘Redefines’ Plant-Based Meat with 90% Less Saturated Fat
Israeli 3D-printed meat maker Redefine Meat has introduced a new product line with dramatic reductions in saturated fat and methylcellulose use.
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What is Epogee, the Novel Fat Maker Sparking UPF Controversy & A Protein Bar War?
Shortly after acquiring low-calorie fat maker Epogee, David Protein is being sued by other snack brands for allegedly monopolising the ultra-processed ingredient derived from a seed oil.
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Israeli Startup Unveils AI-Powered ‘Natural’ GLP-1 Peptide to Rival Ozempic
As Americans embrace Ozempic and food-as-medicine innovations, a new startup has created a bioactive peptide to activate the body's GLP-1 hormone.
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This Project is Helping Brazilian Ranchers Switch to Plant-Based Farming
Food awareness organisation ProVeg Brazil has kicked off the Cultiva Project, an initiative to help livestock farmers transition to plant-based farming.
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Vegetarians Tend to Be More Nonconformist, Less Benevolent Than Meat-Eaters: Study
A two-country study shows that people who don't eat meat place less emphasis on building personal relationships and independent thinking and success are key tenets of their social values.
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