Estonian startup Äio has secured a €1.2M ($1.4M) grant from the national innovation agency to produce its yeast-derived Flavoured Fat on a commercial scale. Ahead of a year when it plans to enter the market and launch a Series A funding…
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Swiss food tech startup Yeastup has opened an industrial-scale facility to repurpose spent brewer's yeast into proteins and functional ingredients. It's now raising another Series A round. Switzerland's Yeastup has opened an…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Emily in Paris's creamer collab, Beyond Meat's tenders, and Formula 1's blended beef trick. New products and launches …
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A new MIT study calculates the climate impact of the live music industry, identifying fan travel and food and beverage as the biggest sources of emissions. How audiences travel to concerts and the kind of food they're served have the…
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Scottish biotech player MiAlgae has begun construction of a commercial-scale facility to recycle whisky waste into algal omega-3, with a £3M investment from the UK government. Plunging deep into the fish-free omega-3 space, Scotland's…
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The global green economy is outpacing all industries except tech, and within the sustainability sector, food and agriculture is poised to be the second fastest-growing segment. Despite what headlines might suggest, the global…
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Swedish food tech startup Melt&Marble has secured $8.5M in Series A funding to scale up and launch its precision-fermented “designer fats” for use in food and personal care products. The alternative fat category keeps sizzling, with…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Grubby's vegan Christmas meals, ImpacFat's cultivated egg yolk, and India's most vegan-friendly city. New products and…
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Spain's MOA Foodtech has launched a new fermentation-derived ingredient that can reduce egg use in bakery, pastry and pasta formulations amid price and supply challenges. Characterised by empty shelves and high prices where supplies are…
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Welcome to Volume 2 of Green Queen’s #COP30 Digest. Here, our editorial team curates the must-reads, the must-bookmarks and the must-knows from around the interwebs to help you ‘skim the overwhelm’. Catch up: VOLUME 1 Headlines You…
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German discount retailer Lidl has increased the sales of healthy food in the UK by 80% since 2019, two years ahead of schedule, after becoming the first supermarket to align with the Eat-Lancet Planetary Health Diet. Fibre, healthy…
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Welcome to #COP30 – watch the opening ceremony here. In our Green Queen COP30 Digest, our editorial team curates the must-reads, the must-bookmarks and the must-knows from around the web to help you ‘skim the overwhelm’. Headlines You…
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Food waste and meat consumption are major drivers of the climate crisis. But a blended meat approach could provide a win-win solution. What do apples, TikTok and waste have in common? According to researchers at Cornell University,…
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French dairy giant Bel Group and precision fermentation firm Standing Ovation have completed an industrial-scale production run of casein by upcycling dairy industry waste. In a global first, two French companies have developed casein –…
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US plant-based meat startup Tender Food has now turned into a larger tech company, Lasso, which has raised $6.5M to create a suite of clean-label ingredients with its fibre-spinning technology. Who knew that cotton candy could be the…
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UK startup The Pack and Germany's MicroHarvest have teamed up to roll out vegan dog treats featuring the latter's microbial protein ingredient. British dog owners can now buy microbial protein treats that are good for the planet and…
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As reactions pour in to the Eat-Lancet Commission's updated report on the future of food systems, calls for businesses and governments to take action appear to be a common thread. A landmark report reinforcing the potential of…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers American Airlines's Just Egg scramble, Chanza's chickpea protein chunks, and Pizza Hut's The Vegetarian Butcher collab. …
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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. Adrian Friederich is the Principal at…
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The Eat-Lancet Commission has released the 2.0 update to its report on the future of the food system and the Planetary Health Diet. Here are the big takeaways. Six years after releasing one of the most influential reports on the food…
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German startup Koa has launched three vitamin shots made from cacao fruit juice, valorising a key chocolate industry sidestream and providing additional income for farmers. Koa, a Cologne-based startup upcycling waste from chocolate…
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