UK startup Clean Food Group has acquired the assets of Algal Omega 3, giving it access to a million litres of fermentation capacity to produce its yeast-derived oils. Two weeks after securing regulatory approval in multiple markets,…
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Gates Foundation and Novo Nordisk Foundation have extended the Acetate Consortium initiative by another two years with a $25.6M investment to turn CO2 into proteins. It was in June 2023 that Bill Gates's philanthropic foundation teamed…
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Singaporean sustainable fats startup Terra Oleo has emerged from stealth with a $3.1M funding round and selection in Breakthrough Energy's 2025 Fellows cohort. Turning agro-industrial waste into sustainable alternatives to palm oil and…
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Compass Group is increasing the use of vegetables, beans and lentils amid its push to make 40% of its UK and Ireland menus plant-based, a goal that has led to healthier meals at its sites. The world's largest catering company's bet on…
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With interest in plant-based eating heightening in the Philippines, a wave of hospitality groups has committed to increasing meat-free options. In the Philippines, the hotel industry is increasingly aligning its food policies with the…
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Lidl GB is building on its plant-based targets with a new Live Well logo for private-label products that align with the Planetary Health Diet. Further extending its food sustainability leadership, Lidl has created a new label designed…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Mission Barns's cultivated pork launch, Quorn's new foodservice range, and a cocoa-free chocolate cheesecake. New…
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Eat Just's market-leading vegan egg, Just Egg, has finally debuted in the UK, with the distribution being handled by VFC parent Vegan Food Group. Just Egg, the mung-bean-based vegan liquid egg from US company Eat Just, has debuted in…
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Alternative proteins are a critical lever in the shift to a truly renewable food system, which is necessary to sustainably feed the rising global population, argues a new report. How do you feed 10 billion people when current industrial…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Alpro Kids' video-game-style campaign, Mighty Drinks' rescue deal, and South Africa's plant-based meat labelling law. New…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Oatly's new matcha latte, Revo Foods's clean-label mince, and Lactalis Canada's plant-based exit. New products and…
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A new report argues that we need to get fossil fuels out of our food system. It doesn't go far enough – to truly combat climate change, we must limit livestock-linked land use and support alternative proteins. Globally, 40% of all…
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Austrian mycoprotein player Revo Foods has re-released its 3D-printed octopus product, The Kraken, as a permanent offering after receiving "overwhelming demand". Robin Simsa and his team get four to five messages every week about a…
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The UK government's initiative to make reporting of healthy food sales in supermarkets mandatory doesn't go far enough, experts say in a new report. British supermarkets must disclose the ratio of plant- and animal-based proteins sold,…
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Fully replacing animal proteins with alternative sources by 2050 is now the only way to keep the food system from eating up its carbon budget, a new study has found. With our calorie and protein demand growing, the global food system…
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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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Canadian whole-cut plant-based meat maker New School Foods has expanded its business structure and diversified from salmon to beef. Following months of aggressive expansion for its plant-based whole-cut salmon in Canada, New School…
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The EU has extended its track record of investing in climate-smart food tech startups amid rising inflation and environmental threats in the region. EIT Food's RisingFoodStars, an EU-backed programme to help agrifood tech startups scale…
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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. Silla Scheepens is a General Partner at…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Kellanova's plant-based RXBars, Vivera's pre-frozen tofu, and a cultivated seafood tasting event. New products and…
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While pet food brands tout the use of animal byproducts as sustainable, a new analysis shows that products made with cultivated meat generate a fraction of the emissions. Producing meat from cellular agriculture instead of conventional…
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