alternative protein

Californian food tech startup Lypid has scored $4 million in a seed funding raise to scale their vegan fat. Green Generation Fund led the round, with Big Idea Ventures and SOSV’s Indie Bio participating, amongst others. New investment will…
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In a newly published statement, the Good Food Institute (GFI) Europe has outlined the role plant-based and cultivated meats have to play in future food security based on inclusion in the just-released IPCC report. The GFI declaration is…
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VFC, a UK-based vegan fried chick*n brand has taken marketing to a new level. Instead of creating new campaigns with activism at their core, as they usually do, the company has curated the wording of some of its harshest critics. Using…
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Mumbai startup Evo Foods has added a new product to its plant-based egg portfolio, a heat-stable plant-based boiled egg that follows on from their mungbean liquid whole egg substitute which was unveiled last year. Similarly, the new…
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Global conglomerate Nestlé has made another step towards increasing its plant-based portfolio with a new partnership with Netherlands-based Corbion. The two will work to develop microalgae-based ingredients that can be added to animal-free…
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Non-profit think tank the Good Food Institute (GFI) APAC has released a report documenting the alt-protein sector’s growth within the APAC region and globally over the past year. Highlights include a 60 percent increase in funding into the…
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Australian Plant Proteins (APP) is leading a project to quadruple the animal-free protein manufacturing capability of South Australia (SA). Three new production plants will be constructed, at a cost of AU$378 million, to supply domestic…
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Startups around the world are now leveraging the power of chickpea protein to craft meat, egg, and dairy alternatives, and the latest to do so is a company out of Israel called CHKP Foods. Elsewhere in vegan news, iconic department store…
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Eat Just has announced a significant first: over the weekend, the company partnered with chefs at iconic Singaporean hawker stalls to launch dishes made with cultivated GOOD Meat chicken products across the island nation. Select hawkers…
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Swedish startup Mycorena has announced the closure of a successful €24 million Series A funding round, which represents the biggest investment into alternative protein in the Nordic sector. The raise will support taking a proprietary plant…
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Beyond Meat CEO Ethan Brown has revealed he is confident that the company can overcome disappointing market performance in 2021. In a recent earnings conference call, he discussed factors that impacted revenue, including Covid-19 and said…
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Audra Labs, the plant-based meat enterprise that's an offshoot from the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star), is headed by former principal researcher Dr. Andrew Wan. Formerly of the Bioengineering and Nanotechnology…
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Betterland foods, a brand new Californian company from Think! Founder Liz Falsetto, has launched Betterland cow-free milk made using Perfect Day’s animal-free whey protein. The product was developed using precision fermentation and the…
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Germany startup Keen 4 Greens, which makes vegan meat products including nuggets and burgers has announced a €1.8 million seed in funding to pursue whole meat cuts made using fermented mycelium. The round was led by Berlin-based FoodLabs,…
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American consumers have new meat-free chicken options for the dinner table thank to U.K.-based vegan fried chick*n brand VFC, which has officially expanded into the U.S. market via online retail partners including GTFO and Vejii. The…
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Miyoko Schinner, founder and CEO of California-based vegan dairy product maker Miyoko’s Creamery, said in a social media post on Friday that the company has removed its full range of plant-based cheese shreds and slices from the market.…
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Biodesign startup Geltor has revealed completion of the first commercial run of its animal-free collagen product, PrimaColl. The vegan collagen was produced in partnership with Arxada, over a five-month period that ended in Autumn 2021.…
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Californian startup Yali Bio was founded in 2021 to help improve the taste of plant-based food by focusing on fat. The company says that tempting meat eaters away from their favourite dishes is hard and this is because they expect a level…
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Finnish VTT Technical Research Centre offshoot Onego Bio has closed a €10 million seed funding round. Agronomics Limited and Maki VC participated in the round, which was opened to secure funding for commercial scale-up. The startup’s…
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California’s Prime Roots has announced its new range of vegan meats and pâtes designed to mimic animal-based alternatives in appearance, taste and carving ability. Pepperoni, smoked ham and black pepper turkey can be ordered as a whole…
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A new report neatly summarizes the state of regulatory approvals for alternative protein products around the world in just a few pages. Spain’s Amgen, which provides regulatory advice and consulting to companies working in the…
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