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- UK Startup Cracks $2.7M in Funding to Turn Food Waste Into Egg-Replacing Proteins
- German Govt Awards $6.5M to MicroHarvest to Open Large-Scale Microbial Protein Factory
- Amai Proteins Gets FDA Approval to Sell Sweet Proteins Inspired by Serendipity Berries
- Future Food Quick Bites: Picard x La Vie, Vegan Stracciatella & McDonald’s Veggie
- Exclusive: Aleph Farms Hits Milestone in Cross-Platform Approach to Producing Cultivated Meat
- South Dakota Governor Vetoes Bill That Would Ban Cultivated Meat, But There’s A Catch
- Op-Ed: Alternative Protein’s Delivery Phase – Why System Readiness is the New Bottleneck
- ‘One-Stop Shop’: Cremer Group Unveils New Brand to Power Up Next-Gen Fermentation Solutions
Future Food Quick Bites
Future Food Quick Bites: Picard x La Vie, Vegan Stracciatella & McDonald’s Veggie
Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Picard Surgelés's La Vie collab, Compass Group's…
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Future Food Quick Bites: Ikea x Tiny Chef, Oat Milk Livestream & Super Bowl Wings
Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Ikea's Tiny Chef collab, This's financial milestone, and…
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Fermented Protein News
Mycoprotein Can Be Digested Just As Well As Meat, But It Needs to Be Maximised:…
Mycoprotein can deliver significant nutritional benefits with high protein digestibility and mineral…
5 Mins with a Food Tech VC
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…
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5 Minutes with A Future Food VC: Future Food Fund’s Silla Scheepens
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…
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Funding News
UK Startup Cracks $2.7M in Funding to Turn Food Waste Into Egg-Replacing Proteins
British startup The Bland Company has raised $2.7M in pre-seed funding to build functional plant proteins from…
Alt Coffee & Alt Chocolate News
Leading UK Chocolate Supplier Embraces Cocoa-Free Alternatives with New Partnership
UK food tech startup Win-Win has signed an exclusive distribution deal with confectionery wholesaler Keylink to expand the reach of its cocoa-free chocolate alternatives.
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From Nut Butter Cups to Popcorn, Europe Embraces Foreverland’s Cocoa-Free Chocolate
Italian food tech startup Foreverland has expanded the availability of its cocoa-free chocolate, Choruba, through partnerships with some of Europe's leading confectionery…
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Alternative Fats & Oil News
Clean Cosmetics: Savor Confronts Beauty’s Palm Oil Problem with…
US startup Savor has launched a beauty and personal care division, expanding its carbon-based fats beyond food to…
Blended Meat News
Omeat Becomes Evergreen, Raises $6M to Bring Cultivated Meat to US & Singapore
US cultivated meat startup Omeat has rebranded to Evergreen Connect and secured $6M in new funding to launch…
Ultra-Processed Foods
Cigarettes, Super Bowl & Oat Milk: Food Industry Claps Back As UPF Discourse Intensifies
The debate around ultra-processed foods has been taken up a notch, with comparisons to cigarettes and a Super Bowl ad contrasting with Oatly's embrace of the 'processed'…
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Op-Ed: Where Disgust Meets Distrust: The Viral Psychology Behind the “Ultra-Processed Food” Narrative
The Ultra-Processed Food (UPF) narrative has gone viral by weaponizing the innate human fear of the unknown, also known as neophobia, inadvertently grouping sustainable and…
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Plant-Based Diets
Let Them Eat Steak: Food Companies Urge EU Not to Ban Meaty Names on Plant-Based Labels
A group of 20 food companies are imploring the EU to reject a proposal that would prohibit plant-based products from using meat-like terms on their packaging, ahead of a vote…
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UK Startup Cracks $2.7M in Funding to Turn Food Waste Into Egg-Replacing Proteins
British startup The Bland Company has raised $2.7M in pre-seed funding to build functional plant proteins from agricultural sidestreams, starting with egg replacers.
The…
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Food Policy
60 Minutes: RFK Jr Says FDA ‘Will Act’ on Ultra-Processed Foods GRAS…
The US FDA "will act" on a petition by its former chief, which would see the GRAS status of some ultra-processed…
Future Materials & Packaging
Allbirds’s New Animal-Free Leather Shoes Are Made from Plant Proteins & Recycled Tyres
Footwear giant Allbirds has launched what it claims is an "industry-first" collection of shoes made from Modern Meadow's cow-free leather alternative.
Allbirds may be…
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Cambridge University Spinout Bags $5M to Scale Up Fossil-Free, Plant-Based Colours
UK startup Sparxell has raised €4.2M ($5M) in pre-Series A funding to replace fossil-fuel-derived pigments with plant-based colours in the fashion and packaging sectors.
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