2021

The plant-based and cultivated meat sectors are widely recognised in the alternative protein world, but there’s now a third category emerging – fermentation. Food scientists and companies are now innovating new ways to apply…
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Chef Janice Wong wants to bring Singapore its first-ever tree-to-bar chocolate made with locally grown cacao. Most of the world’s cocoa is produced in just two countries: the Ivory Coast and Ghana. But now, the city-state of…
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Driven by rising awareness of sustainability and health, consumers all over the world are turning to alternative proteins. But no other market will compare to Asia when it comes to the surging demand for vegan meat in the years ahead.…
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By Tina Gerhardt The UN climate conference’s agreement acknowledges several key issues for the first time—but doesn’t do enough to address them. As COP26 drew to a close with the Glasgow Climate Pact, a 10-page document,…
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Michelin-starred chefs are now serving up whole cuts of vegan beef and lamb flank developed by Israeli startup Redefine Meat. Leading chefs are now dishing up perfectly cooked steaks made out of plants. Developed by food tech Redefine…
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One of DBS Bank's offices in Hong Kong is taking action on food waste, turning it into compost to grow fresh produce at its urban farm.
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Nasoya, the leading tofu brand in the US, is now making its foray into foodservice. For the first time, the brand will begin serving up vegan meals featuring its line of tofu and its Plantspired plant-based protein at college campuses and…
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The latest grocery subscription box available in New York isn’t like your typical vegan shopping basket. PlantBelly is filled with some of the most unique plant-based products on the market, from pili nut vegan milk to plant-based…
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As demand for animal-free milk and dairy products rises, Israel's Imagindairy closes a robust seed round for its precision fermentation milk technology. Completing its seed round, Israeli-based dairy identical food tech brand…
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Wamame Foods, the Canadian firm behind the plant-based brand Waygu, wants to become a global vegan beef supplier. It just secured funding for a new project, which will see the food tech partner up with fellow Canadian companies Merit…
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Temasek, the Singapore government-backed investment firm, has just established a new platform dedicated to scaling and commercialising sustainable foods and alternative proteins. Providing R&D advisory, pilot facilities and opening up…
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Just a few short years ago, it was unusual to get more than a handful of stories each week about meat analogues, dairy alternatives, and other alt and/or vegan foods. Nowadays, the opposite is true. In fact, there are so many developments…
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Nuritas, a biotech company developing plant-based peptides, has closed its $45 million Series B round. The company, which lists Bono and The Edge of U2 fame among its key backers, says the financing will accelerate its global expansion and…
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By: Marco Springmann Many people are choosing to make the switch to plant-based diets for many reasons – including as a way of cutting their climate footprint or to be healthier. Yet there’s long been the notion that…
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SaladStop, the Singapore-headquartered salad chain with locations across Asia, has just closed its Series B with $8.8 million. The restaurant, which serves up Beyond Meat on its plant-forward menu, says the funding will fuel its expansion…
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Japan is establishing plant-based labelling rules to remove hurdles for the country’s vegan food industry. In a press conference, government minister Taro Kono described the lack of guidelines as a “shackle” for the industry’s development,…
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Vegan chefs and restaurateurs in the UK are being asked to join a discussion about plant-based foie gras, ahead of an upcoming ban on the spread made from the livers of force-fed ducks and geese. Government officials will consult the food…
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Oatly's stock crushing is a salient reminder that fundamentals matter, even for halo products. Swedish oat milk giant Oatly has seen its shares fall by nearly 20% this week, after news of its lost sales broke and delays in orders were…
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Mush Foods, an Israeli food tech developing mycelium, believes its flagship ingredient could be the answer to upgrading existing alternative proteins. Based in Tel Aviv, the startup uses fermentation and AI to efficiently produce its…
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Facebook has been called out for its failure to combat climate misinformation in a new report, the latest in a series of scandals for the social media giant. Released by climate campaign Stop Funding Heat, the report details Facebook’s…
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Fancy a cup of lab-grown coffee? Finnish researchers have managed to produce coffee cells in a bioreactor using cellular agriculture. According to the team, it smells and tastes exactly like your regular cup, but comes at a fraction of the…
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