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Israeli startup Aleph Farms has submitted the first application for cultivated meat in Thailand, and expects regulatory clearance by mid-2026. As far as regulatory progress for alternative protein goes, 2024 has been bookended by…
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Cultivated meat is real meat "developed without slaughter", but it isn't vegan, according to the organisation that coined the term. As cultivated meat continues its journey of consumer and regulatory acceptance, one question looms large…
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Alternative protein companies Umami Bioworks and Steakholder Foods have culminated their government-backed R&D project, and will now look to develop 3D-printed cultivated fish fillets at scale. Singaporean cultivated seafood leader…
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In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Coconut Cloud's coffee pods, Better Balance's Crypto.com Arena link-up,…
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Already working with major luxury brands, French cultivated leather startup Faircraft has raised $15.8M in funding to scale up operations. France may be the second largest exporter of leather in Europe, but a company based in its…
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In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers new vegan parmesan products, an oat milk cocktail listing, and a bunch…
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Australian cultivated meat startup Vow has been cleared to sell in Hong Kong, where it will debut cultured foie gras at the Mandarin Oriental. Six months after rolling out its cultured quail parfait in Singapore, Vow is expanding to…
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Israeli startup SuperMeat has revealed how it can cut production costs of its cultivated chicken to under $12 per pound, on par with conventional poultry. Just shy of its nine-year anniversary, Israeli food tech startup SuperMeat has…
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Tokyo-based startup Integriculture has launched a starter kit to drive innovation and accelerate R&D in the cultivated meat sector. In a bid to make cultivated meat prototyping easier, Japan's IntegriCulture has created a starter…
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Pet food with cultivated meat instead of beef fares far better for the planet and its resources, according to a new life-cycle assessment. As it works to commercialise cultivated pet food, Czech biotech startup Bene Meat Technologies…
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In feeding trials, half of dogs fed Meatly's cultivated chicken kept licking the bowl after finishing, and a majority enjoyed it more than their regular diet. Months after receiving regulatory clearance in the UK, Meatly – the…
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Southeast Asian marine biotech company Avant has rolled out a range of skincare actives made by cultivated fish cells. To modernise and futureproof the ways we currently produce peptides, cellular agriculture startup Avant has unveiled…
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In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers a vegan tiramisu collection in Hong Kong, Dave Chang's cultivated meat…
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Rehovot-based Forsea Foods has recorded the highest level of cell density in the cultivated meat and seafood industry, helping it achieve costs lower than conventional eel meat. As it prepares to launch cultivated unagi in Japan in…
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In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Oatly's new barista milk for light-roasted coffee, European…
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Time Magazine has recognised a cultivated meat technology as one of the year's best inventions, alongside lab-grown cotton and an AI platform for functional plant-based ingredients. As further proof of the technology's potential for…
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Research efforts for alternative proteins like plant-based and cultivated meat received €290M in funding last year, just as the number of studies on the topic proliferated. The only way for alternative proteins to reach the mainstream…
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In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Beyond Meat's European exploits, a big week for plant-based milk in the…
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Singapore's Umami Bioworks, which is working on commercialising cultivated fish products, has launched a pathogen detection tool for the seafood industry. Here's why. Umami Bioworks, a pioneer in the cultivated seafood world, is taking…
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In a detailed opinion, the EU Commission has rejected the evidence provided by Hungary to justify banning cultivated meat, alongside a number of other member states. At the EU’s Agriculture and Fisheries (Agrifish) Council meeting in…
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Meatable's Jeff Tripician gets practical. In an exclusive interview, he tells Green Queen about his journey from meat industry veteran to cultivated meat CEO, why these proteins should be more expensive, the company's upcoming Series C…
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