Cell-Based News

Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Ajinomoto and Solar Foods's latest product launch, Unity Diner's return, and a new meat-free omakase experience in Hong…
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Cultivated seafood isn't just better for marine animals, the planet, and human health – it can also bring fish back on the menu for those with severe allergies. While many in the cellular agriculture industry have touted the health…
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Jeff Tripician is the CEO of Meatable, a Dutch food tech startup working on cultivated pork. A former meat industry exec, he argues that a collaborative approach is the only recipe for success. As global demand for meat rises, one thing…
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British cultivated meat player Hoxton Farms has partnered with Japan's Sumitomo Corporation to bring its pork fat ingredient to Asia. For cultivated meat, fat is all the rage right now. In Europe, Mosa Meat has filed for regulatory…
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Food tech firm BioCraft Pet Nutrition has received registration from Austrian authorities to sell its cultivated meat ingredient in pet food applications across the EU. After a string of developments last year, 2025 is shaping up to be…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Impossible Foods's beef slider rollout, the New York Mets's new vegan sandwich, and Grubby's vegan meal kits for B Corp…
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One of the loudest opponents of cultivated meat, Coldiretti rallied thousands of farmers to demand the EU assess novel foods like new drugs. It cited concerns from scientists, but half of them are members of the organisation. It was…
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With a number of cultivated meat startups hosting public tastings of their products, three taste testers take us behind the scenes of what it's like to bite into the future from cultivated fois gras to cell-cultured salmon. It was a…
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South Korea's largest Muslim organisation has issued a fatwa recognising that cultivated meat can be Halal if it meets certain requirements, with one startup already pursuing the certification. Cultivated meat can be considered Halal…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Benexia's new chia seed milk, Violife's campaign with Chrishell Stause, and Holy Carrot's upcoming restaurant in London. …
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South Korea's Uiseong County has won its bid to build a cultivated meat research centre, supported by $10M in government funding as part of the country's food tech drive. With regulatory support for cultivated meat ramping up in South…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Diageo's newest non-dairy Baileys, Beyond Meat's mycelium steak, and Minor Figures's 'Hyper' oat milk. New products and…
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House and Senate representatives in Mississippi have unanimously passed a bill to ban the sale of cultivated meat in the state, which is on the way to the governor's desk now. Sell cultivated meat, go to jail. Mississippi has…
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The UK's Food Standards Agency has launched a regulatory 'sandbox' to accelerate the regulatory approval pathway for cultivated meat, with eight startups participating in the two-year programme. Weeks after cultivated meat hit pet food…
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Californian food tech startup Mission Barns has become the third cultivated meat firm to receive regulatory approval in the US, with a planned rollout at Sprouts and Bay Area restaurant group Fiorella. Mission Barns has earned US…
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Swiss food tech startup Food Brewer is targeting US regulatory approval for its cell-based chocolate this year, having just raised $5.6M from industry giants Lindt and Puratos. Zurich-based Food Brewer has attracted investment from two…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers a range of product showcases at Expo West, Valsoia's new gelato lines, and Lidl's upgraded meat alternatives. New…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Magnum's revamped vegan recipe, Heura's new Tex-Mex Chunks, and a cultivated seafood tasting in Japan. New products and…
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Israel's Aleph Farms, a pioneer of cultivated meat, has lowered its valuation by 73% in its upcoming funding round; the firm says adapting to "changing market conditions" is necessary. As food tech companies feel the pinch,…
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How do regional differences and economic disparities affect interest in cultivated meat in the world's largest beef exporter? Brazil is the world's largest beef exporter, second-largest meat producer, and third-largest consumer of beef…
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As anti-cultivated-meat legislation heats up in the US, Nebraska and South Dakota's efforts to ban these proteins are facing opposition from some policymakers – and farmers. For Americans in government office, it's almost become…
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