Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Things are getting meaty over at Meati as the mycelium mushroom meat producer opens a large-scale production facility it says can rival the output of conventional animal farms. Following a Series C funding round that brings…
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Spanish food tech startup Väcka, says it filed a patent application for the first-to-market dairy-free cheese made from melon seeds. Forget soy, coconut, and cashew — the newest trend in dairy-free cheese is...melon seed?…
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AI startup The Live Green Co., which has developed a platform dubbed 'Charaka', used to discover plant-based replacements for animal ingredients, synthetics, and highly processed ingredients has unveiled a precision fermentation division. …
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Remilk, the Israel-based precision fermentation startup, has announced a partnership with U.S. food giant General Mills. General Mills has already begun using Remilk in its Bold Cultr cream cheese, which it first launched in 2021 made…
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Vegan entrepreneur Noah Hyams shares his top 3 future of food finds at CES 2023, from fermented plant-based soy protein to bioengineered microbe-based soft serve.  CES never used to be a food-forward show. But in 2019, plant-based meat…
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What does the alt protein industry have in store for us amidst a very turbulent 2023 ahead? A lot, actually. Below, I share my 12 crystal ball takes (in no particular order).  I sat down to write these trends and ended up writing a…
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Canadian protein giant Maple Leaf Foods has joined forces with mycoprotein meat producer, The Better Meat Co. The partnership will bring Better Meat's tech to Maple Leaf's plant-based subsidiary, Greenleaf Foods. Over the summer, Maple…
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By: Chris D Thomas, Jack Hatfield and Katie Noble Here’s the basic problem for conservation at a global level: food production, biodiversity and carbon storage in ecosystems are competing for the same land. As humans demand more food,…
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Those Vegan Cowboys, the spinoff brand from the founders of the Dutch plant-based meat brand Vegetarian Butcher, has launched its first precision fermentation cheese. Jaap Korteweg and Niko Koffeman put vegan meat on the map with the…
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Danish aroma company EvodiaBio has secured $6.4 million (45 million Danish kroner) for its sustainable aroma production for food and beverages. The new funding for the 18-month-old EvodiaBio builds on an earlier $1.3 million raise with…
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As we wrap up 2022, let’s take a look back over some of the breaking headlines that solidified precision fermentation as a major pillar in the world of alternative protein. Here are some of the top stories within the space, from…
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After teasing the partnership earlier this year, Nestlé's first milk made with Perfect Day's animal-free whey has landed in select Safeway stores in California. Nestlé has a new franchise in its expansive global brand catalog:…
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There's no disputing the industrial dairy complex is problematic, particularly when it comes to fighting the climate crisis. Dairy farms across the world are a major contributor to the total greenhouse gas emissions over the life cycle of…
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Oobli, the California-based food tech company focused on sweet protein via microbial fermentation, has launched its first product. Following its rebrand from Joywell Foods, Oobli's first product is a sweet-protein-powered line of…
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Climate-tech company Hyfé says it has scaled up the production capacity of its mycelium protein to 400L pilot bioreactors. On a mission to unlock low-cost production for sustainable products, the Chicago-based Hyfé is utilizing waste…
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Not every alt protein cream cheese is made equal and that’s a great thing! If you poll every one of your friends on what their favorite cream cheese is, you will not get anywhere near consensus. There’s an array of choices on the market…
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Libre Foods' fungi-based bacon product created using fermentation (precision) technology is designed to meet the growing EU demand for pork—currently a $53 billion industry—that offers an alternative to the disadvantages of commercial pig…
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A new report by Green Queen Media argues that while plant-based meat sales may be flat in the US and Europe, in Asia Pacific, the alternative protein industry is booming. Green Queen Media has published the 2022 edition of its…
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Perfect Day, the California-based precision fermentation dairy producer, has acquired India's Sterling Biotech Limited—one of the top gelatin producers in the world. Nabbing Sterling Biotech, which sold at bankruptcy for roughly $78…
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Perfect Day's Very Dairy is the first precision fermentation milk available in Asian supermarkets. Very Dairy, the animal-free milk brand launched by California-based food tech company Perfect Day, will be the first milk of its kind…
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Specialty minerals company ICL Food Specialties, and Protera Biosciences, have partnered on an AI-backed tech to create protein-based products via precision fermentation. The collaboration between Israel's ICL and Chile's Protera…
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