Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Finnish startup Solar Foods has closed an oversubscribed €8M ($8.8M) Series B funding round to expand the production of its Solein protein made from air and support the construction of its Factory 01, slated to be operational in the first…
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Shanghai-based cellular agriculture startup CellX, known for cultivated meat, has ventured into mycelium fermentation to expand its portfolio of sustainable proteins. The company plans to use fermented proteins in meat and dairy…
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Green Queen talks to Californian biotech startup Triplebar's CEO Maria Cho about how the company's product design engine helps make precision fermentation and cultivated meat proteins more scalable and more affordable on a shortened…
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Shalom Daniel, CEO of mycelium meat company Mush Foods, tells Green Queen about why the brand's ingredient is ideal for blended meat applications, why anti-meat investors believe flex meat is the solution, and its mission to halve global…
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Silicon Valley startup The EVERY Co, which makes precision-fermented egg proteins, recently collaborated with Colombia's largest CPG food company. It signposts the company's increased retail focus, which its CEO Arturo Elizondo and…
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Singapore is host to Rethink's Asia-Pacific Agri-Food Innovation Summit this week, where it's bolstering its role as a leader in the APAC food tech ecosystem. Off the back of a newly announced food safety bill that will advance novel food…
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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 an upcycled pasta partnership at Cambridge, the UK getting into…
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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 bunch of vegan steak launches, the EU's alt-protein commitment, and a…
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Berlin-based biotech startup Zayt Bioscience is using precision fermentation to upcycle fruit waste into planet-friendly fats and oils. The company has just emerged from stealth and aims to begin fulfilling orders for its Zayt Butter by…
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Warwick-based startup Moolec Science, which makes animal proteins using plants through molecular farming, has raised $30M in cash and kind from investors via convertible notes. It comes months after the company unveiled soybeans that…
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At this week's South by Southwest (SXSW) Sydney tech conference, Australian plant-based meat companies v2food and Nourish Ingredients debuted new ingredients that change the colour of vegan meat alternatives and give them a more realistic…
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As Australians eat less meat, vegan companies All G Foods' Love Buds and Fenn Foods' vEEF have announced the formation of The Aussie Plant-Based Co. The two brands will see access expanded to 6,000 distribution points, while All G Foods…
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Alt-protein think tank the Good Food Institute (GFI) India has just released its first State of the Industry report for the country and by all accounts, there is much to be optimistic about. We break down the seven key highlights from the…
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US precision fermentation protein manufacturer Liberation Labs is lining up a Series A funding round that could ink the brand as much as $75M, reports Axios. The financing will be used to build its upcoming $115M facility in Richmond,…
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French precision fermentation company Bon Vivant, which is working on animal-free whey and casein proteins for dairy, has closed an oversubscribed €15M ($15.9M) seed round. The startup's new manufacturing facility will open by Q2 next…
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German alt-meat company Esencia Foods hosted Europe's first tasting of mycelium-derived seafood at the Anuga gastronomic fair in Cologne. The startup makes whole-cut whitefish like seabass and cod comprised of just two ingredients using…
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Dutch B2B ingredients company Vivici has announced it has successfully scaled up its platform to produce animal-free beta-lactoglobulin – the chief whey protein found in dairy. The company hopes to earn US regulatory approval by 2024,…
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We're at a point where artificial intelligence is helping us make better food and more realistic alternatives to animal-derived proteins. But if two new studies are anything to go by, it's not new tech, but an age-old technique, that could…
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US mycelium meat producer Meati has received a patent for its MushroomRoot™ ingredient with exclusivity until 2039. Additionally, the company shared early results of a promising AI-led study into the health benefits of its mycelium strain.…
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In our new 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 Australia's meat reduction, Kellogg's omnivore-targeting plant-based…
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German mycoprotein startup Nosh.bio has partnered with Boston-based synthetic biology firm Ginkgo Bioworks to leverage the latter's cell programming platform to find protein-producing fungi strains with superior sensory profiles. The…
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