Alt Protein

Israeli startup Yofix Probiotics has secured $3.5 million in a funding round led by the Millennium Food-Tech, Israel’s largest food tech R&D partnership and investment firm. The fresh funds will be used to ramp up Yofix’s manufacturing…
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Philadelphia-based startup Because, Animals has just debuted the world’s first-ever cell-based pet food: cultured mice for cats.
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Eat Just has entered the African market for the first time, launching its mung bean-based JUST Egg Folded in South Africa in partnership with Infinite Foods. The frozen product will be rolling out in both retail and foodservice channels,…
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The Red to Green Podcast features food startups and food industry leaders to cover game-changing breakthroughs in the future of food. In Season 3, Promoting Alternative Proteins, show host Marina Schmidt takes a deep dive into the world of…
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Hong Kong has just welcomed its first-ever plant-based culinary arts academy, opened by Green Monday in collaboration with real estate giant Great Eagle Group. The new culinary school, tailored for restaurant chefs, hospitality…
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TurtleTree, the cell-based milk maker based out of the U.S. and Singapore, has just teamed up with Solar Biotech. Headquartered in North Carolina, Solar Biotech runs a scale-up platform for synbio companies—and TurtleTree is now going to…
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American employee-owned supermarket chain Publix has just expanded its plant-based range under its GreenWise brand with vegan chicken tenders. The new GreenWise Chickenless tenders will be landing in stores across the U.S. this month,…
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Dairy-free brand Silk has launched a new range of vegan Greek-style yogurts coming in four flavours and made with a coconut milk base.
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South Korean food tech Seawith has set its sights on churning cell-based steak out to the masses for cheap. By the end of the decade, the company wants to produce cultured steak for costs as low as $3 per kilogram. It comes on the heels of…
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Burger King Japan is ditching buns for its latest plant-based offering expansion. Instead of the classic toasted sesame bun, the new “Version 2” of the Plant-Based Whopper will use the actual vegan-friendly soy-based patties developed by…
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Miyoko’s Creamery has won its first amendment lawsuit to use dairy terms on its vegan butter product. The judge handling the case has blocked the move by the State of California to prevent the leading plant-based dairy brand from using…
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Breast milk appears to be the next frontier in the world of biotech, with a new player joining the emerging sector focused on disrupting infant nutrition. Based in New York, startup Helaina is using precision fermentation to recreate…
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VFC, the vegan chicken brand co-founded by Veganuary’s Matthew Glover and chef Adam Lyons, doesn’t ever use the term “plant-based”. This is in stark contrast to the marketing approach of many alt-protein brands across the globe, which have…
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Consumers habits are changing around vegan food, and it could ushering in a 450% spike, leading to $162 billion in sales by 2030.
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The Red to Green Podcast features food startups and food industry leaders to cover game-changing breakthroughs in the future of food. In Season 3, Promoting Alternative Proteins, show host Marina Schmidt takes a deep dive into the world of…
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Impossible Foods has launched its vegan sausage in U.S. supermarkets as part of its mission to replace animal meat by 2035.
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Beyond Meat has partnered with Pizza Hut on a vegan pepperoni, and it gets the brand closer to its holy grail: vegan bacon.
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Australian mushroom meat startup Fable Food Co has announced an AU$6.5 million (US$4.8 million) seed funding round led by Australian VC Blackbird Ventures, who famously backed no-code design sensation Canva as well as alt protein pioneers…
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Matt Crisp is the CEO of Benson Hill, the company using AI to create sustainable foods and ingredients. Based in St Louis, Missouri, the firm describes itself as a “crop design” company combining AI, data analytics, food science and plant…
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Leading cell-based seafood company Shiok Meats has acquired a majority stake in Gaia Foods as the brands ready to dominate the Asian market.
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Grill'd has added four new plant-based burgers to its menu, one of them the Heston Fable Burger made by celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal.
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