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Whole Food Mushroom Root Protein Maker Meati Rolls Out Across Sprouts Nationwide
Mycelium protein company Meati Foods is launching chicken-like cutlets and beef-like steaks made from mushroom root at Sprouts grocery stores across the US.
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Cult Snax Leader & Gen Z Seer Andrea Hernández On Brand Building, The Gen Z Paradox & How To Market Sustainability
Andrea Hernández is the founder of Snaxshot, a platform for emerging food and beverage brands whose newsletter has become a must-read amongst young founders and veteran CPG brand folks alike thanks to her astute observations and just!-->…
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Expo West 2023 in Numbers: 25% Vegan Booths, 100+ Alt Protein Brands, 60k Visitors
The 'Superbowl' of the CPG industry takes place in California this week and future food products are gaining ground on the show floor with a quarter of the booths featuring vegan products and over 100 alternative protein companies in!-->…
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Celebrity-Backed Immi Raises a $10 Million Series A For ‘Improbable’ Vegan Ramen
The world's first low-carb, high-protein, and 100 percent plant-based instant ramen brand, Immi, has announced a $10 million Series A funding round.
Immi's investment was led by Touch Capital, with participation from celebrity!-->!-->!-->…
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TiNDLE Parent Next Gen Foods Acquires UK Plant-Based Gelato Startup To Recreate ‘Memorable Flavor of Dairy’
TiNDLE parent Next Gen Foods has acquired a plant-based gelato startup Mwah! based out of London as part of a wider strategy to expand their brand portfolio.
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Aloha’s New Energy Bars Are Made From Climate Resilient And Regenerative Pongamia Bean Oil
Plant-based protein brand Aloha has launched “The Kona Bar,” a special edition product made from pongamia trees that supports sustainable agriculture in Hawaii.
The new snack bar features responsibly-sourced ingredients, including!-->!-->!-->…
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Expectations vs. Reality: It’s Time To Change The Investor Conversation Around Sustainable Food
No single approach will offer a silver bullet solution to all problems within the food system — no matter how large the opportunity or dire the need.
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Plant-Based Egg Leader Debuts New Frozen Breakfast Meal Range Amidst Focus On Profitability
Eat Just Inc has launched new ready-to-eat frozen meals made with its popular plant-based folded egg, partnering with cult condiment brand Fly By Jing on the first flavor.
Eat Just's plant-based egg division, JUST Egg™, has debuted a!-->!-->!-->…
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$114 Billion Meat Giant Cargill Partners With Cubiq Foods To Scale Plant-Based Fat
Cargill, the world’s third largest meat producer, has recently announced its extending its partnership with food tech startup Cubiq Foods to co-develop and commercialize plant-based fat technologies.
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Mosa Meat’s New Cell Feed Supply Chain Will Bring Cultivated Meat Prices Closer to Conventional
Dutch cultivated meat pioneer Mosa Meat has announced a partnership with its investor Nutreco to develop a cell feed supply chain.
The Letter of Intent signed with Nutreco will support the development of a cell feed supply chain that!-->!-->!-->…
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Heura Saw a 260% Increase In International Vegan Meat Sales in 2022
Spanish-based plant-based food tech startup, Heura, says it increased its international sales by more than 260 percent in 2022, defying category dynamics.
Despite the global economy and the stagnant U.S. plant-based market, Heura says!-->!-->!-->…
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WNWN Raises a $5.6 Million Series A for Its Cacao-Free Chocolate and a ‘More Ethical Future of Food’
WNWN Food Labs, the world's first producer of sustainable, cocoa-free chocolate, has raised $5.6 million in a Series A financing round that it says will help the company scale up its manufacturing for a retail launch later this year.
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Happier People More Likely To Eat Cultivated Meat, Shows New Research
A new study suggests that there is a positive correlation between consumers' psychological well-being and their willingness to consume cultivated meat.
Researchers at Singapore Management University's School of Social Sciences and the!-->!-->!-->…
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Aleph Farms Increases Its Cultivated Meat Capabilities With 2 Key Moves
Israeli cultivated meat manufacturer Aleph Farms has announced the acquisition of a manufacturing facility in Modi'in, Israel, and related assets from biotechnology firm VBL Therapeutics, along with a new manufacturing agreement with ESCO!-->…
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Beyond Meat Turns A Financial Corner, Promises Lower Prices and Healthier, Tastier Products in 2023
Beyond Meat founder Ethan Brown spoke to analysts during an earnings call with confidence and optimism for 2023, promising to better market the health profile of its products, improve the taste of one of its "core platforms" and lower!-->…
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The Soy Milk Waste Market Is About to Have a Plant Protein Moment
As Luya Foods brings its vegan meat made from soy milk waste to the largest Swiss retailer, Migros, a Singapore startup secures funding to expand its soy milk waste production.
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Plant-Based Diets Provide Complete and Balanced Nutrition for Dogs, Study Finds
A new study provides evidence that plant-based diets can offer complete and balanced nutrition for adult dogs.
The 12-month study, conducted by clinician-scientists at Western University of Health Sciences' College of Veterinary!-->!-->!-->…
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Japan’s Prime Minister Embraces Cultivated Meat As Part of the Country’s Sustainable Future
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says the country will move forward with a plan to develop an industry of "cell agriculture" bringing a focus to cultivated meat and fish as a means to reduce the country's carbon footprint.
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Drink It Like Beckham: Silk Nextmilk Drops Celeb Heir Studded Plant-Based ‘Got Milk’ Campaign
A new campaign by Silk Nextmilk features the children of David Beckham, Shaquille O'Neal, John Travolta and Christie Brinkley with plant-based milk mustaches in a recreation of the popular pro-dairy 90s adverts their parents starred in.
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The Many Ways AI & ChatGPT Will Disrupt Food Tech
AI and ChatGPT offer a wide range of use cases across the food tech supply chain- we explore the most exciting.
You may be part of the more than 100 million people that have given ChatGPT, Open AI's optimized language model, a whirl.!-->!-->!-->…
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Impossible Foods CEO Says No 2023 IPO As Company Debuts 3 New Plant-Based Chicken Products Amidst Record Growth
Amidst record sales growth, Impossible Foods has grown its 'meat made from plants' range with three new retail plant-based chicken products while additional layoffs confirmed.
California food tech Impossible Foods has expanded its!-->!-->!-->…
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