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Swedish oat milk giant Oatly is restructuring its manufacturing and reducing headcount in an effort to reduce costs. Oatly, the darling of the dairy-free sector, has announced plans to address supply chain issues and overhead following…
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Your favorite Unilever-owned ice cream products could soon be made from microbes. The company is exploring precision fermentation as a means to address its portfolio's climate impact. Multinational food giant Unilever says it is…
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Food's climate problem is getting worse and yet, we're more stuck than ever. Why is it so hard? COP27 ended on a bittersweet note, with some achievements but mainly with a growing sense of frustration. For once, food and agriculture…
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As attention turns toward agriculture in the fight against climate change, cellular agriculture emerges as an invaluable solution. During COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced its…
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A German vertical farming startup has grown wheat without soil in an indoor vertical farming operation—and it's potentially more efficient than open-field growing. Vertical farming is no longer just for salad greens and strawberries.…
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Wilk, the publicly traded Israel-based food tech company developing cell-based human and animal milk, says it has developed the world's first yogurt made from cell cultures. External laboratories verified that Wilk's yogurt meets all…
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New Zealand has officially entered the cultivated meat space with Opo Bio's NZ$1.5 million seed capital raise and first product launch. Opo Bio's first product, cultivated cow cells dubbed 'Opo-Moo,' is now available for purchase by…
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Australia's first cell-based milk startup, Me&, says it is developing cell-based breast milk just like a human mother would. Me&'s cellular and molecular technology captures the inbuilt program in breast tissue cells allowing…
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MeliBio's novel vegan honey will launch in Europe next year through organic food producer Narayan Foods. Melibio's honey will see its retail launch in European stores next year; Narayan's products are available in more than 75,000…
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Following its investment in Standing Ovation earlier this year, the Bel Group says it has entered into an exclusive partnership with the dairy producer to bring precision fermentation into its catalog of products. The Bel Group, whose…
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Precision fermentation has been around for decades, and most of us eat foods that contain ingredients made using the technology on a daily basis. Animal-free dairy makers are now using it to bring you the cheese and milk you love without…
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Following the first-ever dairy-free festival in Jakarta, Indonesia-based Green Rebel Foods has launched into the plant-based dairy category. Green Rebel is a leading producer of plant-based protein across Southeast Asia. Its new…
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Asian alternative meat maker OmniFoods has debuted a new patented technology, dubbed OmniNano™️ Vegan Fat, that will provide the juiciness that consumers expect from animal meat and power a new line of vegan beef, chicken and pork…
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Alternative protein has a naming problem. As a burgeoning global population gets hungrier and hungrier for meat, do we need to reframe the industry's identity? I've been covering the alternative protein industry for over 6 years. At…
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Environmentalist and writer George Monbiot joins climate activists on a new manifesto that lays out a sustainable future where all of the world's food can be grown in an area the size of London. According to the United Nations, the…
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California-based cultivated meat producer Upside Foods has received FDA GRAS status for its cell-based chicken, becoming the first company in the U.S. to have its products designated as safe to eat. The milestone announcement comes…
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Notes From the Frontlines of the Sustainable Food Movement – a new opinion column by Irina Gerry Images of happy cows on pasture hide the ugly truth the dairy industry doesn't want you to know: dairy production can never be sustainable.…
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Portland-based Thrilling Foods says it has earned a patent for its 'world's first' fat-streaked vegan 'bakon'. Patents are rare in the plant-based meat category, says Thrilling Foods, but the young company's "protein-bound fat" streaks…
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Vow says its Series A funding round comes as it expects approval from Singapore to begin selling its cultivated meat in restaurants later this year. Australian cultivated meat producer Vow has closed a record-setting $49.2 million…
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Juicy Marbles, the plant-based meat brand known for its whole-cut steak, says its newest product, a whole-cut loin, is the 'biggest, most insulting piece of plant muscle ever conceived.' The new Juicy Marbles loin was launched in…
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Beyond Meat scores a European win with retail placement in 1,600 German supermarket locations. Despite recent layoffs and cooling sales in the U.S. across the vegan sector, Europe's demand for plant-based food continues. It's good news…
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