Future Foods

The first cultivated meat pilot plant of its kind in the U.K. is now open. Ivy Farm says its new 18,000-square-foot Oxford cultivated meat plant can produce nearly three tons of cultivated meat per year. While the world awaits…
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Israel-based Future Meat Technologies has developed the world's first cultivated ground lamb meat that it says looks, cooks, and tastes just like conventional lamb meat for use in burgers, kebabs, and other dishes. "In passing this…
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The alternative protein market is taking-off in the land of the rising sun as consumers become more health and sustainability conscious, climate concerns flare up and the government looks to decarbonize. Between 2019 and 2022 Japan’s…
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Japan is the third-largest egg-consuming nation in the world behind China and Mexico. Now, a Tokyo-based startup, Umami United, says it has developed a vegan egg using konjac powder and enzyme technology for a more sustainable and ethical…
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Beginning this week, Burger King U.S. is trialing vegan chicken patties from Impossible Foods at select stores in Ohio. The move follows the recent launch of two additional Impossible Burger menu items: the Impossible King and Southwest…
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Vitasoy, the 82-year-old soymilk company established by the late Dr. Kwee-seong Lo in Hong Kong, is expanding its offerings to include a range of dairy-free Greek-style yogurts across Australia. Vitasoy, the number one selling brand of…
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Norway's Research Council says it will fund the development of cellular agriculture and precision fermentation to bring sustainable meat, egg, and milk products to market. A new five-year research project, dubbed Arrival of Cellular…
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Farmers are worried about climate change, and they need transition solutions, says a new report from nonprofit ProVeg. Alternative protein looks to be the sustainable answer. "There are huge opportunities for farmers in the transition…
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Hong Kong's vegan meat brand Plant Sifu is bringing its products to seven Chinese restaurants across Hong Kong. Between August and October, Plant Sifu will showcase its vegan meat products across Hong Kong restaurants in a range of…
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Shiok Meats' subsidiary Gaia Foods and Swiss-based deep food tech Mirai Foods, have entered into a strategic partnership to develop cultivated beef. Singapore is leading the world in cultivated meat approval, as the first and only…
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Leading global shrimp producer Thai Union has launched a plant-based shrimp product as it expands its efforts to meet the demand for vegan seafood. Adding to its roster of alternative seafood, the new OMG Meat shrimp joins Thai Union's…
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As domestic appetite for dairy products grows, Chinese startup Changing Biotech is making milk proteins using precision fermentation to address this burgeoning demand. Changing Biotech, China's first precision fermentation dairy…
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With more than €4.2 million raised to date, Swedish vegan seafood company Hooked Foods is now raising €10 million in a Series A that it says will help it expand its reach across European markets. "We are one of the very few plant-based…
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German food tech company Bluu Seafood, is showing off its first cell-based fish as it readies for regulatory approval processes across Europe, Asia, and North America. Bluu is the first European-based cultivated fish producer to reveal…
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We all know what happened in February when the U.S. temporarily halted imports of avocados from Mexico just ahead of Super Bowl Sunday. Could a sustainable faux avocado be the answer to that and avocado environmental impact? Meet Ecovado. …
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Could multinational food giant Nestlé become the first name in vegan fast food burgers? With its newest partnership with plant-based burger chain Nomoo, that could be the case. California-based vegan burger restaurant Nomoo says it…
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Bay Area vegan meat brand Impossible Foods is debuting its chicken nuggets in Asia with a Hong Kong launch this month. Impossible Foods entered the chicken wars last year with its vegan nuggets across the U.S. Burger King trialed the…
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Marking the largest single fundraising for food tech in Japan, vertical farming giant Spread has secured $30 million (¥4 billion) in its Series A. The Kyoto-based vertical farming operation is not new to the food space. It's been…
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U.S. plant-based milk sales grew by 6.4 percent to nearly $2.3 billion in the 52 weeks ending June 12, 2022, with oat milk poised for continued dominance. While almond milk is still the plant-based milk category leader, with more than…
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Atlanta's seven-acre farm, where anyone can just enter and pick up fruits and vegetables, is fighting hunger and tackling food insecurity. Estimated to be the largest free food forest in the U.S., the city-owned Food Forest at Browns…
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Gavan Technologies, an Israel-based food tech startup, says it has developed a "waste-free" extraction method for plant-based protein. “Our new, multistep technological platform enables us to take any plant source, isolate and extricate…
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