Green Business

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 Vital Meat's cultivated chicken tasting in Singapore, Oatly's new…
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Umiami, the Parisian startup making whole-cut plant-based chicken, is now called Swap, and has entered the US foodservice sector. French plant-based meat company Umiami has rebranded to Swap, which it says is "a universal word, easy to…
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Leading future food industry investor Blue Horizon is pivoting from fund management to manufacturing, starting with a Giga Protein Factory in the Arabian desert. Here's why. Just over a year ago, alternative protein fund leader Blue…
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A new YouGov survey reveals that around half of Americans don't like the use of meat- and dairy-related terms on plant-based products, but should this shake up brands' marketing strategies? It was only last week that the European Court…
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Meat and dairy giants produce as much methane as the world's largest fossil fuel companies, but non-action would result in global heating of 0.32°C by 2050. At COP26 three years ago, leaders from around the world came together to adopt…
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Some of America's leading vegan food companies are part of a first-of-its-kind marketing campaign for the plant-based industry. Do not ingest plant-based food... if you enjoy the taste of average to mediocre food. That is the call to…
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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 coconut-based infant formula, Marriott Hotels's food waste driven, and…
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Consumer concern about the climate crisis has escalated since 2022, but half of the world finds sustainable living expensive. With climate scientists sounding the alarm about the unrealistic path to 1.5°C – just as the Arctic burns, the…
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Vegan chicken startup Simulate, famous for its Nuggs, has been acquired by Ahimsa Companies to get the business back on track after months of (dis)quiet. Simulate, the plant-based meat brand known for its meme-famous Nuggs, has been…
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The European Court of Justice has rejected France's proposed 'veggie burger' labelling ban, allowing plant-based food producers to continue using meat-like terms on their packaging. What happens next? In a major win for the plant-based…
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Parisian plant-based meat startup La Vie has raised €25M in investment amid a fourfold hike in sales, and announced the launch of vegan meatballs. With growing popularity among retail shoppers and an extended foodservice footprint,…
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German food manufacturing specialist Döhler has invested in UK startup Nukoko to scale up its bean-to-bar cocoa-free chocolate, ahead of a market launch in 2025. This month, cocoa futures in the UK dropped by 16%, marking a rare gulf…
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Revo Foods has opened what it says is the world's largest factory dedicated to 3D-printed food, rolling out an updated whole-cut mycelium salmon fillet as the facility's first product. Austrian alternative protein startup Revo Foods has…
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Australian fermentation specialist Cauldron Ferm has received financial support from the Queensland government to build a first-of-its-kind precision fermentation contract manufacturing plant. The state of Queensland is exhibiting its…
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Are corporate climate actions on par with their emissions targets and disclosures? A new report explores this very question. Food companies are making some progress on reducing their greenhouse gas footprints, but they’re slow to…
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Israel's Believer Meats has joined forces with German engineering firm GEA to help scale up production of cultivated meat, ahead of opening the industry's largest facility next year. Early next year, the world's largest manufacturing…
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Marlow Foods, the parent company of Quorn and Cauldron Foods, saw pre-tax losses surpass £60M in 2023, four times higher than the year before. As the wider meat analogue category struggles, the company behind the UK's leading meat-free…
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Fossil fuel companies are spending billions on sponsorship deals with some of the world's biggest sports entities in an attempt to 'sportswash' their role in climate change. Manchester United's new part-owners Ineos, FIFA's primary…
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Malaysian climate tech startup Qarbotech has secured $1.5M in a seed extension round to help plants absorb carbon dioxide and increase yields by 60%. What if farmers could add something to their crops that would capture more sunlight,…
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Seattle startup Rebellyous Foods has unveiled its Mock 2 Production System, which reduces the cost of manufacturing plant-based meat to reach parity with animal proteins. In February 2023, Rebellyous Foods closed a $9.4M Series B…
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The 10 largest food and drink producers in the UK are responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions globally than the entire aviation industry, new analysis shows. Big Food is polluting the planet more than all the flights we take, and…
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