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Hybrid Meat Startup SciFi Foods Shuts Down Amid Fundraising Challenges
US hybrid meat startup SciFi Foods has appointed an advisory firm to sell its assets as cultivated meat continues to face a bleak investment landscape.
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Disney, Nestlé, easyJet Among Corporations That Invested in ‘Likely Junk’ Carbon Offsets
Some of the world's richest and most polluting companies have been investing in carbon offsets that are "likely junk", according to a new analysis.
In 2023, non-profit Corporate Accountability and the Guardian undertook a joint!-->!-->!-->…
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Euro 2024: Deutsche Bahn Passengers to Get Free ChoViva Cocoa-Free Chocolate Cookies
German national rail company Deutsche Bahn has partnered with Planet A Foods to offer cocoa-free chocolate shortbreads during the Euro 2024 football championship and beyond.
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Wicked Kitchen Acquired by Ahimsa Companies in Latest Plant-Based Consolidation Move
Global plant-based food leader Wicked Kitchen has been acquired by the newly formed Ahimsa Companies, which seeks to lead an "industry-wide consolidation effort".
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UEFA Champions League to Roll Out Carbon Labelling at Wembley & Other Sites for 2024 Final
As part of its Champions Innovate initiative, UEFA has introduced a slew of sustainability measures for the 2024 Champions League final, which includes carbon labelling and plastic-free packaging.
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VC Firm Brinc to Host Alt-Protein Investor Network GlassWall Syndicate
Alternative protein network GlassWall Syndicate will now be hosted by global venture capital and accelerator firm Brinc, expanding its realm in Asia-Pacific and towards other sub-verticals.
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Kynda is Building A Large-Scale Mycelium Facility to Turn Food Waste into Meat in 48 Hours
Germany's Kynda has broken ground on a 6,200 sq m commercial facility that will allow it to produce 2,000 tonnes of mycelium meat each year.
Hamburg-based biotech startup Kynda, which makes plug-and-play bioreactors, starter!-->!-->!-->…
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Incubate & Commercialise: Two New Alternative Protein Centres Signal Industry’s Potential in India
In the last week, two new centres dedicated to smart proteins have opened in Bengaluru, India, aimed at incubating alternative protein startups and helping them manufacture and commercialise their products.
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ScaleUp Bio Obtains Food Manufacturing Licence for Precision Fermentation in Singapore
The Singapore Food Agency has granted a food production licence to ScaleUp Bio's commercial-scale facility for submerged- and precision-fermented ingredients.
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Silks Hotel Group: Taiwan’s Largest Public Company is Going Cage-Free
Taiwanese hospitality chain Silks Hotel Group has pledged to transition to cage-free eggs across all its sites by 2030, following a partnership with the Environment & Animal Society of Taiwan.
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FoodHack and Givaudan Announce 9 Finalists for FoodTech World Cup
Flavour manufacturer Givaudan and food tech community FoodHack have announced the nine finalists of the FoodTech World Cup, which will pitch for the win at the HackSummit next month.
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Beyond Meat Expects Turnaround with New Products After Mixed Start to 2024
After a mixed start to the year, with both revenues and sales declining in Q1, Beyond Meat remains optimistic about the rest of 2024, pointing to the rollout of its healthier and costlier plant-based beef.
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Tattooed Chef Returns to US Supermarket Shelves A Year After Filing for Bankruptcy
Meatless brand Tattooed Chef is back on retail shelves in the US under its new parent company Planted Ventures, 10 months after filing for bankruptcy.
Nearly a year after its collapse, Californian meat-free producer Tattooed Chef has!-->!-->!-->…
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Plant Protein Maker BaiChuan Bio Tech Prepares for IPO in China
Chinese plant protein company Baichuan Bio Tech is preparing for an IPO, having registered for consultation with the Zhejiang Securities Regulatory Bureau.
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Walmart’s Largest Private Label Launch in 20 Years is All About Plant-Based, Free-From & Better-for-You
Walmart has launched Bettergoods, a private-label brand that focuses on trend-forward, chef-inspired foods traversing better-for-you and free-from products that don't cost the earth.
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Companies Are Asking Workers to Come Back to Work – Who’s Going to Look at the Carbon Emissions?
Return-to-office mandates could be getting in the way of companies' climate goals.
By Kate Yoder
When office workers stopped working in offices in 2020, trading their cubicles for living room couches during COVID-19 lockdowns, many!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Protein Sustainability Scorecard: Which Foodservice Companies Are the Most Planet-Friendly?
In the US, some caterers are ramping up their response to climate change, while others are employing greenwashing tactics – a new scorecard ranks the country's foodservice sector on sustainability goals.
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Stephen Colbert Highlights Climax Foods’ Good Food Award Snafu On The Late Show
The Late Show featured vegan cheesemaker Climax Foods on its show last night, where Stephen Colbert tried its cheese, and highlighted the controversial Good Food Awards saga.
First it was a mammoth meatball. Now it's vegan blue cheese.
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South Korea Inaugurates Regulation-Free Special Zone for Cultivated Meat Development
The South Korean government has created a special zone designed for the development of cultivated foods, which will exempt companies from certain regulatory hurdles to help them commercialise their products.
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Shiru Unveils AI-Led Protein Marketplace and Discovery Marketplace
Artificial intelligence startup Shiru has today launched the "world's first" protein discovery platform, allowing companies to find and buy sustainable proteins for product development.
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Impossible Foods Weighs Up ‘Liquidity Event’, Including Possible IPO or Sale in 2-3 Years
Impossible Foods is considering a "liquidity event" that could see the plant-based meat giant raise more capital, go public or even be sold to another company in the next few years.
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