Seafood

Singapore's Umami Bioworks, which is working on commercialising cultivated fish products, has launched a pathogen detection tool for the seafood industry. Here's why. Umami Bioworks, a pioneer in the cultivated seafood world, is taking…
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Singaporean cultivated seafood producer Umami Bioworks has expanded operations to the UK, and is in talks with the country's regulator as it maps a path to market. Umami Bioworks's international expansion rages on, with the cultivated…
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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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Singaporean cultivated seafood pioneer Umami Bioworks has teamed up with two biotech firms to set up a production line and path to market entry in South Korea. With cultivated meat progressing rapidly in South Korea – thanks to the…
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Canada's New School Foods has attracted $6M in new capital and opened a commercial-scale manufacturing facility to bring its vegan salmon to market. As it prepares for its commercial launch in the US and Canada, plant-based seafood…
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Seaweed-based meat startup Akua is shutting shop after seven years in operation, citing logistical challenges and the overall decline of plant-based meat. Akua, the New York-based maker of the Kelp Burger, is ceasing operations, in what…
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Just by ending the practice of overfishing, we could store the same amount of carbon as 6.5 million acres of forest each year. By Sophie Kevany In the search for winning climate solutions, the world’s oceans are an undisputed…
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Aqua Cultured Foods has obtained self-affirmed GRAS status in the US, and will begin selling its cellulose-based seafood analogues made via fermentation to restaurants next month. Fish-free seafood made from fermentation will soon be on…
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Food tech investor Big Idea Ventures has launched a new vegan seafood company that utilises intellectual property from New Wave Foods, which shut down last year. Big Idea Ventures (BIV) has incorporated Bayou Best Foods, a new…
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The Canadian government has announced it will ban open-net salmon farms in British Columbia in 2029, but environmentalists have criticised the five-year-long delay in implementation. By 2029, open-net salmon farming will be banned in…
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Israeli alternative protein startup Forsea Foods held an intimate tasting event for its cultivated unagi in Tel Aviv, with plans to launch the eel meat in Japan by 2026. Investors, journalists, food manufacturers, opinion leaders and…
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South Korea's Pulmuone is making its move into cultivated seafood with an R&D partnership with robotics company ABB. Seoul-based plant protein giant Pulmuone has partnered with Swiss robotics company ABB to advance AI-assisted…
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Food and climate journalist Thin Lei Win speaks to Ian Urbina, executive editor of The Outlaw Ocean Project, about the organisation's investigation into India's shrimp farming industry. On March 20, The Outlaw Ocean Project, a…
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Israeli cultivated seafood startup Wanda Fish has developed hybrid toro sashimi, the highly prized fatty cut of bluefin tuna belly, and plans to apply for regulatory approval next year. To battle overfishing, extinction threats, ocean…
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Australian food tech company Eighth Day Foods is in the process of finding buyers for its fermentation technology and the business itself, with the aim to focus on scaling up as part of a mature multinational company. Eighth Day Foods,…
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German cultivated fish startup Bluu Seafood relocated to Hamburg with the opening of a large-scale pilot plant to produce its salmon and rainbow trout, ahead of an expected launch in Singapore early next year. Bluu Seafood has opened…
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Chicago-based startup Aqua Cultured Foods has partnered with Boston's synbio firm Ginkgo Bioworks to optimise the production of its fermentation-derived whole-cut seafood. It will soon launch its first analogues at Michelin-starred…
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Revo Foods has today launched the world's first vegan octopus for retail, using its patented 3D-printing technology to transform fungi into a seafood analogue beloved by many, and one being increasingly unethically farmed. Six months on…
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In a major shift in the cultivated seafood space, Singaporean startups Umami Bioworks and Shiok Meats have announced plans to merge. Once finalised, Umami Bioworks CEO Mihir Pershad will lead the combined entity, and Shiok Meats CEO…
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Canadian whole-cut plant-based salmon producer New School Foods has kicked off its New School Culinary Council of industry advisors, starting with vegan chef Matthew Kenney, who will help the brand make its commercial debut later this…
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German startup Pacifico Foodlabs, which makes alternative proteins from biomass fermentation, has emerged from stealth with $3.3M in pre-seed financing. It is starting with seafood analogues. Founded in November 2022 by Washington…
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