Smallfood, a Canadian microbial fermentation ingredients startup, claims that it's about to change the alternative seafood sector thanks to a whole food ingredient it has developed. When added to seafood analogues, the company's…
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The alt-seafood industry is predicted to be worth $23.2 billion by 2024. As a growth sector, it is attracting new interest from LATAM countries seeking to net a piece of the action. Brazil and Chile are leading the charge, with each taking…
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Chile’s The Live Green Co (TLGC) has announced its acquisition of five individual Chilean food companies, a move designed to leverage TLGC’s widespread market presence while proving out its AI technology across a spectrum of product…
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Expo West, which is held in March in Los Angeles at the Anaheim Convention Center, boasted over 2,700 exhibitors and 50,000 attendees filling the venue’s 480,000 square feet. It's the largest natural food tradeshow in the U.S., and Green…
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Micro Meat, Mexico's first cultivated meat startup, Micro Meat, has launched to offer key foundational tech for the growing cellular agriculture industry. The startup, which is based in Monterrey and co-founded by a tissue engineer and a…
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Californian alternative seafood startup Finless Foods has closed a $34 million funding round ahead of specialist facilities construction. The round was led by Hanwha Solutions, with Dainichi Group, At One Ventures and Sustainable Ocean…
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Newly rebranded Current Foods has announced the launch of a direct-to-customer sales initiative. The company, which was formerly known as Kuleana, making its vegan tuna and smoked salmon analogues available for delivery throughout the U.S.…
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Thai Union Group (‘TU’), one of the world’s largest seafood manufacturers, has announced it is exploring cultivated seafood. The tinned tuna giant, which owns brands including John West and Chicken of the Sea, has unveiled a new…
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Chilean AI alt meat startup The Live Green Co has successfully closed a $7 million funding round to help support expansion. The Pre-Series A was led by DRADS Capital, with investment earmarked for U.S.headquarters creation and…
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Singapore’s Growthwell Foods has made good on its ambitions to launch a new plant-based brand. HAPPIEE! Has been developed to offer alternatives to conventional chicken and fish products. All items are manufactured at the company’s…
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Moviegoers in the U.S. can rejoice that popcorn and sweets are no longer their only options at AMC locations. The chain has launched Impossible Foods’ vegan chicken nuggets entering theatres across 37 states. Recognised for its realistic…
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Two chicken-focussed fast-food chains in Canada have taken the plunge to expand vegan options in their restaurants. KFC and Mary Brown’s have both announced a partnership with animal-free meat producer Lightlife. KFC Canada will…
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Alternative protein developer SavorEat has added a robot chef to its team. The Israeli company will use the technology to manufacture custom meat alternatives. Part of a partnership with domestic hamburger chain BBB, the ‘chef’ will create…
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Anyone whose recently been on the streets of Santiago, Chile, might have noticed posters plastered around the city that read, “If we are what we eat . . . That’s not what I want to be.” The message came courtesy of The Live Green…
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Michroma is developing natural vegan-friendly food colourants powered by fungi to overhaul synthetic and animal-based, non-vegan food dyes. The food colourant market is dominated by synthetics and animal-derived products, but…
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Nuritas, a biotech company developing plant-based peptides, has closed its $45 million Series B round. The company, which lists Bono and The Edge of U2 fame among its key backers, says the financing will accelerate its global expansion and…
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Vegan food products now make up 12% of Chile's total food market, after recording an 8% rise over the past four years, new research shows.
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Tomorrow Foods, an Argentinian plant-based startup, has raised $3 million in a new funding round. On the heels of its vegan burger launch, the food tech says it will use the capital to double down on R&D to expand its product…
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These plant-based startups might just be able to give Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat a run for their money in the vegan burger wars.
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There’s a new cellular agriculture startup on the block, but unlike many others, it doesn’t want to make a name for itself as a brand of cultivated meat. Instead, it wants to help other companies that are using cell-ag to scale up and…
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Could the healthy plant-based products you’ll be buying at supermarkets be developed with AI technology? In the not-so-soon future, most probably. Danone, one of the world’s biggest food corporations, is working with Brightseed to discover…
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