Renowned climate expert and international diplomat Christiana Figueres, who formerly led the U.N. Paris agreement talks, has joined Impossible Foods as its newest board member. With her decades of experience in climate change policy and…
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Taco Bell has revealed its new partnership with food tech giant Beyond Meat to “explore a new plant-based protein” that will be tested over the year. It marks the fast food chain’s first foray into plant-based meat within its U.S.…
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Hong Kong-based Green Monday has just launched its first Singapore branch of Green Common, its plant-based café and grocery store concept. Located in VivoCity, the shop will offer customers a wide range of international plant-based brands…
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Just Salad, the healthy fast casual restaurant chain, has launched a new meal kit brand billed as the first-ever no-subscription, zero-prep and plastic-free option of its kind. Named Housemade, Just Salad describes it as the “next…
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Eat Just, the food tech that pioneered the plant-based egg and won the race to nab the world’s first regulatory approval for cultured meat, says that Singapore will “at minimum” serve as its Asian headquarters. The San Francisco startup’s…
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Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT-D) Professor Kavya Dashora of Centre for Rural Development and Technology recently won the first prize for developing a plant-based egg alternative made from lentils that has the same cooking…
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After a successful soft launch that turned investors' heads, Immi has just made its official debut, offering a range of “reinvented” instant ramen noodles that are high in protein and completely plant-based. Based in San Francisco and…
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Hong Kong burger chain Beef & Liberty has gone plant-based for the month of January as part of Veganuary, the global movement encouraging people to ditch meat and dairy for 31 days. For the whole month, the restaurant’s Lan Kwai Fong…
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Last year in August, Hey Maet, the plant-based meat startup had announced a seed round investment along with a partnership with Shuangta Food, a pea protein company that supplies Beyond Meat. The company is making headlines again, this…
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Chicago-based ingredients startup Back of the Yards Algae Sciences (BYAS) has debuted its new algae-based heme – the molecule that plant-based player Impossible Foods has made famous with its “bleeding” beef patties that are completely…
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Plant-based seafood maker New Wave Foods has bagged US$18 million in a Series A round as the company gears up to launch its products on the market. Using the funding to accelerate its scale up plans, the company says that it will first…
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Air Protein has secured US$32 million in its latest Series A funding round, which will go towards continued product development towards commercial launch. The Californian food tech is among the few startups pioneering sustainable protein…
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Impossible Foods has announced that it is dropping wholesale prices in the U.S. and in international markets, in a move aimed squarely at competing with conventional animal meats and reaching mass consumers. As demand for plant-based foods…
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A new scientific analysis has found that organically produced meat is just as climate-damaging than its conventionally farmed counterparts, contrary to the claims made by a recent viral Regenuary campaign lodged against the popular…
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Matrix Meats, an Ohio-based startup developing nanofibre scaffolds for cultivated meat products, has announced the completion of an oversubscribed seed funding round. The investment will be used to expand the firm’s partnerships and…
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ClearMeat, India’s first cell-based protein startup, has announced that it has filed to patent its proprietary technology used to develop its cultivated minced chicken. The news comes shortly after the food tech completed a pilot trial of…
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2020 was a challenging and unexpected year, and most of the world was brought to its knees by the Covid-19 pandemic. It's been almost 12 months of bad, sad news and traumatic moments. But for the alt protein industry, 2020 has been an…
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There’s no doubt that it’s been a record-breaking year for the alternative protein industry, from the world’s first regulatory approval for cell-based meat to enormous rounds of funding despite the economic downturn amidst the pandemic. To…
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Hong Kong-based plant-based pioneer Green Monday has announced the opening of their tenth retail store in Asia and the first-ever retail location in mainland China, welcoming diners and shoppers alike at the new Green Common Shanghai in…
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One year ago, Michelle Egger and Leila Strickland founded Biomilq, a cell-ag startup farming breast milk outside of the body – a development that could disrupt the enormous profit-driven infant formula industry as we know it. Biomilq’s…
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The alternative protein market is on fire right now, estimated to be worth approximately $2.2Bn, and cultivated meat is expected to play an important role in the shift from traditional meat products. Experienced scientists are engaged in…
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