A tech investor asked me what the bright areas in food tech are, and here's what I said. This will be my fifth set of food tech predictions. I started in 2021 with alternative proteins, then went broader. Here’s 2024’s list, and 2023…
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US startup Meati Foods is facing a second lawsuit in less than a year for marketing its mycelium meat products as made from 'mushroom root'. Just a week after it settled a false advertising lawsuit in California, mycelium meat producer…
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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 Octonuts California's new cashew products, Gail's new eco store,…
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It has been a big year for the future food sector. These are our editor's picks of the 10 best stories on Green Queen in 2024 (in chronological order), featuring a public tasting for cultivated meat, an interview with a US senator, and…
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While investment in alternative protein and future food startups has fallen again this year, there have still been some sizeable VC funding rounds. These are the 10 biggest raises of 2024, featuring mycelium meat, animal-free milk, and…
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It has been a milestone year for the future food industry, with regulatory approvals, big partnerships, and major court rulings. These are (in chronological order) the 10 biggest wins for food tech in 2024. Vow goes to market with…
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Meat analogue maker The Better Butchers has signed a letter of intent with Genuine Taste, a student-founded cultivated fat startup, to develop hybrid meat. Ahead of its impending acquisition by Canadian cellular agriculture group Cult…
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Sustain-a-bite, a project funded by the EU and Switzerland, aims to develop minimally processed plant-based products from whole grains and food waste. As ultra-processed food (UPF) takes over people's apprehension about the way they…
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Australian biotech startup All G has received a second regulatory approval for its precison-fermented bovine lactoferrin in a month – this time in the US. Just weeks after becoming the first company to be cleared to sell cow-free…
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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 two Beyond Meat debuts in the UK, Oatly's Christmas-themed ad campaign,…
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Bryan Johnson, the biohacking millionaire living on a plant-forward diet, will be the centre of a new Netflix documentary covering his attempts to live past 200. Netflix's latest documentary chronicling the benefits of veganism…
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The world loves chocolate, but the planet itself? Not as much. Industry giants like Mondelēz, Lindt and Barry Callebout understand that, and are backing startups changing the game with cocoa-free and cell-based alternatives. Chocolate…
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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 Upside Foods's latest cultivated meat tasting, a new vegan restaurant in…
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Mumbai-based startup Biokraft Foods hosted India's first formal tasting of cultivated meat last week, presenting a hybrid chicken it hopes to launch next year. Amid a welcoming biotech environment and increasing regulatory clarity,…
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An EU-funded research project is exploring how supermarket mushrooms and agricultural waste can be turned into proteins, vitamins and bio-based materials. Combining mushrooms, food waste, fermentation and artificial intelligence can…
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Israeli startup Aleph Farms has submitted the first application for cultivated meat in Thailand, and expects regulatory clearance by mid-2026. As far as regulatory progress for alternative protein goes, 2024 has been bookended by…
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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 vegan nugget campaign with Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli, Japan…
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Cultivated meat is real meat "developed without slaughter", but it isn't vegan, according to the organisation that coined the term. As cultivated meat continues its journey of consumer and regulatory acceptance, one question looms large…
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Hamburg-based Infinite Roots has teamed up with plant-based giant Pulmuone to debut its mycelium protein in a line of meat analogues in South Korea. Armed with regulatory roadblocks in its home region, German startup Infinite Roots has…
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Food tech organisations have signed a deal to advance the alternative protein industry in South Korea, where cultivated meat is set to make its entry soon. As South Koreans prepare to welcome cultivated meat to their plates,…
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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 Coconut Cloud's coffee pods, Better Balance's Crypto.com Arena link-up,…
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