Montreal-based Opalia has announced that is has successfully produced cell-based milk without the use of fetal bovine serum (FBS). The startup has already secured $1 million in pre-seed funding, with a seed round now in progress for…
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A new four-way industry collaboration has debuted a vegan chicken brand. Skinny Butcher, Golden West Food Group, Valor Siren Ventures, and Wow Bao are working together to make vegan chicken easier to buy than ever. The project involves…
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Buenos Aires-based Stämm Biotech recently closed a $17 million Series A round to scale its 3-D printing bioreactors aimed at the global cultivated meat sector. This brings the startup’s funding to $20 million. The new investment will be…
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JBS-owned Vivera has revealed a new vegan salmon analogue that the company says mimics the flavour, fattiness and flaky texture of real salmon in response to a ‘lack of plant-based fish alternatives’ currently in circulation in the…
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Comfort foods ruled the plant-based newsfeed this week with QSR chains and CPG companies alike debuting vegan takes on classic items around the world. Fuddruckers in the US and Goiko in Spain added plant-based items to their menus while…
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The two biggest plant-based protein startups in the world are run by men. The majority of the rising cell-based protein startups are also run by men, alongside most of the vegan investment groups that fund them. The leader of the NGO think…
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In a move that comes after shareholder pressure, multinational food giant Unilever has announced that it is the first major food company to publicly report on the performance of its product portfolio against at least six…
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International Women’s Day is internationally recognised on the March 8th every year, and represents a focal point for women’s rights and is a celebration of the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. At times, it…
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In a newly published statement, the Good Food Institute (GFI) Europe has outlined the role plant-based and cultivated meats have to play in future food security based on inclusion in the just-released IPCC report. The GFI declaration is…
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Mumbai startup Evo Foods has added a new product to its plant-based egg portfolio, a heat-stable plant-based boiled egg that follows on from their mungbean liquid whole egg substitute which was unveiled last year. Similarly, the new…
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Non-profit think tank the Good Food Institute (GFI) APAC has released a report documenting the alt-protein sector’s growth within the APAC region and globally over the past year. Highlights include a 60 percent increase in funding into the…
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LinkedIn has released its inaugural Global Green Skills Report. Claimed to be a first of its kind, it has used real-time data sourced from its 800 million platform users, over a six-year period, to gain insight into vacancies and skills…
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A new report neatly summarizes the state of regulatory approvals for alternative protein products around the world in just a few pages. Spain’s Amgen, which provides regulatory advice and consulting to companies working in the…
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Singaporean startup Float Foods has filed a PCT patent application for its OnlyEg development. The application comes after nutritional improvements have been made. Details include a white with 10 percent protein, equal to that of a…
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Better Bite Ventures, a venture capital firm with a focus on backing early stage Asia Pacific (APAC) startups in the alternative protein sector, has announced the launch of a $15 million fund. Better Bite's mission is to support…
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Cultivated eggs will be commercially available before the end of the year, says Fiction Foods, a subsidiary of Cult Food Science. “It’s not a fake egg, but a whole new culinary experience, that is made from a single-cell organism called…
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Andre Menezes is the co-founder and CEO of Next Gen Foods, maker of vegan chicken TiNDLE, currently served at over 200 restaurants across six international cities. Today, the company announced a record-breaking $100 million Series A, the…
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Singaporean plant based meat startup Next Gen Foods has secured a record breaking $100 million, the largest single Series A investment in the sector to date, following its two-part $30M seed last July. The company's vegan chicken TiNDLE,…
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U.S. patent approval has been granted to Israel's Wilk Technologies for its proprietary procedures and technology associated with milk cultivation. The company, formerly known as BioMilk, holds the patent exclusively and it covers both…
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Korea's Seawith, developer of cultivated beef, has announced a ₩1 billion investment from Mint Venture Partners. It follows previous backing from Hg Initiative, Daesung Startup Investment and Daily Partners. Founded in 2019, Seawith has…
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Leading Australian plant-based meat manufacturer Fënn Foods has scooped $3 million in its latest funding round from Bombora Investment Management. The round was private and oversubscribed, with new investors participating alongside…
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