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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Copenhagen-based Endless Food Co has raised €1M and teamed up with 7-Eleven Denmark to launch cookies made from its upcycled cocoa-free chocolate. Turning beer waste into a chocolate alternative, Danish startup Endless Food Co has…
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Beans and peas are the best-performing alternatives to meat and milk when it comes to health, environmental and cost benefits, a new analysis has found. 2024 has been a seminal year in global history. More people voted in elections than…
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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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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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Italy's plant-based market is bucking the global decline, but there are several missed opportunities for companies and the industry as a whole. It has been two months since Gruppo Tonazzo, an Italian company that had been producing meat…
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Beyond Meat and Wendy's Georgia have announced a new menu item, the Plant Burger, a marker of the vegan giant's European focus this year. Californian plant-based pioneer Beyond Meat has struck its latest QSR partnership with fast-food…
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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 new vegan parmesan products, an oat milk cocktail listing, and a bunch…
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Australian cultivated meat startup Vow has been cleared to sell in Hong Kong, where it will debut cultured foie gras at the Mandarin Oriental. Six months after rolling out its cultured quail parfait in Singapore, Vow is expanding to…
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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 tiramisu collection in Hong Kong, Dave Chang's cultivated meat…
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South Korea's Millennial Flavor Town, a startup born out of a restaurant, has unveiled a marbled steak and shredded beef products made from traditional fermentation. Rivalling the growing crop of whole-cut meat alternative producers,…
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A new study in Japan reveals the link between food waste and an ageing population, and how educational initiatives can help buck this trend. Japan is among the top food waste producers globally, split nearly equally between households…
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Beyond Meat posted revenue growth for the first time in two years in Q3, buoyed by higher prices and a strong performance in Germany. It also teased its new mycelium steak. After losing year-on-year revenue for nine quarters in a row,…
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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 Oatly's new barista milk for light-roasted coffee, European…
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Californian food tech startup MeliBio has secured a "strategic investment" as part of a pre-Series A round to accelerate the growth of its vegan honey. As it makes inroads on its precision-fermented honey, San Francisco-based MeliBio…
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Meatable's Jeff Tripician gets practical. In an exclusive interview, he tells Green Queen about his journey from meat industry veteran to cultivated meat CEO, why these proteins should be more expensive, the company's upcoming Series C…
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French cultivated chicken startup Vital Meat showcased its ingredient in a public tasting in Singapore, where it expects regulatory approval "very soon". With a market launch on the horizon, Vital Meat organised a cultivated meat event…
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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 Vital Meat's cultivated chicken tasting in Singapore, Oatly's new…
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Umiami, the Parisian startup making whole-cut plant-based chicken, is now called Swap, and has entered the US foodservice sector. French plant-based meat company Umiami has rebranded to Swap, which it says is "a universal word, easy to…
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The Jackfruit Company and its consumer brand Jack & Annie's have raised $5M in a Series B extension round to support their product development and expansion efforts. In a nod to consumers' growing appetite for fibre-packed food…
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