| Date | Title | Description |
| 31.10.2024 | Ahead of Thai Market Launch, Aleph Farms Gathers Chef Feedback on Cultivated Beef Steaks | Aleph Farms recently hosted a chef evaluation in Thailand for its cultivated beef steaks, Aleph Cuts, to gather insights from experts as it prepares to introduce a product in the country.
After conducting workshops with chefs to meet local ... |
| 28.10.2024 | Dow Recognizes the Winners for the 35th Dow Packaging Innovation Awards at Tokyo Pack 2024 | TOKYO, Oct. 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Dow (NYSE:DOW) announced today the winners of the 35th Packaging Innovation Awards (PIA). The winners were unveiled during an awards ceremony held in conjunction with Tokyo Pack 2024, where the winning e... |
| 29.08.2024 | Dow Announces Finalists for 35th Packaging Innovation Awards | TOKYO, Aug. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Dow (NYSE:DOW) today announced the finalists of the 35th Packaging Innovation Awards (PIA). The winners will be unveiled at an award ceremony on October 24, 2024, held in conjunction with Tokyo Pack. Win... |
| 29.07.2024 | Guest article: What’s driving green biology innovation in South Korean agriculture | South Korea-based Sopoong Ventures invests in early-stage climate tech startups focused on energy, agriculture, food and the circular economy.
The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those o... |
| 01.07.2024 | BRANDSTARS "2024 Korea Luxury Brand " Announcement | SEOUL, South Korea, July 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Brand Stars Selection Committee announced the final selection of the 7th "2024 Korea Luxury Brand of the Year."
We selected the most popular brand among Asian consumers first an... |
| 06.06.2024 | Pureture Cuts Production Time for Plant-Based Casein, Joins Others in Removing Cows From the Dairy Industry | US biotech company Pureture, a company developing functional animal-free ingredients, announces that it has improved the production process for its plant-based casein — a yeast-derived, non-GMO ingredient for realistic and clean-label dairy... |
| 14.05.2024 | New Culture Partners with CJ CheilJedang to Streamline Costs of Animal-Free Mozzarella | Californian animal-free cheese producer New Culture announces a partnership with its previous investor, South Korean biotech giant CJ CheilJedang.
New Culture develops casein from precision fermentation to make cow-free cheeses that melt, s... |
| 14.05.2024 | New Culture strikes strategic partnership with CJ CheilJedang to ‘unlock commodity pricing’ for dairy via precision fermentation | New Culture—a startup making casein proteins via precision fermentation to create ‘animal-free’ mozzarella—has announced a strategic partnership with Korean biomanufacturing giant CJ CheilJedang, giving it access to “some of the largest an... |
| 13.05.2024 | Woolworths Supply Shortage Revealed: What Caused the Empty Shelves? | By Joseph Henry
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Woolworths, one of Australia's major supermarket chains, has been grappling with wides... |
| 30.03.2024 | Alibaba to take on Coupang with USD 1.1 billion investment in South Korea | China’s Alibaba Group will invest USD 1.1 billion over the next three years to create a logistics network in South Korea, aiming to take on local e-commerce giant Coupang by leveraging low prices and speedy deliveries.
South Korea’s Yonhap ... |
| 07.03.2024 | Kimchi Market Size Worth $8.85 Billion by 2033; Growing Phenomena of Culinary Tourism to Propel Growth | - |
| 13.02.2024 | CJ Foods Launched Halal Korean Mandu and Hoppang in Malaysia | - Five JAKIM-certified halal bibigo Mandu & Hoppang products start selling at CU convenience stores in Kuala Lumpur
- Targeting the halal Mandu market in Malaysia with the product quality that won the Korean, U.S., and Vietnam markets
K... |
| 02.11.2023 | Provectus Algae seeks to disrupt livestock methane reduction space with tech delivering ‘a step-change in the cost of goods’ | Provectus Algae is entering the livestock methane reduction market with an indoor growing system it claims transforms the unit economics of growing Asparagopsis (red seaweed) for feed additives.
The Queensland-based startup has just opened ... |
| 31.10.2023 | CJ Foods Appoints Stephan Czypionka as Global Chief Marketing Officer | This new appointment bolsters CJ's global food business with the new CMO's expertise in global FMCG marketing
SEOUL, South Korea, Oct. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CJ Foods, a business unit of South Korea-based CJ CheilJedang, announced that it... |
| 23.10.2023 | Plantible teams up with ICL to create Rubisco-powered clean label binder that ‘outperforms methylcellulose by a mile’ | San Diego-based startup Plantible Foods has teamed up with ICL Food Specialties to create a clean label alternative to methylcellulose, a chemically modified binder that has become ubiquitous in meat alternatives.
Featuring RuBisCO (‘Rubi P... |
| 18.10.2023 | CJ Foods Partners with T&R Biofab to Shape the Future of Food | CJ Foods and T&R Biofab aim to synergize their unique expertise and technologies to bring to the market innovative food products
SEOUL, South Korea, Oct. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CJ Foods, a business unit of South Korea-based CJ CheilJe... |
| 09.10.2023 | CJ Foods Names Dr. Gregory Yep to New CTO of Global Food R&D | Appointment brings new CTO's 30 years of scientific and technical expertise to the company's fast-growing global food business
SEOUL, South Korea, Oct. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CJ Foods, a business unit of South Korea-based CJ CheilJedang, a... |
| 15.08.2023 | New Culture targets cost parity for animal-free mozzarella in three years: ‘We’ve achieved technical metrics unheard of for animal-free casein’ | New Culture—one of a flurry of startups making casein proteins via precision fermentation—says it is on track to produce ‘animal-free’ mozzarella at cost parity with its conventional counterpart within three years.
San Leandro-based New Cu... |
| 04.08.2023 | BRANDSTARS "2023 Korea Luxury Brand " Announcement | SEOUL, South Korea, Aug. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Brand Stars Selection Committee announced the final selection of "2023 Korea Luxury Brand".
We selected the most popular brand among Asian consumers first and announced it in Ko... |
| 27.06.2023 | Plantible Foods launches plant-based egg replacer that ‘outperforms eggs’ | Plantible Foods—a startup extracting a highly functional protein from fast-growing aquatic plant lemna—has opened a 140-acre lemna farm in Texas and launched its first product: Rubi Whisk, a plant-based egg replacer it claims can “outperfor... |
| 31.05.2023 | Algae’s second bloom? ‘Resiliency and productivity are key,’ say second generation startups | Between 2005-2012, venture capitalists poured millions of dollars into startups attempting to make fuel from microalgae, getting their fingers badly burned in the process. But could algae be gearing up for a second bloom?
“Having gone throu... |
| 06.04.2023 | BREAKING: Aqua Cultured Foods closes $5.5m seed round to expand fungi-fueled alt seafood platform | Chicago-based Aqua Cultured Foods has raised $5.5 million in a seed round led by Stray Dog Capital to expand its low-cost production platform for whole cuts of fungi-based seafood as it gears up to enter the market this year.
The round was ... |
| 23.03.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Oatly raises $425m, Cocoon Bioscience bags $16 million to turn moths into bioreactors | This week, loss-making Oatly raised $425m as it “moves towards reaching financial self-sufficiency,” Cocoon Bioscience bagged $16 million to turn moths into bioreactors, and Klimato secured €4.2 million ($4.5 million) to expand its platform... |
| 17.03.2023 | Provectus Algae to expand ‘carbon negative’ biomanufacturing ingredients platform with new funding | Sugar-eating organisms such as yeast and bacteria dominate industrial fermentation today. But organisms that eat more sustainable feedstocks will be the “predominant biomanufacturing platforms of tomorrow” if we are serious about decarboniz... |
| 02.02.2023 | The week in agrifoodtech: Plant-based salmon reels in $12m, new funding for ag robots, Impossible layoffs | This week, Canada’s New School Foods snagged seed funding for its whole-cut plant-based salmon. In agtech, BloomX secured funding for its pollination tech and E-Terry for its farm robot. Meanwhile, KFC struck a deal to put robots in its kit... |
| 01.02.2023 | BREAKING: Michroma lands $6.4m seed round to build a better synbio platform for food coloring | Precision fermentation company Michroma has raised a $6.4 million oversubscribed seed round. Its synthetic biology platform produces natural colors and flavors for food. Supply Change Capital led the round with participation from Be8 Ventur... |
| 03.11.2022 | Animal-free dairy: New Culture attracts new funding; Change Foods eyes up Abu Dhabi for new plant: 'There is a massive commercial manufacturing capacity bottleneck in the industry' | San Leandro-based New Culture – which plans to launch in the foodservice market next year with animal-free mozzarella featuring casein proteins made in fermentation tanks that “melts, stretches, and bubbles just like conventional dairy ch... |
| 03.11.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Bayer backs high-protein chickpeas, Qwick lands $40m, vertical farms shut down | Bayer’s investment arm, Leaps by Bayer, invested in high-protein chickpeas startup NuCicer and hospitality staffing platform Qwick picked up $40 million. In agtech, Ostara closed a $70 million round for fertilizer from water treatment plant... |
| 12.04.2022 | Tate & Lyle expands allulose production amid ‘exponential’ growth for sweetener with ‘temporal profile almost identical to sucrose’ | The company – which manufactures allulose at a plant in Loudon, Tennessee – has seen dramatic growth in its allulose business, and started allocating product early last year as demand started to exceed supply.
The first phase of the expan... |
| 07.01.2022 | Country To Watch: 5 Signs South Korea’s Alternative Protein Industry Is On Fire | 4 Mins Read
A number of recent developments have propelled South Korea, famous for being onto the global alt protein stage. Both food tech and manufacturing sectors have announced victories and new launches including some major wins on the ... |
| 18.11.2021 | Brief: JBS to acquire cultivated meat company in $100m investment | Brazil’s JBS — the world’s largest meat processor — plans to acquire a majority stake in Spanish cultivated meat company BioTech Foods as part of a $100 million investment into the nascent sector, Reuters reports.
Of that total, $41 million... |
| 30.09.2021 | Sweeteners in focus: From allulose to stevia… in conversation with Ingredion | “We’re seeing this overall global trend towards sugar reduction driven both by consumer demand and somewhat by regulations, whether it’s labeling changes or taxes,” Yates told FoodNavigator-USA.
While Ingredion is seeing strong demand for ... |
| 29.09.2021 | Aleph Farms Partners with Thai Union and CJ CheilJedang to Help Drive Adoption of Cultivated Meat in Asia | REHOVOT, Israel, Sept. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Aleph Farms, the cultivated meat company growing steaks directly from animal cells that are not genetically engineered and not immortalized, today announced it has signed Memorandums of Unders... |
| 13.07.2021 | Brief: Nestlé to enter cell-cultured meat market in partnership with Israeli startup | Nestlé is planning to enter the cell-cultured protein market in a partnership with Israel startup Future Meat, Bloomberg has reported citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.
The Swiss multinational is reportedly designing a range o... |
| 28.06.2021 | ‘It’s a dumpster fire…’ Firms report ‘unprecedented shortage and increased costs and lead times’ for erythritol, allulose | Rare sugar allulose - which is found naturally in a variety of plants, but is produced commercially via a multi-step process typically starting with corn starch - has gained significant traction over the past year, with some high-profile br... |
