| Date | Title | Description |
| 16.05.2024 | Simple Planet to Develop Cell Ag Technologies Under South Korea’s National Project for Food Tech | Cultivated meat ingredients developer Simple Planet announces that it has been selected to participate in an ₩11 billion national project launched by South Korea’s government to expand the food tech industry.
The national project involves v... |
| 16.05.2024 | Ivy Farm Partners with Synbio Powerlabs to Cultivate Meat At “Unprecedented” Scale | UK-based Ivy Farm Technologies announces it has signed a manufacturing agreement with Synbio Powerlabs, a Finnish leader in synthetic biology, to produce its cultivated meat products in large fermenters. According to Synbio Powerlabs, culti... |
| 15.05.2024 | Bell Food Group CEO Expects Cultivated Meat Burgers to Hit Swiss Restaurants in 3 Years | Lorenz Wyss, the outgoing CEO of the Swiss meat and convenience food giant Bell Food Group foresees that cultivated burgers will be available in Switzerland in three years.
In an interview published on Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ), Wyss predi... |
| 15.05.2024 | The Vegetarian Butcher to Veganize Products With The EVERY Co.’s Animal-Free Egg Whites | The Vegetarian Butcher, part of Unilever, is partnering with The EVERY Company to enhance the texture and nutritional profile of its plant-based meat alternatives using The EVERY Company’s EVERY EggWhite. This proprietary ingredient, derive... |
| 15.05.2024 | GOOD Meat Annouces the World’s First Retail Sales of Cultivated Meat | US cultivated meat company GOOD Meat announces the retail launch of a new product, GOOD Meat 3, at the frozen section of the premium meats specialist Huber’s Butchery in Singapore.
GOOD Meat has been producing and selling its chicken in the... |
| 14.05.2024 | GEA to Open New Facility for Plant-Based and Cell-Cultured Food Production | GEA, a global supplier of technology and equipment for food manufacturers, has initiated the construction of a new technology center in Janesville, Wisconsin. The center, which is planned to open in 2025, will focus on alternative proteins ... |
| 14.05.2024 | Ginkgo Bioworks to Take “Decisive Action” Following Disappointing Q1 Financial Results | US-based synthetic biology company Ginkgo Bioworks has published its financial results for Q1 2024. Due to lower-than-expected revenues, Ginkgo has announced several initiatives to accelerate its path to operational breakeven by the end of ... |
| 14.05.2024 | Bene Meat Technologies Introduces Slaughter-Free Pet Meat at Interzoo Fair | Bene Meat Technologies (BMT), a Czech startup developing cultivated meat for food and feed, has introduced its cultivated meat pet food product publicly for the first time.
Claimed as a “world premiere,” BMT’s cultivated pet food for cats a... |
| 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... |
| 13.05.2024 | VTT Study Finds Mycoprotein a Sustainable Superfood & Next-Level Nutrient Powerhouse | Research by a team of scientists at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland shows that mycoprotein is a valuable ingredient: it offers digestible proteins and, unlike meat, dietary fiber.
These findings are relevant because various studies... |
| 13.05.2024 | Report Identifies 5 Disruptive Technologies to Shake Up Fermentation Industry | Following a comprehensive review of the fermentation sector, Lever VC, a leading venture capital firm specializing in alternative protein investments, announces the release of its latest report highlighting the top technologies that could a... |
| 11.05.2024 | Voyage Foods: Leading the Way in Sustainable Food Innovation | Voyage Foods, a cutting-edge food innovation company based in California, has recently secured a substantial $52 million in funding, bringing their total raise to an impressive $94 million. This funding round, co-led by Level One Fund and H... |
| 10.05.2024 | Alabama Becomes 2nd State to Ban Cultivated Meat, Restricting Sustainable Options for Millions | Following Florida’s recent ban, Alabama has become the second state in the USA to prohibit the sale and production of cultivated meat. This technology grows meat directly from cells without raising and slaughtering animals.
Alabama’s Govern... |
| 10.05.2024 | McKinsey Report: Majority of US Consumers Willing to Try Novel Protein Ingredients | A report by strategy and management consulting firm McKinsey has found that most US consumers are open to trying food and drinks that contain novel protein ingredients.
The report divides novel proteins into three categories — animal-free p... |
| 09.05.2024 | Nosh.bio’s Retroffited Plant Ready to Produce “Thousands of Tons” of Mycoprotein Annually | Nosh.bio, a B2B biomass fermentation startup recently showcased on the Investment Climate Podcast, announces it has achieved a production milestone at its newly established plant near Dresden, Germany.
The biotech explains that it has condu... |
| 09.05.2024 | Singapore Proposes Revision of Novel Food Approvals with New “Defined Food” Category | The Singapore Food Agency (FSA) and the Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment (MSE) recently issued a new draft, the Food Safety and Security Bill (FSSB), proposing a new category, “Defined Food,” and new requirements for pre-marke... |
| 09.05.2024 | ProFuse Technology Awarded €2.4M European Innovation Council Grant for Muscle Growth Solutions in Cultivated Meat | ProFuse Technology, an Israeli biotech company creating solutions for muscle growth in cultivated meat, announces it has been awarded a €2.4 million grant from the European Innovation Council (EIC) Transition program.
The EIC Transition pro... |
| 09.05.2024 | CEO Statements: Cultivated Meat & Novel Proteins – Threat or Beacon of Hope? | In the seventh part of our series “CEO Statements: What Excites, Moves, Motivates”, in which vegconomist’s German platform regularly interviews CEOs on current topics, we spoke to Fabian Baumann, founder of CellAg Germany; Dr Susanne Leonha... |
| 09.05.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Voyage Foods raises $52m, ArkeaBio bags $27m, a ‘regulation-free’ zone for biotech | Funding rounds were abundant this week, including a raise by chocolate-free cocoa maker Voyage Foods, ag biotech startup ArkeaBio, and several players in southern Asia.
Speaking of Asia, South Korea has designated a “regulation-free” zone f... |
| 08.05.2024 | Dr. Clauder’s Introduces the “World’s First” Dog Treats Featuring Calysta’s Air Protein FeedKindPet | German pet food manufacturer Dr. Clauder’s has partnered with microbial protein pioneer Calysta, to launch the world’s first dog treats made with FeedKindPet, an air protein-derived ingredient designed for pet nutrition.
FeedKindPet, a vega... |
| 08.05.2024 | TurtleTree’s Animal-Free Lactoferrin in Functional Espresso Marks First Commercial Partnership | Singaporean precision fermentation company TurtleTree announces it has secured its first commercial partnership with the US company Cadence Cold Brew to launch a functional espresso under the brand Cadence Performance Coffee.
The companies ... |
| 08.05.2024 | A Promising Start for Cultivated X by vegconomist | On our own behalf: in the last 30 days, we have already recorded more than 5,000 unique visitors to our new publication Cultivated X. This is an impressive result, as this niche B2B publication has only been available since 7 February. Howe... |
| 06.05.2024 | Researchers Develop Promising Cultivated Meat Prototype Using Decellularised Asparagus Scaffold | Researchers from Singapore have successfully developed a promising cultivated meat prototype by co-culturing porcine muscle and fat cells in a decellularised asparagus scaffold.
The prototype development was part of a study aiming to expand... |
| 03.05.2024 | Maia Farms Revolutionizes Protein Production with Mycelium Innovation | Maia Farms, a visionary company, secures $2.3 million in pre-seed financing to expand mycelium protein production, leading the charge towards a sustainable and nourishing future. With investors like Joyful Ventures and grant funding from to... |
| 03.05.2024 | Aleph Farms Partners with BioRaptor to Streamline Cultivated Beef Production With Cutting-Edge AI | Israeli biotech Aleph Farms announces a partnership with the AI-powered insights platform BioRaptor to streamline and lower the costs of its cultivated meat production process by integrating cutting-edge AI technology.
Aleph Farms, the firs... |
| 02.05.2024 | Florida Becomes First State to Ban Cultivated Meat as Governor Says “Take Your Fake Lab-Grown Meat Elsewhere” | Florida’s Governor, Ron DeSantis, has signed a law prohibiting the sale and production of lab-grown meat within the state, making Florida the first US state to enact such a ban. The legislation, known as Senate Bill 1084, was enacted during... |
| 02.05.2024 | Maia Farms Secures $2.3M to Advance Climate Positive Food with Highly Nutritious Mycoprotein | Vancouver-based Maia Farms, a B2B producer of the mycoprotein and winner of the Deep Space Food Challenge Grand Prize with its ingredient CanPro, announces it has secured $2.3 million in a pre-seed funding round.
CanPro, a textured protein ... |
| 01.05.2024 | South Korea Designates Regulation-Free Zone for Cultivated Meat to Boost Production & Safety | The South Korean government has announced the designation of a special regulatory-free zone in Gyeongsangbuk-do province to accelerate the production and commercialization of cultivated meat in the country.
The zone, officially named the Gy... |
| 01.05.2024 | Jooules Secures NZ$1M to Transform CO2 into Complete Protein Ingredients | Jooules, a New Zealand startup that turns greenhouse gas emissions into protein ingredients, has secured NZ$1 million in a pre-seed round led by early-stage investor Sprout Agritech LP.
David McLellan, a participant in the Sprout Accelerato... |
| 30.04.2024 | MyriaMeat Unveils 100% Muscle Cultivated Pork Fillet | German biotech startup MyriaMeat announces that it has successfully developed a cultivated pork fillet made entirely from pig cells, without the use of scaffolds for cell support or added plant protein blends for shape.
The cultivated pork ... |
| 30.04.2024 | Head of WWF in Wales Warns of the “Inevitable Demise” of Welsh Animal Agriculture | Gareth Clubb, director of WWF Cymru, the Welsh arm of the environmental organization WWF, has written a blog post in the Welsh language under his social media name Naturiaethwr to warn the region’s farmers of the reality of the Welsh livest... |
| 30.04.2024 | Mewery Announces Significant Progress in Cultivating Pork at Larger Scale | Czech cultivated meat company Mewery, known for its cultivated pork and microalgae burger, announces a key milestone in its product development: successfully establishing a stable cell line.
The new cell line exhibits the most favorable res... |
| 26.04.2024 | Italy’s “Feather to Meat” Project Expands to Larger-Scale Cultivated Chicken Trials | Researchers at the University of Trento continue to work on “Feather to Meat,” a project launched last year to cultivate chicken using cells from feathers.
The research, led by professors Luciano Conti, Stefano Biressi, and researcher Nike ... |
| 25.04.2024 | Cultimate Foods Revolutionizing Alt Meat Industry with Innovative Cultivated Fat Ingredient | German startup Cultimate Foods has secured €2.3 million in seed funding to scale up production of its functional ingredient, CultiFat, and expand operations. Led by High-Tech Gründerfonds, the round also included investors like Life Science... |
| 25.04.2024 | Industry & Academia Research: The Cultivated B and DTU Biosustain to Take Bioreactors to the “Next Level” | In a collaboration between industry and academia to accelerate progress in cell-based foods, the German cell ag technologies specialist The Cultivated B (TCB) and The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability (DTU Biosustain) wil... |
| 24.04.2024 | Magic Valley’s Cultivated Pork Impresses with “Indistinguishable” Flavor at Tasting Event | Australian firm Magic Valley, a cultivated meat company at the forefront of scalable solutions, debuted a new product —cultivated pork bao buns — at a recent tasting at John Gorilla Café in Brunswick.
The event brought together a wide range... |
| 24.04.2024 | Investment Climate Podcast: Tim Fronzek of Nosh.bio Reveals the Secrets to Fundraising Success | In this new podcast series, co-produced by vegconomist, Alex Shandrovksy interviews investors about benchmarks for funding alt proteins in 2024 and uncovers the investment playbooks of successful Climate Tech CEOs and Leading VCs.
Podcast H... |
| 24.04.2024 | Cultimate Foods Secures €2.3M to “Deliver the Meaty Flavors Consumers Crave” Via Cultivated Fats | Despite the difficult fundraising environment, German startup Cultimate Foods, a B2B cultivated fat supplier for the alt protein industry, has secured €2.3 million in seed funding to scale the production of its functional ingredient, CultiF... |
| 24.04.2024 | MicroHarvest & VEGDOG Unveil Dog Treat with “First-of-its-Kind” Microbial Protein | Two German companies, the biotech startup MicroHarvest and plant-based pet food producer VEGDOG, have partnered to introduce a dog treat crafted from a sustainable ingredient: microbial proteins from biomass fermentation.
While other pet fo... |
| 23.04.2024 | Atlantic Fish Co: “We Want to Have Our Products in Restaurants All Over the United States and Beyond” | Based in North Carolina, Atlantic Fish Co has developed a proprietary technology to cultivate fish cells that can thrive in liquid suspension, focusing on high-performing cell lines of wild-caught species, such as halibut and sea bass, and ... |
| 22.04.2024 | Nosh Biofoods’ Mycoprotein for Single Ingredient, Clean-Label Alternatives to Reach Price Parity with Poultry in 2025 | Nosh Biofoods, a B2B biomass fermentation startup based in Germany, has developed a unique mycoprotein that allows manufacturers to produce single-ingredient meat and seafood alternatives with a clean label.
According to the startup, the ne... |
| 19.04.2024 | ProteinDistillery and NETZSCH Partner to Advance Egg-Like Prew:tein from Upcycled Brewer’s Yeast | The German biotech ProteinDistillery announces a partnership with the machine manufacturer NETZSCH to advance the purification process of Prew:tein — a biomass fermentation-derived protein that delivers functionality akin to egg whites.
Pro... |
| 18.04.2024 | MycoTechnology’s Honey Truffle Sweetener on Track to Revolutionize Sugar Reduction | Mycelial fermentation leader MycoTechnology announces significant progress in scaling production and ensuring the safety of the first-ever honey truffle sweetener.
The new product, made from a sweet protein found in honey truffles discovere... |
| 18.04.2024 | GreenCoLab Unveils Innovative Microalgae and Seaweed-Based Caviar, Burgers, and Beer | GreenCoLab, a Portuguese non-profit biotech that leverages microalgae and seaweed to create nutraceutical and F&B products, has unveiled three prototypes that will debut at Vitafoods Europe.Vitafoods Europe 2024
The company’s developmen... |
| 18.04.2024 | 2023 GFI Reports: Cultivated Meat and Fermentation Industries Growing Despite Drop in Investments | The Good Food Institute has released the 2023 State of the Industry Reports for the alt protein industry.
These annual reports provide a global analysis of each sector’s commercial landscape, investments, scientific progress, and government... |
| 17.04.2024 | Mosa Meat Secures €40M to Revolutionize Cultivated Beef Market | Mosa Meat, a Dutch cultivated meat company, has secured a whopping €40 million in funding to accelerate its mission of transforming the beef industry. The investment will drive production scale-up, cost reduction, and market entry preparati... |
| 17.04.2024 | Meatable Makes History as First Company to Hold a Cultivated Meat Tasting in the EU | Meatable, a Dutch producer of cell-based pork meat, has become the first company to hold an officially approved cultivated meat tasting in the European Union, and the first in the Netherlands.
According to the announcement, the company held... |
| 16.04.2024 | Alpine Bio Announces Rebrand from Nobell Foods, Secures New Patent in Dairy Alternatives | Alpine Bio, formerly known as Nobell Foods, announces a significant development in its business and technology strategy, revealing a corporate rebranding and the acquisition of a new US patent. The company, which produces animal-free dairy ... |
| 16.04.2024 | Mosa Meat Raises €40M From Investors Including Poultry Producer PHW Group | Dutch cultivated meat company Mosa Meat has raised €40 million in an oversubscribed funding round. The capital will be used to scale up production processes, drive down production costs, and prepare for market entry.
The round was led by Lo... |
| 16.04.2024 | A Deep Dive into the Role of 3D Scaffolds as the Building Blocks for Cultivated Meat | In addition to scaling and cost hurdles, cultivated meat production faces the unique challenge of developing final products that meet the consumer’s expectations of conventional animal-based meat, including larger pieces akin to whole cuts.... |
| 16.04.2024 | The Cultivated B: “There Will Be No Sustainable Protein Future Without a Sustainable Business Model” | Dr Wolfgang Kühnl is the managing partner of Germany’s InFamily Foods Holding GmbH & Co. KG. The son of an entrepreneurial family, Dr Kühnl studied food technology and biotechnology at the Technical University of Munich and completed hi... |
| 15.04.2024 | Historic Moment in Food Production: Solar Foods Opens World’s First Commercial-Scale Air Protein Facility | Finnish air protein Solar Foods announces the official launch of its highly anticipated Factory 01 in Vantaa, Finland.
Claimed as the world’s first factory growing food out of thin air, the new plant will commercially produce 160 tons annua... |
| 12.04.2024 | Quest’s First Tasting for Microcarrier Replacements for Cultivated Meat Reveals Promising Results | Quest Meat, a UK-based B2B company specializing in high-quality cell lines and ingredients for the cell-based industry, has developed edible and food-safe microcarrier replacements — the most promising method for scaling up the production o... |
| 12.04.2024 | Spiber Raises Over JPY10 Billion for Mass Production of Fermented Proteins for Materials | Spiber Inc., a Japanese biotech “brewing” sustainable materials for the fashion, automotive, and personal care industry, announces it has raised over JPY10 billion (around $65M) from equity financing. Spiber has raised a total funding of $4... |
| 11.04.2024 | BLUU Seafood Expands Cultivated Fish Production in Preparation for Market Entry, Predicts Price Parity With Fish Within 3 Years | Europe’s largest cultivated seafood biotech, the German startup BLUU Seafood, announces that it has officially inaugurated its first pilot plant in Hamburg-Altona.
The new facility boasts 2,000 m2 of space dedicated to research, production,... |
| 11.04.2024 | Sugar-Free Mycelium Chocolate Described as Most Significant Innovation in Chocolate in a Century | US confectionery brand Macalat has introduced a vegan, organic, zero-sugar, sweet dark chocolate bar — Organic Sweet Dark Chocolate — claiming it to be the most significant innovation in chocolate in the past 100 years.
To achieve this brea... |
| 11.04.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Windfall Bio scoops up $28m, TerraClear bags $15m, Ginkgo buys AgBiome assets | This week, Windfall Bio, a US company capturing methane to make biofertilizers, announced a new funding round, as did lab automation company Reshape Biotech, and TerraClear, which makes a rock-picking ‘bot for agriculture.
In the M&A wo... |
| 10.04.2024 | Atlantic Fish Co. Unveils the “World’s First” Cultivated Black Sea Bass Prototype | Cultivated seafood startup Atlantic Fish Co. has developed what it claims to be the world’s first cultivated black sea bass product.
To share their milestone with the world, the team at Atlantic Fish Co. recently held a tasting at the North... |
| 10.04.2024 | The Live Green Co. Unveils Yeast-Derived Breast Milk Fat and Gut Health Postbiotic | The Live Green Co. (TLGC), a US food tech company headquartered in Boston since 2022, unveils two active functional ingredients developed with precision fermentation: GreenTAGs — an analog of human breast milk fat known as OPO — and GutRevy... |
| 09.04.2024 | EFISHient Protein Achieves Milestone in Tilapia Cell Line Development | Israel’s leading cultivated fish startup, EFISHient Protein, announces that it has achieved a significant milestone with the successful development of the cell line of the water fish Tilapia.
EFISHient Protein says that it is establishing a... |
| 08.04.2024 | Finally Foods Secures Funds for AI-Driven Plant Molecular Tech to Produce Casein for Cheese | Israeli startup Finally Foods Ltd., an AI-driven company focused on revolutionizing the alt-protein sector through plant molecular farming, has secured pre-seed funding from The Kitchen FoodTech Hub (TKH) and the Israeli Innovation Authorit... |
| 08.04.2024 | Cultivated Meat Struggles to Gain Traction Among Consumers, Survey Finds | A recent Statista Consumer Insights survey has revealed that cultivated meat still struggles to gain widespread acceptance among consumers worldwide.
The survey, which included 2,000 to 10,000 adults aged 18 to 64 per country from January t... |
| 06.04.2024 | Time-Travelling Milkman Revolutionizes Plant-Based Dairy with Sunflower Fat | Dutch startup Time-travelling Milkman (TTM) has secured €850K in funding to enhance the appeal of dairy alternatives with Oleocream, a sustainable sunflower fat. Investors like Alianza Team and Oost NL are backing TTM's mission to provide a... |
| 04.04.2024 | Onego Bio Revolutionizes Food Industry with Animal-Free Egg Protein | Onego Bio, a US-Finnish biotech company, has secured a groundbreaking $40 million in Series A funding to propel the commercialization of its innovative animal-free egg protein. The company's Bioalbumen® is a game-changer in the food industr... |
| 04.04.2024 | The Cultivated B. Achieves ISO Certification for Quality Management and Efficiency | German bioengineering company The Cultivated B. (TCB) announces the achievement of a significant milestone: obtaining the ISO 9001:2015 certification.
This globally recognized standard for quality management aims to demonstrate a company’s ... |
| 04.04.2024 | Time-Travelling Milkman Raises €850K to “Cream” Plant-Based Dairy with Sustainable Sunflower Fat | Dutch startup Time-travelling Milkman (TTM) has raised €850,000 in funding to scale production and expand the market entry of Oleocream, a sunflower fat designed to replace palm and coconut oil in plant-based dairy.
New investor Alianza Tea... |
| 03.04.2024 | SuperMeat’s Cultivated Chicken Outperforms Most Efficient Farm Animal in Carbon Footprint Study | Chicken is considered the most efficient source of land-animal protein compared to beef and pork due to its lower feed conversion ratio and smaller environmental footprint. However, cultivated chicken presents an opportunity for even greate... |
| 03.04.2024 | Vow Receives Regulatory Approval to Launch “World-First” Cultivated Quail Product in Singapore | Australian cultivated meat company Vow announces that it has secured regulatory approval from the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) to produce and sell the world’s first cultivated quail product.
Vow’s product originates from cells of the rare Ja... |
| 02.04.2024 | Coperion Introduces “Texture Solutions” for Plant-Based and Cultivated Meat | Coperion, a leader in compounding and twin screw extrusion equipment and systems for alternative proteins, has developed an innovative texturizing unit for its extruder to help manufacturers mimic animal flesh more easily.
Called the MEGAte... |
| 02.04.2024 | Avant Meats to Expand Cultivated Fish Production Significantly by 2025, Following Successful Pilot Production | China’s first cultivated and seafood startup, Avant Meats, is set to expand its manufacturing capacity from 250 to 2000 L bioreactors at its pilot plant in Singapore by 2025, CEO and co-founder Carrie Chan said in an interview with the Sout... |
| 02.04.2024 | Onego Bio Raises $40M to Commercialize “Revolutionary” Animal-Free Egg Protein | US-Finnish biotech company Onego Bio has raised $40 million in one of the largest Series A rounds in the Nordics. The funding will be used to drive the commercialization and manufacturing of the company’s animal-free egg protein, which is p... |
| 28.03.2024 | Clean Food Group Secures £2.5M to Launch Non-GMO Alternative to Palm Oil by 2025 | UK-based biotech firm Clean Food Group (CFG) has raised £2.5 million to accelerate the commercial launch of its yeast-derived, non-GMO alternative to palm oil by 2025.
Said to be equivalent to high-oleic palm oil, CFG’s go-to-market product... |
| 28.03.2024 | CellTec Systems: “Whether it is Slaughtered or Cultured Meat Will Probably Make No Difference to the Consumer in Terms of Sensory Experience” | The Lübeck-based company CellTec Systems sees itself as the first German full-service provider for industrial cell production. Anyone wanting to get into cellular agriculture can obtain all the building blocks for production here: Cells, nu... |
| 28.03.2024 | PoLoPo Unveils Molecular Farming Platform in Potato Plants to Grow Egg Proteins | Last year, the Israeli agrifood startup PoLoPo raised $2.3 million, including $1.75 million in a pre-seed funding round to further develop its plant molecular farming technology for producing animal proteins in potatoes.
Now, the startup un... |
| 25.03.2024 | Checkerspot and AAK to Produce Novel, Climate Change-Resistent Oils from Microalgae & Precision Fermentation | California’s Checkerspot and the Swedish company AAK have announced a partnership to develop, scale, and commercially produce novel algae oils for meat alternatives, plant-based food, and personal care products.
Checkerspot makes renewable ... |
| 25.03.2024 | Qorium: “Our Product Creates Consistent, Beautiful, and Easily Workable Leather” | Founded in 2014, Dutch biotech startup Qorium is developing cultivated leather to provide an ethical and sustainable alternative to animal leather with no compromises on performance.
The company’s technology enables the development of leath... |
| 22.03.2024 | Meatable Slashes Production Time for Cultivated Pork: Cell to Sausage in Four Days | Cultivated pork producer Meatable announces a new production milestone: from cell to sausage in “only four days”. This new record surpasses the company’s previous eight-day process, making it the quickest cell-cultivating method in the worl... |
| 21.03.2024 | GEA Unveils “Technological Milestone” for Food Biomanufacturing, Cutting Production Costs of Alt Proteins | GEA, a global leader in engineering systems for the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries, is unveiling what it claims to be a “technological milestone” — the perfusion platform — at the Anuga FoodTec trade show in Cologne, Germany.... |
| 21.03.2024 | Strive Milk is Served at the Miami Open, Becoming First Animal-Free Milk at Major Sporting Event | Strive FREEMILK Whole, an alternative milk crafted with Perfect Day‘s sustainable whey protein, is being served in partnership with Florida coffee roasters Oceana Coffee at the 2024 Miami Open.
This launch represents the first animal-free m... |
| 21.03.2024 | The UK’s Food Standards Agency Agrees on Reforms to Streamline Approval Process for Novel Foods | The UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) is set to modernise its regulatory procedure for cultivated meat and precision fermentation-derived foods to remove unnecessary delays in bringing these products to market.
At a recent board meeting, the... |
| 20.03.2024 | EU Commission Proposes Ambitious Biotech Initiative, Including Key Actions for Alt Proteins | The European Commission has published a new initiative, Building the Future with Nature: Boosting Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing in the EU, that summarises the sector’s challenges and proposes a line of actions to address these barriers... |
| 20.03.2024 | Oobli Receives FDA No Questions Letter for Oubli Fruit Sweet Protein Made with Precision Fermention | Oobli, formerly Joywell Foods, a sweet protein developer from California, USA, announces that it has received what it claims to be the FDA’s first “No questions” letter for its brazzein protein made with precision fermentation.
The US Food ... |
| 20.03.2024 | Toronto Startups AuX Labs & Genuine Taste Join BioCreate Accelerator to Create Alternatives to Cheese and Beef | Two cutting-edge biotech startups from Ontario, Canada — AuX Labs and Genuine Taste — have been selected to join BioCreate, an accelerator program that supports innovative companies in the health, food, agriculture, and cleantech sectors.
A... |
| 20.03.2024 | MeliBio Partners with Pow.Bio to Advance Bee-Free Honey Through Precision Fermentation | MeliBio, a pioneering company in the production of bee-free honey, today announces a strategic collaboration with Pow.Bio to escalate precision fermentation capabilities.
This partnership is set to further innovate the production of high-va... |
| 19.03.2024 | Investors Back Cauldron’s Plans for Global Network of Precision Fermentation Facilities to Tune of $6.25M | Precision fermentation company Cauldron Ferm announces it has secured AUD 9.5 million ($6.25M) in a series A round led by Horizons Ventures. SOSV, In-Q-Tel, and previous investor Main Sequence also participated in the round, bringing Cauldr... |
| 19.03.2024 | Formo and Those Vegan Cowboys Reveal “First-of-its-Kind” Collab to Expedite Production of Cow-Free Cheese | Two precision fermentation companies — Germany’s Formo and Those Vegan Cowboys from Belgium — today announce a strategic R&D alliance to accelerate the production of animal-free casein and finally retire cows from cheese production.
Thi... |
| 18.03.2024 | Meatly and Omni Unveil UK’s First Cultivated Meat Product for Cats | UK cultivated pet food company Meatly, previously Good Dog Food, has unveiled what it claims to be the world’s first cans of cat food made with cultivated chicken.
The first batch, manufactured with its first commercial partner, Omni, a lea... |
| 18.03.2024 | USDA’s First Cultivated Meat Center “NICA” Opens Applications for Research Grants | The first US government-funded center for cultivated meat, the USDA’s National Institute of Cellular Agriculture (NICA) at Tufts University, has announced the opening of applications for its Seed Grant Program 2024.
Seed-level funding grant... |
| 14.03.2024 | The Cultivated B Canada Rebrands to n!Biomachines, Pioneering Fit-for-Purpose Bioreactors | The German biotech The Cultivated B. announces that its subsidiary The Cultivated B Canada has been rebranded to n!Biomachines to reflect its mission in bioreactor engineering for successful biomanufacturing. (The notation ‘n!’ represents ‘... |
| 14.03.2024 | Bored Cow Launches “First of its Kind” Animal-Free Yogurt Made with Fermented Proteins | In response to its most consumer-requested product; Tomorrow Farms‘ animal-free dairy brand, Bored Cow, announces that it has developed the “first of its kind” range of drinkable yogurt made with milk protein from fermentation, coconut crea... |
| 13.03.2024 | Biokraft Foods Partners with ICAR-DCFR for Cultivated Trout Products in India | Indian cultivated meat startup Biokraft Foods has announced a strategic collaboration with ICAR-Directorate of Coldwater Fisheries Research (DCFR) to create cultivated snow and rainbow trout products — two species that hold significant comm... |
| 13.03.2024 | Opalia Receives Investment from Dairy Supplier Hoogwegt Group for “Cow-Free” Cell-Based Milk | Opalia, previously BetterMilk, reportedly the only company developing cell-based milk in Canada, has secured CAD$2 million to accelerate the development of its first milk product and establish a commercial strategy.
The financial round was ... |
| 13.03.2024 | Bon Vivant Appoints Antoine Baule as Chairman of its Board of Directors | Bon Vivant, a French startup in the animal-free dairy sector, announces the appointment of Antoine Baule as the new Chairman of its Board of Directors.
Baule is the former director general of Lesaffre, a key player in the global fermentatio... |
| 13.03.2024 | Melt&Marble Unlocks Commercial-Scale Production for Animal-Free Designer Fat, Sets Sights on US Market by 2025 | Melt&Marble, a Swedish precision fermentation company that specializes in designer fats for food and other applications, has revealed new headquarters with expanded R&D and production capabilities.
The facility features “state-of-th... |
| 12.03.2024 | UMAMI Bioworks & Shiok Meats Merge to Commercialize Cultivated Seafood | Two cultivated seafood pioneers from Singapore — UMAMI Bioworks and Shiok Meats — have merged to establish a combined entity that will bring cultivated seafood closer to commercial viability.
The strategic merge, believed to be the first in... |
| 12.03.2024 | Pluri Receives First-Ever Patent for 3D Bioreactor Technology in Plant Cell Cultivation | Pluri (Nasdaq:PLUR) (TASE:PLUR), parent company of the recently launched cell-based coffee biotech PluriAgtech, announces that it has secured a patent from the Israel Patent Office for its “System for 3D Cultivation of Plant Cells and Metho... |
| 12.03.2024 | Study: 65% of Germans in Favour of Cultivated Meat, 49% Want More Meat, Fish, Eggs & Dairy Alternatives | A 2024 survey conducted in Germany by the research firm YouGov and the think tank Good Food Institute Europe has revealed a growing appetite among Germans for plant-based meat, plant-based dairy, and cultivated meat.
The survey, which engag... |
| 11.03.2024 | Fermentation Frenzy: ProteinDistillery's €15M Boost | Germany's ProteinDistillery has stirred up the agri-foodtech scene with a €15 million seed round to launch Europe's first Prew:tein Competence Center. The company's innovative approach to biomass fermentation is set to revolutionize protein... |
| 11.03.2024 | BSF Enterprise and Ivy Farm Partner to Produce Cultivated Meat in China | Two UK firms, BSF Enterprise, owner of the UK clinical and cell ag company 3D Bio-Tissues (3DBT), and the cultivated meat company Ivy Farm Technologies, have partnered to fundraise, produce, and scale cultivated meat in China.
BSF Enterpris... |
| 11.03.2024 | TIME’s Top GreenTech Companies of 2024 Recognizes The Better Meat Co., Rebellyous Foods, Prime Roots & More | TIME Magazine together with Statista, a leading statistics portal, recently unveiled America’s Top GreenTech Companies in 2024, recognizing 250 firms leading the charge in sustainability and environmental stewardship.
Among these, FoodTech ... |
