| Date | Title | Description |
| 12.11.2024 | European Alt Protein Research Saw Record Public & Philanthropic Funding in 2023 | A report by GFI Europe has found that European alternative protein research received more public and philanthropic funding than ever before in 2023, increasing from €63 million in 2020 to €290 million in 2023. This figure is likely to be ma... |
| 08.11.2024 | Elan Group's New Ramada Encore: A Hospitality Gem in Gurugram | In the bustling heart of Gurugram, a new star is set to shine. The Elan Group has joined forces with AS Hotels & Residences Private Limited to unveil the Ramada Encore Hotel by Wyndham at Elan Miracle Mall, a vibrant commercial hub in S... |
| 06.11.2024 | Beyond Meat returns to growth, plans to boost the balance sheet before year end | Beyond Meat returned to growth in the third quarter, posting a 7.6% year-over-year rise in net sales to $81 million driven by lower trade discounts and targeted price increases.
While volumes were down 7.1% year-over-year, they have been on... |
| 26.10.2024 | Hungary's Cultivated Meat Ban: A Recipe for Controversy | The European Commission has stirred the pot over Hungary's proposed ban on cultivated meat, deeming it "unjustified" and a potential threat to the EU's single market. This clash of culinary ideologies is more than just a local spa... |
| 25.10.2024 | The Green Surge: Plant-Based Food Sales Flourish in Europe | In the heart of Europe, a culinary revolution is brewing. Plant-based foods are no longer a niche market; they are becoming a staple on dining tables across the continent. A recent analysis by the Good Food Institute (GFI) reveals that plan... |
| 24.10.2024 | In Europe, Sales of Plant-Based Meat & Dairy Grew by 6% – But Price Parity Holds the Key | 5 Mins Read Despite the industry’s headwinds, retail sales of plant-based food in six major European markets increased by 5.5%, and lower prices can help bring a windfall for companies in this space.
There have been a few too many doomsday-... |
| 24.10.2024 | EU Commission Deems Hungary’s Proposed Cultivated Meat Ban ‘Unjustified'” | Following the TRIS assessment, the European Commission has deemed the Hungarian ban on cultured meat “unjustified” and potentially harmful to the European single market, reports the Good Food Institute.
According to the Commission, the ban ... |
| 24.10.2024 | European Plant-Based Food Sales Rise Significantly, With Germany in the Lead | A new GFI analysis has studied plant-based food sales in six European countries — Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and the UK.
Based on Circana data, the analysis shows that plant-based sales across these countries reached €5... |
| 21.10.2024 | As Plant Milk Tax Affects Sales, Aldi and Lidl Shrink Price Gap with Dairy in Netherlands | At Aldi and Lidl, you now pay almost as much for a litre of plant milk as for a litre of cow’s milk. This is the result of a price analysis by Wakker Dier for the Netherlands. “Many consumers choose a product based on price. Aldi and Lidl a... |
| 06.09.2024 | TiNDLE Foods CEO Timo Recker: There Isn’t A Lack of Interest – the Demand Just Wasn’t As Strong As Predicted | 14 Mins Read Timo Recker, CEO of plant-based startup TiNDLE Foods, talks evolving consumer attitudes, sales and funding declines, the importance of taste, and his admiration for Beyond Meat.
It’s been nine months since Timo Recker took over... |
| 07.08.2024 | European Fermentation Startups Raised More Funds in H1 2024 Than All of 2023 | 5 Mins Read Within the first six months of 2024, European precision and biomass fermentation startups attracted more investment than they did in all of 2023.
Between regulatory wins, market breakthroughs, and dominant investment rounds, 202... |
| 06.08.2024 | European Plant-Based, Fermentation & Cell-Cultivated Companies Received €289M in First Half of 2024 | European plant-based, fermentation-derived, and cell-cultivated meat and dairy companies secured €289 million in investments during the first half of 2024, according to an analysis of Net Zero Insights data by the Good Food Institute Europe... |
| 28.07.2024 | The Rise of Cultivated Meat: A New Era in Food Innovation | The culinary landscape is shifting. Cultivated meat is stepping into the spotlight, promising a future where food production is sustainable, ethical, and innovative. This revolution is not just a trend; it’s a necessity. As the world grappl... |
| 28.07.2024 | The Rise of Cultivated Meat: A New Era for European Food Innovation | The culinary landscape is shifting. Cultivated meat is no longer a distant dream; it’s becoming a reality. Two recent developments in Europe highlight this transformation. Gourmey, a French startup, has taken a bold step by applying for reg... |
| 26.07.2024 | Gourmey Becomes First Company to Apply to Sell Cultivated Meat in the EU | Gourmey, a French startup producing cultivated foie gras, has become the first company to apply for regulatory approval to sell cultivated meat in the European Union. The startup has also submitted applications in Singapore, Switzerland, th... |
| 25.07.2024 | The Rise of Cultivated Meat: A Culinary Revolution or a Political Battlefield?** ** | ** In the heart of Europe, a culinary revolution is simmering. Cultivated meat, a product of modern science, is making waves. But this innovation is not just about taste; it’s a battleground of politics, consumer choice, and tradition.
Rece... |
| 23.07.2024 | Amid Orbán’s Threats of Bans, EU Consumers Say Eating Cultivated Meat Should Be Their Decision | 6 Mins Read Europeans are largely in favour of cultivated meat if food regulators deem it to be safe, despite policymakers debating bans over the novel food.
In Brussels, over an informal lunch that no doubt featured meat, European leaders ... |
| 17.07.2024 | Meatly’s Cultivated Chicken for Pets Approved for Sale in the UK, First Products to Hit Shelves This Year | The UK’s Meatly, previously Good Dog Food, announces that it has received regulatory clearance from relevant UK Government departments to produce and sell cultivated meat for pet food, making it the first company in the country to obtain su... |
| 11.07.2024 | Hungarian Council Presidency Tells EU That Novel Foods Are a Threat to European Food Traditions | The Hungarian Council Presidency has invited EU agriculture ministers to discuss the impact of novel foods such as cultivated meat and plant-based foods on European food traditions.
According to Euractiv, the presidency sent a note to EU de... |
| 01.07.2024 | Majority of Italians Support Using ‘Meaty’ Terms in Plant-Based Products Labels | A new survey by YouGov on plant-based product labels in Italy, commissioned by the Good Food Institute Europe, reveals that 68% of Italian consumers believe companies should be able to use “meaty” terms freely for plant-based products.
“Our... |
| 29.05.2024 | Ferrero to Finally Launch Vegan Nutella in Europe This Autumn | 4 Mins Read As the famed hazelnut spread turns 60, confectionery giant Ferrero will introduce a vegan version of Nutella in Europe later this year.
In the TV show How I Met Your Mother, there’s an episode where all the main characters conte... |
| 02.05.2024 | Meet the Nectariss Method Reshaping the Truffle Oil Market | The Swiss startup Nectariss, founded by Richard Splivallo, a professor and truffle expert, is revolutionizing the gastronomic scene with natural truffle flavor concentrates developed using fermentation.
Under the brand NBROSIA, Nectariss’s ... |
| 24.04.2024 | 39% of Romanians Consume Plant-Based Products As Flexitarianism Surges | According to research by Danone Romania, 39% of Romanians now consume plant-based products, up from 30% last year. Meanwhile, less than a third (31%) eat meat daily.
33% of respondents said they choose plant-based foods for their taste, whi... |
| 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... |
| 04.04.2024 | University of Leeds Offers Studentship on Social & Environmental Impact of Alt Proteins | The UK’s University of Leeds is collaborating with GFI Europe to offer a studentship addressing the question, “How will alternative proteins affect people and the environment in the UK and Europe over the coming decades?”
The interdisciplin... |
| 01.04.2024 | Dutch Brands Agree to Make Half of the Recipes on Food Packaging Meatless | 4 Mins Read In response to campaigning by Dutch animal rights group Wakker Dier, seven brands have agreed to make at least 50% of the recipes on food packaging vegan or vegetarian.
Seven CPG brands have agreed to increase plant-based and ve... |
| 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 | Backed by Government & EU Funding, Umiami Opens Large-Scale Plant-Based Meat Facility in France | 6 Mins Read Parisian plant-based whole-cut meat producer Umiami has opened a commercial-scale facility in the Alsace region, backed by financing from the French government, the Grand Est area, as well as the EU. It plans to launch its chick... |
| 18.03.2024 | Germans & Austrians Believe Meat Consumption is Too High, But Less Than Half Think It’s Bad for the Climate | 6 Mins Read Nearly six in 10 consumers in Germany and Austria believe meat consumption is too high, but less than half think these foods are bad for the climate and plan to reduce their intake of animal products, according to new surveys. E... |
| 06.03.2024 | Plant-Based for Everyone: Burger King Germany Makes All Vegan Products Cheaper than Meat | 5 Mins Read Burger King has made all plant-based products and meals cheaper than meat across its German operations to encourage increased vegan consumption. It will develop a new flower-shaped patty with The Vegetarian Butcher to differenti... |
| 29.02.2024 | Italy Signals Willingness to Revisit Plant-Based Labelling Restrictions Following Industry Feedback | Two days ago, France issued a decree prohibiting companies from using familiar food names such as ‘salami’ or ‘steak’ to protect consumers from confusing plant-based products with animal foods.
Italy passed a similar ban last November, also... |
| 28.02.2024 | Bye Bye Jerky: Beyond Meat Posts Better-Than-Expected Q4 Sales, Plans Price Increases for 2024 | 7 Mins Read Plant-based giant Beyond Meat witnessed an 18% decrease in annual net revenue in 2023. Despite posting losses in Q4 too, its sales were better than expected, sending the company’s shares soaring and signalling a turnaround in fo... |
| 22.02.2024 | UK Government Invests £12M in Fermentation Hub for Alternative Proteins | The UK government has announced a £12 million investment in the Microbial Food Hub, a research centre focusing on fermentation-based foods to develop sustainable and innovative alternatives to animal products.
Led by Dr. Rodrigo Ledesma-Ama... |
| 15.02.2024 | European Dairy Sales “Sluggish” While Plant-Based Alternatives Continue to See Growth | According to research by Rabobank, European dairy sales were “sluggish” in 2023, with many Western European companies seeing weaker-than-expected sales. Forecasts for 2024 are similarly weak. Companies in regions such as Australia, Brazil, ... |
| 09.02.2024 | Pioneering UK Interdisciplinary Study Will Track Impact of Cultured Meat on Society | Proponents of cultivated meat argue that it has the potential to feed the world sustainably and ethically, thus positively affecting the planet, human well-being, and the welfare of animals. Nevertheless, there are still uncertainties surro... |
| 07.02.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Valentine’s Specials, Scotch Eggs & Greek Dragons’ Den | 6 Mins Read 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 Fortnum and Mason’s cultivated scotch egg tasting, a Dragons’... |
| 07.02.2024 | Italian Cultivated Meat Ban Could Be “Unenforceable” Due to Violation of EU Scrutiny Procedure | The European Commission has said that Italy violated an EU scrutiny procedure by banning cultivated meat without allowing other member states or the Commission itself to give their views.
The Italian government first proposed the ban in Mar... |
| 05.02.2024 | Fungi in My Cheese: Bolder Foods Unveils Mycelium Ingredient for Umami-Packed Cheese Alternatives | 6 Mins Read Belgian food tech startup Bolder Foods has introduced MycoVeg, a functional mycelium ingredient that offers creamy and stretchy textures in non-dairy cheese. The biomass-fermented innovation is being trialled by dairy companies,... |
| 24.01.2024 | EU Ministers Against Cultivated Meat Debate at EU Council Using Misinformation Says GFI | Yesterday, at an EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting, ministers gathered to discuss cultivated meat and its potential to benefit or threaten people and the environment.
A coalition of 13 agricultural ministers, rather than 12 as in... |
| 23.01.2024 | Cultivated Meat Regulation: Where Are We? UK, Israel & Australia Forge Ahead, US & EU Fall Behind | 12 Mins Read With 2024 tipped to be a landmark year for cultivated meat regulation, we look at how the industry is faring across the world.
While some countries are stepping up their efforts to progress these novel foods, others are pushing... |
| 02.01.2024 | Where to Study the Future of Food: The Best Alt Protein University Programs | 5 Mins Read With the future of food intricately linked with the future of the planet, as well as the growing development of plant-based and cellular-agriculture-derived foods, some universities are offering courses solely focused on alterna... |
| 14.12.2023 | Taxing Milk: How VAT Disparity Hinders Plant-Based Dairy in Europe | 7 Mins Read Analysis by alternative protein think tank the Good Food Institute (GFI) Europe reveals how value-added tax (VAT) on plant-based milk alternatives creates a disparity with their conventional counterparts. But there are calls to ... |
| 11.12.2023 | Denmark Announces First 36 Projects Receiving $8.4M As Part of Plant-Based Fund | 4 Mins Read The Danish Foundation for Plant-Based Foods has announced the first 36 projects receiving investment as part of its $180M Plant Fund. It comes two months after it became the first country to introduce a national action plan to t... |
| 06.12.2023 | Future Food Quick Bites: Panettone, Piranhas, Powders & Plant-Based School Milk | 7 Mins Read 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 the launch of Italian Christmas desserts made from cocoa-free... |
| 05.12.2023 | UK Government Backs Cultivated Meat and Fermentation in Landmark £2 Billion Plan | The UK Government has unveiled its National Vision for Engineering Biology, a £2 billion plan to seize the potential of biotechnology to revolutionise food production, medical advancements, and sustainable fuel production.
“Engineering biol... |
| 28.11.2023 | Hooked Foods: Swedish Vegan Seafood Startup Docks Into Germany with Plant-Based Salmon & Tuna | 6 Mins Read Months after teasing an expansion into Germany, Hooked Foods has delivered on that promise with a listing in 400 Rewe West stores across the country. The Swedish vegan seafood maker is launching four SKUs – including its Salmoon... |
| 20.11.2023 | ‘A Paradigm Shift’: Germany Earmarks €38M Investment for Alt-Protein Transition in 2024 Federal Budget | 5 Mins Read Germany has set aside €38M in investment for the promotion of alternative proteins and a switch to plant-based agriculture in its federal budget for 2024. This includes promoting the manufacturing and processing of plant-based, ... |
| 20.11.2023 | Beyond Meat makes another push into restaurants with Pizza Hut pepperoni in the UK | Dive Brief:
Beyond Meat and Pizza Hut are introducing items with Beyond Pepperoni in the U.K., the companies said in a statement.
The pepperoni, which will be featured on two pizzas and one melt, will be available in Pizza Hut restaurants a... |
| 20.11.2023 | Crunch time for cultivated meat: ‘Probably 70-90% of players will fail in the next year’ | On paper, cultivated meat might seem like a no-brainer. Unlike plant-based options, which still don’t quite hit the spot for many consumers, it promises the allure of ‘real’ meat without the ethical and environmental baggage that comes with... |
| 17.11.2023 | ‘Cultivating Ignorance’: Italy Passes Law to Become the First Country to Ban Cultured Meat | 8 Mins Read It has been in the making for a while, but Italy has officially passed the law that bans the production and sale of cultivated meat within the country, with the far-right government citing health reasons, a risk to the country’s... |
| 08.11.2023 | Mandorla Mozzarella: Italy’s Dreamfarm Raises €5M for Healthy Fermented Vegan Cheese | 6 Mins Read Italian vegan cheese startup Dreamfarm has closed a funding round of €5M aimed at building a production hub for its patented process to make a healthier plant-based cheese alternative. Its fermented almond mozzarella and spreada... |
| 19.10.2023 | THIS is On TV: Plant-Based Sausages ‘Fool’ British Food Critic Grace Dent | 6 Mins Read Andy Shovel, co-founder of UK plant-based meat brand THIS, talks to Green Queen about the company’s new TV ad, profitability plans, and why he’s optimistic about the vegan meat industry.
THIS has just launched its first TV spot ... |
| 18.10.2023 | Future Food Quick Bites: Meaty Concerts, Livestock Liability & A Salmon Song | 10 Mins Read 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 Beyond Meat’s Madison Square Garden link-up, Kaufland’s pric... |
| 18.10.2023 | Che Sorpresa! Italy U-Turns on Cultivated Meat Ban – For Now | 7 Mins Read Months after voting to ban the production and sale of cultivated meat in the country, Italy has withdrawn its notification of the proposed bill to the EU. But while this could spell a victory for alt-protein and a sustainable fu... |
| 17.10.2023 | Sexy Flexi: Europe Leads in Flexitarian Population As Asia-Pacific Catches Up, But US Lags Behind | 7 Mins Read When it comes to flexitarianism, Europe is leading the way, with Asia-Pacific catching up– but the US still lags far behind.
There’s no specific definition of what a flexitarian is. It could be a pescatarian who eats fish once a... |
| 16.10.2023 | Denmark Introduces World’s First National Action Plan to Promote Plant-Based Foods | 6 Mins Read Denmark has published an action plan detailing its goal to transition towards a plant-based food system, in what is a first by a national government. It’s part of the 2021-announced climate agricultural plan to cut food emission... |
| 13.10.2023 | How to Design a Meat Tax That Benefits Everyone, Even Low-Income Families | 6 Mins Read As governments and stakeholders discuss potential meat taxes to reduce animal consumption and help mitigate the effects of climate change, one major argument against these levies is that they would unfairly overburden lower-inco... |
| 12.10.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Investors fund agri-waste to energy, more precision fermentation, coffee capsule recycling | The largest round this week went to India’s SAEL, a company converting agricultural waste into renewable energy. Other notable fundraises went to precision fermentation, AI imaging for agriculture, restaurant tech in Latin America, and cult... |
| 12.10.2023 | Plant-Based Price Parity: Lidl Germany’s Own-Label Vegan Alternatives Will Now Cost the Same as Meat & Dairy | 5 Mins Read German retailer Lidl has announced that it will be introducing price parity for the majority of its plant-based alternatives to animal-derived foods via its own-label brand Vemondo. The grocer will also place these vegan product... |
| 04.10.2023 | Whole-Cut Plant-Based Poulet: France’s Umiami Adds Extra $34.7M to Series A Round for EU Expansion & US Launch | 5 Mins Read A year after securing $30M in a Series A fundraiser, French plant-based whole-cut chicken producer Umiami has reeled in a further €32.5M ($34.7M) to scale up its production, accelerate European distribution and set up its US ope... |
| 02.10.2023 | A Bilateral Deal with Israel Could Fast-Track UK Cultivated Meat Approval – Report | 6 Mins Read The UK is set to fast-track its approval of cultivated meat as part of a bilateral agreement with Israel, according to the Telegraph. The news comes two months after Israel’s Aleph Farms became the first cultured meat company to... |
| 25.09.2023 | Stone Fruit Kernel Milk: Austrian Startup Lands €12M Series A, Eyes US Launch in 2025 | 5 Mins Read Austrian food tech startup Kern Tec, which upcycles stone fruit pits into plant-based dairy alternatives, has raised €12M in a Series A funding round. The brand’s co-founder Luca Fichtinger tells Green Queen that it aims to scal... |
| 25.09.2023 | Gouda Riddance: Dutch Company Spins Off Dairy to Go Fully Vegan, Aims for Europe-Wide Launch by 2026 | 5 Mins Read Dutch dairy leader Boermarke, operational since 1987, has announced its intention to pivot to a fully plant-based product lineup. The decision comes after alt-dairy sales in the Netherlands grew in the last two years, as convent... |
| 21.09.2023 | Plant-Powered Politics Q&A: Can Europe Shift to a Plant-Based Food System? | 8 Mins Read Five European organisations have come together to suggest 11 measures that can unlock the region’s transition towards a plant-based food system, in a new report titled Plant-Powered Politics. In conversation with Green Queen, th... |
| 14.09.2023 | EIT Food grants €1.8M to three companies for or scaling cultivated meat production | Today, three companies have received €1.8 million from EIT Food to solve the biggest barriers to cultivating meat at scale. The funding follows their participation in the Cultivated Meat Innovation Challenge backed by the international nonp... |
| 30.08.2023 | UK Must Invest £390M in Alt-Protein by 2030 to Boost Food Security & Stay Competitive | 6 Mins Read To avoid ceding competitive advantage in the global alt-protein race, a new report suggests the UK needs to invest £390M ($493M) in alternative proteins between 2025 and 2030. This includes plant-based, cultivated and precision-... |
| 29.08.2023 | German MPs Propose Tax Cut on Plant-Based Milk to Reach Price Parity with Dairy | 3 Mins Read German MPs Tim Klüssendorf (SPD) and Bruno Hönel (Green Party) have proposed a change in the country’s tax laws to reduce the tariffs on plant-based milk to better reflect consumer needs. Currently, alt-milk is taxed at 19%, com... |
| 26.07.2023 | ‘Striking’ that Europe’s first cultivated meat application is in Switzerland, not Brussels, says GFI as Aleph Farms submits dossier to Swiss regulator | Israeli startup Aleph Farms has applied to Swiss food safety regulators for approval to sell its cultivated beef steaks in its first European market: Switzerland, a country outside the European Union (EU).
A spokesperson told AgFunderNews t... |
| 21.07.2023 | GFI Europe: “Cultivated Meat Was Born in Europe, and We Are Home to Some of the World’s Leading Scientists & Startups” | Alex Mayers is the newly appointed managing director of the Good Food Institute Europe, having stepped up into the role last month after three years as head of operations.
Alex’s career includes experience working with communities in differ... |
| 05.07.2023 | IFFA, the World’s Largest Meat Industry Trade Fair, to Focus on Cultivated Meat in 2025 | IFFA, the world’s leading trade fair for innovations in process technology for meat (and recently incorporating alternative proteins), has announced that discussion topics at IFFA 2025 will focus on cultivated meat.
IFFA’s interest in this ... |
| 12.06.2023 | Plant-Based. The Death Knells of an Industry, or the Calm After the Storm? | Today in the UK, the unfortunate news regarding Meatless Farm’s mass redundancies arrived, as sadly predicted over the past week. And right on cue, conventional media was ready and waiting, sharpening its knives, eager to assign the now tri... |
| 07.06.2023 | Estonian Researchers Reach XPRIZE Finals with Pea-Based “Salmon Scented” Filet | GFI Europe grantee Sirli Rosenvald and researchers from the Estonian Centre of Food and Fermentation Technologies (TFTAK) reached the XPRIZE competition’s final stage with a realistic pea protein-based salmon filet that features a novel “sa... |
| 23.05.2023 | This Record Breaking Dutch Startup Just Made Cultivated Meat In 8 Days | Meatable cofounders with new pork product, dumplingsMeatable |
| 03.05.2023 | Data snapshot: Agrifoodtech funding in Europe slumped 46% in 2022, but there were some bright spots | Data snapshot is a regular AFN feature analyzing agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder.
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| 19.04.2023 | 4 тренда на рынке DeepFoodTech: как стартапы делают открытия и производят новые продукты | 1. Применение искусственного интеллекта в производстве альтернативных источников белка
Искусственный интеллект (ИИ) и машинное обучение (ML) все чаще становятся важными ресурсами для ускорения исследований и разработок альтернативных продук... |
| 04.04.2023 | Europe Sees 22% Growth In Plant-Based Food Since 2020, Report Finds | 3 Mins Read Sales of plant-based foods in 13 European countries hit a record high of €5.7 billion last year, with a growth rate of 22 percent since 2020, according to a report by the Good Food Institute Europe.
The Good Food Institute Europ... |
| 27.10.2022 | REPORT: Wildlife loss is increasing rapidly. Changing our food production systems can alleviate this loss | Global wildlife populations fell 69% between 1970 and 2018, according to the World Wide Fund For Nature (formerly World Wildlife Fund) in its Living Planet Report.
Latin America has taken the biggest hit in terms of loss, recording a 94% de... |
| 18.10.2022 | Alternative protein research should be open access – GFI’s Kell | “We need a lot of publicly-funded open-access research to advance this field as quickly as possible.”
Seren Kell, science and technology manager at the Good Food Institute Europe and cofounder of Cellular Agriculture, is speaking to AFN fol... |
| 27.09.2022 | European Consumers Are Driving the Demand for Sustainable Protein, Survey Finds | 3 Mins Read
European consumers are keen to see more alternatives to conventional animal products, finds a new survey.
More than 60 percent of consumers across four European countries—France, Spain, Germany, and Italy—say more alternatives t... |
| 15.09.2022 | UK alternative protein: UK could be leader with faster regulation, more funding for cell ag | All eyes are on the next country in the world to approve and regulate the sale of alternative meat products produced through cell-culturing techniques.
Singapore was the first after it gave Eat Just the go-ahead to sell its cultivated chick... |
| 13.06.2022 | “A Missed Opportunity”: Alt Protein Leaders Respond to UK Government Food Strategy Published Today | The UK Government Food Strategy was published today, highlighting how sustainable and alternative proteins can play a major role in British food production. However, the report falls short and has been labelled as a disappointment to the UK... |
| 01.06.2022 | €100,000 Cultivated Meat Innovation Challenge Launched by GFI and EIT | The Good Food Institute (GFI) and the European Union’s EIT Food have launched a new €100,000 competition for the cultivated meat sector. Searching for innovative ways of bringing down the cost of cell culture media, up to four successful te... |
| 23.05.2022 | UK Politicians Consider More Agile Cultivated Meat Regulations | On May 18, cultivated meat startup Ivy Farm Technologies and the Good Food Institute Europe (GFI) hosted an event at the UK Parliament to discuss cultivated meat regulations.
The organisations argued for more investment in cultivated meat r... |
| 06.05.2022 | Mooji Meats Nets $3 Million for 3D-Printed Vegan Meat Acceleration | 4 Mins Read
Y Combinator alumnus Mooji Meats, which specialises in whole cut plant-based meats, has raised £3 million in a seed funding round. The Good Startup, Collaborative Fund, Lever VC and AgFunder all participated in the round.
Mooji ... |
| 09.12.2021 | MeaTech 3D : World's largest lab-grown steak unveiled by Israeli firm | The largest lab-grown steak yet produced has been unveiled by the Israeli company MeaTech 3D, weighing in at nearly 4oz (110 grams).
The steak is composed of real muscle and fat cells, derived from tissue samples taken from a cow. Living bo... |
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| 08.11.2021 | World-Leading Meat Trade Fair IFFA Chooses GFI Europe as Strategic Partner | IFFA, the international trade fair for meat and alternative proteins, has announced GFI Europe as a strategic partner for 2022. The partnership will “promote technological advancement and exchange between the meat and alternative protein in... |
| 01.11.2021 | Report: Urgent Infrastructure Investment Needed to Help Alt-Meat Sector Scale Up | A study by GFI Europe has asked key players in the alt-meat industry what challenges they face as the sector grows. The organisation interviewed investors, entrepreneurs, scientists, suppliers, and manufacturers from ten countries.
One of t... |
| 05.10.2021 | GFI Founder Bruce Friedrich: Why Cultivated Meat is Now the Preferred Term For Cell-Based Meat | GFI Founder and CEO Bruce Friedrich explores the increased sector alignment around the preferred category name for meat produced through cellular agriculture.
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