| Date | Title | Description |
| 30.07.2026 | Why China is Leveraging Pharma Factories to Establish Its Future Food Leadership | 6 Mins Read China is repurposing its pharmaceutical manufacturing network to produce novel foods for the global alternative protein industry, strengthening its bid to become a leader in this future-friendly space.
In China, the path to tech... |
| 10.07.2026 | This VC Firm is Spending $10M on Next-Gen Sustainable Proteins. Here’s What It’s Looking For | 6 Mins Read US venture capital firm Coefficient Capital has allocated $10M in R&D funding for alternative protein and future food projects, from egg and fat alternatives to flavour-enhancing ingredients.
Investment in alternative protei... |
| 14.08.2025 | Nourish Ingredients Receives GRAS Approval for Plant-Based Fat, Enabling US Commercial Launch | Nourish Ingredients has announced that its proprietary Mortierella alpina biomass (S11) has been granted Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) status by the FEMA Expert Panel for use as a flavouring in food. This determination clears the way ... |
| 28.07.2025 | Sydney to Host AltProteins 25, Featuring Top Experts on Alternative Proteins and Food Innovation | On October 14, 2025, the AltProteins 25 conference will take place at the Sofitel Wentworth in Sydney. This marks the fourth edition of Australia’s premier event focusing on alternative proteins and the broader future of food systems. The c... |
| 10.04.2025 | Nourish Ingredients Increases Production Capacity by 1700% for Plant-Based Fat | Australian FoodTech company Nourish Ingredients has completed a successful commercial production run of its plant-based fat, Tastilux, in collaboration with its partner, Cabio Biotech of China. The production run marks a significant milesto... |
| 09.04.2025 | How This Animal-Free ‘Designer’ Fat Maker Is Reshaping Future Food Economics | 6 Mins Read Australian firm Nourish Ingredients has completed an industrial-scale production of its animal-free, meat-like fat while keeping costs low – here’s how it’s doing it.
Six months after forming a partnership with Chinese fermentat... |
| 12.02.2025 | The Climate Tech Conundrum: Navigating Funding Challenges and Opportunities | The climate tech landscape is a battlefield. Investors are cautious, and funding is dwindling. In 2024, the alternative protein sector felt the pinch, with investments dropping for the third consecutive year. The numbers tell a stark story:... |
| 11.02.2025 | Food & Climate Tech Funding: Trends, Challenges & Opportunities | 9 Mins Read Food and climate tech investors remained cautious with their cash in 2024, as funding for alternative protein dipped, investments failed to align with emissions impact, and women founders were sidelined yet again.
The venture se... |
| 23.01.2025 | Op-Ed: Amid A ‘Funding Winter’, How Does Food Tech Reset? | 5 Mins Read Nourish Ingredients CEO James Petrie explores the decline of VC investment in food tech, and how the sector can chart a course forward.
As we navigate through what some might call a “food tech funding winter,” I find myself in a... |
| 21.11.2024 | The Future of Food: Precision Fermentation and Cultivated Meat in the Asia-Pacific Region | The food industry is at a crossroads. Traditional methods of food production are under pressure. Population growth, climate change, and resource scarcity loom large. In response, innovative technologies like precision fermentation and culti... |
| 20.11.2024 | Precision Fermentation Industry Could Generate $30Bn Annually for Australia, Says New White Paper | Australia’s Food and Beverage Accelerator (FaBA) has released a new report exploring the challenges, economic impact, and sustainability of the country’s precision fermentation industry.
More than 70 authors from industry, government, and a... |
| 15.11.2024 | Aussie Startup Inks Deal to Make & Distribute Animal-Free Fat in China | 4 Mins Read Canberra-based Nourish Ingredients has partnered with Chinese fermentation specialist Cabio Biotech to produce and distribute its precision-fermented fat alternative.
Highlighting American fears of falling behind China in the bi... |
| 14.11.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Grubhub sold in $650m deal, Elicit Plant bags $47m, gene-edited wine | After years of looking for a buyer, food delivery giant Just Eat Takeaway.com has finally sold Grubhub, which it acquired for $7.3 billion in 2020, to New York-based delivery restaurant group Wonder.
Over on the funding side of things, Elic... |
| 12.11.2024 | Nourish Ingredients looks to tap Chinese market with Cabio partnership | Listen to the article 3 min
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Australian startup Nourish Ingredients announced a partnership with Chinese biotech company Cabio Biotech in order to scale its f... |
| 02.09.2024 | Think Tank Lays Out Policy Recommendations for Australia’s Precision Fermentation Sector | 5 Mins Read Australia has a young but burgeoning precision fermentation sector, but to meet its potential, it needs a big helping hand from the government.
It may only be home to six companies, but Australia’s precision fermentation ecosyst... |
| 13.08.2024 | Cauldron awarded $2.8m to advance continuous fermentation tech, appoints CTO | Australian startup Cauldron has been awarded AUD4.3 million ($2.8 million) from the Department of Industry, Science and Resources Industry Growth Program (IGP) to help scale a manufacturing platform enabling its partners to produce high-val... |
| 13.08.2024 | Doubling Down on Animal-Free Dairy, Fonterra Looks to Advance Superbrewed Food’s Postbiotic Cultured Protein | 4 Mins Read New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra is exploring how US biomass fermentation startup Superbrewed Food’s Postbiotic Cultured Protein can complement its dairy portfolio.
Fonterra, the world’s largest dairy exporter, is continuing to ... |
| 07.08.2024 | Why Australia Is Ideally Positioned to Play A Leading Role in the Global Smart Protein Industry’s Success | 7 Mins Read Australia has unique advantages when it comes to pushing the future of protein technology forward, argues independent alternative protein think tank Food Frontier CEO Dr Simon Eassom.
Food systems transformation is increasingly ... |
| 27.07.2024 | Micropep's Leap: Transforming Agriculture with Micropeptide Innovation | In the world of agriculture, innovation is the lifeblood. It’s the spark that ignites change. Micropep Technologies is a shining example of this principle. Recently, the company secured $29 million in Series B funding, pushing its total fun... |
| 25.07.2024 | The Creamy Future: Nourish Ingredients and Fonterra’s Fermentation Revolution**
** | ** In a world where food innovation meets sustainability, a new partnership is stirring the pot. Australian startup Nourish Ingredients is teaming up with New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra to create a new wave of dairy and non-dairy products... |
| 25.07.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Micropep raises $29m, Oceano Fresco reels in $18m, Juicy Marbles serves up edible (plant based) bones | This week saw a greater number of agtech fundraises than normal, which is a bright spot considering how tough the current fundraising environment is. In addition to Monarch Tractor’s mega-raise, Micropep raised new capital to fuel its biope... |
| 24.07.2024 | Creamilux: Dairy Giant Fonterra to Use Nourish Ingredients’ Animal-Free Fat in New Products | 4 Mins Read New Zealand dairy cooperative Fonterra has teamed up with Australia’s Nourish Ingredients to develop dairy and non-dairy products with the latter’s precision-fermented Creamilux fat.
In a new trans-Tasman partnership, Fonterra w... |
| 23.07.2024 | Designer lipids startup Nourish Ingredients collaborates with dairy giant Fonterra on fats from fermentation | Australian startup Nourish Ingredients has announced a collaboration with dairy giant Fonterra to accelerate the development of dairy products with fats produced via fermentation.
Nourish, which is developing a range of high-impact, low-inc... |
| 21.05.2024 | ScaleUp Bio Obtains Food Manufacturing Licence for Precision Fermentation in Singapore | 4 Mins Read The Singapore Food Agency has granted a food production licence to ScaleUp Bio’s commercial-scale facility for submerged- and precision-fermented ingredients.
ScaleUp Bio has received a food manufacturing licence from Singapore’... |
| 03.05.2024 | Nurasa Opens Food Tech Innovation Centre in Singapore to Make Better Alternative Proteins, Quicker | 4 Mins Read Singaporean sustainable food production platform Nurasa has opened a Food Tech Innovation Centre to help alternative protein companies scale up production and enhance flavour and nutrition.
Nurasa, the sustainable food innovatio... |
| 24.04.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Beyond IV, Oat Milk Paste & Beanless Espresso | 4 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 new product rollout, a new precision-fermented ... |
| 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... |
| 18.03.2024 | Designing next gen fats and oils | CHICAGO — Fat is a necessary macronutrient in the human diet historically obtained from animals and plants. As a solid fat or liquid oil, the ingredient also may offer functional aspects in many formulations. Technology enables the design o... |
