| Date | Title | Description |
| 15.10.2024 | The Protein Revolution: Mycoprotein and Insect Innovations in Food Production | The world of food production is undergoing a seismic shift. Traditional meat sources are being challenged by innovative alternatives. Mycoprotein and insect-based proteins are at the forefront of this revolution. These alternatives promise ... |
| 11.10.2024 | 🎥 ENOUGH CEO on a ‘hard 12 months’ scaling up mycoprotein production, buoyed by ‘stunning interest’ from Big Meat | “Candidly,” admits ENOUGH CEO Jim Laird, scaling up mycoprotein production at the firm’s new plant in the Netherlands has been tough. “We’ve had a hard 12 months in terms of production efficiencies.” But demand is strong, with “really stunn... |
| 08.10.2024 | The UK’s Bold Leap into Cultivated Meat: A Regulatory Revolution | The UK government is stepping into the future of food with a £1.6 million investment aimed at revolutionizing the cultivated meat industry. This move is not just a financial commitment; it’s a declaration of intent. The establishment of a r... |
| 08.10.2024 | Nuggs Maker Simulate Bought By Ahimsa Companies After Period of Uncertainty for the ‘Tesla of Chicken’ | 5 Mins Read Vegan chicken startup Simulate, famous for its Nuggs, has been acquired by Ahimsa Companies to get the business back on track after months of (dis)quiet.
Simulate, the plant-based meat brand known for its meme-famous Nuggs, has ... |
| 08.10.2024 | UK Government Pumps £1.6M, Opens New Regulatory Office in Milestone Move for Cultivated Meat | 6 Mins Read The UK government has awarded £1.6M to the Food Standards Agency to create a ‘sandbox’ to fast-track cultivated meat approval, alongside a new regulatory office.
Nearly five years after breaking away from the EU, the UK is rapid... |
| 03.10.2024 | Sweet Revolution: Wild Thingz Aims to Change the Confectionery Game | In a world where health-conscious choices are becoming the norm, a new player is stepping into the candy arena. Fliss Newland, a former executive at Mondelez, has launched Wild Thingz, an organic vegan confectionery brand that promises to s... |
| 03.10.2024 | The Rise of Alternative Proteins: A New Era in Sustainable Eating | The world is changing. The food we eat is evolving. Alternative proteins are at the forefront of this transformation. As climate change looms, the need for sustainable food sources has never been more urgent. The alternative protein industr... |
| 02.10.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Dairy-Free Mozzarella Sticks, Vegan Wetherspoons & Indian Cultivated Meat | 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 Sunday Supper’s plant-based mozzarella sticks, M&S’s new ... |
| 02.10.2024 | Ex-Mondelez Executive Launches Organic Vegan Confectionery Brand Wild Thingz | Fliss Newland, a former executive at multinational snack and confectionery company Mondelez, has launched a new brand of vegan sweets called Wild Thingz.
The sweets are organic, free of artificial ingredients, and said to contain just half ... |
| 25.09.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Slutty Vegas, Impossible Chicken Salads & A Vegan Cream Liqueur | 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 Upside Foods’ tasting event at a taqueria, Japan Airlines’ sw... |
| 19.09.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: eGrocer Flink nabs $150m, biotech co Arzeda lands $38m, Kubota acquires Bloomfield Robotics | Venture capital to the eGrocery category may be down 90% since the fundraising heyday of 2021, but the sector’s far from dead. Case in point: Germany-based Flink’s mega-raise this week.
Elsewhere, biotech startup Arzeda raked in funds to de... |
| 18.09.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Vegan Uggs, Plant-Based Stroopwafels & Beer from Pasta Waste | 5 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 Alpro’s new flavoured barista milk, vegan footwear wins, and ... |
| 11.09.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Vegan Domino’s, Plant-Based Dairylea & A KitKat Copycat | 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 Fry’s Family Foods’ formable mince, Domino’s vegan cheese col... |
| 05.09.2024 | Flora Launches “Category First” Plant-Based Smoked Garlic Butter | Upfield-owned dairy-free spread brand Flora has expanded its range with the launch of a new plant-based smoked garlic butter.
The limited-edition product is claimed to be a category first for butters, spreads, and margarines. According to F... |
| 21.08.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Cheetos Goes Vegan, Plant-Based Lurpak & Sorghum Meat | 5 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 Lurpak’s plant-based butter, Cheetos’ limited-edition vegan r... |
| 16.08.2024 | The Future of Food and Fashion: Innovations in AgriFoodTech and Sustainable Materials | The world of AgriFoodTech is buzzing. Startups are racing to innovate, creating solutions that tackle food waste, enhance sustainability, and redefine consumer experiences. In this landscape, two stories stand out: Zepto's meteoric rise in ... |
| 15.08.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Zepto secures fresh $340m, Bolt Threads goes public, ReFED has a new boss | Quick-delivery continues speeding ahead in India, the latest development being a mega-raise from Zepto that values the company at $5 billion. Elsewhere, food waste think tank ReFED got a new executive director, Impossible Foods opened a bri... |
| 17.07.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Ben & Jerry’s Tour, Kids’ Protein Shakes & Blended Sausages | 5 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 Ben & Jerry’s non-dairy ice cream tour, a cultivated seaf... |
| 10.07.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Crownless Pineapples, Spent Coffee Cookies & A Brat Summer | 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 Aldi’s zero-waste pineapples, a Charli XCX-inspired marketing... |
| 03.07.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: 7Up Sauces, Plant Milk Factories & Heart Health | 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 7Up’s new vegan sauces, a bunch of plant-based milk facilitie... |
| 01.07.2024 | THIS Isn’t Nice: Crowd Investors Angry at Post-Series C Valuation of Plant-Based Meat Brand | 7 Mins Read Crowdfunding backers of UK plant-based meat maker THIS have reacted furiously to a significant drop in the business’s valuation, following its £20M Series C round last month.
In 2022, when THIS closed its Series B fundraise, it ... |
| 27.06.2024 | Quorn CEO on Blended Meat: ‘It Doesn’t Matter How People Join the Meat Reduction Journey’ | 7 Mins Read Quorn Foods is entering the blended meat category as part of foodservice and hospital offerings – its CEO Marco Bertacca explains why the mycoprotein giant is doing so.
British meat-free leader Quorn Foods’ mycoprotein will be m... |
| 26.06.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Oatly for Kids, State Investments & Ted Talks | 5 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 Little Spoon’s partnership with Oatly, a spate of government ... |
| 12.06.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: DoD v Cattlemen, Non-Dairy Footballers & Vegan in the Bronx | 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 Alpro’s collaboration with Peter Crouch, a new alternative pr... |
| 22.05.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Vegan Doner Kebabs, Wild Salmon & Mayor Battles | 5 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 Revo Foods’ new salmon analogue, a new vegan doner kebab, and... |
| 15.05.2024 | Industry Execs & UK Government Form ‘Resilience Group’ to Discuss Climate Risks to Food Supply | 4 Mins Read In the UK, food industry heads and the government have agreed to meet for a series of discussions about the impact of the climate crisis on the food supply chain.
As the climate crisis threatens crops, farmers and the food suppl... |
| 15.05.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Delicious Salads, Vegan Lidl & EU Support | 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 a vegan salad partnership, a plant-based cheese rebrand and E... |
| 06.05.2024 | UK Plant-Based Meat Player THIS Launches Vegan Chicken Thighs | 4 Mins Read UK plant-based meat challenger brand THIS is launching the country’s first nationally distributed vegan chicken thighs, starting with Tesco next week.
THIS, the cult-favourite plant-based meat brand, is rolling out a first-to-ma... |
| 01.05.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Cultivated Quail, MasterChef Pros & A Cheese Debacle | 5 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 Vow’s Tippling Club collab, US bans on cultivated meat, and a... |
| 30.04.2024 | Danone Continues “Strategic Move Towards Plant-Based” With New High Protein Alpro Products | As the company continues to move towards plant-based foods, multinational food corporation Danone has recently launched a range of new dairy-free products in the UK under its Alpro brand. Earlier this year, Danone completed the conversion o... |
| 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 ... |
| 10.04.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Vegan Shawarmas, Pamela Anderson & Jobs for Cats | 5 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 Pamela Anderson’s new vegan cookbook, OMNI’s call for cat tas... |
| 27.03.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: IKEA Hot Dogs, Blended Dairy & Expo West Awards | 5 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 IKEA’s cheaper-than-meat vegan hot dogs, a new range of blend... |
| 13.03.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Vegan Kraft Dinner, Falafalcinis & Oat Milk Reese’s | 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 nutrition wins for plant-based meat, a ton of alt-dairy annou... |
| 06.03.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Vegan Goat Milk, US State Bans & A Chipotle Exposé | 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 Craig’s Vegan’s link-up with TikToker Tinx, a host of alterna... |
| 29.02.2024 | Heura posts double-digit growth in 2023: ‘Our vision is to become the European champion of plant-based meats’ | Two days after Beyond Meat posted an 18% decline in sales to $343.4 million coupled with a $338.1 million net loss in 2023, plant-based meat startup Heura posted a 22% increase in sales to €38.3 million ($41.5 million) and says it’s on cour... |
| 28.02.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Fresh Oat Milk, Maple Leaf Merger & Vegan Easter Eggs | 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 Oato’s oat milk launch in retail, Maple Leaf Foods’ consolida... |
| 21.02.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Million-Dollar Whoppers, Korean Vegan Tours & Plant-Based Cordon Bleu | 5 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 South Korea’s vegan tourism drive, a new hybrid cultivated be... |
| 16.02.2024 | World’s 5th Biggest Dairy Company Arla Foods Relaunches JÖRĐ Brand in Sweden | Arla JÖRĐ, a relaunch of Arla Food’s 100% plant-based brand JÖRĐ, has debuted in Sweden this week, offering a range of oat-based products.
Arla JÖRD features the dairy giant’s logo, a new color scheme, and the products have a new enhanced r... |
| 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’... |
| 31.01.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Dupe Cheese, Squeezy Sour Cream & TikTok Butter | 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 a ton of alt-dairy developments, more discussions around bann... |
| 24.01.2024 | VBites: Heather Mills Rescues Her Alt-Meat Brand a Month After Entering Administration | 6 Mins Read British entrepreneur Heather Mills has secured a rescue deal for her plant-based brand VBites, buying the assets of the business from administrators for £1M and waiving nearly £5M of debt owed to her, a month after first announc... |
| 17.01.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Ben & Berry’s, Better Butter & A Covid-19 Study | 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 Ben & Jerry’s new oat milk ice-creams, Beyond Meat’s new ... |
| 16.01.2024 | Special Feature: Oatly and Industry Figures Fight Back Against Widespread Anti Vegan Disinformation | In an age of widespread deliberate and often systematic disinformation, along with more inadvertent misinformation, on all manner of issues surrounding alternative foods — health, processed vs unprocessed, sustainability, and detriment on m... |
| 10.01.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Bustling Britain, Super Basic Oat Milk & A Vegan Flag Carrier | 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 Oatly’s first new US products in five years, Emirates’ vegan ... |
| 03.01.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Bean Burgers, Vegan Cheese Tours & No More Oatgurts | 5 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 Burger King’s in-demand veggie burger, Armored Fresh’s vegan ... |
| 28.12.2023 | Can Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget Help Change How We See & Eat Food? | 5 Mins Read Much like its 2000 prequel, Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget is establishing itself in the 2023 cultural zeitgeist – can it help change people’s diets into something more sustainable and animal-friendly?
“People want to know wher... |
| 28.12.2023 | Veganuary 2024: UK Supermarkets Champion Private-Label Ranges for Plant-Based Challenge | 5 Mins Read As ever, UK supermarkets are leaning into Veganuary with a huge focus on vegan food items – but this time, they’re spotlighting their own ranges, following a year where private-label products ruled the roost thanks to the cost-o... |
| 27.12.2023 | Future Food Quick Bites: Bee-Free Honey, Co-Fermented Fish & A New Netflix Doc | 3 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 Melibio’s UK debut, Canada’s ‘unlawful’ plastic ban, and a ga... |
| 27.12.2023 | Cost of Living: UK Meat-Free Sales Plunge While Inflation Masks Dairy Decline | 7 Mins Read New data reveals that meat alternatives were among Britain’s fastest-falling grocery categories this year, with the cost-of-living crisis squeezing consumer budgets. The sales decline for plant-based dairy leader Alpro, meanwhil... |
| 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 ... |
| 13.12.2023 | Future Food Quick Bites: A Juicy 69, Plant Polls & Cultured Meat Regulatory Filings | 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 an Indian plant-based dairy acquisition, vegan surveys, and t... |
| 07.12.2023 | CRAVE Launches Birthday Cake-Inspired Vegan Sandwich Cookies | UK-based free-from snack brand CRAVE has announced the launch of its new gluten-free and vegan sandwich cookies, Bisco’s. Inspired by birthday cake, each Bisco consists of two golden cookies with a filling of vanilla cream and sprinkles.
Th... |
| 22.11.2023 | Future Food Quick Bites: Beyond Pizzas, Corporate Movers & Vegan Meal Donations | 8 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 a host of developments for plant-based giants, corporate move... |
| 15.11.2023 | Future Food Quick Bites: Plant-Based Cows, Vegan Flying & A Mycoprotein Bet | 8 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 Laughing Cow’s vegan cheese, plant-based burgers in Puert... |
| 10.11.2023 | Monde Nissim CEO Provides Financial Support to Quorn from Family Fortune, Confident Growth Will Return | Henry Soesanto, CEO and major shareholder of Monde Nissim Corp., has announced he is to provide financial support for its alternative meat company Quorn via MNSG Holdings, a family business.
In April, Monde Nissin took an impairment charge ... |
| 25.10.2023 | Future Food Quick Bites: Sizzling Steaks, Parliamentary Protein & Vegan Hot Dogs | 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 a bunch of vegan steak launches, the EU’s alt-protein commitm... |
| 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 ... |
| 16.10.2023 | Quorn: Mycoprotein Giant Struggles as UK & US Meatless Sales Wane | 5 Mins Read Marlow Foods, the Monde Nissin division that makes meatless brands Quorn and Cauldron, has announced a loss of £15.3M in its yearly accounts, owing to cost hikes, stagnating sales and post-pandemic pressures.
Marlow Foods is the... |
| 12.10.2023 | Heüra Foods unveils plant-based cold cuts made with ‘simple, scalable’ novel texturizing tech, aims for profitability by 2025 | Spanish startup Heüra Foods has unveiled its first product manufactured using patent-pending technology it claims is cheaper and more effective than extrusion at texturizing plant proteins, and can also be used for plant-based cheese produc... |
| 11.10.2023 | Future Food Quick Bites: Soaring Seafood, Buzzing Britain & Vegan Tweezer Cuisine | 9 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 Eleven Madison Park’s Hong Kong pop-up, UK environment secret... |
| 28.09.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Paine Schwartz launches $1.7bn agrifood fund, Cricket One unveils new plant, Infarm ‘declared bankrupt’ | Agrifood’s biggest news this week is PE firm Paine Schwartz closing its $1.7 billion food- and agribusiness-focused fund. Fund VI is “exclusively focused on sustainable investments” in food and agribusiness, and the firm has already deploye... |
| 22.09.2023 | Meatless Farm Products Back at UK Supermarkets After VFC Acquisition | 5 Mins Read Three months after the UK company was bailed out of bankruptcy by fellow British plant-based meat brand VFC, Meatless Farm products are back on UK supermarket shelves. The brand has relaunched a few of its old products alongside... |
| 28.08.2023 | What’s Going On With Oatly? Unraveling Recent Developments and Controversies | 10 Mins Read As a company, Oatly isn’t a stranger to controversy. It’s had its fair share of ups and downs – and each of these has been well-documented. However, in the last year or so, there has been a steady drip of downs rather than ups,... |
| 21.08.2023 | Fungi-based meat alternative startup Enough, founded by a former Quorn boss, just raised $43.5 million with this 16-slide pitch deck | The Enough team. Enough This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
Fungi-based food startup Enough just secured $43.5 million (40 million euros) in growth funding.
The Scottish start... |
| 21.08.2023 | Mycoprotein Startup Enough Raises €40M to Produce One Cow’s Worth of Protein Every 2 Minutes by 2027 | 4 Mins Read Scottish-Dutch food tech company Enough has raised €40M in Series C funding to accelerate the production of its mycoprotein product, Abunda, which is used in plant-based alternatives like chicken breast, mince and dairy. The bra... |
| 04.08.2023 | Vegan Chicken Nugget Startup Nowadays Ceases Operations Amid US Plant-Based Meat Decline | 4 Mins Read In yet another sign of an increasingly tough market for plant-based meat companies, US vegan chicken nugget brand Nowadays has announced it is ceasing operations. The Californian startup, which launched its pea-protein-based fro... |
| 13.07.2023 | Samworth Brothers Considers Closure of Plant-Based Revolution Kitchen Business | British food manufacturer Samworth Brothers has entered into a consultation with employees of its plant-based Revolution Kitchen site regarding the possible closure of the business.
Samworth Brothers said it had put significant investment a... |
| 12.06.2023 | UK’s Meatless Farm Makes Team Redundant As It Prepares For Bankruptcy | 3 Mins Read Meatless Farm, the UK-based plant-based meat company founded in 2016 by Danish entrepreneur Morten Toft Bech, may be facing bankruptcy after being unable to secure additional funding.
As first reported by The Grocer today, a not... |
| 12.06.2023 | Arla to Launch Plant-Based Version of Lurpak Spreadable Butter | Danish-Swedish dairy cooperative Arla has announced that it plans to launch a plant-based version of Lurpak, its market-leading butter brand.
A spreadable plant-based butter alternative will reportedly arrive on supermarket shelves next yea... |
| 09.06.2023 | People moves: Ag CEO leads Bill Gates-backed rice venture, new CEO for Oatley, chef Marcus Samuelsson joins Aleph Farms | To keep us all up to speed on the latest people moves in agrifood, AFN publishes a monthly column of the industry’s biggest leadership changes.
Are you in a new role or company? Know someone who has left? Drop me a line to share the details... |
| 24.04.2023 | Ex-Asda boss secures rescue deal of upmarket online butcher | The former boss of supermarket Asda has led a rescue of an upmarket online butcher that counts the likes of Harrods and Fortnum & Mason among its customers. |
| 09.02.2023 | Private Labels And Promotions: How To Reach Grocery Stores' Savvy Consumers | Cofounder and CEO of Local Express. |
| 31.01.2023 | A Playbook For DTC E-Commerce Growth In A Third-Party Marketplace Model | Mike Faber, cofounder of Vendo, a marketplace SaaS empowering anyone to launch their own eCommerce business with domestic brands as sellers. |
| 31.01.2023 | TiNDLE Launches 6 New Plant-Based Chicken Products At 6,000+ German Grocery Stores | 3 Mins Read Singaporean foodtech TiNDLE Foods has launched a line of new plant-based chicken products in 2,200 stores across Germany in a collaboration with the country’s largest retailer EDEKA Group, as well as a limited-time release at 4,... |
| 05.01.2023 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Liberation Labs’ $20m seed round, Deere unveils robotic fertilizer system | This week, precision fermentation company Liberation Labs announced the final close of a large seed round and John Deere introduced more autonomy into its farming equipment. Elsewhere, food waste startup Alterpacks raised $1 million while g... |
| 08.08.2022 | Belazu Launches Vegan ‘Nduja in the UK | Belazu, a UK-based producer of Mediterranean-style ingredients, has launched vegan ‘nduja — a meat-free alternative to the spicy Italian pork sausage spread.
The ‘nduja is made with simple ingredients such as pepper paste, coconut oil, hari... |
| 01.08.2022 | Collaboration for Healthier Lives (CHL) and Impact for Urban Health Release Progress Update on Member-Led Initiative in the UK | Together with Impact on Urban Health, we recently published a new report highlighting the results of our latest round of Collaboration for Healthier Lives (CHL) UK supermarket trials. The progress report follows on from the initial CHL UK r... |
| 26.07.2022 | Higgidy to Launch Cauliflower Rolls and Mini Vegan Muffins as Part of 75% Meat-Free Pledge | UK fresh food manufacturer Higgidy is preparing to add two new products — Bang Bang Cauliflower Dinky Vegan Rolls and Spinach & Red Pepper Mini Vegan Muffins — to its plant-based range.
Higgidy has a focus on unprocessed, whole food ing... |
| 29.06.2022 | The Coconut Collaborative’s Plant-Based Double Cre&m to Be Served at Wimbledon | UK alt-dairy brand The Coconut Collaborative has launched a plant-based alternative to double cream. Described as “wonderfully whippable”, the cream will be offered as the dairy-free option at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships.
According to ... |
| 23.06.2022 | Food and beverage exits heat up with Mondelez’s Clif Bar acquisition | Aaron Sorensen, partner and head of business transformation practice at Axiom Consulting Partners, said the acquisition is a smart play for both Clif and Mondelez.
“Clif can’t continue to grow at its historical rate with just a domestic pre... |
| 31.05.2022 | Mars Launches Ben’s Plant Powered Range After Seeing “Permanent Shift” in UK Eating Habits | Mars Food UK is to launch a plant-based range for its Ben’s Original brand. Rebranded from Uncle Ben’s, the new Ben’s Plant Powered range includes vegan versions of UK classics and will hit shelves in June.
Debuting with three SKUs – Chilli... |
| 31.05.2022 | Birds Eye Launches Green Cuisine Battered Fishless Fillets in the UK | Frozen food brand Birds Eye has added Battered Fishless Fillets to its plant-based Green Cuisine range in the UK. The launch follows the success of the brand’s first alt-fish product, Fishless Fingers, which achieved £630,000 in sales in it... |
| 25.05.2022 | Zapp in talks to lay off 10% of its staff | Speedy grocery company Zapp has become the latest company to suffer in the tech downturn, telling 10% of its staff that they are facing redundancy.
The London-based company told staff the news last week during an all-hands meeting and then ... |
| 16.05.2022 | UK restaurants seek relief as Russian whitefish sanctions loom | The U.K.’s restaurant and hospitality industry is asking for financial help as it faces higher taxes and rapidly rising seafood prices due to inflation and impending Russian sanctions.
The U.K. government issued sanctions against Russian go... |
| 16.05.2022 | Tesco launches sustainable accelerator program while increasing supplier charge | Tesco and WWF have launched a new paired accelerator program aimed at fast-tracking sustainability innovation for Tesco suppliers and start-ups.
Tesco's Innovation Connections program “will address a key barrier preventing promising sustain... |
| 07.04.2022 | The Vegetarian Butcher Launches Frozen Range into Sainsbury’s | The Vegetarian Butcher, a leading plant-based meat producer, has launched frozen versions of some of its most popular chilled vegan products. Now available in UK supermarket Sainsbury’s, the range will receive a wider retail rollout in the ... |
| 28.03.2022 | Higgidy Launches New Vegan Pastries, Will Be 75% Meat-Free by the End of 2022 | UK pastry brand Higgidy has launched two new vegan pastries, a further step towards its goal of making three-quarters of its products meatless by the end of the year.
The new products are the Petit Pois & Courgette flavour Little Vegan ... |
| 11.03.2022 | Getir rethinks investment linked to “Putin crony” Potanin | Turkish speedy grocery company Getir says it will reassess its links to Russian VC firm Winter Capital should Vladimir Potanin, an oligarch linked to the investment firm, face sanctions.
Russian VC Winter Capital participated in Getir’s Ser... |
| 10.03.2022 | Iceland Trademarks Term ‘Flexitebruary’ to Encourage Plant-Based Choices After Veganuary | Iceland trademarks term ‘Flexitebruary’ with the hope of continuing January’s plant-based sales boom.
After seeing a strong boost in plant-based sales during the Veganuary campaign, British supermarket Iceland is attempting to trademark the... |
| 24.02.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: GrowUp Farms gets $135m, PlantLab pulls in $57m & Novameat nabs $6m | The UK will soon get a new, large-scale controlled environment agriculture (CEA) facility thanks to a recent nine-figure investment in GrowUp Farms.
In the realm of alternative proteins, Spain’s Novameat netted several million dollars for i... |
| 21.02.2022 | New UK Business ‘Plant Food Bases’ to Make Milk Alternatives With Low Food Miles | British liquid food and beverage processor Framptons has joined forces with grain merchant Robin Appel to create a new company called Plant Food Bases.
The company produces bases for plant-based products, with an initial focus on milk alter... |
| 16.02.2022 | Gopuff’s expansion into Europe puts its labor practices under the microscope | The news: Gopuff is reportedly implementing a gig economy model in the UK that would pay drivers per delivery instead of by the hour, according to The Grocer.
The rapid delivery company is trying to break into the European market while cont... |
| 28.01.2022 | Are Bottles Made From Sugar A Sweet Solution to the Plastic Crisis? Maybe. | 4 Mins Read
In the effort to curb plastic waste, scientists from the U.K.’s University of Birmingham and Duke University say they’ve succeeded in turning elements found in sugar alcohols into what they claim is degradable and recyclable bio... |
| 14.01.2022 | Alpro Rolls Out Not M*lk Across UK, Claims to Be Closest Match to Dairy Yet | Alt dairy leader Alpro is bringing two new products to supermarket shelves in the UK. Claiming to be the brand’s most convincing offering yet to cow’s milk, Not M*lk will be available in semi-skimmed and whole fat varieties.
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| 22.12.2021 | Noble Foods Launches New and Improved Version of Vegan Egg Alternative Crackd | British egg producer Noble Foods has improved the recipe for its vegan egg alternative Crackd. The product, previously intended mostly for use in baking, can now also be used to make vegan scrambled eggs and omelettes.
To accomplish this, t... |
| 10.12.2021 | Heather Mills’ VBites Plant Creates Hundreds of Jobs Amid German Food Giant Investment | Heather Mills’ VBites plant in Peterlee, UK is set to create over 320 new jobs in the area following a multimillion-pound partnership with food giant Pfeifer & Langen. The German food conglomerate has entered into a strategic partnershi... |
| 09.12.2021 | Heck in Early Stage Talks With Ivy Farm to Bring Cultivated Sausages to UK Supermarkets | Heck Foods, specialist in gourmet sausages including a pea-based range and a veg-based line, widely available in mainstream UK retail, is in talks with cultured fat producer Ivy Farm for a partnership that could see cultivated Heck sausages... |
| 03.11.2021 | Alpro Completes $23M Upgrade for UK Plant, Aims to Surpass $5Bn in Plant-Based Sales in 2025 | Danone has invested $23m for a UK plant upgrade for its plant-based dairy brand Alpro to meet the increasing demand for plant-based dairy products in the UK and reach ambitious plant-based sales goals for 2025.
Alpro‘s $23 million upgrade p... |
| 27.10.2021 | UK retailers are keen to give ESLs another shot | In October 2021, The Grocer, the market leading weekly for the UK grocery market, published an article on ESLs. Below is a summary and you can find the full article here.
Electronic shelf labels arrived in the UK 30 years ago, and haven't m... |
