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| Oct 9, 2026 | EFSA Admits Need to Boost Regulatory Expertise & Clarity for Novel Foods | 5 Mins Read The European Food Safety Authority has highlighted the need to sustain scientific expertise and ensure regulatory clarity to avoid approval delays for novel foods like cultivated meat.
The EU must strengthen its regulatory readi... |
| Sep 28, 2026 | Those Vegan Cowboys Leads €1.2M Project to Make Sports Nutrition Products with Cow-Free Casein Protein | 5 Mins Read Dutch startup Those Vegan Cowboys and partner organisations have received €1.2M from an EU-backed fund to create sports nutrition products using its precision-fermented casein protein.
Those Vegan Cowboys is expanding the spectr... |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Exclusive: Those Vegan Cowboys Launches Animal-Free Casein Protein Discovery Programme | 6 Mins Read Dutch-Belgian precision fermentation startup Those Vegan Cowboys has established Margaret’s Finest, a collaborative discovery programme to explore the potential of animal-free casein proteins.
Ahead of the launch of its cow-free... |
| Jul 8, 2026 | New Culture Says California Approval for Cow-Free Casein Took ‘Longer Than Expected’ As It Gets New Patent | 5 Mins Read Californian precision fermentation startup New Culture has secured another patent for its recombinant casein protein, covering its flagship mozzarella product in the US.
Ahead of its expected launch in pizza restaurants in Calif... |
| Mar 31, 2026 | Standing Ovation nets $34m, gears up for US launch of casein via precision fermentation | French startup Standing Ovation has raised a €25 million ($28.5 million) Series B round and secured an additional €5 million ($5.7 million) in non-dilutive funding to scale dairy proteins via precision fermentation.
The round was jointly le... |
| Mar 6, 2026 | Those Vegan Cowboys Completes $14M Raise After Record-Breaking Crowdfunding Round | 5 Mins Read Dutch food tech startup Those Vegan Cowboys has raised €12.25M ($14.2M) in its latest investment round, following a record-breaking crowdfunding campaign for its animal-free casein.
It took just 10 days for Those Vegan Cowboys t... |
| Dec 22, 2025 | Cow-free dairy startup Those Vegan Cowboys closes €6.25 million funding round as it eyes crowdfunding campaign | Ghent-based FoodTech startup Those Vegan Cowboys has secured €6.25 million in its first funding round to accelerate the development of its cow-free casein, a vital dairy protein made using precision fermentation – with plans to launch a cro... |
| Dec 18, 2025 | Those Vegan Cowboys Raise €6.25M to Commercialize Precision-Fermented Casein | Belgium-based precision fermentation company Those Vegan Cowboys has closed a €6.25 million funding round to accelerate the development of its animal-free casein for use in dairy applications.
The new capital will be used to scale productio... |
| Dec 18, 2025 | Those Vegan Cowboys Milks $7.3M in Funding to Launch Animal-Free Casein in 2026 | 4 Mins Read Dutch-Belgian startup Those Vegan Cowboys has raised €6.25M ($7.3M) to scale up its cow-free dairy protein. It’s eyeing a 2026 US launch, having secured regulatory clearance.
Those Vegan Cowboys has taken a major step towards br... |
| May 26, 2025 | REWE Group Becomes First Retail Member of Food Fermentation Europe Association | The REWE Group, one of Europe’s largest retail organizations, has become the newest member of Food Fermentation Europe (FFE), an association representing the fermentation-enabled food and ingredients sector in the region.
“We can only succe... |
| Apr 16, 2025 | The Rise of Sustainable Alternatives: A New Era in Eco-Friendly Materials | In a world grappling with climate change, the fashion and food industries are at a crossroads. The demand for sustainable alternatives is no longer a whisper; it’s a roar. Companies are innovating, pushing boundaries, and redefining what it... |
| Apr 15, 2025 | Regulatory & Price Pressure Makes Palm Oil Alternatives A ‘Necessity’, Says CEO | 5 Mins Read NoPalm Ingredients, a Dutch producer of sustainable yeast-derived fats, has rolled out a new brand amid its scale-up process, with its CEO arguing that palm oil substitutes are critical now.
Smarter, circular alternatives to pro... |
| Mar 11, 2025 | Pizza Chefs Line Up for New Culture’s Animal-Free Mozzarella with ‘Overwhelming’ Demand | 6 Mins Read New Culture, which makes mozzarella from precision-fermented casein, has secured signed interest worth over $5M from pizza restaurants across the US ahead of its launch.
As it prepares to launch its animal-free mozzarella in the... |
| Jan 24, 2025 | The Rise of Animal-Free Mozzarella: A New Era in Cheese Production | In the bustling world of food innovation, a new player is making waves. New Culture, a San Francisco-based startup, is poised to revolutionize the cheese industry with its animal-free mozzarella. This isn't just another plant-based alt... |
| Jan 23, 2025 | The Future of Cheese: A New Era of Animal-Free Production | The cheese industry is on the brink of a revolution. Traditional dairy is facing challenges, and innovation is stepping in. Hochland Group, a German cheese producer, has teamed up with Those Vegan Cowboys, a Belgian-Dutch company, to create... |
| Jan 22, 2025 | What Goes Into Animal-Free Mozzarella? US Startup Reveals Ahead of Launch | 5 Mins Read San Francisco’s New Culture has submitted the product label for its mozzarella – made from animal-free casein – for review to the state of California.
As it gears up for commercialisation, precision fermentation player New Cultu... |
| Jan 20, 2025 | Hochland Group Partners with Those Vegan Cowboys to Develop Animal-Free Cheese Using Microbial Casein | German cheese producer Hochland Group has entered a joint development agreement with Belgian-Dutch company Those Vegan Cowboys to explore the production of animal-free cheese using microbial casein. The collaboration will focus on scaling u... |
| Jan 15, 2025 | Formo: The Future of Sustainable Protein in Europe | In the heart of Berlin, a revolution is brewing. Formo, a startup that emerged from the shadows of traditional dairy, is redefining how we think about protein. With a recent €35 million ($36 million) venture debt loan from the European Inve... |
| Jan 14, 2025 | Formo: German Sustainable Protein Startup Gets $36M from EU Bank | 6 Mins Read German fermentation specialist Formo has received €35M in venture debt from the EU’s lending arm to scale up its dairy and egg alternatives and pursue regulatory approval for its animal-free casein protein.
Four months after it ... |
| Nov 4, 2024 | 8 Things We Learned at the Future of Protein Production Event in Amsterdam | 6 Mins Read “Change starts here,” Ira Van Eelen, co-founder at KindEarth.Tech and RESPECTfarms noted on the opening day of the Future of Protein Production Amsterdam 2024. With over 500 delegates, 45 exhibitors, and two packed days of panel... |
| Oct 3, 2024 | The Future of Food: Cultivated Meat and Microbial Casein on the Rise | The landscape of food production is shifting. Two companies, Meatable and Those Vegan Cowboys, are at the forefront of this transformation. They are redefining what we eat and how we produce it. Their innovations promise to reshape the meat... |
| Oct 1, 2024 | The Rise of Animal-Free Casein: A New Era for Dairy Alternatives | The dairy industry is undergoing a seismic shift. Traditional dairy, once a staple in American diets, is facing fierce competition from innovative food tech companies. These pioneers are crafting animal-free casein, a key protein in dairy p... |
| Oct 1, 2024 | Those Vegan Cowboys Unveils Animal-Free Casein for Meltier, Stretchier Cheese | 5 Mins Read Dutch-Belgian food tech startup Those Vegan Cowboys has debuted its precision-fermented casein protein, with plans to launch animal-free cheese in 2025.
Animal-free casein is having a moment. From new startups pushing the envelo... |
| Oct 1, 2024 | Those Vegan Cowboys to Enter US Market with Microbial Casein That Outperforms Dairy | Belgian biotech company Those Vegan Cowboys announces it has developed a product using a new type of microbial casein. The startup will reveal the kind of cheese and its market entry at tomorrow’s Future Food-Tech summit in London.
Casein p... |
| Jul 16, 2024 | World’s largest mozzarella maker Leprino Foods to commercialize animal-free casein from Dutch startup Fooditive Group | Colorado-based Leprino Foods, the world’s largest manufacturer of mozzarella cheese, has struck a global licensing deal with Dutch startup Fooditive Group giving the dairy giant exclusive rights to produce casein made via Fooditive’s precis... |
| Jun 6, 2024 | Pureture Cuts Production Time for Plant-Based Casein, Joins Others in Removing Cows From the Dairy Industry | US biotech company Pureture, a company developing functional animal-free ingredients, announces that it has improved the production process for its plant-based casein — a yeast-derived, non-GMO ingredient for realistic and clean-label dairy... |
| Apr 15, 2024 | Exclusive: Perfect Day sued by manufacturing partner for fraud and breach of contract. Olon claims $112m in unpaid bills, $32m in damages | Perfect Day—a pioneer in the ‘animal-free’ dairy space making whey protein via precision fermentation—has been sued by its Italian contract manufacturing partner Olon for breach of contract, fraudulent inducement, and fraudulent concealment... |
| Mar 19, 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... |
| Feb 22, 2024 | Unilever enters ‘animal-free dairy’ arena via Breyers brand in tie up with Perfect Day | CPG giant Unilever has teamed up with Perfect Day to launch a lactose-free chocolate frozen dairy dessert under the Breyers brand, using whey protein made in fermentation tanks by microbes, rather than cows.
The ‘animal-free frozen dairy de... |
| Feb 19, 2024 | Fonterra/DSM JV Vivici unveils whey protein from fermentation: ‘We are already at commercially viable titers’ | Vivici—a joint venture formed by Fonterra and DSM to disrupt the emerging ‘animal-free dairy’ category—says it is already in a position to supply commercial quantities of whey protein from fermentation to the US market, just over a year aft... |
| Jan 5, 2024 | Exclusive: Perfect Day founders step away as company finalizes ~$90m pre-series E, installs interim CEO | The founders of precision fermentation specialist Perfect Day are stepping down from their leadership roles after a decade at the helm. The news comes as the company finalizes a pre-series E round of up to $90 million and installs current p... |
| Jun 27, 2023 | Fooditive Successfully Expands Vegan Casein Production to Capture European Market | Sustainable plant-based ingredients specialist Fooditive Group announces that after successful manufacturing trials, it can manufacture larger volumes of vegan casein to supply European customers.
Using a proprietary bacterial strain develo... |
| Mar 15, 2023 | BREAKING: Precision fermentation startups team up to tackle ‘black box’ EU novel foods process | Thanks to advances in synthetic biology, startups can now program microbes to produce scores of ingredients more sustainably. But the tortuous regulatory process to secure regulatory approvals in the EU is holding the industry back, claim t... |
| Aug 17, 2022 | ADM teams up with New Culture to scale up animal-free dairy platform | An investor in New Culture and fellow animal-free dairy co Perfect Day (which makes whey protein via microbial fermentation and announced a joint development agreement with ADM in 2018) via its ADM Ventures arm, ADM said that its “product... |
| Jul 6, 2022 | Remilk teams up with Israeli food giant CBC Group to create animal-free dairy line: 'We can be as cheap as animal protein by 2024' | The products - which are set to launch within 12 months, pending regulatory approval - will feature Remilk's whey protein (beta-lactoglobulin), made via a genetically engineered strain of yeast via precision fermentation, co-founder an... |
| Apr 14, 2022 | Dutch Government Awards €60 Million To Domestic Cellular Agriculture Ecosystem | 4 Mins Read
The Netherlands has announced that it has awarded €60 million to support the creation of a domestic cellular agriculture ecosystem as part of the country’s National Growth Fund, which is deploying € 20 billion over the next five... |
| Feb 24, 2022 | betterland foods unveils ‘cow-free milk’ with Perfect Day… so how close is it to the real thing? | Debuting to the trade at the Natural Products Expo West show in Anaheim next month, betterland’s lactose-free milk will be available in retailers this summer in whole and extra creamy variants, and is the first of a series of animal-free pr... |
| Feb 15, 2022 | Animal-free dairy heats up as Change Foods collaborates with Sigma and Violife owner Upfield, raises $12m | Founder and CEO David Bucca did not go into details of the deals with Upfield (which owns plant-based cheese brand Violife and the former Unilever spreads portfolio) and Sigma (which sells cheese, yogurt, and other foods in the US, Latin Am... |
| Nov 22, 2021 | New Culture raises $25m as 'animal-free dairy' space heats up | The funding was announced a week after General Mills dipped its toes in the animal-free dairy waters with the launch of cream cheese alternative Bold Cultr, which contains animal-free whey proteins from Perfect Day, and follows recent fun... |
| Aug 23, 2021 | General Mills explores ‘animal-free’ dairy segment via ‘development brand’ Renegade Creamery | The website for Renegade Creamery (which also has a Facebook page that launched in March), features mock-ups of cream cheese, shredded cheese, and cheese slices combining plant-based ingredients with dairy proteins made via fermentation... |
| Aug 4, 2021 | Dairy Without the Cow: The Leaders of Fermented Proteins | The all-star roster of fermented proteins: Jevan Nagarajah of Better Dairy, Jason Rosenberg of Remilk, Hille van der Kaa of Those Vegan Cowboys, Inja Radman of New Culture and Bryan Tracy of Superbrewed join me on The Plantbased Business Ho... |
| Jun 10, 2021 | Formo: “We See Our Technology as a Solution to Many Supply Chain Risks Around Food Security” | Cellular agriculture enables the production of real dairy proteins through precision fermentation, thus removing animals from the production process. In this insightful interview, Raffael Wohlgensinger, CEO and co-founder of Formo, talks to... |
| May 25, 2021 | ‘Fromance’ WildWestLand: Dutch Dairy Giant Partners With Those Vegan Cowboys To Launch 100% Plant-Based Cheese Line | 3 Mins Read
Dutch cheese makers Westland Cheese, known for its cheese brands like Maaslander, Old Amsterdam and Trenta, have joined forces with alternative dairy startup Those Vegan Cowboys to launch a plant-based dairy line WildWestLand wi... |
| Apr 12, 2021 | Those Vegan Cowboys Develop Casein From Microbes to Make Dairy Without the Cow | Last year, The Vegetarian Butcher founders Jaap Korteweg and Niko Koffeman created Those Vegan Cowboys, a company aimed at producing real milk without the cow. Now, they say they’re developing animal-free casein.
Casein is one of the key pr... |
| Mar 30, 2021 | Plant-based dairy in focus: 'Cheese is the most technically challenging space in dairy alternatives...' | So how are consumer expectations in these categories evolving, and what formulation challenges do brands still need to address?
FoodNavigator-USA caught up with experts at Cargill and ADM, which both have a broad portfolio of proteins, text... |
| Dec 22, 2020 | Elysabeth Alfano’s Top 10 Predictions for 2021 | Every week, Plant-based Business Expert Elysabeth Alfano breaks down the headlines with her review and analysis in the Plantbased Business Minute. In preparation for the New Year, today she brings us her top ten predictions for 2021.
Here a... |
| Dec 17, 2020 | TurtleTree Labs raises $6.2m to support cell-cultured milk platform | The startup - which has offices in Singapore and San Francisco - will use the funds to accelerate research and production of functional, bioactive proteins and complex sugars found in human breastmilk.
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| Nov 5, 2020 | Don’t have a cow? Change Foods plans US launch of real dairy cheese made via microbial fermentation | While microbial fermentation can be deployed to make everything from collagen to CBD, Change Foods has homed in on cheese because most plant-based alternatives still can’t match the real thing when it comes to stretch and meltability bec... |
| Nov 3, 2020 | 8 Innovative Startups To Watch At The Future Food-Tech Summit 2020 | 2
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The need for new technologies to accelerate innovation in the food industry has never been greater, as the world battles the interrelated crises of climate change, food insecurity and the coronavirus pandemic. The upc... |
| Oct 30, 2020 | Future Food-Tech Presents Revolutionary Solutions to Shake Up the Food Industry | The Future Food-Tech Summit showcases fresh talent ripe for investment and partnerships, as the industry gathers once again on December 2-3, 2020. The summit unveils twelve innovators offering unique approaches to meet the industry’s hottes... |
| Oct 9, 2020 | Alt Dairy Startup Launches US$2.9M ‘Bounty Hunt’ For Fungal Strain For Animal-Free Real Milk | 2
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Those Vegan Cowboys, a newly founded alternative dairy startup created by the founders of plant-based meat brand The Vegetarian Butcher, has just issued a record-breaking global “bounty hunt” for a fungal strain that ... |
| Sep 28, 2020 | ‘Those Vegan Cowboys’ Offer €2.5M Reward for Fungus That Turns Grass into Milk Protein | The founders of Dutch startup Those Vegan Cowboys have launched a search for a starter culture that will turn grass into real milk proteins. Jaap Korteweg and Niko Koffeman, who previously founded The Vegetarian Butcher, are offering a €2.5... |
| Sep 8, 2020 | The Vegetarian Butcher: Whopper in Netherlands, Nuggets in Germany & Upcoming Hong Kong Trial | Dutch plant meat brand The Vegetarian Butcher, a subsidiary of Unilever, has had a busy month. It will supply Burger King with a Plant-based Whopper in the Netherlands, has already begun with its plant chicken nuggets in Germany, and will b... |
| Sep 8, 2020 | The Vegetarian Butcher: Whopper in Netherlands, Nuggets in Germany & Upcoming Hong Kong Trial | ©Burger King Germany
Dutch plant meat brand The Vegetarian Butcher, a subsidiary of Unilever, has had a busy month. It will supply Burger King with a Plant-based Whopper in the Netherlands, has already begun with its plant chicken nuggets i... |
| Jul 27, 2020 | The Vegetarian Butcher Applies to German Meat Associations to Help Shape Future of Meat Industry | © The Vegetarian Butcher
Dutch brand The Vegetarian Butcher, a subsidiary of Unilever, announces it is applying for membership in two traditional German meat associations, stating its intentions to become the largest plant-based butcher in ... |
| Jul 27, 2020 | The Vegetarian Butcher Applies to German Meat Associations to Help Shape Future of Meat Industry | Dutch brand The Vegetarian Butcher, a subsidiary of Unilever, announces it is applying for membership in two traditional German meat associations, stating its intentions to become the largest plant-based butcher in the world.
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| Jun 22, 2020 | Vegetarian Butcher Founders to Transform Dairy with New Brand Those Vegan Cowboys | © Those Vegan Cowboys
Jaap Korteweg and Niko Koffeman, founders of Dutch meat alternatives brand The Vegetarian Butcher, have announced that they will turn their attention to developing dairy alternatives. Their new company, Those Vegan Cow... |
| Jun 22, 2020 | Vegetarian Butcher Founders to Transform Dairy with New Brand Those Vegan Cowboys | Jaap Korteweg and Niko Koffeman, founders of Dutch meat alternatives brand The Vegetarian Butcher, have announced that they will turn their attention to developing dairy alternatives. Their new company, Those Vegan Cowboys, seeks to make da... |
| Those Vegan Cowboys | “Those Vegan Cowboys produce casein with enhanced functionality compared to its animal counterpart, requiring less to achieve the same great taste and texture. The possibilities with our casein are endless, allowing us to tailor proteins. O... |
