Vegan Scots rejoice! Prototype haggis expected by Burns Night
In Scotland, cultivated meat startup Roslin Technologies is targeting haggis—a dish comprised of minced sheep organs baked in the animal’s stomach—as its first product.
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Detecting food fraud and contaminants with portable nuclear-based technology
In Austria, the International Atomic Energy Agency launched a coordinated research project to develop methods for using hand-held devices to quickly detect food fraud...
Lab-grown antelope startup looks to address food insecurity
In South Africa, cultivated meat startup Mogale Meat has a bank of more than 500 cell samples from antelope and cattle that it hopes...
Peace of Meat reports chicken-free chicken fat milestone
In Israel, cultured meat technology developer MeaTech Group says its Belgian subsidiary Peace of Meat has manufactured 700 grams of animal-free chicken fat in...
France ag minister poo-poos cultivated meat, asks Twitter-verse to think of the children
In France, Agricultural Minister Julien Denormandie has seemingly indicated he will not approve cell-based meat for sale. On social media, Denormandie wrote, “Meat comes...
Symrise opens innovation center dedicated to “naturalness”
In Singapore, specialty chemicals company Symrise has unveiled “Enhanced Naturals @Spark,” a multi-functional innovation and technology center is dedicated to “naturalness innovation.” The facility...
Spinach eyed as scaffold material for lab-grown beef
In Massachusetts, researchers at Boston College are considering spinach as an edible scaffolding material to produce lab-grown more cost effectively.
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Drink brewed cocoa with your coffee for improved attention and less stress
In New York, a team led by Clarkson University and supported by the Hershey Company found that cocoa and caffeine in combination improve sustained...
Funding shortfall forces NovoNutrients to launch asset sale
In California, gas fermentation firm NovoNutrients has ceased operations and is looking for a buyer for its assets, citing difficulty securing sufficient funding.
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Eating beans instead of beef could reduce U.S. GHG emissions by 75 percent
In California, researchers suggest that the U.S. could realize approximately 50 to 75 percent of its GHG reduction targets for the year 2020, if...