KFC expects consumers to flock to chicken substitute

In Kentucky, fried chicken mainstay KFC is leaning into plant-based meat substitutes, signing a collaboration in 3D bioprinting and aggressively expanding its Beyond Fried...

Living architecture, in-home algae farms on display in Venice

In Italy, an architecture exhibition is displaying how in-home algae cultivation can be used to both purify air and provide food. Bit.Bio.Bot, designed by...

Meat-Tech invests in cultured fat firm Peace of Meat

In Israel, cell-based meat production firm Meat-Tech 3D Ltd has invested €1 million (USD$1.2 million) in Peace of Meat, a cultured fat developer, and,...

Mycoprotein maker wins DoD grant

In California, the US Department of Defense has granted The Better Meat Co. a $1.4 million grant to advance development of Better Meat’s Rhiza...

Mammoth-sized legal battle may be brewing over cultivated mammoth meat

In Belgium, cultivated meat startup Paleo is considering legal action over a competitor’s lab-grown mammoth meat claims. Australia’s Vow recently made international headlines for...

Moolec targets first molecular farming Nasdaq listing

In the UK, molecular farming pioneer Moolec Science plans to list on the Nasdaq through a business combination with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC)...

DSM invests $25 million in Amyris for sustainably-sourced vitamins and nutritional ingredients

In the Netherlands, Koninklijke DSM N.V., the global science-based company active in health, nutrition and materials, agreed to make a $25 million equity investment...

California Cultured demonstrates viability of cell-based chocolate

In California, a foodtech startup has reported progress scaling the production of cocoa using cellular agriculture. According to Green Queen, California Cultured has advanced...

General Mills lifts Kite Hill with $40 million in fresh capital

In California, Kite Hill, an innovator and pioneer in crafting delicious chef-inspired plant-based foods, completed a $40 million capital round led by 301 INC,...

Ajinomoto brings Mankai high protein plant products to the Japanese market

In Japan, Ajinomoto Co., Inc. acquired the exclusive sales rights in Japan for Mankai, a variety of the aquatic plant duckweed, by investing USD...

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Yeast mode: Starbucks India offers fermented cold foam

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