South Dakota moves to ban cultivated meat
In South Dakota, lawmakers have advanced a bill prohibiting the production, sale and distribution of cultivated meat. The Amendment, added to HB1109, was passed...
NouriTech breaks ground on new plant to produce Calysta’s FeedKind protein at scale
In Tennessee, NouriTech, a venture formed through investments from Cargill, Calysta, Inc. and several third-party institutions, broke ground on a new thirty-seven acre plant...
Foodtech startup Pluri secures $6.5 million, enters cacao market via Kokomondo acquisition
In Israel Pluri Inc., a biotechnology company specializing in cell-based solutions, has received a strategic private investment of $6.5 million, led by global investor...
Novel Foods Group bets big on precision fermentation to produce elusive sweetener
In Dubai, Novel Foods Group is planning a $500-million precision fermentation production hub to scale production of brazzein, a sweeter-than-sugar protein found in the...
Fungi fix: Dutch designer Dierkx shows mycelium can convert waste plastic into protein bars
In the Netherlands, designer Odette Dierkx has envisioned a new concept for producing protein bars: dried mycelium that has been fed waste plastics.
Dubbed...
Beyond Meat’s Manhattan Beach Project has a new home
In California, Beyond Meat announced a new 26,000 square foot research and development center as the home to Beyond Meat’s Manhattan Beach Project, the...
Checkerspot and AAK partner on plant-based oils and fats
In California, Checkerspot, a biotechnology company developing renewable oils through fermentation of microalgae, has signed a joint development agreement with AAK aimed at structuring...
General Mills leads $6 million investment in Rhythm Superfoods
In Texas, 301 INC, the new business development and venturing unit of General Mills, led a $6 million investment in Rhythm Superfoods, an Austin-based...
Mosa Meat raises €40 million as it prepares to introduce cultivated beef
In Isle of Man, Mosa Meat has raised €40 million (US$47 million) to scale and commercialize cultivated beef.
The oversubscribed round was led by Lowercarbon...
Australia’s Vow grows mammoth meatballs that no one has tasted
In Australia, cultivated meat startup Vow has produced a meatball made of mammoth meat. Vow recently told CNN it hopes the peculiar dish will...