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...

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Cow cells to couture: Qorium raises $25M for cultivated leather

In the Netherlands, lab-grown leather startup Qorium has raised $25 million to increase its production capabilities and continue to establish commercial partnerships in high-end...

Acclaimed restaurant Noma partners with Novonesis to “take deliciousness to the next level”

In Denmark, Michelin star-mainstay Noma has partnered with biosolutions leader Novonesis to determine the potential of new biobased food ingredients within the Noma Projects...

KAIST team demonstrates use of bacteria to produce and dye cellulose

In South Korea, researchers have coaxed living bacteria to grow, weave, and dye fabrics without the use of oil, plastic or artificial dyes. The...