Zipongo receives $18 million to expand nutriomics science and leverage food as medicine
In California, Zipongo received $18 million to further develop nutriomics and behavioral science to enable health providers and disease management systems to leverage food...
Ayana Bio and Wooree Green Science partner on plant cell-derived saffron
In Boston, bioactives startup Ayana Bio has entered into a seven-figure joint development agreement with Wooree Green Science, a subsidiary of Wooree Bio. The...
DayTwo raises $12 million to roll out personalized nutrition based on the gut microbiome
In Israel, DayTwo, a leader in microbiome-health management, completed a $12.0 million Series A financing round to broaden and deepen its lead in evidence-based,...
Upside Foods weighs in on cultivated meat labeling debate
In California, cultivated meat major Upside Foods has told the USDA that cultivated meat should be called cultivated meat, noting that any regulations on...
Show me the honey: Start up developing bee-free route
In the Netherlands, Fooditive has begun developing bee-free honey using DNA from honey and fermentation enzymes. The company says its faux honey has the...
DoD yields to livestock lobby, cancels military cultivated meat funding program
In the US, lobbying from the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association has prompted the Department of Defense to cancel plans to fund research into cultivated...
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...
Bay Area food tech promises cow-free pizza by 2023
In San Francisco, precision fermentation startup New Culture is targeting late 2023 for the launch of its animal-free mozzarella cheese. The company plans to...
All you need is plant-based chicken: Paul McCartney backs Singapore alt protein
In Singapore, ex-Beatle Paul McCartney has participated in a $100-million series A funding round for Next Gen Foods, the alternative protein company behind plant-based...
Food science thrives in the Garden State
In New Jersey, Nestlé recent decision to site its health science research within the state’s bioscience corridor demonstrates the region’s competence in food innovation.
According...