TerraVia receives FDA generally recognized as safe letter for Algae Butter
In California, TerraVia Holdings, Inc. received a generally recognized as safe no questions letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Algae...
Fish Byproduct Chitosan Holds Promise as Cow Feed Additive
In Brazil, researchers have examined the impact of supplementing beef cattle feed with chitosan, a byproduct of the fishing industry.
The work aimed to evaluate...
Unibio opens first commercial plant to make single cell protein from natural gas
In Denmark, Unibio has opened a commercial fermentation plant to convert natural gas into a highly concentrated, single-cell protein and produce up to 80...
USDA grants a license for the first monoclonal antibody therapy to control canine atopic...
In New Jersey, Zoetis Inc. announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture granted a license for CYTOPOINT, the first monoclonal antibody therapy approved to...
PepsiCo adds Health Warrior to the family
In New York, PepsiCo, Inc. acquired Health Warrior, Inc., a nutrition-forward company that makes plant-based products including nutrition bars and on-trend offerings. Health Warrior...
Milk chocolate gets antioxidant help from peanut waste
In North Carolina, a new source of antioxidants to fortify milk chocolate with the health benefits of dark chocolate has been found in peanuts. ...
Cows Who Live in Glass Houses Shouldn’t Emit Stones
This month in Finland, a team of intrepid researchers herded one thousand European cows one-by-one into a glass “metabolic chamber” to measure their methane...
Tyson Foods invests in Memphis Meats
In Arkansas, Tyson Ventures, the venture capital arm of Tyson Foods, Inc., invested in Memphis Meats, a leader in cultured meat produced directly from...
The Impossible Burger debuts on the West Coast
In California, Impossible Foods launched the Impossible Burger in selected West Coast restaurants. Not yet available in stores, the Impossible Burger is a result of...
DuPont receives Gates Foundation grant for protein-based biologic medicine development
In Delaware, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation provided a grant to DuPont Industrial Biosciences to create new production systems to enable affordable, protein-based...