In Australia, banana waste fiber is being repurposed into biodegradable blast collars for open-cut mining, a surface mining method where minerals are extracted by removing the soil, rock, and vegetation above a deposit. Blast collars prevent the drill‑hole collar from collapsing and stop loose material from falling into the hole. Dubbed Collar Keeper, its manufacturer […]
In California, beauty brand Tower 28 has debuted a lip jelly using Palmless Torula Oil, a fermentation-derived substitute for palm oil produced by C16 Biosciences. Alternatives to palm oil are in high demand because of widespread deforestation linked to the ubiquitous product. Two‑fifths of the world’s vegetable oil supply comes from palm oil, and it […]
In Germany, cell cultivated fat startup Cultimate Foods GmbH has filed for bankruptcy with the Charlottenburg Local Court. An administrator was assigned to the company on April 30 and will determine whether continued operations and restructuring are viable options. Founded in 2022, the company intended for its lab-grown fat to help plant-based meat products better […]
In Denmark, designer Natural Material Studio has made custom lighting for a sushi restaurant out of seaweed “salvaged” from miso soup that would otherwise be thrown out. The lights were installed during a recent interior renovation at Lyngby Japanese-Danish fusion hotspot Sticks n Sushi. “Technically, you can find endless fibers and particles in biowaste,” Natural […]
In the United Kingdom, SIS Pitches has developed a biodegradable, bio-based fiber for hybrid sports fields. Dubbed Bio-X™, the pitch surface material blends natural materials derived from corn and sugarcane to create a fiber with the necessary strength, durability, and flexibility for high-impact sports fields. A recent trial that included professional soccer, football, golf, tennis, […]
In California, a cell-cultured chocolate collaboration between California Cultured and University of California-Davis has been awarded a $2.8 million grant from public-private biomanufacturing consortium BioMade and the National Science Foundation. The funds will be used to improve key scale-up challenges such as better sterilization methods and biomass sensors. “This grant directly supports the hardest and […]
In the United Kingdom, Tate & Lyle PLC and BioHarvest Sciences Inc. have broadened the scope of their joint sweetener development program to include multiple plant‑based sweetener molecules. The expanded collaboration builds on the initial agreement signed in 2024 and reflects strong technical progress to date, as well as Tate & Lyle’s ambition to equip […]
In India, researchers at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University claim to have made a bioplastic out of cow manure that decomposes in just 50 days. Led by department of microbiology professor Ravi Kumar Gupta and PhD student Deshraj Deepak Kapoor, the team found a bacteria that could be used to produce the common bioplastic polyhydroxybutyrate from […]
In Italy, pet food brand FORZA10 has launched a wet dog food containing cultivated meat from Czech company BeneMeat. Dubbed Coolty Meat, the food was launched at Interzoo 2026 and is the first such food available in Europe. According to FORZA10, BeneMeat’s meat, which is cultivated from hamster cells, makes up 26% of the Coolty […]
In Tennessee, precision fermentation startup Melazyme has raised $2 million in a seed funding round to support platform development and production scale-up of high-value molecules like melanin and brazzein. The company was founded in 2025 by Perumal Gandhi and Bonney Oommen, two veterans of cultivated dairy protein firm Perfect Day. Melanin has applications across cosmetics […]
