Ajinomoto brings Mankai high protein plant products to the Japanese market
In Japan, Ajinomoto Co., Inc. acquired the exclusive sales rights in Japan for Mankai, a variety of the aquatic plant duckweed, by investing USD...
DSM seeks approval for new stevia pathway
In the Netherlands, DSM has asked Europe’s food safety regulators to approve the use of stevia produced using fermentation. The popular sweetener has already...
Memphis Meats raises $17 million to make meat without the animal
In California, Memphis Meats raised $17 million from a group of investors including Bill Gates, Richard Branson and Cargill to continue developing delicious products,...
Tyson Foods buys into Beyond Meat
In Arkansas, Tyson Foods invested an undisclosed amount for a five percent ownership position in Beyond Meat to help the plant-based protein producer expand...
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...
Copia Agro & Food announces a new $50 million agriculture and food investment fund
In Israel, the Copia Agro & Food fund announced it is raising $50 million to expand its investments in agricultural and food projects developed...
i-Health acquires UP4 Probiotics to drive probiotic category leadership
In Connecticut, i-Health Inc. announced the purchase of the UP4 Probiotic brand from UAS Laboratories, LLC. The UP4 consumer brand incorporates state of the...
Impossible Foods to make 1 million pounds of plant-based meat per month
In California, Impossible Foods launched its first large-scale production facility to make at least 1 million pounds of plant-based meat per month – enough...
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...
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...