FDA says the Impossible Burger is GRAS

In California, Impossible Foods received a no-questions letter from the US Food and Drug Administration, accepting the unanimous conclusion of a panel of food-safety...

Sun Basket organic meal kits scale nationally with funding led by Unilever Ventures

In California, Unilever Ventures, Baseline Ventures and Founders Circle Capital invested $9.2 million in Sun Basket, a home-delivery organic meal kit service, increasing Sun...

Grubhub buys Tapingo to streamline campus food order and delivery

In Illinois, Grubhub, the nation's leading online and mobile food-ordering and delivery marketplace, acquired Tapingo, a leading platform for campus food ordering. With over...

Funding environment forces Paleo to go bare bones

In Belgium, alternative protein company Paleo has announced a “strategic refocusing” of its operations to concentrate on its core research and development. The company,...

Petri dish to pitmaster: Texas startup wants to put cell-based brisket on your grill

In Texas, a cell-based meat startup aims to have a brisket prototype ready in just two years. Katie Kam, cofounder and CEO of the...

Lab-grown fat startup wants your plant-based burger to taste less like plants

In London, startup Hoxton Farms is working to cultivate animal fat to help make plant-based meat alternatives taste more like the real thing.  Currently, many...

World’s largest mozzarella maker licenses cow-free casein tech

In Colorado, Leprino Foods Company has signed an agreement with precision-fermentation platform company Fooditive Group to secure exclusive, worldwide rights to produce non-animal casein...

Califia Farms lands $50 million to expand plant-based beverage manufacturing

In California, Califia Farms, best known for its innovative plant-based beverages in distinctive curvy bottles, closed another round of funding that brought in over...

Opalia and Hoogwegt partner on cell-based dairy

In Canada, cell-based dairy startup Opalia and dairy ingredient provider Hoogwegt have entered into a commercial agreement. Under the terms of the two-year deal,...

Kokomodo hopes to solve chocolate crunch with cell cultivation

In Israel, startup Kokomodo aims to alleviate concerns over future supply of cacao, the source of cocoa for chocolate, by cultivating cocoa powder in...

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Fin-ished, for now: Aqua Cultured Foods shutters as funding dries up

In Chicago, a fermentation startup converting cellulose into seafood alternatives has wound down operations after failing to raise funds necessary to reach commercialization. Established...

Mercedes unveils vegan-interior SUV at CES

In Nevada, Mercedes-Benz has showcased a new, vegan-interior GLC electronic SUV at the recent CES technology trade show in Las Vegas. Vegan materials were...

Futerro files permits for French PLA site

In France, biobased chemicals maker Futerro has requested the relevant permits for its planned lactic acid and polylactic acid plant in France. The plant, which...