Maple Leaf Foods unfurls Greenleaf Foods for plant-based focus
In Illinois, Greenleaf Foods, SPC launched as a food company dedicated to cultivating and advancing leadership in the fast growing plant-based food sector. As...
Japan awards alt protein grants to Umami United and IntegriCulture
In Japan, alternative protein startups Umami United and IntegriCulture have received government funds to help advance product development and scale-up.
Tokyo-based Umami, which produces...
Good shucking idea: Startup targets lab-grown oysters
In North Carolina, two entrepreneurs hope to bring lab-grown oyster meat to raw bars and leave real oysters doing what they do best: filtering...
Geltor raises $18 million to keep bio-designing animal-free collagen
In California, Geltor, the bio-design company behind Designer Collagen, announced $18.2 million in Series A financing. Geltor developed a proprietary bio-design platform where high-value...
Unilever eyes 2023 for precision-fermented dairy launch
In London, Unilever executives have publicly called dairy “problematic” as it invests in R&D to produce alternatives via precision fermentation. The consumer goods giant,...
Remote-controlled biodegradable nanorobots are here
In the United Kingdom, scientists created remote-controlled nanorobots made from biodegradable spirulina algae that can be remotely controlled within complex biological fluids with high...
Vegan ice cream Brave Robot uses biotech to produce milk proteins
In California, food technology firm Perfect Day has expanded into animal-free dairy ice cream.
Dubbed Brave Robot, the company uses genetically modified microflora to produce...
Infant nutrition key to reducing stress impacts on early brain development of mice
In the Netherlands, a University of Amsterdam study showed that young mice that grow up in stressful circumstances go on to have fewer cognitive...
Liberation Labs reportedly planning $75 million Series A
In Indiana, Liberation Labs is set to launch a Series A financing round to help build its $115-million facility in Richmond.
The company was formed...
First digital ingestion tracking system approved by FDA
In Washington, D.C., the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first drug in the U.S. with a digital ingestion tracking system. Abilify MyCite...