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...
North Carolina startup claims first cell-cultured human breast milk
In North Carolina, startup Biomilq is claiming the first cell-cultured human breast milk and advancing its process using human mammary cells.
Instead of targeting components...
Tyson Foods works with entrepreneurs to up its sustainability game
In Arkansas, Tyson Foods is tapping into entrepreneurs to speed up the pace of innovation, embrace emerging technologies and become agiler in its pursuit...
Stacking sheets of cells yields better cultivated meat, Canadian research shows
In Canada, researchers at McMaster University have produced cultivated meat they claim has flavor and texture more like conventional, animal-based products.
The process creates sheets...
Iceland’s Prime Minister tastes cultivated quail
In Iceland, Vow and ORF Genetics have held a tasting event for cultivated quail. Vegconomist reported that attendees included Iceland’s Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir, who...
Mirai and Shiok partner on cultivated beef
In Singapore, two major cultivated meat companies have partnered to develop lab-grown beef and secure regulatory approval. Under the terms of the agreement, Switzerland’s...
Vitamin D supplements reduce cold and flu risk as well as vaccines
In the UK, an international research team led by Queen Mary University of London found that vitamin D supplements protect against acute respiratory infections...
Daily Harvest expands with a $43 million investment
In New York, Daily Harvest, the female-led, New York-based subscription service specializing in frozen, plant-based, one-step-prep foods, announced a $43 million Series B funding...
Impossible Foods wants to eliminate animals for food by 2035
In California, Impossible Foods published its 2018 impact report, an annual update on the startup’s mission, business and strategic roadmap. The report, “Mission: Earth,”...
FDA advisory panel recommends approval of the first cannabis-derived drug
In Washington, D.C., the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drug Advisory Committee concluded with a unanimous vote to recommend...