Meat milestone: Singapore okays second cultivated meat product
In Singapore, regulators have approved Eat Just’s cultivated chicken breast for human consumption—just the second such approval globally after the forward-thinking nation gave Eat...
Project converting chicken feathers into cultivated chicken meat concludes first phase
In Italy, a research project looking to grow cells from chicken feathers into chicken meat has concluded its first phase by generating a batch...
Your guide to eco-friendly libations
In New York, lifestyle media brand mindbodygreen has analyzed the environmental footprint of common boozy beverages.
A can of beer got the best marks, as it requires...
Sweet deal: Green Spot Technologies raises €5 million for cocoa alternative
In France, solid state fermentation startup Green Spot Technologies has raised €5 million ($US5.7 million) to scale production of its fermentation-based cocoa replacement.
Green...
Simple lifestyle changes lower blood pressure as well as medicine
In Massachusetts, researchers demonstrated that a program aimed at helping people modify lifestyle factors such as diet and exercise is as effective as medication...
Eating peanuts with meals is good for your heart
In Pennsylvania, eating peanuts with a meal may help protect against cardiovascular diseases, according to findings reported by Penn State researchers in the current...
Dream job alert: Lab-grown meat startup recruiting bacon taste testers
In California, start-up Mission Barns is looking for 100 bacon lovers to do curbside taste tests of its lab-grown meat.
The taste tests will be...
“Egg-cellent” idea: Onego Bio submits GRAS notification for chicken-free albumen
In the US, Finnish food ingredient company Onego Bio has officially submitted its Generally Recognized as Safe notification to the U.S. Food and Drug...
Perfect Day gets $24.7 million and a new patent
In California, Perfect Day, a global leader in the science, research, and production of animal-free dairy, raised $24.7 million in funding and received its...
Junk food pictures are twice as distracting as health food pictures
In Maryland, a new Johns Hopkins University study has verified that junk food images are almost twice as distracting as health food pictures when...