Re:meat raises $1.1 million in oversubscribed funding round for cultivated
In Sweden, cultivated meat startup Re:meat has successfully closed an oversubscribed funding round, raising €1 million (US$1.1 million) to establish Scandinavia’s first "Re:meatery," a...
Symrise plans natural food coloring sale
In Germany, specialty chemicals giant Symrise AG has received an offer from Chr. Hansen Natural Colors A/S, now known as Oterra, to acquire its...
Singapore first to approve cultivated meat for sale
In Singapore, regulatory authorities have approved the sale of cell-based meat, becoming the first country to do so.
After extensive testing and review, The Singapore...
Food flex: MyriaMeat achieves muscle contractions in lab-grown pork
In Munich, cultivated meat startup MyriaMeat has grown pig muscle tissue from pluripotent stem cells with the ability to contract—an industry first.
The achievement could...
Lufa Farms’ new urban rooftop greenhouse grows over 40 varieties of greens and vegetables
In Canada, Lufa Farms debuted its third highly automated greenhouse in the Montreal borough of Anjou. The new 63,000 square foot rooftop greenhouse produces...
UPSIDE Foods serves cultivated chicken at Indy 500 ahead of state ban
In Indiana, UPSIDE Foods served cultivated chicken sandwiches during the recent Indianapolis 500 as it called the state’s upcoming ban on such products “un-American.”...
Lab-grown meat gets exotic with human steaks, horse, and fish bladders
In Connecticut, Nanalyze has compiled a list of lab-grown meat companies pursuing exotic foods. The media and research firm aims to educate its readers...
Survey says: consumers pick fermented foods as the top superfood
In New York, a national survey found that fermented foods – like yogurt, kefir, kombucha, sauerkraut, tempeh, some pickles, kimchi and miso – ousted...
Delicious Initiative looks to solve key vegan cheese challenge
In Sweden, an EU-funded project aims to combine precision fermentation, yeast biomass and fiber-producing microbes to achieve better-tasting vegan cheeses and kefir.
The four-year...
German startup targeting cultivated schnitzel by 2025
In Germany, cultivated meat startup Alife Foods hopes to launch a lab-grown version of schnitzel by 2025.
Alife is currently doing “sensory evaluations” for its...