Ginkgo Bioworks and Robertet produce cultured flavor and fragrance ingredients at scale

In Massachusetts, Ginkgo Bioworks and Robertet USA announced the successful commercial-scale fermentation of a key flavor and fragrance ingredient. Ginkgo and Robertet are driving...

Mara Renewables secures $9.1M to boost Omega-3 DHA

In Canada, Mara Renewables has received US$9.1 million from S2G Investments to expand R&D and capacity for its algae-based omega‑3 DHA platform. The vital...

Maple Leaf enters U.S. plant-based protein market with Lightlife acquisition

In Canada, Maple Leaf Foods, a consumer protein company, agreed to acquire Lightlife Foods, Inc., a manufacturer and brand of refrigerated plant-based protein foods...

Optimized Foods unveils sturgeon-free caviar

In California, foodtech Optimized Foods has developed a caviar alternative using lab-grown meat techniques and its proprietary mycelium platform. Dubbed MycoCarrier™, Optimized Foods’ process uses...

Bolthouse Farms Plant Protein Milk debuts with more calcium than dairy

In California, Bolthouse Farms, the largest producer of baby carrots in North America, debuted Bolthouse Farms Plant Protein Milk, a refrigerated non-dairy alternative milk...

Meat milestone: Lab-grown chicken sees first commercial sale

In Singapore, cultured meat leader Eat Just has claimed the world’s first commercial sale of a cultured meat product. The news comes just weeks...

Pasta consumed in a low-glycemic diet does not cause weight gain

In Canada, researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital found that unlike most refined carbohydrates that are rapidly absorbed into the bloodstream, pasta has a low...

Meek Mill, Emily Ratajkowski among investors in cultivated meat platform

In San Francisco, Prolific Machines has emerged from stealth mode and announced $42 million in funding for its scalable cultivated meat platform. Backers in...

Islamic legal authority lays out conditions for cultivated meat to be deemed halal

In Qatar, the International Islamic Fiqh Academy has determined that cultivated meat is halal for Muslims if the source cells come from animals permissible...

Plant-based meat needs animal-based prices

Despite widespread appeal among consumers, plant-based meat still faces a significant challenge to taking a meaningful chunk of the American meat market: price. According to...

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