Red meat has no effect on blood pressure and cholesterol according to Purdue study

In Indiana, Purdue University researchers found that consuming more than the daily recommended intake of red meat does not affect short-term cardiovascular disease risk...

Tempura tech: San Fran restaurant serves cultivated chicken from Upside Foods

In San Francisco, a few lucky taste testers won a contest to be among the first in America to eat cultivated chicken at a...

Food entrepreneurs benefit from PepsiCo North America and The Hatchery Chicago partnership

In Illinois, PepsiCo North America Nutrition and The Hatchery Chicago announced a partnership aimed at helping food industry entrepreneurs sustainably grow and scale their...

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...

Meat without feet or fins: Lab-grown sushi plant set to open in Bay Area

In California, cultured seafood company Wildtype is set to open a new facility that can, at full scale, produce 200,000 pounds of cell-based, sushi-grade...

Shiru creates an “Amazon for proteins”

In California, Shiru is launching the world’s first marketplace and discovery platform for proteins. Dubbed ProteinDiscovery.ai, the platform allows users to search, discover, pilot,...

Animal-free meat solutions among Israeli food tech finalists

In Israel, winners of Calcalist’s Food Innovation contest for best startup working in food technology has named 11 finalists, including a handful of biotech...

Gay Lea Foods invests $140 million to grow Canadian dairy nutraceuticals industry

In Ontario, Gay Lea Foods Co-operative Limited is investing $140 million over four years to build state-of-the-art processing capacity for nutrition and nutraceutical-grade dairy...

Lab-grown lamb means you won’t have to be sheepish about ordering the chops

In Australia, a cultured meat startup has claimed production of the world’s first lab-grown lamb. The Spoon reports that Magic Valley is prototyping lab mince,...

PepsiCo adds Health Warrior to the family

In New York, PepsiCo, Inc. acquired Health Warrior, Inc., a nutrition-forward company that makes plant-based products including nutrition bars and on-trend offerings. Health Warrior...

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