Tyson backs Future Meat to make meat without growing animals
In Israel, Future Meat Technologies announced a $2.2 million seed investment co-led by Tyson Ventures, the venture capital arm of Tyson Foods. Future Meat...
DIC Corp. invests in algae-based protein maker
In Chicago, a food tech company developing extracts and alternative proteins from algae has received funding from Tokyo’s DIC Corporation.
DIC says the unspecified investment...
Better Juice reduces simple sugars in fruit juices
In Israel, Better Juice Ltd. developed innovative technology to reduce the amount of simple sugars in orange juice. The patent-pending enzymatic technology uses all-natural...
Plant-based meat makers willing to give cultivated fat a try
In Belgium, a cultivated fat startup has conducted a survey showing more than half of plant-based meat producers would “likely or very likely” add...
Marketing guru Jason Hall comes up with 400 rebrands for cultivated meat
In Manhattan, a branding expert whose resume includes big-name clients like Netflix and Apple claims to have come up with 400 new names for...
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...
Fungu’it raises €4M to develop fungi-based flavorings
In France, foodtech startup Fungu’it has raised €4 million (US$4.6 million) to build a pilot plant to demonstrate its solid-state, fungi-fermentation platform for producing...
Mammoth-sized legal battle may be brewing over cultivated mammoth meat
In Belgium, cultivated meat startup Paleo is considering legal action over a competitor’s lab-grown mammoth meat claims.
Australia’s Vow recently made international headlines for...
University of Edinburgh researchers bring us a step closer to space bacon
In Scotland, researchers from the University of Edinburgh’s Roslin Institute have created a pig cell line capable of producing fat cells with “remarkable consistency”...
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.”...