Mycorena declares bankruptcy
In Sweden, fungi fermentation and mycoprotein company Mycorena AB has filed for bankruptcy, citing “significant financial challenges” that have made it impossible to continue...
Further Foods begins FDA trial for cultivated dog food
In Ontario, Further Foods expects to soon complete feeding trials necessary to secure FDA approval of dog food products containing cell-cultivated chicken. The CULT...
World’s largest mozzarella maker licenses cow-free casein tech
In Colorado, Leprino Foods Company has signed an agreement with precision-fermentation platform company Fooditive Group to secure exclusive, worldwide rights to produce non-animal casein...
Kokomodo hopes to solve chocolate crunch with cell cultivation
In Israel, startup Kokomodo aims to alleviate concerns over future supply of cacao, the source of cocoa for chocolate, by cultivating cocoa powder in...
Novel funding source: Cellivate Technologies wins $3.3 million on Shark Tank-style show
In Singapore, cultivated meat, leather, and cosmetics startup Cellivate Technologies has won the top prize in Channel News Asia’s business reality show, The Big...
UPSIDE Foods to hold cultivated meat tasting days before Florida ban
In Miami, cultivated meat pioneer UPSIDE Foods is planning a cultivated chicken tasting on June 27, just days before a Florida ban on the...
Milk without the Moo: Future Cow set to scale cow-free dairy proteins
In Brazil, a precision fermentation startup developing milk proteins without cows, is set to begin scaling production.
Founded in 2023 by entrepreneur Leonardo Vieira and...
Cultivated meat for the military draws ire
In the US, BioMADE has issued a call for proposals for food and material innovations with military applications. The Department of Defense manufacturing innovation...
Bezos Center for Sustainable Protein planned for NC State
In North Carolina, the Bezos Center for Sustainable Protein has launched at North Carolina State University with a mandate to become a biomanufacturing hub...
PoLoPo seeks US approval for potatoes that produce egg proteins
In the US, PoLoPo has asked regulators to approve its technology for growing egg proteins in potatoes. The SuperAA platform leverages potato’s natural productivity...