TerraVia notches another food-use approval for algal protein
In Canada, the country’s department responsible for public health, Health Canada, has approved TerraVia’s Whole Algal Protein for food use.
With the approval, TerraVia has...
Breaking nugget news: Japanese scientists create lab-growth chicken with circulatory system
In Tokyo, researchers have created the world’s largest, and most advanced, lab-growth chicken nugget.
Featuring “veins” that deliver nutrients and oxygen, the new nugget...
Gourmey acquires Vital Meat, setting the stage for cultivated meat scale-up
In France, cultivated meat company Gourmey has acquired Vital Meat and formed a new entity called PARIMA. The merger combines Gourmey’s production platform—known for...
Meat without feet (or fins): Chicago company reports alternative seafood breakthrough
In Chicago, alternative seafood startup AquaCultured Foods claims to have produced the world’s first “whole muscle seafood alternative” via fermentation. The process uses fungi...
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...
Project Eaden raises $2.3 million for meat fiber-spinning technology
In Germany, food tech startup Project Eaden has added €2.1 million (US$2.3 million) to previously announced seed funding to advance its meat fiber spinning...
In a fast-food debut, White Castle serves Impossible Sliders
In New York, White Castle began serving the Impossible Slider in 140 locations throughout New York, New Jersey and Chicagoland. Making its fast-food debut,...
Ginkgo Bioworks, NAMUH ink infant nutrition pact
In Boston, infant nutrition company NAMUH and cell programming giant Ginkgo Bioworks have announced a multi-product collaboration to develop Human Milk Oligosaccharides (HMOs) structurally...
Mermade Seafoods raises $3.3 million for lab-grown scallops
In Israel, cultivated seafood startup Mermade Seafoods says it has closed a $3.3-million seed funding to commercialize lab-grown scallops.
Founded in 2021 by navy veteran...
San Fran hotspot Fiorella hosts Mission Barns’ first cultivated pork sale
In California, cultivated meat maker Mission Barns has sold its pork for the first time at an exclusive dinner at San Francisco hot spot...