Improve Nature lands $3 million to expand soy-based protein that behave like meat
In North Carolina, Improved Nature raised more than $3 million to expand their offering of alternative plant-based meat substitutes made from non-GMO sustainably-sourced plant-based...
Faux pas-free foie gras firm nabs government grant
In Japan, cell culture products company IntegriCulture has been awarded a ¥240 million ($2.2 million) government grant to build a commercial bioreactor facility.
Founded by...
Plant-based foods go mainstream
In California, the Plant Based Foods Association, a trade association representing 114 of the nation’s leading plant-based food companies, released new data showing robust...
Food science thrives in the Garden State
In New Jersey, Nestlé recent decision to site its health science research within the state’s bioscience corridor demonstrates the region’s competence in food innovation.
According...
Naplasol expands mycoprotein portfolio with Mycorena acquisition
In Belgium, Naplasol has acquired mycoprotein company Mycorena and plans to begin producing Mycorena’s mycoprotein, Promyc, at its industrial facility in Bree. The move...
Just add champagne: Cell-based caviar promises sustainable roe-mance
In the Netherlands, Geneus Biotech and scientists at Wageningen University & Research are working together to develop cell-based caviar.
The project, dubbed Magiccaviar, is hoping...
Mosa Meat raises €40 million as it prepares to introduce cultivated beef
In Isle of Man, Mosa Meat has raised €40 million (US$47 million) to scale and commercialize cultivated beef.
The oversubscribed round was led by Lowercarbon...
Company making food from air announces seed funding
In Vienna, carbon dioxide-to-food-ingredients startup Arkeon Biotechnologies has added €4 million (US$4.3 million) to a €6.5 million seed funding announced last March.
The company...
Campbell Soup invests in Habit, a personalized nutrition start-up
In California, Campbell Soup Company invested in Habit, a personalized nutrition start-up that will provide people with a nutrition blueprint based on their own...
Future Meat raises $347 million to build US cultivated meat facility
In Israel, cultivated meat maker Future Meat has raised a whopping $347 million in a Series B funding, which it will use to build...