Meat processing giant JBS invests $100 million in cultivated meat startup
In Spain, leading meat processor JBS is taking a majority stake in cultured meat startup BioTech Foods.
The deal, which marks JBS’s entry into to...
Celeb-backed Wildtype eyes launch of lab-grown salmon by year-end
In San Francisco, a cultivated seafood maker backed by A-listers has said it will launch sushi-grade salmon in restaurants before the year-end.
Justin Kolbeck,...
Aleph Farms files for Cultivated Meat in Thailand
In Israel, Aleph Farms has submitted its first regulatory application for cultivated meat in Thailand. This application, filed in collaboration with Thai Union, aims...
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...
Feeding pets contributes to climate change?
In California, UCLA professor Gregory Okin calculated that meat-eating by dogs and cats creates about 64 million tons of carbon dioxide a year, or,...
Investors back cheesier animal-free mozzarella
In California, startup New Culture has raised $25 million as it works to make good on its promise of putting a better animal-free mozzarella...
Junk food pictures are twice as distracting as health food pictures
In Maryland, a new Johns Hopkins University study has verified that junk food images are almost twice as distracting as health food pictures when...
Study calls daily aspirin use into question
In Australia, in a large clinical trial to determine the risks and benefits of daily low-dose aspirin in healthy older adults without previous cardiovascular...
Fermentation-based palm oil maker NoPalm graduates to demo scale
In the Netherlands, biotech firm NoPalm Ingredients has signed an agreement with NIZO Food Research to set up a demonstration-scale factory for its fermentation-based...
Rabobank launches the Food Loss Challenge Asia
In Singapore, Rabobank, a global bank in food & agri and sustainability, launched the Food Loss Challenge for startups in Asia. Rabobank aims to...