Dream job alert: Lab-grown meat startup recruiting bacon taste testers
In California, start-up Mission Barns is looking for 100 bacon lovers to do curbside taste tests of its lab-grown meat.
The taste tests will be...
Solar Foods creates mayonnaise (mostly) from thin air
In Finland, Solar Foods has filed a patent application for a mayonnaise formulation made using its Solein protein, which is produced by a microbe...
Burgernomics: Mosa Meat raises €15 million to bring down the cost of cultivated meat
In the Netherlands, Mosa Meat has raised €15 million (US$17.7 million) in funding to bring down the price of cultivated meat.
In 2013, Mosa...
Lallemand acquires enzyme producer Solyve
In France, Lallemand Bio-Ingredients has completed its acquisition of Solyve, a French enzyme producer known for its expertise in solid-state fermentation and strong position...
NoPalm raises €5 million for palm oil alternative
In the Netherlands, palm oil alternative startup NoPalm Ingredients has raised €5 million (US$5.4 million) to accelerate scale up of its biotech-enabled yeast oils.
Founded...
Ajinomoto brings Mankai high protein plant products to the Japanese market
In Japan, Ajinomoto Co., Inc. acquired the exclusive sales rights in Japan for Mankai, a variety of the aquatic plant duckweed, by investing USD...
DuPont Nutrition and Health sells DuPont Diagnostics to Hygiena
In California, Hygiena bought the DuPont Diagnostics food safety diagnostics business from DuPont Nutrition and Health. The acquisition includes all of DuPont Diagnostics business assets,...
ISS wants to make sure early lunar settlements have hummus
In Israel, an experiment headed to the International Space Station in 2022 will evaluate the feasibility of growing chickpeas in microgravity.
The goal is to...
Meat-Tech invests in cultured fat firm Peace of Meat
In Israel, cell-based meat production firm Meat-Tech 3D Ltd has invested €1 million (USD$1.2 million) in Peace of Meat, a cultured fat developer, and,...
Plenty goes to Seattle for their next backyard-quality indoor farm
In California, Plenty announced their next indoor organic farm will be in the Seattle area as they continue to scale worldwide. Expected to open in...