Beyond Meat and Sysco sign exclusive nationwide food service distribution deal
In California, Beyond Meat announced its partnership with Sysco, the nation’s largest food distributor. The exclusive deal will open distribution of the Beyond Burger...
Kroger partners with Apeel to reduce food waste
In Ohio, The Kroger Co. announced that The Horton Fruit Company is supplying Apeel avocados from Apeel Sciences to the grocer, starting in its...
Pope asks youth to cut down on meat
In Prague, Pope Francis has requested young people cut down on meat to help address the climate crisis. In a letter to the EU...
Australia’s Vow grows mammoth meatballs that no one has tasted
In Australia, cultivated meat startup Vow has produced a meatball made of mammoth meat. Vow recently told CNN it hopes the peculiar dish will...
Pass the butter! Shiok showcases lab-grown lobster
In Singapore, Shiok Meats has unveiled the world’s first lab-grown lobster meat. In a private tasting showcase, Chef José Luis Del Amo of TheTasteLab...
Meat milestone: Lab-grown chicken sees first commercial sale
In Singapore, cultured meat leader Eat Just has claimed the world’s first commercial sale of a cultured meat product. The news comes just weeks...
Biosyntia raises €11.5 million for biobased biotin
In Denmark, precision fermentation firm Biosyntia has closed an €11.5 million (US$11.6 million) Series B funding round that it will use to launch the...
Cocoa compound could be an effective diabetes treatment
In Utah, Brigham Young University researchers discovered certain compounds in cocoa can help your body release more insulin and respond to increased blood glucose...
Bee-free honey maker generates buzz with $7.5 million fundraise
In San Francisco, bee-free honey startup MeliBio has raised $7.5 million to scale and commercialize its technology.
The company uses precision fermentation and plant science...
Savory foods help your brain manage appetite
In Massachusetts, researchers have found that consuming a broth rich in umami – savory taste – can cause subtle changes in the brain that...