Plant-based cheesemaker raises $7.5 million

In California, plant-based food start-up Climax Foods has raised $7.5 million. The company’s initial focus will be on developing a fermentation-based process to make cheese,...

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...

Fire up the grill: “Thick meat emulating products” could soon be a reality with...

In Israel, cultured meat innovator MeaTech has filed a provisional US patent application for its bioprinting method. The application covers an in situ inkjet...

Living architecture, in-home algae farms on display in Venice

In Italy, an architecture exhibition is displaying how in-home algae cultivation can be used to both purify air and provide food. Bit.Bio.Bot, designed by...

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...

Ecowarrior A-lister Leonardo DiCaprio invests in cultured meat

In Hollywood, actor, activist, and model magnet Leonardo DiCaprio has invested in cultured meat startups Mosa Meat and Aleph Farms.  Mosa Meat, based in the...

North Carolina startup claims first cell-cultured human breast milk

In North Carolina, startup Biomilq is claiming the first cell-cultured human breast milk and advancing its process using human mammary cells.  Instead of targeting components...

Delicious data: Shiru uses machine learning to identify food-friendly proteins

In California, alternative protein startup Shiru has closed a $17 million Series A funding round and says it will use the funds to build...

Cruelty-free kebabs: Future Meat adds lamb to portfolio

In Israel, cultivated meat pioneer Future Meat Technologies has produced lab-grown lamb that looks, cooks and tastes like conventional ground lamb meat.  The company uses...

Steakholder Foods wins grant for 3D-printed, cultivated fish

In Singapore, Steakholder Foods has received a grant to develop 3D-printed structured eel and grouper in collaboration with Umami Meats. Under the terms of...

Stay connected

0FansLike
8,006FollowersFollow
63SubscribersSubscribe

Latest article

Mercedes-Benz taps Modern Meadow for 80% plant-based leather

In Germany, luxury car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz has partnered with New Jersey biodesign firm Moden Meadow to develop a next-generation leather alternative for its CONCEPT...

Bioluminescent dress from van Herpen portends era of living couture

In France, Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen has unveiled a dress embedded with 125 million bioluminescent algae at Paris Haute Couture Week 2025....

Stella McCartney’s latest sneaker can be composted, smells of cinnamon

In London, sustainable fashion pioneer Stella McCartney has unveiled a new version of its S-Wave sneakers, featuring soles made entirely from BioCir Flex, a...