Cultivated meat for the military draws ire
In the US, BioMADE has issued a call for proposals for food and material innovations with military applications. The Department of Defense manufacturing innovation...
Bezos Center for Sustainable Protein planned for NC State
In North Carolina, the Bezos Center for Sustainable Protein has launched at North Carolina State University with a mandate to become a biomanufacturing hub...
PoLoPo seeks US approval for potatoes that produce egg proteins
In the US, PoLoPo has asked regulators to approve its technology for growing egg proteins in potatoes. The SuperAA platform leverages potato’s natural productivity...
Ivy Farm and Synbio Powerlabs partner to scale cultivated meat
In Finland, Ivy Farm and Synbio Powerlabs have signed an agreement to scale and produce cultivated meat in Finland at the world's largest cultivated...
Enifer secures €12 million to build mycoprotein ingredient factory
In Finland, Business Finland has conditionally approved a grant of more than €12 million (US$13.6 million) to biotech startup Enifer to fund its first...
New espresso shot with cell-based dairy protein set to boost performance for endurance athletes
In Singapore, cell-based dairy company TurtleTree has secured its first commercial partnership with Cadence Performance Coffee, a company “dedicated to enhancing overall human performance.” Under the...
MyriaMeat emerges from stealth with scaffold-free cultivated pork
In Germany, food tech startup MyriaMeat has emerged from stealth mode to unveil its first cultivated meat offering: pork fillet made without scaffolds or...
Swiss startup Nectariss recreates bougie fungi with fermentation
In Switzerland, a startup is recreating the intensely umami flavor of truffles, a pricey fungi that is impossible to cultivate and so difficult to...
Shiru creates an “Amazon for proteins”
In California, Shiru is launching the world’s first marketplace and discovery platform for proteins. Dubbed ProteinDiscovery.ai, the platform allows users to search, discover, pilot,...
Project converting chicken feathers into cultivated chicken meat concludes first phase
In Italy, a research project looking to grow cells from chicken feathers into chicken meat has concluded its first phase by generating a batch...