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Op-Ed: Increasing Animal Cruelty is Not the Answer to Climate Change
Dr Sarah Ison, head of research at animal advocacy group Compassion in World Farming, makes her case for why simply moving to lower-emitting animals isn't the climate solution we need from our food system.
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Future Food Quick Bites: Beyond IV, Oat Milk Paste & Beanless Espresso
In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Beyond Meat's new product rollout, a new precision-fermented dairy fat,!-->…
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Piggy Sooy: Moolec Gains USDA Approval for Pork Proteins Grown in Soybeans
Luxembourg-based Moolec Science, which uses molecular farming to grow animal proteins in plants, has earned clearance from the US Department of Agriculture for Piggy Sooy, which are soybeans containing pork proteins.
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Down, Out and Back: Plant & Bean Back On the Map with New Factory in Thailand
A year after filing for administration in the UK, vegan food manufacturer Plant & Bean has opened a new factory for plant-based meat via a joint venture in Thailand.
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Internal Rifts and Layoffs Headline Tough Year for Omeat – But Cultivated Meat Startup Will Soon Close New Funding Round
Los Angeles startup Omeat has seen its employee count shrink by about 80%, with a change in leadership brought on by what insiders describe as a hostile work culture, according to AgFunderNews.
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Impossible Ranch: Alt-Meat Giant to Transition Cattle Farm Into Crop Production for Plant-Based Meat
Impossible Foods has invested in transitioning a farm from cattle production for meat to crop cultivation for plant-based meat, all while rescuing the cows in the process.
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Earth Day 2024: 10 Things to Know About Our Food System
As we celebrate Earth Day, the importance of transforming our food system is higher than ever – here are 10 things you should know about the food we eat, and its impact on the planet.
Food system action is paramount
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Beer Proteins: Researchers Develop Method to Extract Protein from Brewers’ Spent Grain
Researchers have come up with a way to extract useful proteins through leftovers from beer production, which could help reduce waste and produce a circular, more sustainable source of protein.
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Albert Heijn Introduces Carbon Labels to Own-Label Products & Magazine Recipes
Albert Heijn is the first Dutch retailer to introduce carbon labels on product packaging and recipes, which is part of a larger sustainability commitment that also addresses a transition to plant-based proteins.
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Nobell Foods: Molecular Farming Startup Rebrands as Alpine Bio, Secures 10th Patent & Targets Mozzarella Launch for 2025
Molecular farming startup Nobell Foods, which is producing animal-free cheese from soy-derived casein proteins, has rebranded to Alpine Bio and secured a new patent for dairy proteins.
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Exclusive: Meatable Hosts the EU’s First Public Tasting for Cultivated Meat at Dutch HQ
Dutch cultivated pork startup Meatable today hosted the first public tasting event for cultivated meat in the European Union, following approval from the newly formed safety assessment panel in the Netherlands. It comes ahead of its launch!-->…
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Price Parity, Job Creation & Investment: Highlights from GFI’s Alt-Protein State of the Industry Reports 2024
Alternative protein think tank the Good Food Institute has released its annual State of the Industry series of reports, covering plant-based, cultivated and fermentation-derived proteins. Here are the key takeaways.
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Future Food Quick Bites: Nicki Minaj’s Sneakers, Mycelium Chocolate & A Vegan Cheese MVP
In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Macalat's mycelium-derived vegan chocolate, a blended meatloaf launch,!-->…
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Factory 01: Solar Foods Opens World’s First Commercial-Scale Facility for Air Protein
Finnish food tech company Solar Foods has opened the doors to its much-awaited Factory 01, which is the world's first large-scale production facility for air protein.
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Fully Plant-Based: Rewe Opens First 100% Vegan Supermarket in Germany
The Rewe Group has opened the doors to its first 100% vegan store in Germany. Called Rewe Fully Plant-Based, the new space houses more than 2,700 products, and is located on a road crossed by 90,000 pedestrians every day.
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Mosa Meat Secures €40M in Funding to Expand Production and Speed Up Launch of Cultivated Meat
Dutch cultivated meat pioneer Mosa Meat has raised €40M ($42.4M) in a new funding round to support the "next phase" of the company's growth, with a public tasting of its burger imminent ahead of its launch in Singapore.
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Health Remains Americans’ Key Consideration for Plant Proteins and Cultivated Meat
As plant-based meat companies rejig their nutritional messaging and cultivated meat battles to shake off the 'lab-grown' tag and political attacks, two consumer surveys reveal that health remains a key priority for Americans when it comes!-->…
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The 50CUT Burger: US Butchery Pat LaFrieda Embraces Blended Meat with Mush Foods Partnership
US butchery Pat LaFrieda Meat Purveyors has partnered with mycelium meat startup Mush Foods to debut a burger made from the latter's 50CUT blend of mushroom root and beef.
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The State of European FoodTech: Funding Declines, More Deals, Alt-Protein Wins & Promising Future
Amid a backdrop of a fall in food tech investments globally, Europe also suffered a decline – but the number of financing deals went up, with food science and agtech funding on the rise, according to DigitalFoodLab's 2024 State of European!-->…
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French Court Suspends Government Ban on Use of Meat-Related Terms on Plant-Based Food
France's top administrative court has suspended the government's decree to ban the use of words like 'steak' and 'ham' on plant-based meat analogues, which was approved earlier this year.
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Food, Inc. 2 Sheds Light on Big Food, UPFs, Modern Slavery & Cultivated Meat – But Lacks Focus
The sequel to the Oscar-nominated documentary from 2008, Food, Inc. 2 shows just how much power Big Ag wields on the food system, tackles solutions like cultivated meat and seaweed, and highlights the problem with workers' rights and UPFs.!-->…
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