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News
- The Business of Alt Protein: Taking alternative proteins mainstream – March 22, 2023Join GFI and Boston Consulting Group, a global management consulting firm, for a discussion on what it will take for alternative proteins to become mainstream. […]
- Would you switch your dog to eating lab-grown meat?A UK study earlier this year found that 61% of pet owners now want to know about the environmental impact of the food they buy […]
- A deeper dive into alternative protein investments in 2022: The case for optimismToday, alternative proteins are a nascent category. Plant-based meat represents a little over one percent of the meat market in the U.S. and cultivated meat […]
- Conquering the Alternative Proteins Space: IFF x Hello Tomorrow WebinarWhat will it take to conquer the alternative protein space with new emerging technologies? This webinar is about insights-led innovation and tips on how to […]
- AgFunder Global AgriFoodTech Investment Report 2023Global investment in foodtech and agtech (agrifoodtech) startups totaled $29.6bn in 2022, a 44% decline on record-breaking 2021 levels. The decline is largely in-line with […]
- Japan’s Prime Minister Embraces Cultivated Meat As Part of the Country’s Sustainable Future“We will develop the environment to create a new market, such as efforts to ensure safety and the establishment of labeling rules, and foster a […]
- Meatless Burgers Shouldn’t Be ‘Healthy’—They Should Be TastyThe fact of the matter is that many people just don’t like the plant-based meat options we currently have. Studies consistently find that taste is […]
- New Institute of Cellular Agriculture to Support Startups in the Cultivated Meat IndustryBased at the University of Alberta’s Agri-Food Discovery Place, the Institute of Cellular Agriculture’s goal is to provide space and support for “new startups, researchers, […]
- What’s next for cultivated meat?Cultivated meat has come a long way in the past decade, but significant challenges remain as the industry carves a path toward large scale commercialization, […]
- I tried lab-grown meat made from animals without killing them – is this the future of ethical eating?If you don’t eat meat because of animal welfare or climate reasons, what happens when these issues are stripped away from the food? How much […]
Compagnies and key players
- Female-owned biotech startup Tiamat Sciences raise an extension of $2M to accelerate product validation and strategic partnershipsBiotechnology startup Tiamat Sciences today announced its $2 million seed-extension financing round led by 8090 Industries with participation from new and existing investors. Source: Female-owned […]
- What’s next for Vow on the path to regulatory approval in Australia?Australian cultivated meat company, Vow recently made headlines as the first company to commence the regulatory approval process for their cultivated quail. So, you might […]
- New funding for Tech Central researchAn Alternative Protein Application Centre (APAC) has been granted $2.2 million to develop technology that supports a growing alternative proteins manufacturing and processing industry. Source: […]
- Aleph Farms acquires Israel-based manufacturing facility – FoodBev MediaAleph Farms has acquired a manufacturing facility in Modi’in, Israel, and certain related assets from biotechnology company VBL Therapeutics (VBLT), for an undisclosed sum. Source: […]
- Mosa Meat’s New Cell Feed Supply Chain Will Bring Cultivated Meat Prices Closer to ConventionalThe announcement builds on a REACT-EU grant Mosa Meat and Nutreco received in 2021 for their collaborative Feed the Meat project aimed at reducing cultivated […]
- Cultivating the future of food – Interview with Maarten Bosch, CEO of Mosa MeatReaching meat parity in taste, structure and nutritional profile will define the commercial potential of cultivated meat. In addition to bringing down costs, we are […]
- 28 of South Korea’s Cultivated Meat Stakeholders Sign MOU to Advance the IndustryThe MOU signals the formation of a cellular agriculture cluster across the country with the goal of addressing climate and food crises, the groups said. […]
- Japanese researcher pushes the boundaries of lab-grown ‘real’ meat“It didn’t taste like beef, though it had umami and was chewy,” Takeuchi, a professor at the University of Tokyo’s graduate school of information science […]
- Ivy Farm partners with Dennis Group on new plantBritish cultivated meat company, Ivy Farm Technologies, has partnered with Dennis Group to develop engineering plans and designs for its first manufacturing plant. Ivy Farm […]
- Aqua Cultured Foods Building Manufacturing Plant to Commercialize Fermentation-Derived SeafoodChicago-based food tech start-up Aqua Cultured Foods has begun building a new manufacturing facility for its plant-based seafood products in the West Loop area of […]
Market
- ‘There Is No Alternative’: Lidl Announces Plans To Reduce Meat In StoresTo support its decision to deprioritize animal products, Lidl plans to release a sustainability report later this year. The analysis will focus on the key […]
- For love of meat: Five consumer trends in China that global meat executives need to understandDespite growing awareness of sustainability and the emerging desire to reduce meat consumption, alternative meat has gained little traction in China. Only 6 percent of […]
- Cultivated pet food for cats and dogsWith a growing interest in more sustainable and healthier pet food, plant-based pet food is expected to move from a niche market to the mainstream […]
- How well is Europe playing the cultured meat game?Professor Mark Post of Maastricht University, otherwise known as the ‘Hamburger Professor’, presented the first cultured beef burger back in 2013, it cost over €200,000. […]
- Lab-grown meat moves closer to American dinner platesAt UPSIDE’s facility in Emeryville, California, lab coat-clad workers were seen poring over touch screens and monitoring giant vats of water mixed with nutrients during […]
- GEA New Food Frontiers report on alternative protein industryAlternative proteins are making rapid progress. The GEA New Food Frontiers report provides unique insights on the current state of this growing industry from key […]
- GOOD Meat Partners with Huber’s, World’s First Butchery to Sell Cultivated MeatGOOD Meat, the cultivated meat division of food technology company Eat Just, Inc., announced today that Huber’s Butchery, one of Singapore’s premier producers and suppliers of […]
- Are consumers ready for plant-based and cultivated meat hybrids?The food awareness organisation surveyed 1,000 participants in the UK in July 2022, revealing that 35% of respondents would probably or definitely eat Source: Are […]
- How can governments advance alternative proteins?In a couple of years, consumers will get to try pulled pork and dumplings made by mixing cell-based meat with plant-based proteins, after an alternative […]
- Beef, Pork, Chicken, Fish: Where The Money Is Going In Alt MeatFunding in the cultivated meat space has reached close to $700 million so far in 2022, per Crunchbase data. Meanwhile, copious investment also continues to […]
Laws, ethics and lobbies
- Precision fermentation startups team up to tackle ‘black box’ EU novel foods processThe challenge is that the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), has not spelled out exactly what information is required to secure approval under the EU […]
- What’s next for Vow on the path to regulatory approval in Australia?Australian cultivated meat company, Vow recently made headlines as the first company to commence the regulatory approval process for their cultivated quail. So, you might […]
- Meat Cultivated From Cow Cells is Kosher, Israel’s Chief Rabbi RulesIsrael’s chief rabbi has given a kosher stamp of approval this week to a company looking to sell steak grown from cow cells – while effectively taking the animal itself out of the equation. […]
- Rethinking meat substitutesIt’s great to see all the investment in this space and all the good intentions. But as with a lot of venture capital, sometimes the […]
- Swiss Court Rules Vegan Meat Labels Not ‘Deceptive’ To ShoppersA court in Switzerland has ruled that the “meaty” product terms and labels used by a plant-based food manufacturer are not deceptive to consumers.The case […]
- Shrimp farming is an ethical nightmare, but a new wave of alternativesThere’s one more victim in the shrimp production process, and that’s the shrimp themselves. It can be harder for us to extend empathy to animals […]
- Good Meat approved to sell serum-free cultivated meat in SingaporeGood Meat announced today it has received regulatory approval from the Singapore Food Agency to use serum-free media for the production of its cultivated meat. […]
- What does FDA’s greenlight of cultivated meat mean for Europe? ‘There are worldwide implications’In the US, a cultivated meat product has successfully completed the FDA’s pre-market safety review, moving it one step closer to commercialisation. What implications does […]
- A rare glimpse into the global regulatory landscape for alternative proteinsTo make this necessary shift to a far more sustainable and secure food system, it is critical that the systems that help regulate what we […]
- Could lab-grown meat pave the way for more ethical, environmentally friendly food?“If we’re replacing ultra-processed beef burgers with ultra-processed cultured beef burgers, or in this case chicken, that’s not necessarily likely to be better, if at […]
Research
- Emissions Impossible: Methane EditionThis report for the first time estimates the methane emissions of five of the largest meat corporations and ten of the largest dairy corporations. Their […]
- Cultured meat: creative solutions for a cell biological problemCultured meat is an emerging technology that could address environmental, health, and animal welfare concerns associated with meat production. Development of cultured meat represents an […]
- Cultured meat: creative solutions for a cell biological problemCultured meat is an emerging technology that could address environmental, health, and animal welfare concerns associated with meat production. Development of cultured meat represents an […]
- Incorporation of novel foods in European diets can reduce global warming potential, water use and land use by over 80%Replacing animal-source foods in current diets with novel foods reduced all environmental impacts by over 80% and still met nutrition and feasible consumption constraints. Source: […]
- Religion, Animals, and TechnologyIn the case of cultured meat, religion and technology are co-constituting a potentialfuture where meat is produced sustainably, but these efforts and the optimism associatedwith […]
- Acceptance of Cultured Meat in Germany— Application of an Extended Theory of Planned BehaviourThis study examines the willingness to consume a cultured meat burger in Germany. Based on the theory of planned behaviour (TPB), we assessed attitudes, perceived […]
- This is how much meat and dairy hurt the climateIf the world were to end all meat and dairy production and transition to a plant-based food system over the next 15 years, it would […]
- Identifying Consumer Groups and Their Characteristics Based on Their Willingness to Engage with Cultured Meat: A Comparison of Four European CountriesCultured meat, as a product of recent advancement in food technology, might become a viable alternative source of protein to traditional meat. As such, cultured […]
- Mosa Meat (Kinda) Open Sources Its Method For Cultivating Meat Without FBSAnd this week, the company made news again with the publication of a paper on its method for achieving muscle differentiation through a process they […]
- Scientists use algae to cultivate boneless sea bass filletA team of scientists plans to use algae to develop new techniques for cultivating boneless fish fillets from sea bass cells.The Algae2Fish project is being […]
Other alternatives to meat
- Rebellyous Foods raises $9.5M to build its plant-based chicken techRebellyous wants to take a bite out of the processed chicken comfort and convenience food market — products including frozen nuggets, tenders, popcorn chicken and […]
- Molecular farming: the newest trend among foodtech investorsMolecular farming basically consists of engineering plants to make animal proteins. For example, the technology can be used to make dairy proteins that are identical […]
- From Meat to Plant-Based, One Factory at a TimeKarell thinks the current plant-based products are still not good enough to convert over most hedonistically motivated meat consumers. But the products will get there. […]
- Alt-meat fever has cooled. Here’s why.Sofía De La Parra, an analyst at the investor network FAIRR Initiative, anticipates cultivated meat will reignite interest in plant-based products, while Frossard said the […]
- Black Sheep Foods raises $12.3m for plant based meatBlack Sheep Foods has raised $12.3 million in finance from Unovis, Bessemer Venture Partners, AgFunder, and Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed’s KBW Ventures to create tastier […]
- Beyond Meat factory riddled with mold, other dirty conditions: leaked…A leaked internal document revealed Beyond Meat products manufactured at the plant had tested positive for the harmful bacteria Listeria at least 11 times in […]
- Are meat substitutes really better for the environment than meat?Meat substitutes let people reduce the impact of their diet without radical changes to the meals that they eat. Swap a beefburger for an Impossible […]
- Beyond Meat Launches Vegan Steaks at 5,000 Grocery Stores Nationwide. Will You Try It?Beyond Meat vegan steak is officially hitting stores nationwide. But what is a plant-based steak made of anyway? Source: Beyond Meat Launches Vegan Steaks at […]
- Faux Leather, Real Money: Fabric Funding Sizzles As Startups Spin Out Cell-Grown Leather And MoreThis week was a case in point, with Silicon Valley-based VitroLabs, a developer of cell-cultivated leather, closing on $46 million in a Series A funding […]
- Growing meat instead of raising animals for foodIn this episode of The Venture, we share a conversation with Josh Tetrick, CEO and cofounder of Eat Just. Founded in 2011, this California-based company […]