© Abu Dhabi Investment Office The Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) has partnered with sustainable protein producers The EVERY Company and Vivici to establish a protein fermentation facility in the city. The four-million-litre industrial-scale site will reportedly meet the highest standards of food safety and Halal certification. It will be designed to be multi-tenanted, allowing for the participation of other fermented protein companies. Furthermore, the facility will support the creation ...| Cultivated X
Israeli nutri-tech startup Novella has developed a platform to produce nutritious botanical ingredients without the need to grow the entire plant.| Cultivated X
France's Nutropy has raised €2 million in pre-seed funding for its animal-free cheeses and milk components. The female-led startup plans to use the capital to| Cultivated X
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© Image courtesy of Mosa Meat A new report by EIT Food’s Consumer Observatory has assessed the attitudes of European consumers to food products made using biotechnology. The results indicate that 35% of people are open to consuming cultivated meat, while almost 43% are willing to try precision-fermented dairy products. However, just 23% would consume 3D-printed food, while only 26% are open to genetically altered products. Younger consumers are the most willing to try food produced ... more| Cultivated X
Nutropy, a French food tech company producing dairy proteins such as casein through precision fermentation, has raised €7 million in an oversubscribed funding| Cultivated X
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Solar Foods, a company specializing in microbial protein production, has created a mayonnaise product using Solein®, a protein derived from air, that replaces| Cultivated X
Solar Foods has submitted a GRAS notification to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), aiming to obtain a no questions letter for its air-based protein, Solein®.| Cultivated X
Two alternative protein startups, Austria's Revo Foods, a manufacturer of 3D-printed vegan seafood, and Belgium's Paleo, a precision fermentation startup| Cultivated X
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Belgian biotechnology company, Paleo, has announced a refocusing of its operations to prioritize research and development (R&D). The decision comes as the| Cultivated X
London-based biotech firm Hoxton Farms has opened what it claims is the UK's first pilot production facility for cultivated animal fat.| Cultivated X
Hoxton Farms and Sumitomo Corporation have formed a strategic partnership to bring Hoxton Fat, a cultivated pork fat, to the Asia-Pacific market. This| Cultivated X
New palatability trials by biotech innovator MicroHarvest have found that both cats and dogs preferred the company's MPX microbial protein to a control food.| Cultivated X
Combining the microbial protein with potato and apple pomace, the innovation --- VEGDOG Pure Bites --- is said to be hypoallergenic, suitable for dogs with| Cultivated X
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The Asia-Pacific Society for Cellular Agriculture (APAC-SCA), in collaboration with Beyond Impact VC, has introduced the Cell Ag Investment Forum, a new| Cultivated X
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Israeli startup Finally Foods Ltd., an AI-driven company focused on revolutionizing the alt-protein sector through plant molecular farming, has secured| Cultivated X
Israeli biotech company Remilk announces that it has obtained Health Canada's "Letter of No Objection," allowing the use and commercialization of| Cultivated X
Pigmentum introduces a new methodology for producing functional casein in plants, for use in animal-free dairy| Cultivated X
TIME Magazine together with Statista, a leading statistics portal, recently unveiled America's Top GreenTech Companies in 2024, recognizing 250 firms leading| Cultivated X
California's The Better Meat Co., a B2B company harnessing biomass fermentation and fungi to make sustainable alternatives to animal proteins, announces it| Cultivated X
At the cutting edge of the alt protein food tech revolution, Nature's Fynd produces fermented fungi proteins from a microbe originating in the geothermal| Cultivated X
Belgin Kose, Managing Director of Cargill Meat and Dairy Alternatives, shares: “Cargill is strengthening its partnership with ENOUGH because the world needs| Cultivated X
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Nosh.bio is a Berlin-based startup focused on developing sustainable, scalable protein solutions using koji-based fermentation. Founded in 2022, the company| Cultivated X
Swedish cultivated meat startup Re:meat has secured €1 million in an oversubscribed funding round. The investment comes from tech investors, family offices,| Cultivated X
Munich-based cultivated meat start-up MyriaMeat has successfully developed pig muscle tissue from pluripotent stem cells (iPS) that exhibits spontaneous| Cultivated X
Biotech startup MyriaMeat, founded by researchers from the University of Göttingen, has come out of stealth mode, claiming it can cultivate 100% "real meat"| Cultivated X
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Four UK-based alternative protein centres --- the Bezos Centre for Sustainable Protein (BCSP), the Microbial Food Hub, the Cellular Agriculture Manufacturing| Cultivated X
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A new analysis by GFI Europe has found that alternative protein research in Europe is growing at a rapid rate. Since 2020, the number of studies published and| Cultivated X
In this new podcast series, co-produced by vegconomist, Alex Shandrovksy interviews investors about benchmarks for funding alt proteins in 2024 and uncovers| Cultivated X
In this episode, Alex talks to Rob Leclerc, founding partner of AgFunder which has about $200 million in assets under management. Rob talks about how| Cultivated X
Cultivated Biosciences, a Swiss biotech startup creating fats from yeast fermentation, has developed its first proof-of-concept, a dairy-free coffee creamer.| Cultivated X
Swiss biotech Cultivated Biosciences announces it has raised $5 million in a seed round to accelerate the development of its yeast-derived cream and prepare| Cultivated X
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SMAQO, a Swedish company developing next-generation hybrid mycoprotein-based foods, has announced a new funding round. The round was led by Singapore-based| Cultivated X
ORF Genetics has raised €5 million in a recent financing round to scale up its production of specialized proteins for the cultivated meat industry. The| Cultivated X
Berlin-based fungi protein startup Nosh.bio is launching a hybrid beef mince and koji protein product in partnership with the food service sector.| Cultivated X
Re:meat, a Swedish startup developing cultivated meat technology, has partnered with innovation hub Biotech Heights to establish a pilot facility called the| Cultivated X
German cultivated meat startup MyriaMeat has announced that it is working on a new project to develop a hybrid sausage made from cultivated and conventional| Cultivated X
UK-based Cellular Agriculture Ltd has announced a series of developments that advance its position as a technology provider for the cultivated food sector.| Cultivated X
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New research on consumer demand for animal-free cheese in the UK conducted by German precision fermentation company Formo in collaboration with the University| Cultivated X
A study commissioned by Germany's LI Food has found that consumers often underestimate the climate impact of dairy products.| Cultivated X
The new animal-free yogurt range will launch in New York City this month, with a suggested competitive retail price of $2.99 to $3.99.| Cultivated X
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Oobli, formerly Joywell Foods, a sweet protein developer from California, USA, announces that it has received what it claims to be the FDA's first "No| Cultivated X
The new production site will initially develop brazzein, a sweet-tasting protein found in the fruit of the native West African Oubli plant, that is said to be| Cultivated X
Mycelial fermentation leader MycoTechnology announces significant progress in scaling production and ensuring the safety of the first-ever honey truffle| Cultivated X
Florida's Governor, Ron DeSantis, has signed a law prohibiting the sale and production of lab-grown meat within the state, making Florida the first US state| Cultivated X
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The Republicans (Les Républicains) party of France has introduced a bill in the National Assembly to prohibit the production and marketing of cultivated meat| Cultivated X
French startup Gourmey has secured €48 million in Series A funding to further develop its cultivated foie gras.| Cultivated X
Israeli food tech Wanda Fish Technologies announces it has secured $7 million in seed funding to scale the production of its first product --- cultivated| Cultivated X
Berlin-based biotech startup Pacifico Biolabs emerges from two years in stealth mode with the announcement of a $3.3 million oversubscribed pre-seed round.| Cultivated X
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German biotech startup MyriaMeat announces that it has successfully developed a cultivated pork fillet made entirely from pig cells, without the use of| Cultivated X
Koralo, a German B2B alternative seafood startup operating a subsidiary in South Korea, announces a milestone in the production of its flagship product called| Cultivated X
PHW Group, one of Europe's largest poultry producers, and Israeli food-tech SuperMeat have partnered to bring cultivated meat to the masses. The deal will| Cultivated X
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The cellular agriculture startup will now double pilot production of its cultivated shrimp before entering the B2B and B2C market in Singapore within the next| Cultivated X
Meatable has held a tasting for its cultivated meat in Singapore, inviting a select group of retail partners and the Singaporean Economic Development Board to| Cultivated X
French cultivated meat company, Vital Meat, announces it has submitted a novel food pre-market regulatory dossier to the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) seeking| Cultivated X
The approval will enable the company to import, manufacture, and sell Fermotien or products containing it while expanding its operations in the country.| Cultivated X
Vancouver-based Maia Farms, a B2B producer of the mycoprotein and winner of the Deep Space Food Challenge Grand Prize with its ingredient CanPro, announces it| Cultivated X
Nosh.bio, a B2B biomass fermentation startup based in Germany, has developed a unique mycoprotein that allows manufacturers to produce single-ingredient meat| Cultivated X
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Precision fermentation company Bond Pet Foods has partnered with previous investor Wilbur-Ellis Nutrition, a leading provider of innovative animal nutrition| Cultivated X
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In this podcast series, Alex Shandrovsky interviews investors about benchmarks for funding Alt Proteins in 2025 and uncovers the investment playbooks of| Cultivated X
Australian biotech startup Eclipse Ingredients (not to be confused with US-based alt-dairy brand Eclipse Foods) has emerged from stealth after raising $7| Cultivated X
The APAC Society for Cellular Agriculture (APAC-SCA) has conducted a market study examining consumer perceptions and acceptance of cellular agriculture| Cultivated X
In this opinion piece, Harsh discusses the growing pressures on the UK's food industry, particularly the beef sector, and explores the potential of cultivated| Cultivated X
BIOCARE4LIFE, a project by Danish biotech company Cellugy, has received an €8.1 million grant from the EU's LIFE Programme, which provides funding to projects| Cultivated X
