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| 26.08.2026 | Upside Foods Withdraws $50M Bid to Buy Believer Meats’s US Facility, But Retains Interest | 4 Mins Read US startup Upside Foods has withdrawn its $50M offer to purchase the North Carolina facility of defunct cultivated meat firm Believer Meats, although it remains interested in the sale.
Eight months after abruptly ceasing operati... |
| 23.08.2026 | Ever After Foods Acquires Fishway, Secures Funding for Cultivated Protein Expansion | Israeli cultivated protein leader Ever After Foods acquired Belgian biotech firm Fishway. This strategic move integrates critical aquatic cell biology and animal-component-free media expertise. The deal also secured an additional $2 million... |
| 18.08.2026 | Ever After Foods Nets $2M & Snaps Up Cultivated Seafood Startup Fishway | 4 Mins Read Israeli food tech firm Ever After Foods has secured $2M in funding and acquired Belgium’s Fishway, combining their cultivated protein technologies with an initial focus on pet food.
Ever After Foods is advancing its cultivated m... |
| 12.08.2026 | German Cultivated Meat Fat Startup Cultimate Foods Winds Down | 3 Mins Read Berlin-based Cultimate Foods has closed down nearly four months after filing for bankruptcy, unable to secure enough funding to stay afloat.
Cultimate Foods, the German startup known for its cell-cultured fat that enhances the t... |
| 04.08.2026 | Aleph Farms Secures Singapore Approval for Cultivated Beef, Targets 2027 Restaurant Launch | 6 Mins Read Israeli cultivated meat startup Aleph Farms has obtained regulatory approval for its beef steak in Singapore, and plans to launch the product in the first half of 2027.
Cultivated beef could land on Singapore’s restaurant menus ... |
| 29.06.2026 | UPSIDE Foods Bids $50M for Believer Meats’ Shuttered North Carolina Plant | UPSIDE Foods has filed a $50 million stalking horse bid for the US production assets of Believer Meats, the cultivated meat company that ceased operations in December, according to court filings reported by AgFunderNews. The bid targets Bel... |
| 23.01.2026 | Upside Foods: Cultivated Meat Leader Expands Into Life Sciences with Cell Culture Media Company | 4 Mins Read US cultivated meat pioneer Upside Foods is branching out its cell culture expertise by launching a new division targeting the life sciences sector, called Lucius Labs.
One of the leaders of the cultivated meat category has diver... |
| 07.11.2025 | UPSIDE Foods Returns to Court to Challenge Florida’s Cultivated Meat Ban | In August of last year, cultivated chicken producer UPSIDE Foods joined forces with the Institute for Justice to file a lawsuit against Florida’s cultivated meat ban.
As reported by Courthouse News Service, UPSIDE claims that Florida cannot... |
| 31.10.2025 | Believer Meats’ Large-Scale Cultivated Meat Facility Cleared for Operation by USDA | Believer Meats has received approval from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) for both its cultivated chicken product label and its large-scale production facility in Wilson, North Carolina. The authorization allows the company to begin... |
| 18.09.2025 | Foodtech startup Biokraft raises Rs 2 Cr Pre-seed funding from GVFL | Biokraft Foods, a foodtech startup, has raised Rs 2 crore in pre-seed funding under the direction of GVFL.
As it advances toward commercialization, it intends to use the additional funding to improve R&D, quicken product development, an... |
| 15.09.2025 | India's Innovation Engine: Funding Fuels Deep Tech, Sustainability, and Collaborative Growth | Indian deep-tech and sustainability startups are thriving. Crion Technologies (industrial AI/IoT), Biokraft Foods (cultivated meat), and PeakAmp (EV battery recycling) recently secured substantial early-stage funding. Crion gained INR 3.5 C... |
| 13.09.2025 | Crion Technologies, Biokraft Foods, and PeakAmp Raise Early-Stage Funding The below brands have announced their latest funding rounds. |
Crion Technologies Secures INR 3.5 Cr Funding
Crion Technologies, a digital solutions firm specialising in IoT, AI, AR/VR, and cloud technologies, has secured INR 3.5 crore in a funding round led by SIG Tattva, the corporate venture capita... |
| 05.09.2025 | UPSIDE Foods & Wildtype Sue Texas for Banning Cultivated Meat | Cultivated meat company UPSIDE Foods and cultivated seafood producer Wildtype have partnered with the Institute for Justice (IJ) to file a federal lawsuit against the state of Texas for banning cultivated meat.
Texas’ law, SB 261, went into... |
| 04.09.2025 | Lab-grown meat makers sue Texas over ban on cultivated protein | Listen to the article 2 min
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Cultivated meat makers Wildtype and Upside Foods have filed a lawsuit to challenge a recent Texas ban on lab-grown protein.
The C... |
| 01.07.2025 | The Lab-Grown Meat Divide: A Tale of Two States | In the vast landscape of American agriculture, a new battle is brewing. On one side, Texas stands firm, wielding a ban on lab-grown meat. On the other, the UK embraces innovation, nurturing cell-cultivated food companies. This divide reflec... |
| 25.06.2025 | Texas Joins Growing List of States Enacting Cultivated Meat Bans | On June 23, 2025, Governor Greg Abbott of Texas signed Senate Bill 261 into law, effectively prohibiting the sale, manufacture, and distribution of cell-cultured protein products for human consumption within the state.
The bill, which will ... |
| 17.06.2025 | Cultivated Meat Technologies on Track to Outpace Traditional Farming, Study Finds | A new report from technology forecasting firm GetFocus reveals that lab-grown meat technologies are advancing at a faster rate than traditional livestock farming, signaling potential for earlier-than-expected cost-competitive production.
Th... |
| 13.06.2025 | The Flavor Frontier: Cultivated Meat's Journey to Acceptance | In the heart of Tokyo, scientists are unlocking the secrets of flavor. Their mission? To enhance the taste of cultivated meat. This is not just a culinary quest; it’s a response to a global demand for sustainable protein. As traditional mea... |
| 12.06.2025 | After Tasting Cultivated Meat, Americans of All Political Affiliations Oppose a Ban | Just before Florida’s cultivated meat ban came into force last year, UPSIDE Foods hosted a cultivated chicken tasting in the state, titled the Freedom of Food Pop-Up. Researchers at Tufts University took the opportunity to study the event, ... |
| 12.06.2025 | Lab-grown salmon receives FDA approval | Listen to the article 4 min
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The FDA cleared San Francisco-based Wildtype to offer its lab-grown salmon in the U.S., the first time the agency signed off on a... |
| 05.06.2025 | California Establishes Committee to Focus on Economic and Environmental Potential of Alternative Proteins | California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas has appointed a new Select Committee on Alternative Protein Innovation, which will focus on the economic and environmental potential of alternative proteins, including plant-based, cell-based, and fe... |
| 04.06.2025 | Wildtype’s Cultivated Salmon Becomes First in Seafood Category to Receive FDA Approval in the US | San Francisco-based company Wildtype has launched its cultivated salmon in US restaurants, marking a significant milestone in the cultivated seafood sector. Beginning this month, the product is being featured at Kann, a Portland, Oregon res... |
| 29.05.2025 | Upside Foods Serves Cultivated Chicken at Indy 500 Ahead of Indiana’s Cultivated Meat Ban | Cultivated meat company UPSIDE Foods, based in Berkeley, California, served cultivated chicken sandwiches during the Indianapolis 500 event on Sunday. This demonstration occurred shortly before Indiana’s statewide ban on the sale of cultiva... |
| 30.04.2025 | Cultivated Meat Showdown: UPSIDE Foods Takes on Florida's Ban | In a courtroom drama that echoes the age-old battle between tradition and innovation, UPSIDE Foods has emerged victorious in the first round against Florida's ban on cultivated meat. The ruling, delivered by Chief Judge Mark Walker of the U... |
| 28.04.2025 | UPSIDE Foods Wins First-Round Victory in Court After Challenging Florida Cultivated Meat Ban | After filing a lawsuit against Florida’s cultivated meat ban in August of last year, UPSIDE Foods has been granted an important first-round victory by Chief Judge Mark Walker of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida. ... |
| 26.04.2025 | Federal lawsuit against Florida ban on lab-grown meat still alive after judges ruling | TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A lawsuit against Florida's ban on “lab-grown” meat is still alive after a federal judge tossed four parts of the suit on Friday but kept a fifth.
Northern District of Florida Chief Judge Mark Walker declined to dis... |
| 09.04.2025 | Vow's Cultivated Quail: A Leap Forward in the Future of Food | In a world hungry for innovation, Vow, an Australian startup, has taken a bold step into the future of food. The company recently received regulatory approval from Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) for its cultivated quail. This ... |
| 07.04.2025 | Cultured Quail Startup Vow Gets FSANZ Regulatory Approval in Australia & New Zealand | 6 Mins Read Known for its cultured quail, Sydney-based Vow has received regulatory approval from Food Standards Australia New Zealand, a first for cultivated meat in the region.
Australian food tech startup Vow has become the first startup ... |
| 28.03.2025 | The Rise and Struggles of Cultivated Meat: A Tale of Innovation and Resilience | The world of cultivated meat is a rollercoaster. It’s a realm where science meets sustainability, and innovation dances with regulation. Companies like BioCraft Pet Nutrition and UPSIDE Foods are at the forefront, each carving their path in... |
| 28.03.2025 | Alternative Protein Companies Including Nature’s Fynd, Heura & Upside Foods Rank Highly in the FoodTech 500 | The FoodTech 500, an annual ranking by Forward Fooding that showcases agrifoodtech startup and scaleup companies working to create a better future of food, has published its results for 2024.
Several notable alternative protein companies ha... |
| 27.03.2025 | Can Hoxton Farms’s Cultivated Fat Satisfy Asia’s Appetite for Pork? | 5 Mins Read British cultivated meat player Hoxton Farms has partnered with Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation to bring its pork fat ingredient to Asia.
For cultivated meat, fat is all the rage right now.
In Europe, Mosa Meat has filed for regulat... |
| 24.03.2025 | UPSIDE Foods Restructures Operations Amid Ongoing Workforce Reductions | UPSIDE Foods, a cultivated meat company based in Berkeley, California, has confirmed recent workforce reductions, citing a strategic restructuring aimed at improving operational efficiency. The layoffs come as part of an ongoing effort to s... |
| 21.03.2025 | Mississippi Becomes Third State to Ban Lab-Grown Meat, Following Florida and Alabama | Mississippi has become the third state in the United States to enact a law prohibiting the manufacturing, sale, or distribution of cultivated meat. Governor Tate Reeves declined to sign House Bill 1006, which effectively bans lab-grown meat... |
| 13.03.2025 | 5 Minutes with A Future Food VC: McWin Capital Partners’s Martin Davalos | 4 Mins Read In our interview series, we quiz future food investors about the solutions that excite them the most, their favourite climate-forward restaurant, and what they look for in successful founders. Martin Davalos is a Partner and Hea... |
| 12.03.2025 | Unanimous Vote: Mississippi Becomes Third US State to Pass Bill to Ban Cultivated Meat | 5 Mins Read House and Senate representatives in Mississippi have unanimously passed a bill to ban the sale of cultivated meat in the state, which is on the way to the governor’s desk now.
Sell cultivated meat, go to jail.
Mississippi has fo... |
| 19.02.2025 | The Scent of Change: Thailand's Fragrance Market and the Rise of Gen Z | In the vibrant tapestry of Thailand, scents weave a story of tradition and transformation. Fabric softeners, once the unsung heroes of laundry, have become the daily fragrance for many. Yet, a new generation is stirring the pot, seeking som... |
| 19.02.2025 | Gen Alpha Embraces Alternative Proteins – But Will Kids Actually Eat Them? | 5 Mins Read The world’s most populous generation, Gen Alpha, thinks future foods like plant-based and cultivated meat are “inevitable” – though first impressions matter.
By the end of the decade, Gen Alpha will have a spending power worth $... |
| 29.01.2025 | The Rise of Microalgae Oil: A Sustainable Solution for Infant Nutrition | In a world where sustainability and health are paramount, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has opened a new door. The door leads to the microalgae Schizochytrium limacinum, a tiny organism with a big impact. This microalgae oil is ... |
| 29.01.2025 | Upside Foods Eyes Approval For Sale of New Shredded Chicken Products at US Restaurants by End 2025 | 8 Mins Read Californian cultivated meat pioneer Upside Foods is aiming to launch chicken shreds – its second product – in the US by year-end.
Despite its legal battle against Florida’s leaders and an uncertain political landscape around alt... |
| 27.01.2025 | Trumping America: Which Countries Stand to Win From Cultivated Meat Bans in the US? | 9 Mins Read With Donald Trump having returned to office, 2025 could be a bumper year for cultivated meat bans in the US – here are the countries that could benefit from these policies.
Within a day of returning to the presidency, Donald Tru... |
| 15.01.2025 | Leading Cultivated Meat Startup Vow Cuts 30% of Staff Ahead of Latest Fundraise | 6 Mins Read Australian cultivated meat startup Vow has laid off 25 employees as it finalises its latest funding round, citing slower-than-expected regulatory processes.
Sydney-based Vow, the only cultivated meat producer globally that has r... |
| 02.01.2025 | The New Era of M&A: Quality Over Quantity in 2024 | The world of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) is undergoing a seismic shift. The landscape is changing, and the focus is now on fewer, but more valuable deals. As we step into 2024, the data reveals a clear trend: companies are prioritizi... |
| 31.12.2024 | Editor’s Picks: Green Queen’s 10 Favourite Future Food Stories of the Year | 3 Mins Read It has been a big year for the future food sector. These are our editor’s picks of the 10 best stories on Green Queen in 2024 (in chronological order), featuring a public tasting for cultivated meat, an interview with a US senat... |
| 12.12.2024 | The Rise of Plant-Based Proteins: A New Era in Food Distribution | The food landscape is changing. Plant-based proteins are no longer a niche market. They are stepping into the spotlight, and companies like Rebellyous Foods are leading the charge. This Seattle-based startup has made waves by partnering wit... |
| 11.12.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Cultivated Meat Tasting, THIS Is New & Sweet Proteins | 5 Mins Read 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 Upside Foods’s latest cultivated meat tasting, a new vegan re... |
| 25.11.2024 | Alternative Protein Innovation Has Lost Some Momentum, A New Patent Analysis Shows | 5 Mins Read Patents for plant-based meat declined for the first time in a decade in 2022, while innovation in cultivated meat slowed too.
In the US, sales of plant-based meat alternatives dipped by 26% between 2021 and 2023, reflecting a wi... |
| 21.11.2024 | The Future of Food: Innovations and Trends in Plant-Based Products | The food landscape is shifting. A wave of innovation is sweeping through the industry, driven by sustainability and health. Plant-based products are no longer a niche market; they are becoming mainstream. Companies are racing to capture the... |
| 20.11.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Greggs x Nigella, Tyson vs Paul & A Whole Lotta AI | 6 Mins Read 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 new vegan parmesan products, an oat milk cocktail listing, an... |
| 19.11.2024 | Vow’s Quail-Based ‘Forged Gras’ Launch Marks First Cultivated Meat Sale in Hong Kong | Australian cultivated meat company Vow has unveiled Forged Gras, a cultivated alternative to the luxury delicacy foie gras.
Derived from Japanese quail cells, Forged Gras is now available in Hong Kong, marking the first commercial sale of c... |
| 19.11.2024 | Forged Gras: Vow Becomes First Company to Launch Cultivated Meat in Hong Kong | 8 Mins Read Australian cultivated meat startup Vow has received regulatory approval in Hong Kong, where it will debut cultured foie gras at the Mandarin Oriental.
Six months after rolling out its cultured quail parfait in Singapore, Vow is ... |
| 13.11.2024 | $229 Billion Cultured Meat Market Trends and Forecast Estimates, 2020-2023, 2024, 2035 and 2050 – ResearchAndMarkets.com | DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The “Cultured Meat Market: Industry Trends and Forecasted Estimates to 2050 – Distribution by Source of Meat, Type of Cultivation Technique, Form of Meat Produced, End Products Offered and Key Geographical Region” rep... |
| 01.11.2024 | Cultivated Meat, Lab-Grown Cotton Make It to Time’s Best Inventions of 2024 List | 5 Mins Read Time Magazine has recognised a cultivated meat technology as one of the year’s best inventions, alongside lab-grown cotton and an AI platform for functional plant-based ingredients.
As further proof of the technology’s potential... |
| 03.10.2024 | The Rise of Alternative Proteins: A New Era in Sustainable Eating | The world is changing. The food we eat is evolving. Alternative proteins are at the forefront of this transformation. As climate change looms, the need for sustainable food sources has never been more urgent. The alternative protein industr... |
| 02.10.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Dairy-Free Mozzarella Sticks, Vegan Wetherspoons & Indian Cultivated Meat | 6 Mins Read 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 Sunday Supper’s plant-based mozzarella sticks, M&S’s new ... |
| 01.10.2024 | PETA Warns US Meat Companies to Learn from Mistakes of Tobacco Farmers and “Get Out Now!” | PETA is urging five major US meat companies—Hormel Foods, Cargill, Smithfield Foods, Tyson Foods, and Oscar Mayer—to shift their focus from animal-based products to vegan alternatives, following the example set by one of Italy’s oldest meat... |
| 25.09.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Slutty Vegas, Impossible Chicken Salads & A Vegan Cream Liqueur | 7 Mins Read 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 Upside Foods’ tasting event at a taqueria, Japan Airlines’ sw... |
| 03.09.2024 | Illinois Representative Joins Growing List of Politicians Trying to Ban Cultivated Meat | 5 Mins Read The culture wars over cultivated meat continue, with a House Representative in Illinois introducing a bill to ban these foods in the state.
And it goes on.
Two months after Florida’s ban on cultivated meat came into effect, and ... |
| 30.08.2024 | Nebraska Governor Signs Executive Order Against Cultivated Meat, Eyes Ban for 2025 | 7 Mins Read Nebraska governor Jim Pillen has signed an executive order with a view to ban cultivated meat in 2025 – and he did not mince his words about consumers’ freedom of choice, or Bill Gates.
Despite Ron DeSantis’ Florida being sued f... |
| 27.08.2024 | Miyoko Schinner Becomes Co-Instructor at UC Berkeley’s Plant Futures Challenge Lab | UC Berkeley’s Plant Futures Challenge Lab has announced that pioneering plant-based entrepreneur Miyoko Schinner will join as a co-instructor for the upcoming fall semester.
Launched in 2021 by then-students Brittany Sartor and Samantha Der... |
| 23.08.2024 | The Quantum Leap: UK Startups on the Brink of a Funding Crisis | The UK is at a crossroads. Quantum computing, a field once buoyed by government support, now faces uncertainty. A leading startup, Phasecraft, has sounded the alarm. The recent decision by the Labour government to shelve £1.3 billion in tec... |
| 22.08.2024 | European cultivated meat startups in "valley of death", amid funding challenges | European foodtech startups trying to revolutionise the food sector through lab-grown meat are stuck in a “valley of death”, according to a non-profit that promotes cell-based alternatives to traditional animal products.
The hype around lab-... |
| 19.08.2024 | How a former agriculture industry exec found himself CEO of cultivated meat company Meatable | Listen to the article 6 min
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Jeff “Trip” Tripician spent the majority of his 38 year career in the agriculture industry before pivoting to dairy and then to meat.
As the ... |
| 15.08.2024 | The Battle Over Cultivated Meat: Upside Foods Takes Florida to Court | In a world where innovation meets tradition, a clash is brewing in the Sunshine State. Upside Foods, a pioneer in cultivated meat, has filed a lawsuit against Florida's recent ban on its products. This legal battle is not just about chicken... |
| 14.08.2024 | Everything You Need to Know About Upside Foods’ Lawsuit Against Florida’s Cultivated Meat Ban | 9 Mins Read California’s Upside Foods has filed a lawsuit against the state of Florida over its ban on cultivated meat, and is asking the federal court for an injunction. Here’s what happened, and what’s to come.
Forty-two days after Florid... |
| 14.08.2024 | Cargill Seeks Profitability with Business Split and Alternative Protein Focus | US agribusiness giant Cargill reportedly plans to split its business into three operating units instead of the current five: Food, Ag & Trading, and a Specialised Portfolio focused on animal nutrition and health.
According to Reuters, C... |
| 13.08.2024 | Institute for Justice and UPSIDE Food File Lawsuit Against State of Florida | In partnership with the cultivated chicken company UPSIDE Foods, the Institute for Justice (IJ) has filed a lawsuit against the Florida law banning cultivated meat.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the bill prohibiting the production, distr... |
| 13.08.2024 | Upside Foods sues Florida over cultivated meat ban | Listen to the article 5 min
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Since cultivated meat’s entry into the U.S. market in June 2023, the product has sparked debate.
So much so that Florida Gov. Ron Desantis, w... |
| 25.07.2024 | The Cultured Meat Conundrum: Navigating Morals and Market Trends**
** | ** The future of food is here, and it’s cultivated. As alternative proteins gain traction, a recent study sheds light on the moral compass guiding consumer attitudes toward these innovations. The study, conducted by researchers from the UK ... |
| 23.07.2024 | New Study On Morals Reveals Purity Trumps Harm in Attitudes Toward Cultivated Meat | A new study by psychology researchers from the UK and Australia surveyed 1,861 participants from the United States and Germany to explore how moral values relate to attitudes toward cultured meat.
The authors explain that cultivated meat pr... |
| 02.07.2024 | Upside Foods Cuts Jobs Amid Investment Squeeze and Legislative Challenges | 5 Mins Read Californian cultivated chicken maker Upside Foods has conducted a round of layoffs as it looks to overcome financial and legislative obstacles.
Leading cultivated meat company Upside Foods – one of only two to be approved for sa... |
| 28.06.2024 | Here’s What Upside Foods Served at the Pre-Ban Cultivated Meat Party in Florida | 5 Mins Read In three days, selling cultivated meat will be a felony in Florida – to celebrate food freedom, though, Upside Foods served its chicken at a pre-ban party in Miami.
On Thursday evening, at a rooftop in Miami, Upside Foods served... |
| 24.06.2024 | Ohio Rep. Introduces Bill to Ban Federal Support for Cultivated Meat, Citing Threats to Health and Farmers | Warren Davidson, a Republican Party member and US representative for Ohio’s 8th congressional district, has recently introduced the REAL Meat Act of 2024 to prohibit using federal funds for any activity related to cultivated meat, including... |
| 21.06.2024 | UPSIDE Foods Hosts Free Cultivated Chicken Tasting Before Florida’s Ban | UPSIDE Foods, the first company to introduce a cultivated meat product in the USA, announces that it is hosting a free, one-night-only pop-up tasting in Miami, on June 27, starting at 6:30 pm (ET).
The event aims to celebrate “freedom of fo... |
| 19.06.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Cinnamon Miyoko’s, Vegan Euro 2024 & Fighting Florida | 5 Mins Read 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 Upside Foods’ cultivated meat tasting in Florida, a fermented... |
| 12.06.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: DoD v Cattlemen, Non-Dairy Footballers & Vegan in the Bronx | 6 Mins Read 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 Alpro’s collaboration with Peter Crouch, a new alternative pr... |
| 21.05.2024 | Еда как софт | Еды на планете нужно больше. В белковой пище идёт борьба за коэффициент получения белка с единицы корма. Текущая оптимальная технология преобразования называется «курица», уже где-то близко — насекомые, а прямо за углом — вторая революция о... |
| 16.05.2024 | Empowering Women in Veganism: Inside the Vegan Women Summit 2024 | The Vegan Women Summit 2024 took place at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, California, on May 9 and 10, drawing nearly 1,000 attendees from six continents. With over 100 speakers and brands, the summit celebrated the contributio... |
| 11.05.2024 | Voyage Foods: Leading the Way in Sustainable Food Innovation | Voyage Foods, a cutting-edge food innovation company based in California, has recently secured a substantial $52 million in funding, bringing their total raise to an impressive $94 million. This funding round, co-led by Level One Fund and H... |
| 10.05.2024 | Alabama Becomes 2nd State to Ban Cultivated Meat, Restricting Sustainable Options for Millions | Following Florida’s recent ban, Alabama has become the second state in the USA to prohibit the sale and production of cultivated meat. This technology grows meat directly from cells without raising and slaughtering animals.
Alabama’s Govern... |
| 09.05.2024 | Voyage Foods Closes $52M Series A+ Round After Notching Cargill Partnership | 4 Mins Read Ethical pantry company Voyage Foods, famous for its cocoa-free chocolate and nut-free spreads, has secured $52M in a Series A+ funding round, weeks after signing a commercial deal with Cargill.
Voyage Foods, which says it makes ... |
| 02.05.2024 | Florida Officially Bans Cultivated Meat as Governor Mocks World Economic Forum | 9 Mins Read Florida governor Ron DeSantis has signed a bill to ban the sale and production of cultivated meat in the state, in a news conference that poked fun at the World Economic Forum. The alternative protein industry says it’s “reckles... |
| 02.05.2024 | Florida Becomes First State to Ban Cultivated Meat as Governor Says “Take Your Fake Lab-Grown Meat Elsewhere” | 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 to enact such a ban. The legislation, known as Senate Bill 1084, was enacted during... |
| 18.04.2024 | 2023 GFI Reports: Cultivated Meat and Fermentation Industries Growing Despite Drop in Investments | The Good Food Institute has released the 2023 State of the Industry Reports for the alt protein industry.
These annual reports provide a global analysis of each sector’s commercial landscape, investments, scientific progress, and government... |
| 17.04.2024 | Exclusive: Meatable Hosts the EU’s First Public Tasting for Cultivated Meat at Dutch HQ | 9 Mins Read 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... |
| 12.04.2024 | Bluu Seafood Opens Europe’s First Cultivated Seafood Facility, Eyes Singapore Launch in 2025 | 5 Mins Read German cultivated fish startup Bluu Seafood relocated to Hamburg with the opening of a large-scale pilot plant to produce its salmon and rainbow trout, ahead of an expected launch in Singapore early next year.
Bluu Seafood has o... |
| 11.04.2024 | Food, Inc. 2 Sheds Light on Big Food, UPFs, Modern Slavery & Cultivated Meat – But Lacks Focus | 9 Mins Read 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’ right... |
| 11.04.2024 | Voyage Foods Pens Deal with Cargill to Expand Cocoa-Free Chocolate & Nut-Free Spreads | 5 Mins Read Californian ethical pantry startup Voyage Foods has signed a commercial deal with food conglomerate Cargill to scale up the production and distribution of its cocoa-free chocolate and nut-free spreads.
Cargill has announced a co... |
| 22.03.2024 | Ahead of Singapore Launch, Meatable Can Now Make Cultivated Meat Quicker Than Anyone Else | 6 Mins Read Dutch cultivated meat leader Meatable has cut the production time for its cultivated meat by half, making it the fastest process in the sector. This means its hybrid pork sausages are much cheaper to produce, months before their... |
| 14.03.2024 | Global Agrifood Tech Funding Down by 50% As Deals Become Smaller and Fewer | 6 Mins Read The global agrifood tech financial landscape remains difficult, with funding in the sector down by 49.2% from 2022-23, reaching $15.6B – the lowest it has been in six years – according to a new report by AgFunder.
A lot has been... |
| 12.03.2024 | Singaporean Cultivated Seafood Startups Umami Bioworks and Shiok Meats Announce Merger | 6 Mins Read In a major shift in the cultivated seafood space, Singaporean startups Umami Bioworks and Shiok Meats have announced plans to merge. Once finalised, Umami Bioworks CEO Mihir Pershad will lead the combined entity, and Shiok Meats... |
| 12.03.2024 | Cultivated meat consolidation begins as UMAMI Bioworks to merge with Shiok Meats | Singapore-based cultivated seafood startups UMAMI Bioworks and Shiok Meats are in talks about a proposed merger in which UMAMI will acquire assets from Shiok to accelerate its scaleup plans and broaden its product pipeline.
The deal is like... |
| 11.03.2024 | Florida Will Soon Ban Cultivated Meat – Here’s How the Industry is Fighting Back | 7 Mins Read Florida will imminently ban cultivated meat from being produced or sold within state borders, with Governor Ron DeSantis set to sign the bill that was passed in the Republican-controlled House last week. But the alternative prot... |
| 04.03.2024 | Eat Just Pauses Singapore Operations – But Plans to Resume Production & Foodservice Presence ‘Very Soon’ | 6 Mins Read Californian cultivated meat producer Eat Just has paused its Singapore operations, three months after Huber’s Bistro stopped selling its Good Meat chicken. But the company says this is a temporary phase, with production and serv... |
| 15.02.2024 | UPSIDE Foods’ large-scale cultivated meat plant on hold until it delivers ‘key proof points” at smaller site | Less than five months after announcing its first commercial-scale cultivated meat plant in Glenview, Illinois, UPSIDE Foods has hit pause on its Chicagoland plans and is instead focusing on expanding its far smaller ‘EPIC’ site in Emeryvill... |
| 05.01.2024 | Addressing The Facts: UPSIDE Foods Responds To Recent Press | 5 Mins Read
Editor’s Note: Given the urgency of the climate crisis, the outsized global greenhouse gas emissions footprint of animal protein production and the need to support a variety of future food solutions, including cultivated meat, w... |
| 03.08.2023 | UPSIDE Foods Bolsters Executive Team, Hires Former Twitter Executive as Chief Legal Officer | UPSIDE Foods (previously known as Memphis Meats), one of the two cultivated meat producers granted permission to sell their novel cell-cultivated chicken to consumers in the USA, today announces that Dr. Kevin Kayser, UPSIDE’s Senior Vice P... |
| 01.08.2023 | Lab-grown meat companies want a world of steak without slaughter | Purveyors of lab-grown meat — who prefer the term "cell-cultivated," to avoid the mad-scientist-with-a-test-tube image — foresee a world where our plates are full of steak but animal slaughter is largely a thing of the past.
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| 01.08.2023 | Good Meat's no-kill chicken tastes like … chicken | Alameda-based Good Meat is getting closer to bringing its cell-cultivated chicken to the masses.
Why it matters: Proponents of cultivated meat argue it's better for the environment, but acknowledge more work needs to be done to make it more... |
| 21.07.2023 | UPSIDE Foods: Reservations Now Open to Purchase Cultivated Meat For First Time in US | UPSIDE Foods announces the first reservations to experience its historic cultivated chicken are now open to the public. On August 4, Bar Crenn in San Francisco will begin serving UPSIDE’s cultivated chicken as part of a six-course meal, mar... |
| 09.07.2023 | Company Making Real Meat Grown from Animal Cells Gets USDA Clearance for Sale: What You Need to Know | John Lopez, Tech Times 09 July 2023, 01:07 pm
Upside Foods has received clearance from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to start selling real meat grown directly from animal cells.
This innovative approach eliminates the n... |
