Alt Dairy

The US Senate Agriculture Committee has voted in favour of a bill that would allow students access to plant-based milk in their school lunches. Democrats and Republicans have unanimously advanced legislation that will put almond milk in…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Kellanova's plant-based RXBars, Vivera's pre-frozen tofu, and a cultivated seafood tasting event. New products and…
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Italian plant-based cheese startup Dreamfarm flooded the streets of Milan with tourists featuring cow masks as part of a new marketing campaign. The Milanese were amused last Wednesday. A group of tourists sporting cow masks and…
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Tackling monoculture and deforestation in the Amazon, Cuíca is using Brazilian chestnuts to make a plant-based milk that spotlights Indigenous communities. Based in São Paulo, food tech startup Cuíca has introduced a whole chestnut milk…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Impossible Foods' new vegan chicken, Quorn's Mission: Impossible collab, and a new kind of tempeh. New products and…
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US sales of plant-based food fell by 4% and 5% in retail and foodservice last year, respectively, but they held steady above the $8B mark for the third year in a row. Despite widespread sales declines across the plant-based category,…
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Oat milk continues to rise in popularity globally, thanks to its flavour and climate benefits – but it is so much more than simply another non-dairy alternative now. Despite what was perceived as a bad year for the category, oat milk,…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Nutella Plant-Based's UK launch, Oatly's collab with Chris Parnell, and Nestlé's new biotech centre. New products and…
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Food tech startup TurtleTree has secured the first 'no questions' letter for precision-fermented lactoferrin from the US Food and Drug Administration. Amid the uncertainty surrounding novel food approvals in the US, Singapore's…
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Swedish oat milk giant Oatly has become the first food and beverage firm to be certified as a climate solutions company, with a new sustainability plan that puts Big Dairy's inaction in the spotlight. Regenerative agriculture, clean…
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Bangkok-based Muu has secured a strategic investment from VCs and a Japanese food conglomerate to advance its precision-fermented dairy proteins. As Thailand's alternative protein ecosystem gears itself up for primetime, its first…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Massive Attack's vegan concert, Beleaf's plant-based meat price freeze, and the FDA's labelling guidelines. New products…
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Swedish agrifood company Lantmännen has become a part-owner of Malmö-based pea milk maker Sproud, as part of its larger pea protein push. On the back of another year of sales growth, Swedish plant-based milk startup Sproud has gained…
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Auckland-based food tech startup Daisy Lab has achieved a high-yielding recombinant bovine lactoferrin that surpasses the protein's concentration in cow's milk. Daisy Lab, a precision fermentation startup making cow-free whey proteins,…
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French dairy giant Danone is expanding its infant formula empire after agreeing to buy a majority stake in US plant-based company Kate Farms. Already the world's second-largest formula maker, Danone is looking to expand its US footprint…
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To avoid any potential blowback from the tariff war, Dutch startup Vivici has struck a co-manufacturing deal to produce its precision-fermented whey proteins at Liberation Labs's upcoming facility. The uncertainty surrounding President…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers the Science Museum's future food exhibit, Beyond Steak's UK debut, and a Dutch public-private plant-based partnership. …
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The UK government is planning to remove the exemption for sweetened dairy and plant-based milk from its sugar tax – what does this mean for non-dairy alternatives? Sweetened oat and almond milk could now carry the same levy as Pepsi and…
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Swedish oat milk leader Oatly has slashed its losses by 73% and reaffirmed its guidance to become profitable this year, although health misinformation and the trade war could complicate things. Oatly has recorded its second-best quarter…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Gordon Ramsay's partnership with Becel, a new vegan egg in Italy, and Spain's plant-based school meal decree. New…
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A wave of 'not milks' is on the rise, attempting to replicate dairy instead of merely replacing it, but previous efforts have seen mixed success. From Japan to the US, plant-based milk brands are hoping to tackle the resurgence of dairy…
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