Alt Protein

A study of Upside Foods' cultivated meat tasting shows what consumers want from these proteins and what they don't want from their lawmakers. On June 27, 2024, a California company took a stand against the state of Florida. Upside…
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Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Oatly's recipe lookbook, Villareal CF's tofu seminar, and People Magazine's plant-based awards. New products and launches…
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UPFs have become public enemy number one, and the plant-based meat sector has been caught in the media crossfire. Here's everything CPG brands and founders need to know. There are many explanations for why plant-based meat isn't selling…
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From Kerry's Smug Dairy lineup to a new Dutch-Danish range of 'hybrid milks', could blending cow's milk with plant-based ingredients be a winning solution? At Amsterdam's World of Private Label International Trade Show this week, two…
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Along with its upcoming fundraise, Simple Planet is about to submit dossiers in South Korea and Singapore for regulatory approval – a feat its CEO says will make cultivated meat resurgent. Despite continued declines in funding and…
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Portuguese startup PFx Biotech has secured €2.5M in seed funding, matching a recent EU grant for its recombinant human milk proteins. Making breast milk alternatives from yeast, Porto-based firm PFx Biotech has bagged €2.5M ($2.85M) in…
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In the US, 24% of consumers are cutting back on meat this year, but enthusiasm for plant-based alternatives remains low – here's why. While Americans may have spent more on meat last year than ever before, nearly a quarter (24%) of them…
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Munich-based vegan pet food startup Vegdog has raised €9M ($10.2M) in Series A funding to expand its European presence, after seeing sales hike by 66% in 2024. While startups working on alternative proteins for humans continue to face…
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Australian cultivated meat startup Magic Valley held a tasting for politicians in the New South Wales parliament last week. Just months before cultivated meat makes it onto restaurant menus in Australia, some of the country's…
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Austrian biotech firm Arkeon, known for its gas fermentation technology to make proteins from air, has filed for insolvency. Vienna-based gas fermentation firm Arkeon has filed for insolvency, a marker of the investment and financial…
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Home to a host of leading future food startups, California has established a special committee to advance innovation in the alternative protein sector. While several states in the US are banning (or hoping to ban) cultivated meat from…
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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. Steven Finn is the Co-Founder and…
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In its latest conference in Doha, the International Islamic Fiqh Academy ruled that Muslims can consume cultivated meat if certain conditions are met. The world's two billion Muslims can eat cultivated meat, according to a fatwa by a…
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Plukon Food Group, a Dutch poultry producer, has snapped up local meat-free startup Vega Insiders to strengthen its alternative protein portfolio. Netherlands-based poultry giant Plukon Food Group has acquired Vega Insiders, a producer…
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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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San Francisco startup Wildtype has become the world's first startup to get US regulatory approved to sell cultivated seafood, with its salmon now on the menu at Kann in Portland, Oregon. Cultivated seafood has cruised to become a…
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Indonesian plant-based meat pioneer Green Rebel Foods has rolled out two products at 7-Eleven Philippines, both as retail offerings and as part of in-store meals. While sales of meat alternatives are falling in certain markets, global…
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While pet food brands tout the use of animal byproducts as sustainable, a new analysis shows that products made with cultivated meat generate a fraction of the emissions. Producing meat from cellular agriculture instead of conventional…
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After a decline in alternative protein investments in 2024, funding further fell by 28% in Q1 2025 compared to the same period a year ago. Analysts blame AI, high costs, and low sales. There's no other way to put it: 2024 was a bleak…
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Discount retailer Aldi Nord has become the latest company to hop on the blended meat bandwagon with a burger made from 60% beef and 40% plant proteins in the Netherlands. As part of its move towards shifting protein sales in favour of…
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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. Mirasbek Kuterbekov is a Principal at Thia…
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