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Swiss alt meat startup Planted scales fermented whole-cut platform, eyes B2B partnerships

“In Austria and Switzerland we’re the market leader and in Germany we’re the fastest growing player,” claims Planted CEO Pascal Bieri.

Alternative protein

EMEA

Pascal Bieri, cofounder and CEO, Planted. Image credit Planted Foods AG

GRAS overhaul: less onerous than feared, but legal battle likely

The long-anticipated proposed rule is less onerous than some had feared but could still create headaches for the food industry if not properly resourced and will almost certainly prompt legal challenges, say experts.

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Policy & regulation

Swiss alt meat startup Planted scales fermented whole-cut platform, eyes B2B partnerships

GRAS overhaul: less onerous than feared, but legal battle likely

From GLP-1s to biosensors: Inside Cornucopian Capital’s precision health playbook

“Climate resilience” platform ClimateAi winds down operations

Cultivated meat deep dive: After the crash, who’s still standing?

New FCC proposal could ‘retroactively ban’ some existing ag spray drones, warns DJI

Cultivated Food Labs advances faba bean hull-based cocoa alternative

BioScout raises $4.8m for early warning system for fungal pathogens

AgriFood Signals: Eatable Adventures launches accelerator, Ambrook raises $30m, LIVEKINDLY acquires Dalco

Plantible raises $35m in debt, equity, to increase RuBisCO protein production fivefold

Beyond Meat leans into Europe, Canada, as US sales continue to slide

Black Sheep Foods bets on ‘TVP 2.0’ as hybrid meat gains traction

Economics trump environment when it comes to commercializing regenerative ag: report

Waste to value: Hyfé expands refinery model to extract fibers and bioactives from food side streams

Aleph Farms plans 2027 cultivated beef launch in Singapore after securing green light from regulators

Indoor ag heavyweight 80 Acres Farms to cease operations

InsectBiotech Raises $8.3m to scale BSFL production in Andalusia, Spain

Micropep kickstarts global regulatory registration of its peptide-based biofungicide

Upstream Biotechnology raises seed funding for ‘on-demand’ crop defense tech

AgriFood Signals: Wild Bio acquires F1 Seed, ADM Capital raises $48m

Weed control, disease, and drainage are top pain points for farmers in 2026, says Grand Farm

Can dark fermentation reshape the natural astaxanthin market?

From Taxol to cocoa: Can plant cell culture make the leap from drugs to food?

Livestock methane reduction: Brazilian beef pilot generates first inset credits via Athian

Exclusive: Quercus Biosolutions closes $5m seed round to target resistant weeds with designer proteins

Big Food headed the way of Big Tobacco as lawsuits against public health policies increase

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