NotCo has exited the refrigerated plant-based milk segment in the US and is now focused on building its presence in the shelf-stable category.
Beyond Meat CEO Ethan Brown faced a grilling from analysts after posting a grim set of second quarter results and a reduced forecast for the full year.
Dutch cultivated meat startup Meatable has raised $35m in a series B round led by Agronomics, taking its total funding to $95m as it gears up to launch in Singapore next year.
San Francisco-based plant-based chicken startup Nowadays has ceased operations due to an inability to raise ventures funds in this market,” AgFunderNews has learned.
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New York based LIVEKINDLY Collective (LKC) has expanded its plant-based portfolio with the acquisition of Glendale, California-based Alpha Foods.
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Aleph Farms has applied to Swiss regulators for approval to sell cultivated beef in its first European market: Switzerland.
The first products featuring Brevel’s neutral-tasting algae protein are expected to hit the market in 2024.
Molecular farming startup IngredientWerks has genetically engineered corn crops to express high levels of bovine myoglobin in a process it claims can scale at a fraction of the cost of precision fermentation.
Australian startup Nourish Ingredients uses precision fermentation to make fats with an ‘authentic animal taste, aroma and natural cooking reactions’ for the next generation of meat alternatives.
US retail sales of plant-based meat alternatives have continued to decline, falling 12.6% to $106.8m in the five weeks to July 2, with units down 19.8% year-over-year.
Changes in precision fermentation will “make a lot of current technology obsolete,” says Bill Liao, general partner at global VC fund SOSV.
Impossible Foods has added Ginkgo Bioworks as a defendant in its patent infringement lawsuit against foodtech rival Motif Foodworks over meaty-tasting heme proteins.
Tattooed Chef—best known for its plant-based bowls, zucchini spirals, and plant-based pizza—intends to file for bankruptcy protection.
US dairy farmers have urged the FDA to crack down on ‘animal free dairy milk’ labels “before this situation spins out of control.”
Plant protein tech company Burcon NutraScience is still “actively seeking partnerships” to acquire the assets of distressed plant protein processor Merit Functional Foods, which went into receivership on March 1.
An IT sales executive turned foodtech entrepreneur, MycoTechnology cofounder and CEO Alan Hahn got the call that dramatically his career trajectory just over a decade ago.
Hyfé, a Chicago-based startup transforming food processing wastewater into feedstocks for biomanufacturing and clean water, has raised a $9 million seed round led by Synthesis Capital.
This week, Omeat emerged from stealth with an ‘elegant’ solution to scaling cultivated meat; UPSIDE Foods and GOOD Meat finally got the green light to sell cultivated chicken in the US, and drone startup Guardian Agriculture raised $20m.
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