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August 1, 2024
Plus: autonomous delivery startup Nuro looks to be making a comeback.
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ReaGenics deploys plant cell culture to create potato biomass with 31% protein content
August 1, 2024
Potato protein is highly soluble and has gelling, foaming, emulsification, binding, texturizing and stabilizing properties. It is also non-allergenic, which makes it attractive to formulators if the availability is there and the price is right, says ReaGenics.
Shiru and Ajinomoto team up on AI-powered sweet protein discovery journey
July 31, 2024
“Shiru’s hypothesis has been that there are likely much more than a dozen sweet proteins out there, but it’s very difficult to find them if you don’t have the right tools,” says founder Dr. Jasmin Hume.
Blue Tree Technologies nets $2.26m to expand sugar reduction tech for beverages
July 30, 2024
Blue Tree uses ultrafiltration coupled with adsorption to selectively remove disaccharides such as sucrose, lactose, and maltose from natural beverages such as juice, milk, and beer.
Cultivated meat is down but not out, says meat industry veteran and new CEO at Meatable
July 29, 2024
“Cultivated meat can address the issues that consumers care about and have already shown they will pay extra for, so if we can do it efficiently, why wouldn’t they buy it?” asks Jeff ‘Trip’ Tripician.
Minimally processed alt meat startup Millow nets $2.6m EIC grant, plans new facility
July 29, 2024
The firm will use the funds to scale up its production process, which it claims uses a fraction of the water and energy used by brands such as Quorn, with lower capital expenditure.
Brief: SCiFi Foods assets up for sale in online auction August 6-8
July 26, 2024
According to auctioneer Silicon Valley Disposition, equipment up for sale includes “high-end and late-model (mostly 2022) R&D instruments” including bioreactors.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: Micropep raises $29m, Oceano Fresco reels in $18m, Juicy Marbles serves up edible (plant based) bones
July 25, 2024
Plus: NoPalm Ingredients raises funds for its palm oil alternative and layoffs at Cargill.
Designer lipids startup Nourish Ingredients collaborates with dairy giant Fonterra on fats from fermentation
July 23, 2024
Nourish will work with Fonterra on Creamilux, a lipid produced by a genetically engineered microbe that “recreates the rich, creamy mouthfeel, taste and emulsification properties of dairy fat.”
Meati Foods hit with false advertising lawsuit over ‘mushroom root’ claims
July 23, 2024
The case mirrors a high-profile class action filed against Quorn Foods, which ultimately agreed to disclose that its fungi strain was a type of mold on product labels as part of a settlement.
Exclusive: Elmhurst 1925 enters alt meat market with launch of ‘the world’s cleanest chicken alternative’
July 23, 2024
Elmhurst 1925—best known for its clean label plant-based milks and creamers—is moving into the meat alternatives space with a single-ingredient chicken alternative.
Family feud heats up at Lifeway Foods as key shareholders demand resignation of CEO – again
July 18, 2024
The family feud over who should lead Illinois-based kefir maker Lifeway Foods and how it should be run has heated up again, as key shareholders of the publicly listed business have again called on the CEO and other top executives to resign.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: Biotech co Digestiva closes $18m round, Syntetica bags $4.5m for nylon recycling
July 18, 2024
Meanwhile, Voyage Foods enters the bean-less coffee space and alt-protein startup Mycorena files for bankruptcy.
Protein from air startup Solar Foods plans to go public
July 18, 2024
The firm—which makes a yellow, protein-packed ingredient called Solein by feeding microbes elements from the air—is planning to go public via a technical listing on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
Exclusive: Onego Bio nets $15.2m to advance animal-free egg protein production
July 17, 2024
The new funding is from the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator program and additional series A investors.
Mattson appoints chief AI officer, unveils suite of new AI-powered innovation tools
July 17, 2024
“A lot of our clients come to us and say they’ve tried using off the shelf AI and in many cases, don’t feel it’s very powerful or helpful,” says Steve Gundrum. “And then they see what we’re able to do with our customized models and it completely changes their perspective.”
World’s largest mozzarella maker Leprino Foods to commercialize animal-free casein from Dutch startup Fooditive Group
July 16, 2024
Under the deal, Leprino will have exclusive global rights to produce casein proteins made via Fooditive’s precision fermentation platform.
Chef Robotics CEO: ‘A lot of robotics companies have made grandiose promises, but they haven’t really shipped any robots. We’re much more practical’
July 12, 2024
After experiments with Amy’s Kitchen, Chef Bombay, and Sunbasket, Chef Robotics’ technology is being rolled out across North America.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: $3.6bn for Flagship Pioneering, $379m for Kembara, $10m for Cartken’s delivery bots
July 11, 2024
Plus… Nestlé enters ‘blended meat’ space, Ahimsa acquires Good Catch alt-seafood production facility from Gathered Foods, and study probes ‘unexplored’ subsoil.
Roquette and Bonumose team up to enhance scalability of tagatose, a rare sugar with 92% of the sweetness of sugar, and 38% of the calories
July 11, 2024
Bonumose has patented a low-cost production method it claims could catapult rare sugar tagatose from a niche to a mainstream sweetener.
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