In-ovo sexing reaches 15% penetration in EU as tech to end male chick culling advances
Many consumers remain blissfully unaware that it slaughters billions of male chicks every year… but not to put meat on the table.
Many consumers remain blissfully unaware that it slaughters billions of male chicks every year… but not to put meat on the table.
The UMAMI/Cell AgriTech facility in Malaysia—the first phase of which is set to come online in Q1, 2025—has a projected annual output of 3,000+ tons (6 million pounds) of cultivated meat/seafood.
Meatiply’s focus on the production of complex value-added compounds using animal cells will allow it to create cultivated meat products with added health benefits, claims the startup.
Personalized nutrition co Bioniq has three core customers, says Vadim Fedotov: “Females aged 35+ interested in prevention. Fitness enthusiasts who love their Apple watches and gadgets. And consumers aged 50+, where it becomes more of a longevity support system.”
Pea milk maker Ripple Foods has raised $49m in a new round according to an SEC filing, taking its cumulative funding to more than $274m.
Liberation Labs has secured a $25m government-backed loan to support its first commercial-scale precision fermentation facility in the US.
We’ve known for years that electrical fields can boost crop yields, says Rainstick cofounder Mic Black. “But try putting lightning in a box.”
Investors were pushing cultivated meat startups “to grow as quick and as big as possible while the technologies were not yet mature enough,” says Aleph Farms CEO Didier Toubia.
Empowering African agrifoodtech startups in terms of funding and business strategy remains at the core of the new program.
Entobel says it will demonstrate that “it’s possible to produce industrial volumes of insect protein at a competitive cost… and we expect this factory will be profitable early next year.”
From more efficient wastewater treatment to higher yields in hydroponics, nanobubbles are gaining traction in food and ag, claims Moleaer.
One of a small, but high-profile group of startups attempting to decouple food production from agricultural land, Solar Foods uses carbon dioxide and hydrogen instead of sugars to feed its bacteria.
Global investment in AgFunder’s ‘Innovative Food’ category (which is dominated by alt proteins) fell by 39% in 2022. However, funding increased by 26% in the Asia-Pacific region. So what should we make of this dynamic?
Two years ago, investors were throwing money at alt protein startups. Today, the environment is way more challenging.
Water remains one of the most undervalued and underinvested resources in agrifood innovation despite its intrinsic role in the food system.
Precision fermentation might make commercial sense for high-value ingredients such as enzymes or lactoferrin. But what about low-value, high-volume ingredients such as casein proteins?
Motif FoodWorks CEO Dr. Mike Leonard has left the Boston-based foodtech firm, AgFunderNews has learned. His departure comes as the firm engages in a new round of layoffs.
36 alt seafood startups in 14 countries—spanning cultivated, plant-based, and fermentation-based segments—have joined forces to create a new trade association: Future Ocean Foods.
Red seaweed (Asparagopsis) is widely recognized as one of the most effective tools for reducing methane production in ruminant animals. The challenge is growing it at scale.
Apps helping us find the perfect love match are ubiquitous. But there are precious few online tools to help biotech companies find the perfect contract research organization (CRO), says Cromatic.
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