Afterlife Ag collects food waste from restaurants to grow gourmet mushrooms it then sells back to restaurateurs, creating a circular solution.
Fungi-fueled startup Meati Foods has raised $100m+ in a C-1 round led by Grosvenor Food & AgTech and rolled out its mycelium-based steaks and cutlets into 2,000 Kroger stores, taking its store count up to 6,000.
GLP-1 drugs are “going to be a big disruptor for the food industry,” says Dr. Justin Shimek at California-based product innovation firm Mattson, which is expanding to the Midwest with the acquisition of Hyde Park Group.
The Maia Farms & Ecoation growing system for mycelium and fresh produce can make 700kg of food a year in a device the size of a wardrobe.
Financial troubles along with a downturn in venture capital and demand for specialty mushrooms are behind Smallhold’s recent filing.
Mush Foods is launching its 50CUT mycelium blends in the US market following a successful launch of its b2b ‘meat-plus’ concept in Israel.
Ecovative is one of several startups attempting to harness the magic of mycelium—the filament-like roots of mushrooms—to make more sustainable foods and materials. But what progress has it made to date?
4AG has developed an autonomous harvesting robot it says can greatly alleviate labor challenges in the mushroom industry.
“Meat alternatives have to win on taste, price and health,” says the CEO of fungi-fueled Australian startup Fable Food. “And we think mushrooms are the best route to do it.”
Meati president Scott Tassani says he remains confident his minimally-processed mushroom root-based steaks and cutlets can breathe fresh life into the North American meat alternatives category, and believes Meati can capture “20% of what we think will be a $5 billion retail market in five years.”
Fable’s meaty mushroom products are minimally processed and clean label with all natural ingredients, a boon amid growing controversy about the alternative meat industry.
The partnership to co-produce automotive designs using mycelium-based products is MycoWorks’ first partnership outside the fashion world.
When news hit about Oman’s central investment agency Oman Investment Authority partnering with a foodtech company – MycoTechnology – on protein supply, it was worth taking a closer look.
The US company’s forthcoming “mega Ranch” facility is expected to produce tens of millions of pounds of mushroom root meat analogues annually.
The Coloradan startup claims its mycelium-based fermentation tech can enhance the flavor, functionality, and nutritional profile of plant-based meat analogs.
The Mushroom Meat Co.’s CEO explains the ups and downs of starting (and growing) a clean-label protein company in today’s crowded industry.
The Swedish biotech company will take its mycelium-based protein ingredient from prototype stage to commercial-scale production by 2023.
The Australian startup is producing whole-food meat analogs out of shiitake, with celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal creating a signature burger using the product.
John Legend and Natalie Portman have backed the San Francisco startup, which also announced a new plant that will increase production of its mycelium-based leather alternative by 10x.
It’s developing a line of alternative meat products made from the protein-rich ‘root’ networks of fungi.
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