With big-name CVC investors like ADM Ventures and Danone Manifesto Ventures, Sustainable Bioproducts is preparing to unveil new plant-based product offerings targeting what it describes as the white space in the plant-based segment.
Impossible is ramping up production with this deal that follows fellow plant-based meat producer Beyond Meat’s earnings earlier this week that sent the stock down 15% yesterday.
Major multinational food companies aren’t being proactive enough in offering more alternative protein options, according to investor network FAIRR, but plenty of challenges still lie ahead in alternative protein’s mission to disrupt meat.
Plant-based meat still costs two-to-five times as much as its animal counterparts and solving this problem is far from an inevitability, writes Christie Lagally.
Plant-based ground beef has become a staple at several fast food restaurants across the US. Now food retailers are demanding other alternatives, but creating viable
A global “return” to balance in protein consumption; less animal and more vegetable. During the third international edition of the Foodvalley Summit: The Protein Plan(et),
In this second edition of Future Food, I chat to Robb about his food preferences, his contrarian views of the plant-based meat trend, the role of big data in food, and how the Amazon deal came about.
The company’s products include the Improved Meat portfolio, that “mimics meat in all cooking methods and forms of distribution,” according to the website.
Miyoko Schinner is founder and CEO of Miyoko’s Kitchen, a plant-based food startup specializing in nut and coconut-based cheese and butter alternatives.
Plant-based protein startups using technology to create and mass produce their products have traditionally received support from a small but dedicated group of investors, which is increasingly being joined by major food and agriculture players as this trend solidifies.
Every year, grocery retailers and food media put out trend lists for the coming year, predicting what’s going to be big in food. A careful look at these lists can help us predict, not what technologies are going to get a vote of confidence from VCs and investors – but rather, which technologies are going to have the attention of consumers in the year ahead.
Protein-rich foods are in particular demand, but with the meat industry responsible for more than 15% of greenhouse gas emissions, Innovative Food startups are finding alternative ways to give consumers what they want.
The company uses a blend of oats, lentils, sunflower seeds, coconut, sesame seeds and has created three flavors of yogurt with no added sugars, while eliminating the waste common in plant-based dairy alternatives such as soy milk.
Plant-based foodtech startup Nutriati has raised $8 million in Series A funding to commercialize ingredients targeting food manufacturers and processors.
Agri-food technology companies raised $42.5m in two weeks from farm-to-fork.
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