NEW TECH FOODS

Shoji Takeuchi and his team at the University of Tokyo are advancing lab-grown meat, using hollow fibers to grow healthy, structured chicken tissue, a key step toward sustainable, ethical protein.

Agriculture company Alltech has begun construction on a new $4.6 million manufacturing facility at its Kentucky headquarters.

StartLife and EIT Food have announced a strategic partnership aimed at supporting early-stage agrifood start-ups across Europe.

Cocoa tech start-up Celleste Bio has introduced what it says is the world’s first chocolate-grade cocoa butter made using plant cell culture technology.

The Good Food Institute (GFI) Asia Pacific has initiated a partnership with South Korea’s World FoodTech Council, focused on accelerating domestic alternative protein innovation.

French cultivated food companies Gourmey and Vital Meat have merged to create PARIMA, a new entity focused on developing cell-based animal products including duck and chicken.

British animal-free pet food brand The Pack has teamed up with German biotech start-up MicroHarvest to launch Gut Bites, a microbial protein dog treat for the UK market.

A new study suggests that younger adults and men in the UK are significantly more open to foods created using precision fermentation, a technology that uses genetically engineered microbes to produce ingredients like milk proteins, eggs or palm oil outside of traditional agriculture.