NEW TECH FOODS

Hoxton Farms has submitted a regulatory dossier to the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) seeking market approval for its cultivated fat ingredient, Hoxton Fat.

Kingdom Five has launched K5 Radical Protein, a new solid-state fermentation platform that grows whole-food mycoprotein using the edible filamentous fungus Neurospora.

French food-tech start-up Nutropy has raised €7 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round to accelerate the commercialisation of its precision-fermented dairy proteins.

The Bezos Earth Fund is investing $30 million in projects focused on using AI to protect the planet, including more than $2 million on projects to support sustainable protein development.

The Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) has partnered with precision fermentation specialists The Every Company and Vivici, aiming to advance an alternative protein ecosystem in the United Arab Emirates capital. Precision fermentation is an advanced biotechnology method involving the use of microorganisms to produce high-value proteins and other ingredients. Typically animal-based ingredients, such as dairy proteins, can be produced in this way with no animal input, offering a sustainable...

Geltor has received a 'No Questions' letter from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), confirming the GRAS status of its PrimaColl ingredient, which is said to be the world’s first biodesigned vegan collagen polypeptide.

The Good Food Institute (GFI), a non-profit focused on advancing alternative proteins, has acquired several bovine cell lines and serum-free media from the former cultivated meat company SCiFi 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.