NEW TECH FOODS

Researchers from the Brazil's Federal Center for Technological Education of Minas Gerais and the Federal University of Minas Gerais have introduced a novel solution to one of the biggest challenges in alternative protein development: replicating the fat characteristics of conventional meat.

Meridian Biotech has announced plans to construct a $40 million facility in Franklin County, Kentucky.

The UK government has recognised alternative proteins as a strategic opportunity for economic growth and food system resilience in its newly published food strategy.

The UK government has announced its Digital & Technology Sector Plan as part of its broader Industrial Strategy, including a £184m Engineering Biology Scale-up Infrastructure Programme to build and upgrade facilities.

Dutch food-tech company Rival Foods has raised €10m in Series B growth financing, supporting the scale-up of its plant-based whole cut meat alternatives.

Australian biotech company Vow has announced that cultivated Japanese quail products under its brand, Forged, have been officially approved for sale in Australia and New Zealand.

Alt-seafood start-up Efishient Protein has successfully developed its first plant-based prototype of a grouper fish fillet.

A new study by the James Hutton Institute and Norway’s Ruralis Institute for Rural and Regional Research has found that beef, lamb, milk and eggs are more exposed to market competition from lab-grown protein alternatives than pork and chicken.