NEW TECH FOODS

Danish bioproduction company 21st.Bio has launched a new development programme to commercialise bovine alpha-lactalbumin using precision fermentation.

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.

Arkeon, an Austrian biotech company developing sustainable protein via gas fermentation, has formally filed for insolvency.

Scotland’s biotechnology sector has launched the country’s first open-access 300-litre fermenter, designed to help early-stage companies scale up the production of bio-based products.

Two new open-access facilities in the Netherlands – Biotechnology Fermentation Factory (BFF) in Ede and Cultivate at Scale (CaS) in Maastricht – are set to strengthen the country’s position in cellular agriculture and precision fermentation.

French cultivated food company Gourmey has received independent validation confirming that its production model can deliver cultivated meat at a cost-competitive scale.

Integriculture has announced a significant financial milestone with the acquisition of a ¥100 million overdraft facility from Mizuho Bank.

GEA has introduced Kytero 10, claimed to be the ‘world’s smallest’ single-use disc stack centrifuge, for use in food product development...