NEW TECH FOODS

Fork & Good has announced the acquisition of fellow cultivated meat company Orbillion, combining their respective expertise in cultivated pork and beef to create what the companies describe as a cost-effective platform for red meat production.

JSBio has announced an expanded focus on cellular agriculture, leveraging its biopharma expertise to advance the scalability and cost-efficiency of cultivated meat production.

Believer Meats has received approval from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) for its product label and large-scale production facility in North Carolina.

Atlantic Fish Co (AFC) has raised $1.2 million in seed funding to accelerate the development and regulatory progress of its cultivated seafood products.

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

University College London (UCL) biochemical engineering student Ayaan Shah has developed edible hydrogel scaffolds designed to give cultivated meat realistic structure, as part of a summer research project presented at the European Laidlaw Foundation Conference at Durham University.

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.

A new report from EIT Food’s Consumer Observatory has found that while European consumers recognise biotechnology’s potential to address major food system challenges, concerns persist over fairness, safety and its impact on traditional farming.