NEW TECH FOODS

Nutriearth has opened its first commercial manufacturing facility in Carvin, France, for the production of natural vitamin D3 made from edible insects.

Roquette, a player in plant-based ingredients, has launched Amysta L 123, a thermally soluble pea starch that promises to reshape the landscape of clean label products.

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...

French biotech firm Standing Ovation has partnered with the Bel Group to achieve the first industrial-scale production of caseins derived from dairy serums through precision fermentation.

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.

A new US food-tech company, Lasso, has been launched by the team behind plant-based meat start-up Tender Food, supported by $6.5 million in new funding.

ImpacFat, a Singapore-based company developing stem-cell derived omega-3 fish fat, has announced its expansion into Japan, establishing a research and operational presence in Tokyo.