NEW TECH FOODS

Belgian foodtech start-up Koppie has raised pre-seed funding to develop a new coffee alternative made from fermented and roasted pulses.

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.

Tetra Pak has announced that its pilot New Food Technology Development Centre in Karlshamn, Sweden, is now open for business.

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.

In response to the increasing demand for automation solutions in the food industry, Ishida Europe has inaugurated a new Centre of Excellence in Čestlice, Prague. This facility aims to better serve food producers and packers across Europe, particularly in the Central and Eastern European markets.

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

Protein Industries Canada has announced an additional CAD 15m (approx. $10.9m) in funding, provided by the Canadian government, to help strengthen Canada’s plant-based ingredient supply chain through genomics and artificial intelligence (AI) programmes.

UK-based cultivated meat company Meatly has announced key advancements in its production process, aimed at significantly reducing the cost of cultivated chicken.