NEW TECH FOODS

The Good Food Institute (GFI) Asia Pacific has initiated a partnership with South Korea’s World FoodTech Council, focused on accelerating domestic alternative protein innovation.

Alternative protein start-up, Mottainai Food Tech has officially opened a pilot-scale manufacturing facility and R&D laboratory in Singapore, the first of its kind in Southeast Asia dedicated to the solid-state fermentation of upcycled, plant-based proteins.

Following the news that Simple Planet, a food-tech start-up based in Seoul, has announced its strategic initiative to pursue Halal certification for its cell-based food products, New Tech Foods spoke to Simple Planet’s Dominic Jeong to learn more about the certification and how moving into the global Halal market can help the cultivated meat industry gain more traction.