NEW TECH FOODS

A new Innovate UK–funded collaboration will give food and biotech companies access to Cellular Agriculture’s next-generation bioreactor system without the need for upfront investment.

Two US-based cultivated meat companies, Wildtype and Upside Foods, have filed a lawsuit in federal court against several Texas officials, challenging the state’s new law banning the sale of cultivated meat.

Cellular Agriculture has completed multiple runs of what it claims is the world’s longest hollow fibre bioreactor for any cell culture application,

Miranda Stahn, New Harvest’s programme manager for Western Canada, and Yadira Tejeda Saldana, the organisation’s Canadian director of responsible research and innovation, explain how CAPE plans to help farmers create new income streams, make better use of agricultural sidestreams and build a strong, sustainable food innovation hub in the Prairies.

Cellular Agriculture has relocated to a purpose-built research and development facility at Corsham Science Park, Wiltshire, marking a significant expansion of its capabilities as it prepares to scale cultivated food technologies.

Israel-based cultivated meat company Aleph Farms has signed on to PETA’s new 'Eat Without Experiments' initiative, earning praise from the animal rights group for its commitment to avoiding animal testing.

Sustainable investment firm Collateral Good has been appointed to manage a €100 million Sustainable Food Fund, formerly known as Blue Horizon Venture I.

Merck has partnered with German company builder Mantro to establish EdiMembre, a Massachusetts-based spin-out focused on developing technology for the alternative protein sector.