NEW TECH FOODS

The Good Food Institute (GFI), a non-profit focused on advancing alternative proteins, has acquired several bovine cell lines and serum-free media from the former cultivated meat company SCiFi 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.

New analysis reveals that the number of studies published on plant-based foods, cultivated meat and fermentation has tripled over the past five years.

Innovative methods of producing food through fermentation could add nearly £10 billion to the UK economy by 2050, according to new analysis.

The Good Food Institute (GFI) has announced that Nigel Sizer – a climate and public health expert and former head of the Rainforest Alliance – will be joining as its new chief executive on 26 August.

Chilean biotech company Sticta Biologicals and Meatable have received a GFI research grant to create a detailed model of porcine cells.

New analysis predicts that Europe's cell-based meat market could deliver between €20bn and €85bn in annual economic contributions.

The UK government will create Europe’s first cultivated meat regulatory sandbox to improve the FSA's scientific knowledge about the food.