NEW TECH FOODS

Food-tech start-up TissenBioFarm has announced a major breakthrough for the cell-based F&B category: the production of cultivated meat with cell density equivalent to that of conventional meat.

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.

South Korea is launching its first cultivated meat research centre with ₩14.5B ($10M) public funding to strengthen its food tech leadership.

Simple Planet, a South Korean alternative protein lab, has developed an innovative serum-free cell culture medium using recycled probiotics.

GFI APAC, KoreaBIO and the Bio-based Future Food Industry Committee have joined forces to accelerate cellular agriculture within the region.

Umami Bioworks has signed a MoU with South Korean biotech firm KCell Biosciences and bioprocess solutions provider WSG.

South Korea's TissenBioFarm has received ‘Cultured Meat Product of the Year’ in the fourth annual AgTech Breakthrough Awards programme.

Simple Planet's CEO Dominic Jeong has been elected as the first chairman of the Bio Future Food Industry Association.