Meatable secures multimillion-pound funding for lab-grown meat
The credit will help Meatable ramp up its commercial activity
£38m National Alternative Protein Innovation Centre launches
The centre will support research and innovation into various forms of alternative protein, from plants and microbes to insects and algae
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Allplants optimistic about path to profit as losses mount
The vegan ready meal maker has recorded heavy losses as the business wrestled to shift its capital-intensive model amid challenging macro-economic conditions and declining demand in the plant-based category
Tofoo Co private equity takeover readies plant-based brand for further growth
The Tofoo Co has been acquired by a new private equity owner to push the plant-based brand to the next stage of growth and continue its mission to take tofu to the masses
Adamo Foods raises £2m to bring ‘ultra-realistic’ steak alternative to market
Food tech startup Adamo Foods has closed a $2.5m (£2m) seed funding round to back its mission to introduce the first ultra-realistic beef steak alternative made from fungi
Future of CBD and lab meat approvals hinges on Labour support
FSA chair Susan Jebb told a behind-closed-doors meeting that ‘competing priorities’ and concerns over the initial cost could kill off its proposals
This valuation plummets and founders take cash off the table
The £20m Series C round valued This at just £50m, a significant fall from a £150m valuation during the Series B fundraising in 2022, The Grocer has learned
Fuel10k founder Barney Mauleverer launches £10k Future of Food competition
The fmcg entrepreneur said the Future of Food event planned for November would be a cross between Dragons’ Den, TedX Talks and the Model UN
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Redefine Meat’s Simon Owen on rescue dogs, spiders and The Bear
‘One thing I would change in grocery is the inequality of price and margin expectation between meat and plant-based’
Chris Packham on taking his environmental crusade into grocery
The TV presenter has little time for the NFU and is also targeting the ‘catastrophic’ salmon fishing industry. But he believes a new rice brand can help make a difference
Eight great British food tech startups and scaleups about to change the world
The UK is home to a raft of innovative startups vying to create the next global game-changer in food technology
FSA to use international approvals for lab grown meat
It plans to unveil a “sliding scale” of international agreement for the approval or regulated products
Meatly announces cultivated meat breakthrough to improve costs
The development marks a crucial step towards cultivated meat being commercially viable for supermarket shelves
Mosa Meat raises €40m as it readies lab-grown beef launch
The business will use the money to further scale up production processes and prepare to launch its cultivated beef to consumers in Singapore
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Shicken wins further multimillion backing from Matthew Glover’s Veg Capital
The brand will use the £4m cash injection to scale up manufacturing capacity and ‘realise the global potential of its restaurant-quality range’
Can FSA shake-up make the UK a leader on lab-grown meat?
Plans to speed up regulatory approval could affect lab-grown meat, novel foods and CBD – but some argue the move will come too late
Meatly claims world first with lab-grown chicken petfood
The innovation was created in collaboration with Meatly’s first brand partner, Omni