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Meatly claims world first with lab-grown chicken petfood

The innovation was created in collaboration with Meatly’s first brand partner, Omni

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Finally, France moves to ban ‘meaty’ names in plant-based

In three months’ time, France will follow South Africa and Italy in banning the use of ‘meaty’ terminology to describe plant-based products, says Joanna Blythman, food journalist and author of Swallow This

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Gross? How bureaucracy is creeping into the UK’s edible insect opportunity

Finally, eating insects is trendy again. Or was it ever? 

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FSA to launch lab-grown meat safety testing by autumn

The Grocer understands the agency plans to parachute scientists in to work alongside companies chosen to pilot a new ‘sandbox’ testing environment

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Heura turnover boosted by Waitrose listing in 2023

Plant-based brand Heura has boosted turnover by more than 20% to €38.3m (£32.8m) in 2023, helped by growth of 81% in the UK as its listing in Waitrose bolstered the Spanish-headquartered business

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New ‘dairy descriptor’ rules are anti-consumer and incoherent

Apparently, calling something ‘not milk’ or ‘an alternative to milk’ might mislead Brits into thinking it is in fact… milk, says Bryan Carroll, UK general manager of Oatly

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Beyond Meat shares rally as vegan brand plots higher prices and better margins

Shares in Beyond Meat have shot up by 45% as the plant-based foods group signalled a move to raise its prices and highlighted improving margins as a result of cost cutting

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Vegan Food Group acquires Germany’s TofuTown

TofuTown generates annual revenues of €60m (£51m) and makes all-natural, organic tofu, plant-based spreads and meat alternatives in one of Europe’s largest vegan factories

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Retailers shoot themselves in the foot supporting AHDB meat campaign

By signing up to Let’s Eat Balanced, retailers are flouting their own climate commitments and promises to their customers, says Liam Lysaght, campaigner for diets and climate change at Feedback Global

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Heura raises £34m in series B round to fund ‘new chapter’ in plant-based foods

European plant-based brand Heura has closed its long-running series B funding round, raising €40m (£34.2m) in total as it seeks to turn rapid growth into profitability

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Cultivated meat could make the UK a food tech leader

Consumers want it, the planet needs it, and the UK economy will benefit from it, says Rich Dillon, CEO of Ivy Farm

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Infinite Roots closes £46m round to build a ‘more sustainable and healthy food system’

Biotech firm Infinite Roots has closed a $58m (£45.5m) series B funding round as the business looks commercialise its technology and kickstart product launches worldwide

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Heather Mills strikes rescue deal for VBites

Heather Mills has bought the assets of her collapsed plant-based VBites empire from administrators in a rescue deal worth £1m, The Grocer can reveal

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Lab-grown meat set for green light under FSA plans

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) will put forward options for a streamlined system of testing at its next meeting on 20 March

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