Future of Food: Science Museum showcases fixes for a booming population
Visitors are taken through examples of how technology can be used to feed a booming global population while still protecting the planet
The growing appeal of Australian red meat for retailers
With a focus on quality, sustainability and supply chain resilience, Australian exporters are seeking to become a more prominent presence in the UK’s premium meat sector.
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Meatly announces tech updates to cut cultivated meat costs
Meatly has created a bioreactor which could cut costs for the sector by 95%
Food safety bosses reveal eight companies to ‘fast track’ lab-grown meat
The FSA said teams of scientists and regulatory experts would begin work on the two-year programme to collaborate with the cell-cultivated products industry, academic bodies and trade organisations
Farshad Kazemian: the butcher on a sustainable mission
The Ethical Butcher founder Farshad Kazemian wants Brits to eat more meat. He talks scaling up to the mults and why regenerative is the way forward
Mosa Meat races past crowdfunding target in latest lab-grown beef push
It comes after the lab-grown meat pioneer raised $40m in an oversubscribed round last year
Cellular meat won’t take off in our lifetimes
It is laughable to suggest cell-grown meat will make any inroads into global consumption within 25 years, says Anthony Warner, development chef at New Food Innovation and author of The Angry Chef
Allplants creditors owed £13m as administrators continue attempt to sell off assets
Allplants creditors are set to suffer a significant shortfall to the more than £13m owed when the vegan ready meals brand collapsed last year
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Gosh loses more sales due to plant-based exodus
Gosh said ‘meat mimics’ were under the most pressure in the market, while losses at Enough doubled in 2023
FSA hails tipping point as lab grown meat tests approved
FSA bosses found it hard to contain their excitement at the prospect of the UK soon becoming a world leader in the production of lab-grown meat
Alt-meat brand This losses continue as it pushes for profitability
Alt-meat producer This has reiterated its plan to hit profitability this year after failing to stem widening losses in its latest accounts
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
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
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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