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Corn wet miller Primient will open iPROOF, a neutral “CDMO plus” site with 1,200–10,000-litre fermenters and modular downstream processing, in Decatur, Illinois, in May 2027 to help precision fermentation firms validate process economics before commercial scale.
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Tokyo-based Kinish has raised ¥490 million (about US$3.1 million) in the first close of its Series A, backed by Shimadzu’s…
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Precision fermentation company Oobli and Cosun Ingredients have co-developed a sugar replacement system for chocolate that pairs Oobli’s sweet proteins…
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Indian sugar producer Dhampur Bio Organics has signed a technology licensing agreement with Swiss fermentation company Planetary for exclusive mycoprotein…
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New York-based Pythag Tech has closed a $4.25 million seed round led by Azolla Ventures, with Endurance28 participating. The startup…
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A Gyeongsang National University team backed by Korea’s agriculture ministry and IPET has developed a whole-cut hybrid cultivated meat that…
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London- and Chicago-based Opply has raised $7.5 million, led by Chalfen Ventures with Index Ventures and Anthemis participating, after growing…
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Israeli biotech Brevel has formed a 50:50 joint venture with Indian conglomerate The Wave Group to build a 300,000-litre illuminated…
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London-based Better Dairy has completed a self-affirmed GRAS determination in the US for lactopontin, its yeast-made, human-sequence osteopontin, opening the…
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FSIS has announced a Class I recall of about 1.58 million pounds of Kayem Foods ready-to-eat meat and poultry, including…
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Silgan Holdings and private equity firm American Industrial Partners will combine Silgan's metal containers and food and beverage closures businesses…
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Israeli agtech company BloomX has closed a $13 million Series A led by Elah Fund to expand its AI-guided robotic…
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UK fermentation group Mycofeast has bought Auckland's Daisy Lab, folding its animal-free whey protein team and near-commercial bovine lactoferrin programme…
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Food Standards Australia New Zealand has approved Paris-based Gourmey’s cell-cultured duck biomass as a wholesale and foodservice ingredient for products…
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Paris-based CarbonFarm has closed an oversubscribed €7 million Series A led by Colam Impact to expand its AI- and satellite-based…
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A lab-scale study from Nanyang Technological University and Japanese food manufacturer Ichimasa Kamaboko shows solid-state fermentation with Pleurotus ostreatus can…
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