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A GFI India and CSIR-IHBT technical brief finds cooked plant-based seekh kebabs, patties and nuggets sold in India show higher protein bioavailability than meat equivalents, with kebabs at 81–86% against 39% for chicken. The study also shows how…
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Israel’s Meala FoodTech says a single texturized plant protein, sold in Europe with dsm-firmenich as Vertis PB Pea, can replace…
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Singapore’s N&E Innovations has closed a Series A reported at $2.4 million, led by Tundra Capital, to commercialise ViKANG99, an…
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Starbucks is phasing out the Impossible Breakfast Sandwich across the US this month, ending a six-year partnership with Impossible Foods…
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A New York federal judge has dismissed with prejudice the antitrust case brought by OWN Your Hunger and Defiant Foods…
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The UK and EU have settled the text of a sanitary and phytosanitary deal to remove most post-Brexit food checks…
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Kroger is linking digital shelf labels, RFID, 900 in-store robots and an AI in-stock agent into a “connected store”. Item-level…
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Dutch startup Fooditive is in advanced talks with a major sweetener supplier to license its low-calorie rare sugar 5-KDF in…
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Mondelēz International will take a majority stake in gluten-free chocolate quinoa crisp maker Undercover Snacks, run it as a standalone…
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Invest-NL’s Deep Dive: Agrifood Biotech says Dutch fermentation and novel ingredient companies lack a financing route for first commercial plants…
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DoorDash has agreed to buy Instacart for about $17 billion, or $65 a share, in a mostly cash deal expected…
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The Japanese cell agriculture platform has added Niigata Venture Capital to a planned ¥700 million Series A extension. It will…
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Icelandic start-up PROCEON has closed a first round of about US$528,000, led by Kría Venture Fund, to finish PROJET, a…
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Royal Canin and ingredients maker Roquette are jointly funding regenerative practices on 60+ French wheat farms through Soil Capital. One…
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FDA has raised no questions about GRN 1312, a recombinant αS1-casein notified jointly by Those Vegan Cowboys and Formo, opening…
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Volare 01 in Pori, Finland, built for €15M inside a former printing plant, targets 5,000 tonnes of insect protein and…
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