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New American Heart Association polling shows shoppers lean heavily on on-pack labels to judge ultra-processed foods, while the Non-GMO Project's Non-UPF Verified seal has already certified more than 300 products, raising the stakes for reformulation and front-of-pack claims.
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FDA has finalised a rule letting manufacturers use safe and suitable salt substitutes in 139 standards of identity, from cheese…
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The Edinburgh biotech, which ferments whisky distilling by-products into microalgae rich in DHA omega-3, has secured £2.5 million from the…
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Growing Roslin's porcine pluripotent stem cells on Ever After Foods' PlantriX edible scaffold delivered 19 times the cultivated protein of…
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A new Abu Dhabi guideline lets novel food developers run regulated tasting and sensory evaluation studies of cultivated meat, precision-fermented…
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A US federal judge has thrown out Onego Bio's case against The EVERY Company over a recombinant ovalbumin patent, ending…
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Attackers remotely forced continuous defrost cycles on legacy Danfoss store refrigeration controllers overnight on 11–12 October, spoiling fresh and frozen…
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Those Vegan Cowboys, XXL Nutrition, Interfood and HAS University will use a €1.2 million EU OPZuid grant to develop animal-free…
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The all-cash deal brings a profitable catering marketplace with more than 140,000 restaurants, $2.5 billion in annual gross bookings and…
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Spiber is opening the strain engineering and fermentation chain behind Brewed Protein to outside customers, with food ingredients among the…
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CJ CheilJedang will take a 63% stake alongside ADM in a new Americas joint venture combining Iowa, Illinois and Brazil…
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The French microalgae ingredient maker will build a dedicated plant for its Edo protein grain after signing around 20 customer…
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A snapshot of the food tech stories that mattered today. Foodtech Insider — 8 August 2026 For years the industry…
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UK startup iBoxit has raised about £962,000, including Innovate UK support, to scale a biodegradable plant-based foam as an expanded-polystyrene…
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PLASTPOMCoolBioPack pairs a moisture-resistant biodegradable polymer with ventilated tray geometry to speed berry cool-down, backed by nearly PLN 1.47 million…
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AAK's patented dry-fractionation process will make palm-mid fractions for cocoa butter equivalents at its KLK joint venture in Johor, promising…
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