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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 and leaving no plant-based meat on its advertised menu. It follows exits at IHOP, the Cheesecake Factory and…
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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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German cell-cultivated milk startup Senara has opened a second site in Maastricht backed by an undisclosed LIOF investment, and is…
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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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DoorDash has agreed to buy Instacart for about $17 billion, or $65 a share, in a mostly cash deal expected…
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Yakult Honsha says unauthorized access to its website, detected on 26 October, leaked personal data on about 40,000 people, including…
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Oatly is rolling out fiber-fortified oat drinks delivering 5 g of fiber per 250 ml in 11 European markets by…
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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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Dutch dairy ingredients group Hoogwegt will take the first production batch of Opalia’s mammary-cell whole milk at Fi Europe on…
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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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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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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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Indian sugar producer Dhampur Bio Organics has signed a technology licensing agreement with Swiss fermentation company Planetary for exclusive mycoprotein…
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