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A Danone-backed study of 42,000 adults in 14 countries, run with Ipsos, finds health (42%) outranks taste (35%) as the main reason people buy plant-based dairy alternatives, with digestive comfort a consistent driver across markets. The results point…
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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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Numerator estimates 12.3 million US households include a former GLP-1 user. Their fast-food spending fell 4.6% in the year to…
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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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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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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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