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DoorDash has agreed to buy Instacart for about $17 billion, or $65 a share, in a mostly cash deal expected to close in late 2027 or H1 2028. The tie-up joins DoorDash’s delivery network with Instacart’s grocery software…
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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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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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WISEcode’s new agentic AI tool lets food and beverage brands benchmark products against competitors ingredient by ingredient, check GRAS status…
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With Atkins sales down 20.9% in fiscal 2026 and household penetration at 8.3%, Simply Good Foods is retargeting the low-carb…
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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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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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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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A Food Research International study by Vivici, dsm-firmenich and Fonterra researchers found precision-fermented BLG showed no detectable aggregation at 140…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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