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It looks like the US government is getting serious about putting cell-based meat on consumer plates. That’s because on Thursday, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced it […]
Six years later, his company Future Meat Technologies regularly makes news for reaching ever lower price milestones for his cell-based chicken. And according to Nahmias, he’s only getting started. The […]
Let’s not bury the lede here. After spending the past four years covering food tech startups, I’m leaving The Spoon to start my own (more on that in a minute). […]
Tokyo-based Next Meats Co. announced today their plan to start construction of their alternative protein “NEXT Factory” in Niigata, Japan. The new, large-scale facility will be dedicated to the development […]
This is the web version of our newsletter. Sign up today to get updates on the rapidly changing nature of the food tech industry. Of the three pillars of alternative protein, plant-based […]
Cultured seafood company Shiok Meats has raised an undisclosed amount of investment in a bridge funding round from Woowa Brothers Asia Holdings, CJ CheilJedang Corporation, and Vietnamese-based seafood exporter Vinh […]
The summer days are going by fast, but it feels like the rate at which news is breaking in the food tech space is even faster. In this week’s Food […]
Nonprofit XPRIZE has announced 28 semifinalists teams that will move forward in the Feed the Next Billion competition. The multi-year competition will support companies developing compelling chicken and fish alternatives […]
CPG giant Nestlé intends to enter the cultured meat market via a partnership with Israel-based alt-protein company Future Meat, according to a report from Bloomberg. Unnamed sources familiar with the […]
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Last week a group of Japan-based companies announced the official launch of the CulNet Consortium, an open innovation platform for the development of cell-cultured meat in Japan and beyond. The […]
Seafood is the most traded commodity in the world, and it is estimated that 85 percent of wild fish stocks are overfished or fully exploited. As a way to address […]
