Can You Tell the Difference Between Cocoa Butter & A Yeast-Derived Substitute?
Consumer research by Oxford Brookes University found that Sun Bear Biofuture’s yeast-derived cocoa butter substitute is nearly indistinguishable from conventional…
China and Netherlands collaborate on alternative proteins – Food & Agribusiness
The Netherlands and China are collaborating on alternative proteins—including cell-based agriculture and cultured meat—as part of a modern, technology-driven agricultural…
EU Research Strategy Ignores Funding for Alternative Protein Despite Scale-Up Goals
The European Commission’s new strategy for food research and innovation highlights the potential of alternative proteins and fermentation to address…
BeneMeat puts UK cultivated meat plans on hold over EU regulatory uncertainty | PPTI News
Czech biotechnology company BeneMeat has paused its UK expansion plans due to uncertainty over a proposed UK-EU sanitary and phytosanitary…
Top stories in Cultivated Meat – August 2026
September is here, and with it comes the return of cultivated meat to the headlines—no longer just a lab experiment,…
EU meat naming rules become law as plant-based and cultivated brands face 31-term ban | PPTI News
Regulation (EU) 2026/1739 establishes standardized definitions for meat and meat products across the European Union. This legislation reserves specific terms,…
China’s cultivated meat push faces consumer reality
The Chinese government is investing in cultivated meat research to enhance national food security, viewing the technology as a potential…
Upside Foods Withdraws $50M Bid for Believer Meats’s Cultivated Meat Facility
Upside Foods has withdrawn its 50 million dollar offer to purchase a large cultivated meat production facility in North Carolina…
Paleo secures fresh funding after cutting myoglobin production costs 613-fold | PPTI News
Paleo, a company founded in 2020, has secured new funding to advance the commercialization of its precision fermentation technology. The…
EIT Food report: Overcoming consumer scepticism in biotechnology foods
A recent report from EIT Food highlights that the primary challenge for biotechnology-derived proteins is not technological development, but consumer…