The Protein Gap
Whilst the future remains to be seen – one overriding fact in support of the alt-meat and food-tech sector is…
The next challenge for plant-based meat: Winning the price war against animal meat
Having won the first battle — getting consumers interested enough to try plant-based foods, and investors interested enough to fund…
Alternative meat and dairy companies are raking in investment
“Cultivated” or “cell-based” meat companies, growing food from animal cells, raised 417% more than in all of 2019. In part,…
What’s Next for the Alternative Meat Industry?
Consider the combination of the crops being used: soy, wheat, and pea protein are the most typical. This invokes the…
Private patents, monopolies & lobbying: obstacles for cell ag with New Harvest Executive Director Isha Datar
In 2010 Isha published an important research paper called “Possibilities for an in-vitro meat production system”, when very few people…
BIV’s Ive: “Alternative meat is a revolution not an evolution”
Plant-based foods are not just incremental evolution of an existing category, but a revolution, according to Andrew D. Ive, founder…
The Future of Food: Will you eat lab-grown meat? Your pet will.
This limitation in the texture of lab-grown meat could inhibit its commercial viability, since many people will want more variety.…
SHIFT20: ‘Cell-based’ could be the best way to describe cell-cultured seafood on labels, suggests large consumer study
‘Lab-grown’ seafood is a food marketer’s nightmare. ‘Clean’ seafood carries the tacit implication that the regular stuff is dirty. ‘Cultivated’…
Plant-Based Sushi Startup Ocean Hugger Foods Falls Victim to COVID-19, Ceases Operations
The company, which had raised $500,000 in late 2019, had been gaining traction through much of 2019 for vegan sushi…
Future food: Growing meat in lab to help meet supply needs, Singapore News & Top Stories
Rearing livestock such as cows, sheep and chickens is no longer sustainable in the face of climate change.Animal agriculture emits…