Black Sheep Foods raises $12.3m for plant based meat
Black Sheep Foods has raised $12.3 million in finance from Unovis, Bessemer Venture Partners, AgFunder, and Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed’s…
Beyond Meat factory riddled with mold, other dirty conditions: leaked…
A leaked internal document revealed Beyond Meat products manufactured at the plant had tested positive for the harmful bacteria Listeria…
Are meat substitutes really better for the environment than meat?
Meat substitutes let people reduce the impact of their diet without radical changes to the meals that they eat. Swap…
Beyond Meat Launches Vegan Steaks at 5,000 Grocery Stores Nationwide. Will You Try It?
Beyond Meat vegan steak is officially hitting stores nationwide. But what is a plant-based steak made of anyway? Source: Beyond…
Faux Leather, Real Money: Fabric Funding Sizzles As Startups Spin Out Cell-Grown Leather And More
This week was a case in point, with Silicon Valley-based VitroLabs, a developer of cell-cultivated leather, closing on $46 million…
Growing meat instead of raising animals for food
In this episode of The Venture, we share a conversation with Josh Tetrick, CEO and cofounder of Eat Just. Founded…
Ÿnsect opens first mealworm farm in US – Feed & Additive Magazine
Global insect producer Ÿnsect has opened first mealworm farm in the US and entered premium chicken feed market by adding…
M-Food co-founder argues Europe’s insect food ingredients boom has “higher potential than plant-based”
With the two insect species having been granted Novel Food authorizations in the EU, FoodIngredientsFirst speaks to M-Food’s co-founder Dave…
Albert Heijn to go majority plant-based by 2030
Albert Heijn, the Netherlands’ largest supermarket chain, has pledged to expand its plant-based range to more than half of its…
Libre Foods Closes $2.5 Million Seed Round, Plant Alt Bacon Launch Across Europe
Barcelona biotech startup Libre Foods has announced the closure of a $2.5 million seed round to scale its mushroom bacon,…