Vegan burgers are losing the US culture war over meat: ‘It’s not our moment’
Plant-based meat alternatives, once hailed as a solution to America’s environmentally damaging appetite for conventional meat, are facing a severe…
NxtFood raises $58m to scale plant-based meat platform
Despite a slowdown in plant-based meat sales in many markets, French startup Nxtfood (ACCRO brand) has successfully secured a €49…
Alt meat’s moment of truth: TiNDLE, and an industry, recalibrate
Next Gen Foods, rebranded as TiNDLE Foods, secured a massive $100 million Series A funding round in early 2022, marking…
Aloe vera scaffolds show potential for cultivated meat production
The study explores using Aloe vera scaffolds for cultivated meat production, offering a sustainable alternative to synthetic or animal-derived options.…
Quorn’s hybrid meat product aimed at flexitarians
While suitable for vegetarians and vegans, a large proportion of the market for plant-based meat and dairy products is made…
GEA to open ‘green’ alternative protein tech center
International technology supplier GEA, looking to meet industry demand for complementary proteins and ingredients, broke ground on a 12,900-square-foot technology…
Plant-based sales up ‘significantly’ at Lidl
Sales of plant-based alt-proteins have increased by 30% since German supermarket chain Lidl made its house-branded vegan SKUs equal in…
You’ve tried plant-based meat, but here come meat-based plants
A team of South Korean researchers at Yonsei University have developed a hybrid rice variant that’s quite literally filled with…
Impossible Foods CEO: ‘I feel good about where we are, I do not feel good about where the category is’
Speaking to AgFunderNews after Impossible Beef Lite secured certification from the American Heart Association’s Heart-Check Food Certification Program (more on…
The secret ingredient to plant-based meat? Real meat
“Blended meat” (also called hybrid meat) combines a small amount of fat and protein from traditional meat sources with a…