Food Fermentation Europe (FFE), a trade body that advocates for a faster regulatory system for fermentation-derived foods and ingredients in Europe, has welcomed a new member in Swiss biotech start-up Cultivated Biosciences. The Horgen-based start-up…
The UK government has announced that it is investing £15m (approx. €17.8 million) into a new alternative protein hub that will explore plant-based, fermentation-made, and cultivated food. The funding comes from the Biotechnology and Biological…
According to Net Zero Insights data quoted by the Good Food Institute Europe, the continent’s fermentation companies have raised more than €164m in the first six months of 2024. Those working in precision fermentation –…
Why doesn’t everyone swap out meat for plant-based alternatives? The answer to this question is not succinct, but one potential barrier could be price. Price matters, reveals new EU-funded research out of Sweden’s Umeå University,…
Danone wants to scale up precision fermentation. The multinational is partnering with manufacturing company Michelin, US start-up DMC Technologies and French banking group Crédit Agricole to develop a large platform for the production method. …
Palm oil is a commodity with strong links to deforestation. According to the United Nations (UN), oil palm harvesting accounted for 7% of the deforestation between the years 2000 and 2018. UK start-up Sun Bear…