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PepsiCo partners up to sequence the oat genome
20 Jul 2020
PepsiCo and its partners sequenced the complete oat genome for the first time, only taking four months to complete the process. The data was published on an open source platform for use by other companies looking to develop and improve new oat varietie...
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Kerry ingredients company will debut its Botanicals Collection Zero
16 Jul 2020
Kerry introduced its new Botanicals Collection Zero, a range of botanical extracts that are specifically designed for low- and no-alcohol beverages. The ingredient company will offer 15 new standard extracts with an additional 35 other options that the...
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Follow your Heart releases dairy-free feta
13 Jul 2020
This month, Follow Your Heart released its Dairy-Free Feta Crumbles Cheese Alternative, the first dairy-free feta cheese option to arrive on grocery store shelves in the United States.
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EU invests €20m into sugar beet biorefinery for carbon neutral organic acids
8 Jul 2020
To reduce its reliance on petroleum-based chemicals in the food and agricultural industries, the European Commission and the public-private Bio Based Industry Joint Undertaking (BBI JU) are investing €20 million in the construction of a sugar beet bior...
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Australian firm focuses on anti-counterfeit technology to combat fraud in the wine industry
7 Jul 2020
EBottli recently launched in Australia with the goal of protecting the country’s wine exports from counterfeits that are prevalent in Asia. In China alone, potential losses to counterfeit wine are anticipated to reach $3 trillion by 2022. Australian wi...
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Chilean biotech firm Protera moves to Paris, closes $5.6M in Series A funding
6 Jul 2020
The AI-driven bioscience startup Protera closed a $5.6 million round of funding on June 10, that was led by Sofinnova Partners, a European life sciences venture capital firm. There was also participation from an existing venture capital investor, SOSV.
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Five-month-old Indonesian startup raises $10.5M
30 Jun 2020
After five months in business, the Indonesian e-commerce startup Ula has raised $10.5 million in a round led by Sequoia India and Lightspeed India. Additional participation was offered by SMDV, Quona Capital, Saison Capital and Alter Global.
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Bühler Group partners with Big Idea Ventures to accelerate plant-based meat alternatives
24 Jun 2020
The 160-year-old Swiss equipment manufacturer Bühler Group has inked a new partnership deal with the alternative protein accelerator and venture capital firm Big Idea Ventures to invest in the firm’s mission to create sustainable, plant-based alternati...
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Impossible Burger launches a direct to consumer platform
13 Jun 2020
Impossible Foods is now available with the click of a button from its new e-commerce platform launched this month. This direct-to-consumer option allows consumers to purchase four different bulk burger package options that will be delivered within 48 h...
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Apeel Sciences on track to save 20 million pieces of fruit from food waste
9 Jun 2020
At the end of May, Apeel Sciences raised $250 million dollars in new financing, bringing the startup’s total funding to more than $1 billion. This infusion of funds will be put toward the company’s mission of food waste prevention, an area in which it ...
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Malaysian firm develops package-less packaging
26 May 2020
A group of Malaysian Ph.D. students won the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Save our Seas global engineering challenge with their new bagless approach to food packaging called the PICAS block. The competition is hosted in partnership wi...
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U.S. online grocery sales surge 37% in April
21 May 2020
April was another record-breaking month for online grocery sales with shoppers surpassing March’s record-breaking $4 billion in sales to spend $5.3 billion for grocery delivery and pickup. This is a 37% increase over March, according to data from Brick...
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