Latest News in the food Industry

1 Feb 2022

Indoor aquaponic farming company Upward Farms is aiming high with its new project to open the world’s largest indoor vertical farming plant in early 2023. The 250,000-square-foot (six-acre) facility will be two to four times the size of the next larges...

31 Jan 2022

Plantish revealed its prototype for plant-based, whole-cut salmon earlier this month when it came out of stealth mode. The Israeli-based startup said while its prototype will be available at popups for attendees to taste beginning this year, its salmon...

26 Jan 2022

Mosa Meat, one of the world’s leading cultivated meat producers, revealed how it creates animal protein without the use of the controversial ingredient FBS (fetal bovine serum) in a peer-reviewed article published in the journal Nature Food.

25 Jan 2022

Three-year-old French startup La Vie, formerly known as 77 Foods, secured €25 million ($28.3M) in one of the largest funding rounds in French food tech history. With funding in hand, the company is looking to expand the reach of its plant-based bacon p...

19 Jan 2022

The U.S. White House announced in early January that it will contribute $1 billion in American Rescue Plan funding to independent meat processors in order to increase competition within the industry and lower protein prices. This plan includes $375 mil...

8 Jan 2022

Wildtype, a California startup making cultivated sushi-grade salmon, has secured distribution agreements with Snowfox and Pokéworks in the U.S. Snowfox operates 1,230 grocery store sushi bars while Pokéworks is a chain with 65 fast-casual restaurants, ...

16 Dec 2021

In January, Kellogg’s will begin a partnership with U.K. supermarket chain Tesco to pilot a paper-based cereal liner in its Corn Flakes cereal. This trial will be on a small scale at select Tesco stores and is intended to be an alternative for the comp...

8 Dec 2021

Food waste prevention startup Hazel Technologies announced its expansion beyond its Chicago headquarters to Fresno, California, where it is opening a research and development center as well as a West Coast customer support office.

6 Dec 2021

Plant-based bacon startup Hooray Foods closed a $2.7 million extension of its seed round that originally brought the company a $2 million influx of cash this summer. The company says it intends to use this infusion of capital to scale its production of...

2 Dec 2021

Sweden’s Mycorena mycoprotein startup recently announced it has developed a fungi-based fat ingredient that recreates the mouthfeel and taste sensation of an animal-based steak. The company said its innovation will “take plant-based meat to a new level...

30 Nov 2021

The climate conversation this past November was dominated by Glasgow Climate Impact (COP26) conference where 54 nations signed a pledge to protect nature. However, while various causes of climate change were addressed, agriculture was largely left out ...

25 Nov 2021

Reducing the consumption of animal-based products is not the only way to eat more sustainably, according to a new study from Purdue University and published by the American Chemical Society. Researchers found that eating fewer foods with high caloric c...