Italy’s Foreverland Unveils ‘Functional’ Cocoa-Free Chocolate with High Fibre & No Added Sugar

Four months after investors pumped $7M into its cocoa-free solutions, Italian startup Foreverland has launched a new functional range of chocolate alternatives with high fibre and no free sugars.

India Spotlights Regulatory Reform in $691M Bioeconomy Plan, With Smart Proteins in Focus

India’s commitment to the bioeconomy has just been turned up a notch.Niti Aayog, the government’s apex public policy think tank, has published a roadmap to more than triple the value of the biotech sector over the next decade, from $195B today to $691M in 2035. It’s part of a longer plan that aims to make India’s bioeconomy a $2.6T market by 2047.

EU Invests €5.7M in Project to Produce Microalgae Proteins from Marine Waste & CO2

Algae’s potential to safeguard the future of food is now being recognised by the EU too, which has backed a sustainable marine protein project with €5.7M in funding.

🎥 Inside Faraday Earth’s bid to make cheap green ammonia without Haber-Bosch

[Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company AgFunder is an investor in Faraday Earth] Can a container-sized plasma reactor…

GSK setback deepens P2X3 cough drug doubts

Why it matters: P2X3 antagonists were expected to create a new treatment class for patients whose cough persists despite treating underlying conditions. Instead, programmes from GSK, Bayer and MSD have encountered limited efficacy, safety concerns or regulatory resistance.

🎥 Can non thermal plasma seed treatment move from lab curiosity to broadacre reality?

[Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company AgFunder is an investor in Sylvarum] Using non-thermal plasma or high voltage …

Setting The Standard Through Livestock Safety

July 2026, AU: Safe livestock handling relies on more than experience alone. It requires good infrastructure, ongoing tr…

Koch Ag & Energy Solutions and OCP to Expand Long-Standing Partnership with New Joint Venture

July 2026, Morocco: Koch Ag & Energy Solutions (Koch) and OCP Nutricrops S.A. (OCP) have signed an agreement for Koc…

🎥 Inside Faraday Earth’s bid to make cheap green ammonia without Haber-Bosch

[Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company AgFunder is an investor in Faraday Earth] Can a container-sized plasma reactor…

Northbound – Taking Lentils Beyond Traditional Growing Zones

July 2026, AU: New research and improved varieties are building the case for lentils in Australia’s northern cropping re…