Clean Food Group Unveils Eco Cosmetics Oil Made from Yeasts Fed on Surplus Bread

As more consumers seek cleaner, more sustainable formulations when buying personal care products, one UK startup has a solution built on microbes.

Melt&Marble Cleared to Sell Animal-Free ‘Designer Fats’ for Food & Personal Care

Melt&Marble can now commercialise its sustainable “designer fats” for use in food and personal care applications, thanks to two regulatory breakthroughs.

Meatly Raises $14M to Build Europe’s Largest Cultivated Meat Facility

British food tech firm Meatly has secured £10M ($14.1M) in Series A funding to build a 20,000-litre pilot plant for cultivated meat.

Germany’s MicroHarvest to Deploy Microbial Protein in 15 Low-Carbon Pet Food Products

Climate-friendly pet food has been on the ascendance over the last couple of years, and a flurry of innovations over the next couple of months is set to further the momentum.

Friends & Family Pet Food Launches Cultivated Meat for Cats & Dogs in Singapore

Singaporeans can now buy cultivated meat for their furry friends.Californian firm Friends & Family Pet Food has launched a range of functional products featuring cultivated poultry meat in the city-state, starting with eight treats this month and four meal toppers in May. It’s the first company to sell cultivated pet food in Asia.

Bond Pet Foods Bags Investment from Symrise for Precision-Fermented Proteins

Symrise, a global leader in flavours and functional ingredients, has invested in Colorado-based Bond Pet Foods to greenify the pet nutrition sector with planet-friendly proteins.

Climate-Smart & Cocoa-Free: Mars Makes Moves to Decarbonise Chocolate Portfolio

The world’s largest chocolate company is feeling the bite of climate change.Mars is home to many of the best-known chocolate brands, including M&M’s, Snickers, Galaxy, Milky Way, and Bounty, to name just a few.

Mondelēz & Celleste Bio Unveil World’s First Cell-Based Chocolate Bars

Cell-based chocolate is no longer a pipe dream – and one of the world’s largest confectionery companies is leading the charge.

UK Startup Fermtech Gets $3.3M to Make Climate-Friendly Cocoa Alternative from Waste & Fungi

Big Chocolate is going big on cocoa alternative startups, whether they’re substitutes made from other plant-based ingredients or bioidentical, cell-cultured versions. One company, however, is going straight to the source.

Starbucks Brings Protein Drinks to Europe, Including Lattes with Alpro Soy Milk

Following rollouts in North America and India, Starbucks’s protein-boosted lattes have finally come to Europe – and they’re plant-based.