European fermentation startups continue to win over investors, with Madrid-based MOA Foodtech the latest to close a funding round to advance its production and commercial launches.

The furore around ultra-processed foods has piqued consumer interest in clean-label food and drink products with short ingredient lists, and it’s a space the UK’s fastest-growing plant-based milk brand is targeting.

Joining the influx of plant-protein-boosted products in Australia is Oat Milk Goodness, which will launch a set of protein oat milks in the country’s largest supermarket later this year.