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Frederick BernasBelgian micriobial fermentation specialist AmphiStar NV has partnered with US plant-based ingredient heavyweight Kensing to market its biosurfactants in the US, using locally-produced feedstocks. Amphistar’s biosurfactants are an alternative to palm oil made surfactants that are 25% of the current US$20bn surfactant market.
Norwegian Mycelium ASFoodtech startup Norwegian Mycelium A/S has raised €1.25m in a financing round led by Nippon Beet Sugar Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Nitten), Japan’s largest beet sugar producer, to scale-up its mycoprotein platform.
A team led by Imperial College London has launched a miniature lab into Earth orbit to test the production of edible proteins in space with the help of yeast-based biotech.
German-Portuguese biotech start-up MicroHarvest GmbH and a Munich-based pet food manufacturer want to launch the first dog snack made by single cell protein.
Professionalism and quality are always at the forefront along the whole value chain: from gene to product. To pro-actively meet the evolving demand of the market to produce new assets Richter-Helm significantly increased its manufacturing capacities for biopharmaceutical products at its production site in Bovenau, Germany.
As cultivated meat moves closer to commercialisation, we are seeing a worrying trend of misinformation entering the public debate. This food can play a vital role in ensuring Europe’s food system is fit for the future – helping satisfy the growing demand for meat while boosting food security – but political opposition has mounted, with the Italian government taking the controversial step of banning cultivated meat.
German foodtech start-up Pacifico Biolabs has raised US$3.3m to push the development of healthy animal-free, carbon-neutrally produced fish and seafood.
Scientists led by Heiko Rischer from the Finnish research centre VTT have published the proof of concept for cell-based coffee production.
Finnish protein maker Solar Foods has closed an oversubscribed €8M Series B financing and will expand Solein protein production and support the construction of a commercial production plant.