As they move beyond niche wellness stores and into everyday retail, food and beverage products featuring functional mushrooms are seeing unprecedented consumer interest.

EU negotiators have agreed to go ahead with a ban on the use of animal-associated names for plant-based products, restricting 31 words in total including ‘chicken’ and ‘steak’.

Agriculture innovation companies NuCicer and Stricks Ag are teaming up to scale a high-protein chickpea variety, aiming to meet growing demand for more nutritious ingredients.

According to a report from Tasnim News Agency in Iran, the country has placed a ban on all exports of food and agricultural products amid rapidly escalating conflict with Israel and the US.

Urban Farm-Produce has unveiled Prepared Mane, its first range of ready-to-cook, organic lion’s mane mushroom products targeting the meat alternatives category.

Bunge has completed its acquisition of International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF)’s soy protein concentrate, lecithin and crush businesses.

Those Vegan Cowboys, a Belgian start-up specialising in precision fermented dairy, has celebrated record-breaking progress since launching its crowdfunding campaign last week.

Helsinki City Council has approved an initiative to cut the procurement of meat and dairy products by 50% by 2030, replacing meat and milk with plant-based alternatives.

Ingredion has expanded its range of ingredient solutions with Vitessence Pea 100 HD, a pea protein optimised for cold-pressed snack bars.