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Happiee enters functional foods category with ‘easy-cook’ lion’s mane mushroom chunks
Happiee enters functional foods category with ‘easy-cook’ lion’s mane mushroom chunks

Happiee has launched what is claimed to be a category-first innovation in the UK: an ‘easy-cook’ lion’s mane mushroom chunks product line.

Food
Perfect Day sued over ‘misleading’ marketing of animal-free dairy
Perfect Day sued over ‘misleading’ marketing of animal-free dairy

Precision fermentation specialist Perfect Day is facing a lawsuit filed by the GMO/Toxin Free USA and the Organic Consumers Association.

Marketing
The recipe upgrade: How plant-based brands are reformulating for better taste, texture and beyond
The recipe upgrade: How plant-based brands are reformulating for better taste, texture and beyond

Fine-tuning formulations can help plant-based products to stir up consumer buzz, rather than fade into the background in a crowded fixture. We explore.

Exclusives
Grubby teams up with Julienne Bruno on Easter recipe featuring vegan burrata alternative
Grubby teams up with Julienne Bruno on Easter recipe featuring vegan burrata alternative

UK plant-based recipe kit start-up Grubby has partnered with dairy-free cheese brand Julienne Bruno to launch a limited-edition Easter dish featuring Julienne Bruno’s ‘Burrella’ burrata alternative.

Partnerships
Kääpä Biotech secures €900,000 investment from PeakBridge to meet rising functional mushroom demand
Kääpä Biotech secures €900,000 investment from PeakBridge to meet rising functional mushroom demand

Kääpä Biotech, a Finnish start-up that develops functional mushroom products, has secured a €900,000 strategic investment from global agri-food venture capital firm PeakBridge.

Funding & investments
Kraft Heinz enters plant-based dessert category with new Jell-O Oat Milk Chocolate Pudding
Kraft Heinz enters plant-based dessert category with new Jell-O Oat Milk Chocolate Pudding

Kraft Heinz has entered the plant-based desserts category with its first-ever oat milk-based product, under its Jell-O brand in the US: Jell-O Oat Milk Chocolate Pudding.

New products
Nature’s Fynd launches new fungi-based snack line in the US
Nature’s Fynd launches new fungi-based snack line in the US

Fungi-based food start-up Nature’s Fynd has launched a ‘first-of-its-kind’ new snack product, Spicy Indian Fy Bites, in New York, US.

New products
Vegan Food Group and Eat Just announce partnership backed by £11.25m investment
Vegan Food Group and Eat Just announce partnership backed by £11.25m investment

Vegan Food Group has announced a new partnership with US food-tech company Eat Just, creator of the Just Egg product.

Partnerships
Beneo opens €50m pulse-processing plant in Germany
Beneo opens €50m pulse-processing plant in Germany

Beneo has opened its first pulse-processing plant in Obrigheim, Germany, following an investment of around €50 million by its parent company, the Südzucker Group.

Ingredients
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