Plant protein specialist Burcon has announced the first successful commercial production of its Peazazz C pea protein ingredient at its Galesburg facility in Illinois, US.

Alt-seafood start-up Efishient Protein has successfully developed its first plant-based prototype of a grouper fish fillet.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has warned that several major crops, including wheat and coffee, could lose half their optimally suitable land by 2100.

Plant-based start-up Meala FoodTech has partnered with DSM-Firmenich to launch Vertis PB Pea, a texturizing pea protein designed to bring better nutritional value to meat alternatives.

Protein Industries Canada has announced additional funding to help strengthen Canada’s plant-based ingredient supply chain through genomics and artificial intelligence programmes.

Plant-based ingredients specialist Planteneers has unveiled a new methylcelluose-free texturizing blend, responding to demand for cleaner label meat alternatives.

Swedish food-tech start-up Millow has commissioned its first large-scale dry-state fermentation factory to produce its clean label protein, made from oats and mycelium.

The Protein Brewery, a producer of fermentation-derived, plant-based ingredients based in the Netherlands, has appointed Thijs Bosch as its new chief executive officer.

Biotech company Novonesis has unveiled Vertera Velvet, an ingredient solution aiming to improve foam, texture and stability in plant-based beverages.