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Manufacturing
Two-step fermentation process improves smell of plant proteins
Two-step fermentation process improves smell of plant proteins

Researchers in the US have developed a two-step fermentation method that can improve the aroma of plant proteins, paving the way for more appealing plant-based foods.

Research & development
Start-up spotlight: Koppie
Start-up spotlight: Koppie

This time, we speak to Daan Raemdonck, CEO and co-founder of Koppie, a company making coffee alternatives from fermented pulses.

Exclusives
VFC Foods and Meatless Farm split from Vegan Food Group
VFC Foods and Meatless Farm split from Vegan Food Group

UK-based vegan food company VFC Foods, which also owns Meatless Farm, is undergoing a corporate separation from the Vegan Food Group (VFG), with co-founder Adam Lyons returning to the business to oversee operations.

Financial
Start-up of the month: Mottainai Food Tech
Start-up of the month: Mottainai Food Tech

We speak to Daryl Pek, co-founder of Mottainai Food Tech, parent company of Jiro Meat, about the company's recent expansion and its mission to valorise food waste.

Exclusives
Agronomics invests further £1.5m in All G as precision fermentation nears commercial rollout
Agronomics invests further £1.5m in All G as precision fermentation nears commercial rollout

Agronomics, the London-listed cellular agriculture investor, has put a further AUD 3 million (£1.5 million) into Australian biotech All G.

Ingredients
Emsland Group aims to set ‘new standard’ for vegan and vegetarian gummies with starch solution
Emsland Group aims to set ‘new standard’ for vegan and vegetarian gummies with starch solution

Emsland Group has announced the launch of Emjel LC 15, a new functional starch solution aiming to transform the production of vegan and vegetarian confectionery.

Ingredients
Impossible Foods joins forces with yeast protein start-up Equii
Impossible Foods joins forces with yeast protein start-up Equii

The partnership marks Impossible's expansion into new protein-boosted products that are complementary to its meat alternatives, including grain-based breads and pasta.

Food
M2 Ingredients to unveil new functional mushroom R&D lab
M2 Ingredients to unveil new functional mushroom R&D lab

M2 Ingredients, a vertically integrated functional mushroom grower based in California, US, is set to open its brand-new M2 Center of Innovation next month – an advanced R&D lab designed to accelerate functional mushroom product development.

Industries
Bactolife secures over €30m in funding for gut-friendly Binding Proteins
Bactolife secures over €30m in funding for gut-friendly Binding Proteins

Bactolife, a start-up based in Copenhagen, Denmark, has raised over €30 million in Series B funding to accelerate the commercialisation of its precision-fermented Binding Proteins innovation.

Ingredients
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