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Nutrition
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
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
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
Start-up spotlight: Actual Veggies
Start-up spotlight: Actual Veggies

This month, we speak to Actual Veggies: a US food brand that makes clean label veggie burgers and fries that 'celebrate vegetables instead of trying to mask them'.

Exclusives
“Food processing should not be seen as exclusively harmful”: Study explores impact of processing on biochemical composition of plant-based foods
“Food processing should not be seen as exclusively harmful”: Study explores impact of processing on biochemical composition of plant-based foods

Researchers in Finland have examined how different food processing methods affect the biochemical composition of plant-based food products.

Research & development
Intake secures $9.2m to propel precision fermentation innovations
Intake secures $9.2m to propel precision fermentation innovations

South Korea-based food-tech start-up Intake has closed a Series C funding round, securing $9.2m from a consortium of seven investors.

Funding & investments
PoLoPo completes plans for pilot production plant
PoLoPo completes plans for pilot production plant

Molecular farming company PoLoPo has completed the design phase for its first pilot production facility.

Agriculture
Swap and Heura team up to launch plant-based chicken fillet in retail
Swap and Heura team up to launch plant-based chicken fillet in retail

Heura Foods and Swap (formerly Umiami) have teamed up to launch a clean label plant-based chicken fillet in France, Spain and Portugal.

New products
Something to chew on: Functional gummies fuel plant-based innovation
Something to chew on: Functional gummies fuel plant-based innovation

Functional gummies offer a quick and enjoyable way for consumers to meet their wellness goals, and demand for vegan variants is on the rise.

Exclusives
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