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Fungu’it raises €4m to scale up fungi-based natural flavour production
Fungu’it raises €4m to scale up fungi-based natural flavour production

French food-tech start-up Fungu’it has secured €4 million in funding to accelerate industrial-scale production of its natural flavourings made from agricultural by-products.

Ingredients
Gas fermentation firm Arkeon files for insolvency
Gas fermentation firm Arkeon files for insolvency

Arkeon, an Austrian biotech company developing sustainable protein via gas fermentation, has formally filed for insolvency.

Business
Efishient Protein unveils plant-based grouper fillet prototype
Efishient Protein unveils plant-based grouper fillet prototype

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

Seafood
Protein Industries Canada announces additional $10.9m for crop genomics and AI programmes
Protein Industries Canada announces additional $10.9m for crop genomics and AI programmes

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

Agriculture
FoodYoung Labs acquires bee-free honey pioneer MeliBio
FoodYoung Labs acquires bee-free honey pioneer MeliBio

Swiss food innovation company FoodYoung Labs has acquired California-based MeliBio, the start-up behind what is claimed to be the world’s first animal-free honey, Mellody.

Mergers & Acquisitions
Millow commissions new fermentation facility to produce ‘beef-like’ protein from mycelium and oats
Millow commissions new fermentation facility to produce ‘beef-like’ protein from mycelium and oats

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.

Manufacturing
Research study unlocks new functional F&B potential through Xampla’s microencapsulation technology
Research study unlocks new functional F&B potential through Xampla’s microencapsulation technology

A new peer-reviewed study has shown how bio-based materials start-up Xampla’s novel plant protein microcapsules protect fat-soluble active ingredients through simulated digestion, through to the intestinal phase.

Research & development
TurtleTree receives US FDA ‘No Questions’ letter for animal-free lactoferrin
TurtleTree receives US FDA ‘No Questions’ letter for animal-free lactoferrin

TurtleTree has received a ‘No Questions’ letter from the US Food and Drug Administration, validating the safety of its precision-fermented lactoferrin ingredient for use in food.

Ingredients
Thai animal-free dairy start-up Muu celebrates funding milestone
Thai animal-free dairy start-up Muu celebrates funding milestone

Muu, an animal-free dairy start-up based in Bangkok, Thailand, has secured strategic investment from A2D Ventures, Leave a Nest Japan and several other firms.

Funding & investments
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