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Cauldron Ferm raises $13.25m in Series A2 funding round
Cauldron Ferm raises $13.25m in Series A2 funding round

Australia-based biomanufacturing company Cauldron Ferm has secured $13.25 million in a Series A2 funding round, bringing its total funding to $26 million.

Funding & investments
Ferm Food buys former Orkla site to expand fermented plant-based ingredient capacity
Ferm Food buys former Orkla site to expand fermented plant-based ingredient capacity

Danish ingredient manufacturer Ferm Food has acquired a former manufacturing facility from Orkla in Skovlund, Denmark.

Funding & investments
Millow appoints new CEO, brings inventor full-time
Millow appoints new CEO, brings inventor full-time

Millow has appointed Fredrik Öhrn as its new CEO, and has announced that inventor and chief scientific officer, Mohammad J Taherzadeh, will be joining the company full-time.

Food
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
Demystifying the protein space: A focus on better quality
Demystifying the protein space: A focus on better quality

Protein has exploded in the past few years, but has it reached its peak? In this opinion piece, Ando Ahnan-Winarno, food scientist and co-founder of tempeh brand Better Nature, takes a closer look at the problem with protein.

Exclusives
Symplicity enters retail market with new range in Waitrose
Symplicity enters retail market with new range in Waitrose

Symplicty, a chef-founded plant-based brand with an established presence in foodservice, has entered UK retail with a new range exclusively in Waitrose.

New products
EvodiaBio raises €6m to scale yeast-derived aroma technology globally
EvodiaBio raises €6m to scale yeast-derived aroma technology globally

Danish industrial biotech company EvodiaBio has raised €6 million in a funding round to accelerate expansion across European, North American and Asian markets.

Ingredients
EU Biotech Act’s exclusion of novel foods from regulatory sandbox is a ‘missed opportunity for food innovation,’ GFI says
EU Biotech Act’s exclusion of novel foods from regulatory sandbox is a ‘missed opportunity for food innovation,’ GFI says

The Good Food Institute Europe has welcomed the European Commission’s new Biotech Act, but said it marks a ‘missed opportunity’ for food innovation due to its exclusion of novel foods from its regulatory sandbox scheme.

Technology
Pow.Bio and Bühler launch integrated platform for continuous precision fermentation
Pow.Bio and Bühler launch integrated platform for continuous precision fermentation

The collaboration combines Pow.Bio’s continuous fermentation technology with Bühler’s engineering and deployment expertise, supported by advanced model-driven control software.

Manufacturing
EU bioeconomy strategy sets out plans to support fermentation-based food innovation
EU bioeconomy strategy sets out plans to support fermentation-based food innovation

The EU’s new Bioeconomy Strategy sets out plans to support fermentation-based food innovation, as the Netherlands becomes the first EU country to permit public tastings of fermentation-made novel foods.

Innovation
Chromologics secures €7m to launch fermentation-based natural food colour
Chromologics secures €7m to launch fermentation-based natural food colour

Danish biotech Chromologics has raised €7 million in a funding round led by Novo Holdings, EIFO, Döhler Ventures, Collateral Good Ventures and Synergetic.

Ingredients
Smart sipping: Top plant-based functional beverage trends
Smart sipping: Top plant-based functional beverage trends

As natural ingredients and health benefits move higher among consumers’ purchasing priorities, the plant-based functional beverages market is poised to reap the benefits of shoppers’ evolving preferences.

Beverage
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