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Redefine Meat adds new Shawarma option to UK meat alternatives range
Redefine Meat adds new Shawarma option to UK meat alternatives range

Redefine Meat has added a new Shawarma option to its range of meat alternatives in the UK, available via Ocado.

New products
Quorn receives £18m investment to repay debt and support ‘reset year’
Quorn receives £18m investment to repay debt and support ‘reset year’

Quorn has received a funding injection from parent company Monde Nissin Corporation, enabling it to repay £18 million of debt as it embarks on a multi-year turnaround plan.

Food
Labelling back under the spotlight as new EU proposal revisits 'meaty' words restrictions
Labelling back under the spotlight as new EU proposal revisits 'meaty' words restrictions

The European Commission has put forward a new proposal to restrict the use of certain meat-related words for labelling and marketing plant-based meat alternatives.

Labelling
Start-up spotlight: High Time Foods
Start-up spotlight: High Time Foods

In this instalment of Start-up spotlight, we speak to High Time Foods – an India-based developer of shelf-stable plant-based protein mixes for food manufacturers and foodservice providers.

Exclusives
Rival Foods raises €10m in Series B funding round to scale up plant-based whole cuts
Rival Foods raises €10m in Series B funding round to scale up plant-based whole cuts

Dutch food-tech company Rival Foods has raised €10 million in Series B growth financing, supporting the scale-up of its plant-based whole cut meat alternatives.

Food
Roquette expands Nutralys portfolio with new textured wheat and pea proteins
Roquette expands Nutralys portfolio with new textured wheat and pea proteins

Roquette has expanded its Nutralys portfolio with two new solutions, a textured wheat protein and a textured pea protein.

Ingredients
Better Nature expands tempeh range with new Mediterranean block
Better Nature expands tempeh range with new Mediterranean block

UK tempeh brand Better Nature has expanded its range with the addition of a Mediterranean Tempeh block, launching at Ocado.

New products
Raps unveils compound solution for plant-based roast meat alternatives
Raps unveils compound solution for plant-based roast meat alternatives

German spice and ingredient manufacturer Raps has unveiled a new functional solution for the development of plant-based roast meat alternatives.

Ingredients
Private label products are driving plant-based retail sales growth across several European countries, GFI reports
Private label products are driving plant-based retail sales growth across several European countries, GFI reports

The Good Food Institute Europe has analysed Circana retail sales data for six European countries, finding that rising plant-based sales volumes are being largely driven by private label product growth.

Research & development
Planted adds ‘steak bites’ to clean label meat alternative portfolio
Planted adds ‘steak bites’ to clean label meat alternative portfolio

Swiss plant-based meat start-up Planted has launched a new ‘steak bites’ product, now available in selected Coop stores in Switzerland.

New products
Plukon Food Group acquires plant-based food manufacturer Vega Insiders
Plukon Food Group acquires plant-based food manufacturer Vega Insiders

Plukon Food Group has acquired fellow Dutch food group Vega Insiders, a producer of plant-based protein products based in Udenhout, the Netherlands.

Mergers & Acquisitions
Meala teams up with DSM-Firmenich to launch texturizing protein for meat alternatives
Meala teams up with DSM-Firmenich to launch texturizing protein for meat alternatives

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.

Ingredients
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