A group of industry organisations has issued guidance for ingredient suppliers based on new research into managing bacterial spore growth in dairy alternative beverages.

Solar Foods has been granted a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering the production process of its protein ingredient Solein.

Lallemand Specialty Cultures has inaugurated a new application research and development laboratory in Rennes, France, focused on cultures for plant-based products as well as dairy and meat.

US biotech company LanzaTech has announced plans to expand into the alternative protein market, producing a microbial protein from CO2.