Dutch food-tech company The Protein Brewery has announced an €18 million extension of its Series B funding round, led by ABN AMRO Sustainable Impact Fund.

Austrian food-tech start-up Revo Foods has expanded its portfolio of mycoprotein innovations with the launch of El Pollo – a chicken-style fillet.

The alternative proteins market – encompassing cultivated meat, plant-based and fermented proteins – was projected to be worth over $20 billion in 2025. Here, we examine some of the animal-free alt-proteins poised for growth.

The exciting new innovations launched onto the market in 2025 highlighted a number of key trends, including the rise of multifunctional nutrition products, cleaner label meat alternatives and global flavours.

The Protein Brewery, a Dutch start-up innovating in fungi-based ingredients, has successfully closed a €30 million Series B funding round.

Enifer has obtained self-affirmed GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe) status in the US for its mycoprotein ingredient Pekilo.

The Better Meat Co has appointed Pamela Marrone to its board of directors.

The Better Meat Co (BMC) has secured $31 million in an oversubscribed Series A funding round to expand its patented mycoprotein fermentation technology to commercial scale.

Austrian food-tech start-up Revo Foods has successfully completed a €1.6 million crowdfunding round through the Funder Nation platform.

Juicy Marbles has expanded its partnership with Austrian food-tech company Revo Foods, launching a second co-branded seafood alternative product – Kinda Salmon.

Revo Foods has expanded its portfolio with the launch of Minced Fungi Protein, made from fermented mycoprotein and containing just four natural ingredients.

Aldi Switzerland has launched a new chicken fillet alternative made with naturally fermented mycoprotein from Libre Foods, the B2B food ingredient unit of Swiss food producer Planetary.