Louis Dreyfus Company is investing in the construction of a new plant to process sunflower seeds and soybeans at the site of its existing facility in Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.

Sustainable fats and oils start-up Sun Bear Biofuture has completed its first successful production run at less than 10% of the industry’s average set-up cost.

UK biotech manufacturer Clean Food Group has raised £4.5 million in fresh investment to accelerate the scale-up of its fermentation-based oils and fats platform.

Swedish biotech start-up Melt&Marble has raised €7.3 million in Series A funding, to scale production of its precision-fermented ‘designer fat’ ingredients.

US President Donald Trump announced on social media this week that he is considering blocking imports of cooking oil from China.

Checkerspot has partnered with Huvepharma to commercialise a new microalgae-derived oil that replicates key nutritional fats found in human milk.

UK food-tech company Clean Food Group has acquired the assets of algal oil producer Algal Omega 3 out of administration, including a 1 million-litre capacity fermentation facility.

Estonian food-tech start-up Äio has announced the successful completion of its first full-scale production run of its sustainable yeast-based oil, reaching a volume of 1 tonne.

An independent consumer acceptance study commissioned by NoPalm Ingredients has found that yeast oil is significantly more liked than palm oil as an ingredient in Germany and France.

Dutch food-tech start-up NoPalm Ingredients has announced the launch of its new flagship oils and fats brand, Revóleo.

Äio has successfully scaled production of its fermentation-made fats and oils to an industrial-level batch of 10,000 litres.

NoPalm Ingredients has achieved the fermentation of oils and fats from food industry side streams to an industrial scale of 120,000L.