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Cell-cultured meat: New Age Meats raises $25m, gears up for small scale launch in 2022, addresses 'vaporware' claims

New Age Meats has raised $25m in series A round* led by Hanwha Solutions of South Korea that will allow it to begin manufacturing sausage products combining cell-cultured and plant-based meat at a 20,000-square-foot pilot facility in Alameda, California, in 2022.

Animal welfare, organic claims are increasing in the meat, dairy cases – bringing higher sales

Animal-based meat and dairy manufacturers increasingly are addressing consumer demand for improved animal welfare and environmental impact – helping to defend and grow their sales in the face of encroaching competition from plant-based options.

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Plant Baked Protein: A Bright Future for Hemp Seed

Protein is essential to baking, and hemp protein's valuable functional attributes are helping it stand out for bakers seeking new plant-based, keto-friendly options.

Consumer confidence in grocery stores declines as COVID-19 financial concerns linger

More US shoppers report feeling unhappy with how grocery stores are handling the COVID-19 crisis now, including a prominent concern around the cost and price of their groceries, than earlier this year, according to dunnhumby in its latest Consumer Pulse...

Fermenting yeast into ‘cream’: Start-up ads richness and texture to plant-based dairy

Cultivated Biosciences is addressing textural challenges in plant-based dairy with a fat ingredient developed from oleaginous yeast. Co-founder and CEO Tomas Turner explains how.

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Better Burgers: How flavor technology is changing consumer perceptions about plant-based proteins and expanding the category.

Consumers are discovering the environmental and health benefits of vegetarian or vegan lifestyles like never before. As plant-based diets become mainstream, food brands rely on advanced flavor technology to provide an authentic taste experience for plant-based...

Soup-To-Nuts Podcast: Killer Creamery finds sweet-spot in sugar-free ice cream, frozen novelties

Not many companies would be satisfied with or even strive to produce a food or beverage that tastes ‘normal,’ but the founder of the better-for-you frozen dessert company Killer Creamery couldn’t be happier that the taste of brand’s new ice cream sandwich...

Beyond Chicken debuts at retail stores following successful foodservice launch

Following its initial foodservice launch earlier this year, Beyond Meat is rolling out Beyond Chicken Tenders at retailers in select markets across the US next month.

Sales growth of natural, organic products slows, but still on track to surpass $300bn by 2023

Demand for immunity-boosting products may have driven an initial double-digit surge of natural and organic product sales early in the pandemic, but many category newcomers have stayed – and more have flocked to the segment in 2021 – even as the threat...

General Mills personalizes marketing, drives sales with ‘connected commerce’ initiative using retailer receipt-level data

General Mills is tapping into hard-to-access receipt-level, first party consumer data from retailers as it scales up its much vaunted “connected commerce” program – allowing it to create “strong one-to-one relationships” with shoppers and ultimately drive...