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Vitamin D3 is found in either the sun or animal products. British scientists are now using CRISPR gene-editing technology to develop tomatoes that close the nutrition gap for vegans and others who do not consume meat, dairy, or eggs.
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This Is the World’s First “Real” Chocolate Milk Made with Precision Fermentation
New food-technology company Tomorrow Farms uses Perfect Day’s animal-free whey to make dairy-identical chocolate milk that’s kind to cows.
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How Robert Downey Jr. Is Helping to Improve Vegan Meat
Actor Robert Downey Jr.’s latest investment in the plant-based industry is in Motif FoodWorks, a food-tech company working to improve the taste, nutrition, and texture of vegan meat.
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This Startup Will Soon Produce 45 Million Pounds of Vegan Mushroom Steak Every Year
Colorado startup Meati has launched a whole-cut vegan steak made from the mycelium mushroom root and it’s available for delivery directly to consumers.
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Shake Shack’s First Dairy-Free Milkshakes and Frozen Custards Are Here. And They’re High-Tech.
Fast-food chain Shake Shack partners with Chilean company NotCo to develop its first dairy-free milkshakes and frozen custards using a technology platform powered by artificial intelligence.
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Microbes from Yellowstone Helped Make This Vegan Meat. Now, 7 Park Lodges Serve It for Breakfast.
This summer, visitors to Yellowstone National Park can try vegan meat and dairy-free cream cheese from Nature’s Fynd—which makes these fungi-based products with the help of a microbe found at the 150-year-old park.
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Why Starbucks’ Newest Vegan Milk Is Made Using Artificial Intelligence
The international coffee giant recently launched NotCo’s vegan milk, created using artificial intelligence, at all Colombia locations.
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This Startup is Disrupting the $89 Billion Cheese Industry With the Same Technology as Perfect Day
Change Foods is on a mission to replicate casein—the main dairy protein in cheese making—by using precision fermentation instead of cows.
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Leonardo DiCaprio Invests in Startup That Is Growing Leather From Cells
VitroLabs has raised $46 million with the help of Leonardo DiCaprio to make the world’s first pilot production of cell-cultivated leather.
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New Whole-Cut Vegan Smoked Salmon Is Made From One Ingredient: Spirulina
Food-tech startup SimpliiGood is extending the benefits of spirulina by using it as the sole ingredient for its new whole-cut vegan salmon.
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How This Vegan Chicken Nugget Startup Became the First to Outprice Meat
Seattle startup Rebellyous Foods has reached a key milestone that will help scale production of its plant-based chicken and offer it at the same price as animal meat.
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The World’s Largest Animal-Free Dairy Factory Will Make As Much Milk Protein as 50,000 Cows
Israeli company Remilk will open the world’s largest animal-free dairy factory in Denmark where it will produce as much milk protein as 50,000 cows every year without exploiting a single animal or harming the environment.
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From Vegan Chicken to Plant-Based Bacon: The Top 5 Vegan Food Trends of 2022
Goodbye cauliflower and hello mushrooms and chickpeas! We take a look at the vegan food trends on the menu in 2022.
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Why a Fourth Generation Meat Company Is Investing in Vegan Chicken
Standard Meat Company has been in the business of processing and packing meat since 1935. Now, the company is entering the modern era of meat processing with an investment in vegan chicken startup Nowadays.
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Why a Protein in Leaves Could Be the New Vegan Meat
RuBisCo is a vegan protein found in all green plants that New Zealand startup Leaft Foods is extracting for human consumption.
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Impossible Foods’ New Pork-Free Sausage Links Snap Just Like the Real Thing
Plant-based company Impossible Foods developed a packing technology that gives its new plant-based sausage links the same snap as their pork-based counterparts.
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This New Vegan Chicken Is Made to Rival Popeyes. And It’s Rolling Out Everywhere.
New brand Skinny Butcher has partnered with national food industry leaders to bring its vegan chicken products to retail and restaurant outlets across the country.
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How Chantal Guillon Perfected Vegan Macarons with the World’s First Animal-Free Egg Whites
The EVERY Company has created the world’s first chicken-free egg whites and they passed the French pastry test at Chantal Guillon, which is now offering a limited-edition box of vegan macarons.
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Cultured Collagen? How Aleph Farms Is Using Technology to Replace the Whole Cow
Aleph Farms is the world’s first cultivated meat company that is working to replace the entire cow, including slaughter-free byproduct alternatives such as collagen.
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How This Mexican Company Makes Sustainable Vegan Leather by Feeding Fruit Waste to Bacteria
New cell-based biotextile Celium—which leverages food waste, cellular agriculture, and circular economy manufacturing—has the potential to be the next-generation sustainable vegan leather.
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Chobani’s Top Exec Takes Over as CEO of Impossible Foods
Peter McGuinness—former President and COO at yogurt giant Chobani—brings 30 years of industry experience to his new role as CEO of plant-based company Impossible Foods.
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Yellowstone Park Microbes Helped Make This Meatless Sausage. You Can Now Get It at Whole Foods in 10 States.
Made with “Fy”—an innovative protein made with the help of microbes found at Yellowstone National Park—meatless breakfast sausage patties from Nature’s Fynd are coming to a Whole Foods near you.
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Amazon Fresh Just Launched Its Own Plant-Based Meat and Dairy-Free Milk Line
The grocery giant’s new Fresh Plant-Based line features 15 products, including Italian meatballs, chicken nuggets, and almond milk.
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Natalie Portman Helps Harvard Engineers Raise $12 Million to Make Vegan Pulled Pork
Boston-based startup Tender Food is bringing its realistic whole-muscle vegan meat—such as pulled pork, steak, and chicken breast—to market thanks to a $12 million investment that included participation from actress Natalie Portman.
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