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Japan’s SoftBank Looks to Invest $1 Billion in Latin American Companies with Focus on Plant-Based Tech
The Japanese giant is looking to fund the latest in food innovation in Brazil, Chile, and Peru.
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New App Will Pay You To Eat Vegan Food
Pay-a-Vegan aims to provide incentives to China’s restaurant-goers who order vegan meals while encouraging restaurants to add more vegan options.
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California Startup to Launch Realistic Vegan Bacon
Bay Area company Prime Roots will debut its first product—vegan bacon made with kōji, an umami-rich fungi—on Valentine’s Day.
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Slaughter-Free Meat Startup Opens Visitor Center to Foster Transparency
As cultured meat moves toward commercialization, Israel-based Aleph Farms is opening its doors to show visitors how meat is made without killing animals.
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Next-Level Vegan Ice Cream Is Coming to Southern California Scoop Shops
San Francisco startup Eclipse crafts vegan ice cream that is identical to dairy on a molecular level using plants such as corn and cassava.
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Startup Memphis Meats Raises $161 Million, the Biggest Investment in Cultured Meat History
The California-based startup is building a pilot production facility, bringing it one step closer to launching slaughter-free meat to the public.
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World’s Largest Meat Company Opens Plant-Based Tech Hub in Brazil
Seara Alimentos—a division of meat giant JBS—brings together science, technology, and gastronomy experts to produce innovative plant-based protein for the global market.
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Burger King to Test Meatless Impossible Pork “Croissan’wich” at 139 Locations
The fast-food chain is extending its partnership with Impossible Foods, which just unveiled its newest product, plant-based pork, at the Consumer Electronics Show—the world’s largest technology trade show.
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Brazilian Startup Launches Vegan Meatballs at 351 Restaurants
Italian chain Spoleto is the first to serve the vegan “Future Meatball”—made by Fazenda Futuro, the startup behind Brazil’s vegan “Futuro” burger.
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A California Company Just Made the World’s First Yellowtail Tuna Without Killing a Fish
San Diego-based food technology startup BlueNalu unveiled its slaughter-free yellowtail amberjack filets, which it made from a small amount of fish cells, at a private tasting event.
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Unilever Opens $94 Million Plant-Based Food Research Center in Europe
“We need a fundamental transformation of the food system if we are to feed more than nine billion people sustainably and nutritiously,” Unilever CEO Alan Jope said.
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Startup Raises $140 Million to Develop DNA-Identical Vegan Dairy Products
Silicon Valley startup Perfect Day will use some of the funding to develop new “flora-based” dairy products that mimic traditional milk, cheese, and more.
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