Is cell-cultured meat vegan? And other food-labelling conundrums
Product terminology confusion is on the rise as plant-based milks, animal-free eggs and cell-cultured meats of various descriptions proliferate in markets worldwide.
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Australia’s v2 ‘alt-meat’ product range cracks world’s largest market
Australian plant-based meat product company v2food, a joint venture between CSIRO, Main Sequence Ventures and Hungry Jack’s franchisee Jack Cowin, has expanded its export reach into China. The company is now valued at more than half a billion dollars.
Supermarket giant backs Sydney SME Harvest B
Woolworths’ venture capital arm w23 is one of the backers in a bumper $4m funding round for Sydney-based premium proteins start-up Harvest B.
Singapore offers first undergrad course on advanced alt-meats
Increasingly, universities are picking up on the need for skills acquisiton in the alt-proteins space. From August, Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University will offer a two-year course exploring sustainable alternatives to conventional meat and key technologies in this emerging field.
Australian sales of plant-based ‘alt-meats’ soar
Consumer demand for plant-based meat substitutes grew exponentially over FY2019-2020 according to a report by think-tank Food Frontier.
Cell-cultured chicken nuggets: soon on the menu at Singaporean eateries
In a world-first, chicken meat created from cultured live chicken cells by US-based company Eat Just has been approved for commercial production in Singapore.
Takeaways from GFI’s Asia-Pacific Alternative Protein Summit 2020
There are useful insights aplenty in the public talk sessions and post-Summit blogs from global alt-protein advocate The Good Food Institute’s inaugural APAC-focused summit.
Alt-protein start-ups attract big bucks in H1 2020
AgFunder’s mid-year investment report has found that ‘innovative food’ start-ups, notably those in the alt-protein space, attracted more investment capital in the first half of 2020 than in the entire previous year.
New on the menu: 3D-printed, plant-based steak
Redefine Meat launched the world’s first plant-based, sustainable, 3D-printed ‘alt-steak’ product in June and plans to market-test it at high-end restaurants from later in 2020.
Delicious or disgusting? Experts clash over APAC’s insect-based food potential
Insects have been much-touted lately as a healthy, sustainable source of alternative protein, spawning a swarm of start-ups. But just how viable is the sector’s growth potential in APAC?