FDA Clears Precision Fermentation Lamb Protein for Dog Food in First for Pet Nutrition Sector
Bond Pet Foods and Hill’s Pet Nutrition have secured a Letter of No Objection from the US Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Veterinary Medicine for Lamb Protein Yeast, a fermentation-derived animal protein ingredient developed for use in dog food. The clearance is the first FDA GRAS notice completion for a precision fermentation protein ingredient targeting the pet food market. The ingredient was developed through a collaboration between Boulder, Colorado-based …
Europe Gets Its First Complete Cultivated Meat Dog Food as FORZA10 and BeneMeat Debut Coolty Meat
Italian pet food brand FORZA10 has launched Coolty Meat, a wet dog food containing cultivated meat, unveiled this week at Interzoo 2026 in Nuremberg. Developed in partnership with Czech cultivated meat technology company BeneMeat, the product is described as the first complete dog food of its kind to reach the European market. Coolty Meat contains 26% cultivated meat derived from murine (rodent) cells, chosen for their amino acid profile and …
Agronomics Backs SuperMeat With $5M as Cultivated Chicken Push Targets Switzerland
London-listed investment company Agronomics has led a US$6 million initial closing of a Series A-4 round in Israeli cultivated meat company SuperMeat, contributing US$5 million of that total through the issue of new Agronomics shares rather than cash. Affiliated entity New Agrarian Company provided the remaining US$1 million in cash, with Milk & Honey Ventures and existing investors also participating. The round is targeting a total of US$10 million. The …
Cultimate Foods GmbH Files for Bankruptcy
The Berlin-based startup Cultimate Foods GmbH, a specialist in cell-cultured fat, has filed for bankruptcy with the Charlottenburg Local Court. By order dated April 30, 2026, a provisional bankruptcy administrator was appointed to assess the company’s financial situation and prospects for continued operations. It remains to be seen whether a restructuring is possible. Founded in 2022, the company specializes in the cultivation of animal fat. The fat is intended to …
California Cultured and UC Davis Team Up to Bring Lab-Grown Cocoa Closer to Market
Sacramento-based food-tech company California Cultured is collaborating with researchers at the University of California, Davis, to develop commercially viable cocoa produced via plant cell culture, with commercial powder production targeted for early 2027. The project, funded by grants from the National Science Foundation and BioMADE, focuses on reducing the cost of growing cacao cells in bioreactors. UC Davis scientists will work alongside California Cultured to optimize bioreactor design, improve cleaning …
Meatly Secures £10.4M Series A for 20,000-Litre Cultivated Meat Plant in London
UK cultivated meat company Meatly has closed a £10.4 million Series A round to fund construction of a 20,000-litre bioreactor facility in London, which would become the largest cultivated meat production site in Europe. Fit-out begins immediately, with product releases expected in 2027. The round brings total funding raised to £17.4 million, building on £7 million in seed capital from founding investor Agronomics and Pets at Home. Three new institutional …
Ovalbumin Patent Battle Narrows to Delaware as Wisconsin Court Drops Onego Bio Claim
A federal judge in Wisconsin has dismissed a lawsuit brought by Finnish precision fermentation company Onego Bio against The EVERY Company, ruling that the court lacks personal jurisdiction over the California-based defendant, AgFunderNews first reported. Parallel litigation in Delaware remains active. Background to the dispute The case originated in September 2025 and centers on a patent held by The EVERY Company covering ovalbumin production across a range of microbial hosts. …
MicroHarvest Expands European Pet Food Presence With 15 Products Due by Mid-2026
Hamburg-based MicroHarvest has confirmed more than 15 new pet food product launches scheduled for Q2 2026, as its fermentation-derived protein ingredient gains commercial traction across Germany and the UK. The company produces protein through biomass fermentation, feeding microbes on regional agri-food side streams in a 24-hour production cycle. The resulting ingredient is positioned as a low-carbon, hypoallergenic alternative to conventional meat proteins for cats and dogs, and is already on …
US Legislators Revive FAIR Labels Act With Tighter Restrictions on Alt Protein Labeling
A bipartisan group of US House and Senate members has reintroduced legislation that would impose federal labeling requirements on plant-based and cell-cultivated protein products, building on an earlier version of the same bill that circulated in 2024. The Fair and Accurate Ingredient Representation on Labels Act, known as the FAIR Labels Act of 2026, was introduced in the House on April 30 by Representatives Mark Alford, Mike Flood, and Buddy …
Solar Foods Secures €350,000 in EU Hydrogen Valley Project to Expand Solein Output
Finnish food technology company Solar Foods has joined BalticSeaH2, a large-scale EU-funded hydrogen initiative, receiving €350,000 to increase production capacity of Solein at its Factory 01 facility in Finland. BalticSeaH2 is a five-year project launched in June 2023 with a total budget of €33 million, of which €25 million comes from the EU’s Clean Hydrogen Partnership under RePowerEU. The consortium spans 40 partners across nine Baltic Sea countries and is …