The Protein Brewery’s Fermotein Wins EU Novel Food Authorisation as First Approved Mycelium Ingredient
Dutch food ingredients company The Protein Brewery has received European Commission authorisation to sell its mycelium ingredient Fermotein in the EU, becoming the first novel mycelium ingredient to clear the EU Novel Food framework. The European Commission adopted the Implementing Regulation on 17 June 2026, formally adding Rhizomucor pusillus mycelium to the Union list of authorised novel foods under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283. The regulation will enter into force 20 days …
EU Parliament Passes Plant-Based and Cultivated Meat Labelling Ban with Large Majority
The European Parliament has voted to ban a range of meat-related terms from use on plant-based and cultivated food products, concluding a legislative process that had been deadlocked since late 2025. The plenary vote passed 560 in favour, 75 against, and 25 abstentions. The regulation, part of a package of measures under the Common Market Organisation designed to strengthen farmers’ position in the food supply chain, formally defines meat as …
The EVERY Company Quadruples OvoPro Capacity After Orders Surge 550% in Four Months
The EVERY Company has agreed a manufacturing expansion with Bulgarian pharmaceutical group Huvepharma that will quadruple production capacity for OvoPro, its precision-fermented ovalbumin protein, following a period of sharp commercial growth. The agreement tasks Huvepharma’s manufacturing subsidiary, Biovet AD, with scaling output at its fermentation sites in Bulgaria, which hold over 9 million litres of installed fermentation capacity. According to the company, EVERY recorded annual orders in the first four …
Five Alternative Protein Companies Named in TIME’s World’s Top GreenTech Ranking
Five companies from the alternative protein sector have been included in TIME magazine’s second annual World’s Top GreenTech Companies list, published in partnership with data firm Statista. The 250-company ranking covers businesses across sectors, including renewable energy, carbon capture, mobility, and food technology, evaluated on environmental impact, financial strength, and innovation. Who made the list Israeli plant-based meat producer Redefine Meat earned the highest food-sector ranking, placing 22nd overall with …
Seprify: “Reformulating Away From Titanium Dioxide Is No Longer a Future Consideration but an Immediate Requirement”
As food manufacturers across Europe scramble to reformulate products following the EU ban on titanium dioxide, Swiss biomaterials company Seprify has developed a plant-based alternative derived from FSC-certified wood pulp. The Marly-based startup, which spun out of the University of Cambridge and the University of Fribourg, produces cellulose-based white pigments designed to replicate the opacity and brightness that titanium dioxide has long provided in food applications. The company recently closed …
Pow.Bio Joins WEF Technology Pioneers Cohort for AI-Enabled Fermentation Work
Alameda, California-based biomanufacturing company Pow.Bio has been named a 2026 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum, joining a cohort of 100 companies from 23 countries selected for their work in areas including artificial intelligence, advanced manufacturing, and the bioeconomy. The Technology Pioneers program, launched in 2000, brings together early-stage companies judged to have potential for broad industry impact. This year’s cohort spans sectors from health and energy to space …
Why Microbial Protein Keeps Failing at Scale, and What Researchers Say Has to Change
A paper published this week in Nature Communications by researchers at Imperial College London makes the case that the microbial protein sector’s repeated commercial failures are not primarily a technology problem, and that resolving them will require coordinated action on consumer psychology, regulation, and market infrastructure simultaneously. The paper, co-authored by Rima Gnaim, Hakimi Kassim, Lisa Neidhardt, Thomas Gassler, and Rodrigo Ledesma-Amaro, traces a pattern stretching back decades: technically viable …
Investment Climate Podcast: Jennifer Côté of Opalia Shares How to Get Funded in 2026
In this podcast series, Alex Shandrovsky interviews investors about benchmarks for funding Alt Proteins in 2026 and uncovers the investment playbooks of successful Climate Tech CEOs and Leading VCs. Podcast Host Alex Shandrovksy is a strategic advisor to numerous global food tech accelerators and companies, including alternative proteins and cellular agriculture leaders. His focus is on investor relations and post-raise scale for agrifood tech companies. This podcast is syndicated through …
Coefficient Giving Opens $10M Funding Call for Alternative Protein Taste Research
San Francisco-based philanthropic funder Coefficient Giving has launched a Request for Proposals (RFP) through its Farm Animal Welfare Fund, offering up to $10 million for research and development projects targeting the sensory shortcomings of alternative proteins. Applications are open until August 10, 2026, with awards to be announced on a rolling basis and no later than November 30. The fund has identified taste as the central barrier to mainstream adoption …
Cell Farmers Symposium Draws Cross-Sector Crowd in The Hague
The inaugural Cell Farmers Symposium took place on June 4 in The Hague, bringing together farmers, policymakers, scientists, and industry representatives to examine how cellular agriculture could integrate into existing agricultural systems. Organized by RespectFarms and the Province of Zuid-Holland, the event was held at the Provinciehuis Zuid-Holland. RespectFarms had designed the symposium specifically to position farmers as active participants in cellular cultivation, rather than bystanders to it. Speakers and …