Nestle Trials ‘Cowabunga’ Animal-Free Beverages Made with Perfect Day Whey
Alt-dairy startup Perfect Day announces that Nestle has begun testing its first animal-free milk product, Cowabunga, in select Safeway stores in San Francisco. Made with Perfect Day’s fermented whey protein, Cowabunga Animal-Free Dairy Beverages is the first product collaboration between the two companies. Available in Original and Chocolate flavors, each 15 oz serving of Cowabunga contains 14 grams of fat and 250 calories, and is fortified with calcium and Vitamin …
Nestle Partners with Perfect Day to Trial Animal-Free Dairy in US
Nestle, the world’s largest publicly held food company, announces it is partnering with fermentation startup Perfect Day to explore the development of products made with animal-free dairy protein. The company will pilot its first product, an unnamed milk-like beverage, later this year at select stores, says Nestle. Created by Nestle’s R&D teams in Switzerland, the beverage contains Perfect Day’s animal-free protein and is identical to the whey protein found in …
“This Could Be Transformative” – The GFI Responds to Nestlé Entering Cultivated Meat Sector
Following the news as we reported earlier today that Nestlé has confirmed they are currently working on cell-cultured meat; The Good Food Institute (GFI) Founder and President Bruce Friedrich has said that the development could be transformative for the sustainable protein industry and the global food system. “It appears that Nestlé is positioning itself to be the first global food giant to market with a hybrid plant-based and cultivated meat …
Nestlé Confirms Cell-Cultivated Meat Rumours
In response to rumours circulating that Nestlé is to enter the cell cultivated meat category, as reported yesterday by Bloomberg et al; vegconomist today contacted the Nestlé head office in Switzerland and it has been confirmed that Nestlé Research in Lausanne is currently working with Future Meat Technologies in Israel, as well as several other startups as yet undisclosed. Last month, Future Meat opened what it claimed to be the …