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Investment Climate Podcast: Ori Cohavi and Yochai Maytal of Remilk Share How They Created Real Dairy Without Cows

November 21, 2025

In this podcast series, Alex Shandrovsky interviews investors about benchmarks for funding Alt Proteins in 2025 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 …

Milk & Dairy

Remilk and Gad Dairies Launch “The New Milk” Made with Dairy-Identical Proteins

November 10, 2025

Remilk, an Israeli company producing dairy-identical proteins without cows, has launched “The New Milk” in collaboration with Gad Dairies, a leading Israeli dairy brand. This product, which mirrors the taste, texture, and nutritional benefits of traditional cow’s milk, is produced using a unique fermentation process that does not involve animals. It is now available in select cafés and restaurants across Israel, with plans to expand into retail chains next month. …

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Animal-free dairy

Fermentation

7 Fermentation Companies Paving the Whey to a Cow-Free Dairy Industry

June 10, 2024

Following our recent summary of producers making alternatives to casein protein, below is a roundup of the companies using cutting-edge technology to make whey proteins with microbes; bypassing cheesemaking to retire cows from the dairy business. Whey proteins, derived from the whey or the liquid portion of milk that separates during cheese production, are known for their rapid absorption and high branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs), which play an essential role …

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Fermentation

Remilk Receives No Objections Letter for Sale of Animal-Free Milk Protein, Heralding “New-Dairy Revolution” in Canada

February 7, 2024February 5, 2024

Israeli biotech company Remilk announces that it has obtained Health Canada’s “Letter of No Objection,” allowing the use and commercialization of its animal-free milk protein called BLG within Canada. With this achievement, Remilk has become the first company to receive the green light in the country for a precision fermentation-derived protein. According to the announcement, Health Canada conducted a thorough evaluation and deemed Remilk’s animal-free protein safe for consumption. As a result, Canada …

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Company News

CPG Powerhouses Join Remilk to Create The New Cow-Free Dairy Industry

February 7, 2024June 22, 2023

Animal-free dairy startup Remilk announces the appointment of three CPG powerhouses to its Board of Directors, with F&B execs bringing track records of transformation, innovation, and breakthrough achievements. Alicia Enciso, recent CMO of Nestle USA; Floris Wesseling, former President of Danone Europe; and Pedro Padierna, former CEO and Chairman of PepsiCo Mexico, join the Israeli company bringing their experience, broad vision, and deep knowledge of the F&D ecosystem. Replacing animal …

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board of directors

Remilk to receive Israel's first marketing approval for a cell ag protein

Approvals

Remilk to Receive Israel’s First Market Approval For a Cell Ag Protein

February 6, 2024April 20, 2023

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Wednesday that an Israeli food tech startup was about to receive the green light to produce animal-free milk proteins, reports The Times of Israel. The PM did not name which food tech company would receive Israel’s first market approval for a cellular agriculture protein in the coming days. However, Tech12 reported Remilk as the permit receiver. Founded in 2019, Remilk has raised over $120 million …

Fermentation

This Week in Animal-Free Dairy: Whey Protein Startups Navigate the Industry Challenges

February 7, 2024March 3, 2023

This week, new developments from whey protein startups Remilk, Perfect Day, and emerging food tech Daisy Lab give us a closer look at some challenges these companies face to make animal-free dairy a reality. Remilk postpones plans for precision fermentation in Denmark Earlier this month, Remilk announced it had postponed its plans to build the “world’s largest full-scale precision fermentation facility” in Denmark. The Israel-based startup has now said that …

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Whey proteins

Cheese

Bold Cultr, General Mills’ Animal-Free Cream Cheese Venture, Closes After Losing Funding

February 7, 2024February 28, 2023

Animal-free cream cheese startup Bold Cultr has suddenly closed its doors, the company announced yesterday, following a “difficult” decision by parent company General Mills to deprioritize its funding. Revealing the news to fans on social media, Bold Cultr stated it began as a unique startup launched by G-Works, General Mills’ corporate venture studio, which was created to solve food-related consumer problems through experimental innovation. According to Bold Cultr, G-Works regularly …

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Fermentation

This Week in Alt Dairy News: Innovations Fuel the New Dairy Revolution

February 5, 2024February 24, 2023

This week in alt dairy news, featuring three new innovations from Oatly, Bored Cow, and Remilk. We note Oatly’s oat-based cream cheese launch, not in Sweden but in Philadelphia, where cream cheese is said to be born; Bored Cow launches Bored Cow Original, “the first milk alternative to do it all”; and Remilk’s whey proteins receive safety approval in important and dynamic markets. Dear readers, animal-free dairy is here to …

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Cheese

9 Global Food Tech Leaders Join Forces to Launch The Precision Fermentation Alliance

December 2, 2024February 16, 2023

Today, nine leaders in precision fermentation announce they are coming together to establish the Precision Fermentation Alliance, a new trade organization to promote precision fermentation as a solution for a more resilient and sustainable food system. Intended to serve as an industry voice for the precision fermentation industry, the group’s founding members include Change Foods, The EVERY Co., Helaina, Imagindairy, Motif FoodWorks, New Culture, Onego Bio, Perfect Day, and Remilk. …

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Precision Fermentation

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