Kokomodo Partners With Coop Switzerland to Explore Integration of Cultivated Cacao Into Confectionery
Cultivated cacao producer Kokomodo has announced a partnership with the chocolate company Chocolats Halba, which is a division of Switzerland’s largest retailer and wholesaler, Coop. The collaboration will explore the integration of Kokomodo’s cacao into sustainable confectionery products, evaluating the functionality, sensory performance, and scalability of the ingredient in industrial settings. The partnership is facilitated by Kickstart Innovation, a platform that accelerates the market adoption of breakthrough technologies through startup-corporate …
Re:meat Rebrands as Curve, Expands Beyond Cultivated Meat Into Industrial Protein Biomanufacturing
Swedish biotech startup Re:meat has adopted a new name, Curve, as the company shifts from a cultivated meat focus to a wider protein manufacturing platform intended for large-volume industrial use. The rebrand follows a year of funding activity and facility development as the team positions its technology for multiple sectors that depend on functional proteins. Curve’s work centers on modular bioreactor systems designed to bridge the gap between basic food-grade …
Noma and Novonesis Partner to Develop Biosolution-Based Foods Through Fermentation
Restaurant group Noma has entered a partnership with Novonesis, a global biosolutions company, to explore the role of microbiology and fermentation in developing new food products. The collaboration will focus on combining culinary innovation with scientific research to create new flavor profiles, textures, and applications for both professional and home kitchens. The project will initially center on the Noma Projects range, which produces pantry staples inspired by the restaurant’s fermentation …
Qorium Raises €22M to Scale Production of Cultivated Leather
Qorium, a Dutch biotech company producing cultivated leather, has secured €22 million in Series A funding. Participants in the round included Invest-NL, LIOF, Brightlands Venture Partners, and Sofinnova Partners, along with an influential group of high-net-worth individuals. The Invest-NL investment has been made under the European Commission’s InvestEU guarantee scheme. Qorium is currently installing new bioreactor systems at its Maastricht facilities and has already established several commercial partnerships. The company …
Fishway: “Cultivated Fish Offers a Way To Produce Real, High-Quality Seafood Independent of Wild Stocks”
Fishway is a Belgian food-tech company focused on producing cultivated fish biomass with nutritional value equivalent to traditional fish fillets. By isolating stem cells from fish tissue and cultivating them in bioreactors at room temperature, Fishway generates sustainable, high-quality ingredients for food applications. Annelies Bogaerts (PhD Biology) is the CEO of Fishway, and has 15 years of experience in cell biology within the biotech industry and has led programs from …
New Roundtable Will Discuss Creation of a Pan-European Regulatory Sandbox for Food Biomanufacturing
Think-and-do tank the Ministry of Future Affairs is preparing to host a policy roundtable to discuss a brief titled Closing the European Food Innovation Gap! A Framework for a Pan-European Regulatory Sandbox for Emerging Foods. The event will take place at the European Parliament in Brussels on November 12 between 13:00 and 15:00. It will be hosted in collaboration with Future Affairs Consulting and Enterprise Estonia. The roundtable will feature …
Pow.Bio, Bühler, and ATV Technologies Scale Up Continuous Biomanufacturing Platform to 3,000 Liters
Continuous biomanufacturing company Pow.Bio has announced the scale-up of its platform to 3,000 liters. The milestone was achieved in partnership with industrial solutions provider Bühler Group and industrialization accelerator ATV Technologies. The scale-up took place at ATV’s facility in Compiègne, France, and successfully produced three times more high-quality dairy protein than its equivalent fed batch process. The project demonstrates that continuous fermentation has the potential to be seamlessly integrated at …
WACKER Launches Bioengineered Growth Factor for Cultivated Meat
Chemical and biotech company WACKER has announced the launch of a new bioengineered growth factor specially developed for use in the production of cultivated meat. The growth factor is called Recombinant bovine FGF-basic Food, or FGF-2 Food. It is produced microbially using fermentation, and is free of animal-derived components. Described as highly purified, FGF-2 Food meets the Global Food Safety Initiative’s strict quality standards. When used in cultivated meat production, …
Report: 35% of European Consumers Are Open to Consuming Cultivated Meat
A new report by EIT Food’s Consumer Observatory has assessed the attitudes of European consumers to food products made using biotechnology. The results indicate that 35% of people are open to consuming cultivated meat, while almost 43% are willing to try precision-fermented dairy products. However, just 23% would consume 3D-printed food, while only 26% are open to genetically altered products. Younger consumers are the most willing to try food produced …
France’s Nutropy Raises €7M for Industrialization of Animal-Free Dairy Proteins
Nutropy, a French food tech company producing dairy proteins such as casein through precision fermentation, has raised €7 million in an oversubscribed funding round. The round was led by the Greek fund Big Pi Ventures and the UK fund Zero Carbon Capital, with participation from Beta Lab, Wyngate Inc., Desai Ventures, PVS Investments, and Novax (the growth investment arm of Axel Johnson). Nutropy has also received public financial support through …