Aleph Farms Signs MoU With The Cultured Hub to Establish First European Production Base in Switzerland
Cultivated meat company Aleph Farms has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with The Cultured Hub, a joint venture by Migros Industrie, Givaudan, and Bühler Group. The agreement will see Aleph Farms establish its first European production base in Kemptthal, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland. According to the company, this will provide a capital-efficient, locally embedded way to bring its cultivated steaks (known as Aleph Cuts) to European markets. Furthermore, the …
Researchers in Switzerland Develop Cultivated Beef That is “Much Closer to Real Muscle”
Scientists at ETH Zurich in Switzerland have solved a long-standing problem in cultivated meat research by producing three-dimensional muscle tissue composed of thick fibers. The fibers were generated using precursor cells called bovine myoblasts. Though this process has previously been successfully carried out by scientists, the resulting fibers tended to be thin. The tissue developed at ETH Zurich is said to be much closer to real muscle, even at the …
Barry Callebaut Explores Cocoa Cell Culture Technology in Partnership With Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Leading chocolate producer Barry Callebaut has partnered with the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) to explore the potential of cocoa cell culture technology. Cocoa cell culture involves the cultivation of cocoa cells in a controlled environment, and has significant potential to improve the sustainability of the industry. It could also help to increase the resilience of cocoa supply chains, which have been affected by climate change and extreme weather. …
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MeliBio’s Bee-Free Honey Technology Acquired by Swiss Foodtech FoodYoung Labs
MeliBio, a California-based developer of plant-based honey alternatives, has been acquired by FoodYoung Labs, a Switzerland-headquartered foodtech company specializing in vertically integrated food innovation. The acquisition includes MeliBio’s Mellody® brand, along with its Generation 1 technology and associated intellectual property. FoodYoung Labs operates an innovation facility in Balerna, Switzerland, focusing on the development of snack bars, chocolates, spreads, baked goods, and frozen products. The company maintains a portfolio of house …
Cultivated Biosciences Rebrands to Cosaic, Introduces Unique Yeast-Based Ingredient
Cultivated Biosciences, a Swiss producer of yeast-based ingredient solutions, has announced that it is rebranding to Cosaic and launching a new product. The name is intended to evoke the word “mosaic”, bringing to mind the blending of several ingredients into one product. The rebrand comes as Cosaic, which was originally focused on pure fat alternatives, changes its approach to produce a more powerful ingredient. The company has just introduced Cosaic …
Food Brewer Raises Over $11M with Backing from Lindt & Sprüngli and Sparkalis
Zurich-based food-tech startup Food Brewer has secured new investment from Swiss chocolate manufacturer Lindt & Sprüngli and Sparkalis, the corporate venture arm of Puratos, as part of a CHF 5 million ($5.6 million) seed extension round. The investment brings the company’s total funding to CHF 10 million ($11.1 million), according to AgFunderNews. Food Brewer specializes in producing cocoa and coffee alternatives using plant cell culture, a process that involves selecting …
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Ever After Foods and Bühler Partner to Launch Commercial-Scale Cultivated Meat Production System
Ever After Foods, the developer of a proprietary technology platform for cultivated meat production, has announced a collaboration with Bühler, a global company producing processing equipment for foods and advanced materials. Together, the two companies will work to bring a commercial-scale cultivated meat production system to market. The system will reportedly allow for production at a ten-fold lower scale than existing technologies. “The global food chain faces significant challenges if …
Mosa Meat Files for Novel Food Approval in Switzerland
Just weeks after filing the EU’s first cultivated beef dossier, Mosa Meat has taken a similar step in Switzerland, seeking novel food approval with backing from Bell Switzerland. This application specifically covers cultivated fat, an ingredient designed to enhance plant-based products by adding rich, authentic beef flavor to items such as burgers and meatballs. The Dutch company states that cultivated fat can enhance plant-based foods by improving taste and texture. …
The Cultured Hub Facility Finally Opens, Positioning Switzerland as a Leader in Scaling Cell-Based Foods
The Cultured Hub has launched a “scale-up as a service” facility for cell-based foods in The Valley in Kemptthal, Switzerland, and celebrated its opening yesterday with the State of Play Cultured Foods 2.0 event. The Cultured Hub is a joint venture between three Swiss industry giants — Migros, Givaudan, and Bühler Group as first announced in 2021 — that aims to leverage their extensive food processing and product development experience to …
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Cradle Secures $73M to Revolutionize Planetary Health with AI-Driven Protein Engineering
AI biotech company Cradle has raised $73 million in a Series B funding round led by IVP and backed by Index Ventures and Kindred Capital, bringing its total funding to over $100 million. Based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and Zurich, Switzerland, Cradle was founded by ex-Googlers Stef van Grieken (CEO) and Daniel Danciu (CTO) in 2021 to make biology engineering more accessible and efficient with AI. Its team comprises machine learning …