Future of CBD and lab meat approvals hinges on Labour support
FSA chair Susan Jebb told a behind-closed-doors meeting that ‘competing priorities’ and concerns over the initial cost could kill off its proposals
This valuation plummets and founders take cash off the table
The £20m Series C round valued This at just £50m, a significant fall from a £150m valuation during the Series B fundraising in 2022, The Grocer has learned
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Fuel10k founder Barney Mauleverer launches £10k Future of Food competition
The fmcg entrepreneur said the Future of Food event planned for November would be a cross between Dragons’ Den, TedX Talks and the Model UN
Lab-grown steaks and cricket salads could replace Sunday roasts by 2054, Co-op predicts
Cricket salads, English olives and Surrey-grown avocados – experts predict what our meals will look like in 30 years
Are 3D-printed foods ready for the mass market?
After much hype, 3D printing technology is finally hitting retail shelves. So how much mileage is there in a mass-market proposition?
Redefine Meat’s Simon Owen on rescue dogs, spiders and The Bear
‘One thing I would change in grocery is the inequality of price and margin expectation between meat and plant-based’
Chris Packham on taking his environmental crusade into grocery
The TV presenter has little time for the NFU and is also targeting the ‘catastrophic’ salmon fishing industry. But he believes a new rice brand can help make a difference
Eight great British food tech startups and scaleups about to change the world
The UK is home to a raft of innovative startups vying to create the next global game-changer in food technology
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Mosa Meat raises €40m as it readies lab-grown beef launch
The business will use the money to further scale up production processes and prepare to launch its cultivated beef to consumers in Singapore
Vegan Food Group’s founders on building ‘the vegan Unilever’
VFG has come a long way since serving up vegan fried chicken from a York restaurant. It’s now on the acquisition trail and fighting the UPF narrative
Shicken wins further multimillion backing from Matthew Glover’s Veg Capital
The brand will use the £4m cash injection to scale up manufacturing capacity and ‘realise the global potential of its restaurant-quality range’
Can FSA shake-up make the UK a leader on lab-grown meat?
Plans to speed up regulatory approval could affect lab-grown meat, novel foods and CBD – but some argue the move will come too late
Meatly claims world first with lab-grown chicken petfood
The innovation was created in collaboration with Meatly’s first brand partner, Omni
Finally, France moves to ban ‘meaty’ names in plant-based
In three months’ time, France will follow South Africa and Italy in banning the use of ‘meaty’ terminology to describe plant-based products, says Joanna Blythman, food journalist and author of Swallow This
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Heura turnover boosted by Waitrose listing in 2023
Plant-based brand Heura has boosted turnover by more than 20% to €38.3m (£32.8m) in 2023, helped by growth of 81% in the UK as its listing in Waitrose bolstered the Spanish-headquartered business
New ‘dairy descriptor’ rules are anti-consumer and incoherent
Apparently, calling something ‘not milk’ or ‘an alternative to milk’ might mislead Brits into thinking it is in fact… milk, says Bryan Carroll, UK general manager of Oatly
Beyond Meat shares rally as vegan brand plots higher prices and better margins
Shares in Beyond Meat have shot up by 45% as the plant-based foods group signalled a move to raise its prices and highlighted improving margins as a result of cost cutting