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A plant-based recovery? The Vegetarian Butcher's Hugo Verkuil on shifting diets during a pandemic

Business Green

Unilever recently set out its plan to significantly expand its plant-based range, with a view to securing €1bn in annual sales from alternative meat and dairy products within the next seven years. Three years ago, people who ate plant-based meat were the exception.

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Casein… from potatoes? Molecular farming startup Finally Foods emerges from stealth

AFN Sustainable Protein

“We are not aiming to supply the market with a mixture of casein proteins and other proteins from the host plant [unlike Moolec Science for instance, which plans to sell soy proteins with animal protein embedded in the matrix for ‘meatier’ meat alternatives].

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Why technology could make animals obsolete

AFN Sustainable Protein

Applying the latest technologies from biotech, tissue engineering, artificial intelligence, and food science, entrepreneurs are trying to create new animal-free products that are cheaper, healthier, tastier, and more sustainable. trillion dollar animal protein market [1]. We believe it traces back to four key trends. .