AFN Sustainable Protein

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Protein-rich foods are in particular demand, and with the meat industry responsible for more than 15% of greenhouse gas emissions, innovators are finding alternative ways to give consumers what they want. Here’s a look at some of the most successful and mature innovative food startups across the category: Meal replacements.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Protein-rich foods are in particular demand, and with the meat industry responsible for more than 15% of greenhouse gas emissions, innovators are finding alternative ways to give consumers what they want. Here’s a look at some of the most successful and mature innovative food startups across the category: Meal replacements.

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Business Green

MAY 26, 2021

Unilever has announced a partnership with Scottish food tech start-up Enough in a bid to expand its range of plant-based food products, with the consumer goods giant eyeing growing demand for meat alternatives over the coming decades. Hilhorst added that plant-based food was "one of Unilever's fastest growing segments".

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Business Green

APRIL 8, 2021

Targeting individual consumer behaviours, or making greener brands aspirational, can create compelling campaigns that drive revenue and trigger sustainable behaviour change, writes Dentsu International's Anna Lungley. Creating a 'pull' for a more sustainable product is critical. Many organisations struggle to put this into practice.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

AUGUST 15, 2019

Food ingredients innovator Motif has raised $27.5 The rebrand emphasizes Motif’s plans to become a supplier of innovative ingredients to food innovators with a particular emphasis on its partnership with parent company Ginkgo Bioworks, the microbe manufacturer. Danone, Mars Inc, and Ingredion are founding members of the project.

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Greentown Labs

MAY 18, 2021

May 18, 2021 — Greentown Labs , the largest climatetech startup incubator in North America, and Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation (MCHC) have selected six startups for the KAITEKI Challenge that are innovating in the areas of alternative proteins, plastics, and packaging. Somerville, Mass.,

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Elemental Excelerator

DECEMBER 1, 2022

How do they confirm or challenge the areas we see as ripe for innovation? We asked our Directors of Innovation to weigh in. This is aligned with rising consumer demand for more sustainable products, as well as pressure for innovation to address supply chain disruptions , which were intensified throughout the pandemic.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 22, 2020

Amidst the growing awareness about our planet’s climate crisis , there is now a burgeoning need for more sustainable food resources. As such, startup business AKUA is set to enhance the sustainability of the snack industry with its product line of kelp-based jerky and pasta.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 25, 2022

New report reveals how retailers are committed to increasing their volume of sales of meat and dairy alternatives. per cent cheaper per kilo than comparable own-brand meat products. Similarly, UK supermarket giant Tesco's 'Plant Chef' range is now 11.6

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 2, 2020

5 things to know about California’s gas car sales ban Cities should track emissions from the goods they import Missing ingredients: How to accelerate the meat alternatives revolution Features Riffing on transportation trends (11:30) What’s the buzz in the work of fleet management? Innovation in textiles.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 2, 2020

5 things to know about California’s gas car sales ban Cities should track emissions from the goods they import Missing ingredients: How to accelerate the meat alternatives revolution Features Riffing on transportation trends (11:30) What’s the buzz in the work of fleet management? Innovation in textiles.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

AUGUST 5, 2019

With big-name CVC investors like ADM Ventures and Danone Manifesto Ventures, Sustainable Bioproducts is preparing to unveil new plant-based product offerings targeting what it describes as the white space in the plant-based segment. We think we will have a differentiated offering that will make us a very viable competitor in the space.”.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 27, 2020

Meat alternatives taste so good these days, you can even get them at restaurants and fast food chains. One company is hoping to Redefine Meat…and it may just succeed. ” Transforming plants into steak might sound like science-fiction, but it is an innovative approach to shaking up the meat industry.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 20, 2020

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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AGreenLiving

JUNE 8, 2021

Overall, businesses creating all sorts of meat alternatives raised $3.1 Alternative meat, dairy and egg products make up more than half of that, at $2.1 “We want to offer people the best plant-based meat alternatives in terms of taste, texture, flavor and nutrition,” Pohl said.

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Business Green

AUGUST 7, 2020

A major new report from the Environmental Defense Fund asks some challenging questions about the limited progress the agricultural sector has made in tackling its out-sized climate and biodiversity impacts - and offers some invaluable guidance on how up its sustainability efforts. The EDF guide is divided into two parts.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 22, 2021

Thankfully, there are many opportunities to improve the sustainability of your catering services, whether it be how the food is sourced, prepared, transported or served. This article covers the how-to’s of sustainable catering for business owners looking to green their operations. Source Locally From Sustainable Suppliers.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 27, 2020

Healthy soil is critical for environmental sustainability, food security and the agricultural economy — even large food companies are starting to fold soil health efforts into their sustainability programs as they understand the impact it has on creating a viable, cost-effective supply chain. . percent year over year. Pull Quote.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 9, 2020

By comparison, creating a plant-based pork substitute is a more sustainable process. According to the Impossible Foods website, “Animal agriculture uses a tremendous amount of the world’s natural resources,” particularly land, water and energy.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

Since then, meat industry players have shifted from emphasising the supposed sustainability of organically-produced meat to painting meat as an answer to ecological challenges like climate change. Meat companies themselves have also stepped up their climate-friendly advertising.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

APRIL 2, 2024

Finally Foods —an Israeli molecular farming startup producing dairy proteins in potatoes—has emerged from stealth with pre-seed funding from The Kitchen FoodTech Hub by Strauss Group and the Israeli Innovation Authority. Founded by Dr. Basia J.

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Business Green

JULY 29, 2020

Back in Europe, Unilever has built a $94m innovation centre in the Netherlands. Housing 500 employees, it focuses on plant-based innovations for brands like Hellman's and Knorr. They are drastically scaling-up and skilling-up their capacity to research and develop plant-based alternatives to meat and dairy.

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Business Green

MAY 12, 2021

Investment in the nascent field topped $350m - almost double the entire cumulative investment in the sector - and the number of alternative protein companies grew by 43 per cent to 76, a report by the sustainable proteins non-profit launched this week estimates.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

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. Even if they’re moderately successful, they’ll have an opportunity to capture a meaningful portion of the $1.5

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 27, 2020

Healthy soil is critical for environmental sustainability, food security and the agricultural economy — even large food companies are starting to fold soil health efforts into their sustainability programs as they understand the impact it has on creating a viable, cost-effective supply chain. percent year over year.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

OCTOBER 10, 2019

(If you include seafood in your definition of meat — jury out over here at AgFunder! T he CEO of major meat alternative producer Monde Nissin, Henry Soesanto , also invested alongside Chinese agri-foodtech VC Bits x Bites, Tyson Ventures, and Manta Ray Ventures, a UK-based venture capital firm. ” Fatty focus.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Improved Nature , a Raleigh, NC-based protein and meat alternative innovator, has raised $3 million in a convertible note round led by Concentric Capital. The company’s products include the Improved Meat portfolio, that “mimics meat in all cooking methods and forms of distribution,” according to the website.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Improved Nature , a Raleigh, NC-based protein and meat alternative innovator, has raised $3 million in a convertible note round led by Concentric Capital. The company’s products include the Improved Meat portfolio, that “mimics meat in all cooking methods and forms of distribution,” according to the website.

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