Mosa Meat has announced that Bell Food Group, a leading European processor of meat and convenience foods, is expanding its stake in the company. It has invested a further €5 million, which will help Mosa […]
Canadian brand Nuts for Cheese has begun sourcing key ingredients for its vegan cheeses from Fairtrade-certified producers. This makes it the first ever dairy-free cheese brand to be certified as Fairtrade.
Australian company Veggletto has developed a healthy, plant-based alternative to eggs. The product comes in powder form and is nutritionally similar to conventional eggs.
UK pea milk producer, Mighty Pea, which uses yellow split peas in the creation of its beverages, has secured over £1M in funding from both its existing investor base and the UK Government’s Future Fund. […]
BlueNalu announced yesterday the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with Pulmuone Co. Ltd, a Seoul-based producer of traditional perishable foods such as tofu and bean sprouts. This move BlueNalu’s first collaboration in South Korea […]
Stray Dog Capital, a VC fund focusing on the investment of young plantbased brands, announces it has led an investment round for North Carolina-based producer of plant BBQ meat, Barvecue®, bringing a total in this […]
Noel Alimentaria, a Spanish meat producer that processes up to 2,500 kg (over 2.5 tons) of meat every hour, is expanding its previously vegetarian brand Nature to include 100% plantbased products including vegan veal, strips […]
Plant-based creamery Miyoko has won the first round in its lawsuit against the California Department of Food and Agriculture, in a dispute over labelling. The US district judge for the Northern District of California has […]
Japan’s IntegriCulture Inc., a cellular agriculture specialist, has completed a Series A fundraising round of JPY800 million (USD7.4 million) backed by Beyond Next Ventures, NH Foods, and AgFunder, amongst others. The amount raised totals JPY1.1 […]
Ittella International, formed in 2019, has merged with the special purpose acquisition firm Forum Merger II Corporation to sell plantbased convenience foods under the brand Tattooed Chef. The company will be listed on Nasdaq at […]
London-based Plant-Powered Positive Change movement, Vevolution, has announced a major change of direction. Along with the addition of vegan investor Michiel van Deursen, Vevolution is building a platform for plantbased investment, building on its popular […]
It has been revealed to vegconomist that IntegriCulture Inc. and Shiok Meats Ltd have officially entered into a collaboration to upscale Shiok Meat’s cell-based shrimp utilising IntegriCulture’s inexpensive cell culture technology which will effectively make […]
Canadian brand Oggi Foods first created a stir when it developed the first ever gluten-free pizza crust with rising air bubbles. But the company didn’t stop there on its mission to make pizza accessible to […]
Following rumours that the VBites production facility in Peterlee, England, had been forced into closure due to COVID; founder Heather Mills has defended her business, arguing that she has ‘put millions into the plant’ […]
Mainland China continues as a central focus for vegan industry as Beyond Meat announces the launch of its plant-based burger patties into Freshippo Markets, owned by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
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