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UK Government Invests £15M to Establish Alternative Protein Innovation Centre With Global Reach

Two UK government funding bodies — the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and Innovate UK — have announced a £15 million investment into a new innovation centre for plant-based, cultivated, and fermentation-derived foods. The National Alternative Protein Innovation Centre (NAPIC), which will be hosted at the University of Leeds, will also receive £23 million of investment from public and private sector partners. The centre will be co-led with the James Hutton Institute, the University of Sheffield, and Imperial College London. At NAPIC, over 30 interdisciplinary researchers and 120 international partners will develop new alternative protein products and ingredients, along with investigating how they can be incorporated into consumers’ diets. Working with businesses, academia, regulators, and investors, the researchers will focus on four key …

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