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Charity & Campaigns

World Vegan Day: Celebrating 80 Years of Veganism with a Spotlight on Plant-Based Cheese Innovations

The Vegan Society, the world’s oldest vegan charity, is celebrating its 80th anniversary today, marking World Vegan Day. The society was founded in 1944 by Donald Watson and five other non-dairy vegetarians, who sought to create a movement distinct from vegetarianism and coined the term “vegan.” Over the past 80 years, the vegan movement has grown significantly, with veganism now recognized as a protected philosophical belief in the UK. Vegan options are available in supermarkets, restaurants, fashion, and cosmetics in Europe and North America, and the offer is slowly increasing in other continents. To celebrate its 80th anniversary, the charity is launching a virtual reality campaign, “The Future is Vegan.” The campaign features an AI-created avatar of co-founder Donald Watson, guiding users through a virtual world to …

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Cheese Alternatives

Bolder Foods Showcases “Impressive” Mycoprotein Cheese Prototypes at Givaudan Event

Bolder Foods, a Belgian company using biomass fermentation to produce plant-based cheese alternatives, has showcased its new cheese prototypes to investors and entrepreneurs at an event hosted by Givaudan. The cheeses are made with Bolder Foods’ new MycoVeg technology, which blends fungal biomass with fermented vegetables. Tasters praised the creaminess of the products, describing them as “impressive” and “a very promising use of mycoprotein“. According to the company, the fungi used for MycoVeg is more hydrophilic than other mycoproteins, meaning it is highly water-binding and provides a very creamy texture. The news comes after Bolder Foods was named a semi-finalist in the 2024 FoodTech World Cup, which is sponsored by Givaudan. Bolder Foods co-founder and CEO Ilana Taub was also recently named an F&A Next …

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Bolder Food has unveiled MycoVeg, a semi-finished product crafted using mycelium and biomass fermentation.

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Fermentation

Belgium’s Bolder Foods Unveils Mycelium Ingredient to Create “Punchy Cheesy” Umami Flavors in Alt Cheese

Bolder Foods, a food tech company from Belgium, has unveiled its latest innovation for the alternative cheese space: MycoVeg. Mycoveg is described as a mycelium-based ingredient crafted with biomass fermentation that is said to deliver creamy, buttery, and elastic textures and “punchy cheesy” umami flavors in cheese alternatives. Bolder Foods says it will revolutionize alt cheese “one spore at a time” using nature’s secret weapon since its benefits to develop cheese alternatives are numerous. Firstly, its fermentation process is highly sustainable, requiring minimal growth resources. Secondly, mycelium is a nutritional powerhouse, providing fiber, proteins, and vitamins, enhancing the product’s nutritional profile; and lastly, it stands out for its excellent versatility in product development. Revolutionizing cheese with microbes Bolder Foods is headquartered in Brussels and has research …

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