Food and national identity
Everything filed under culture in our food trends coverage, the 71 reports filed on it so far.
UK launches cell-cultivated food export roadmap
The Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland have published a nine-step guide to help companies export cultivated meat to non-EU markets...
Flora Food Group Sells Latin American Spreads Business to Alicorp
Flora Food Group has sold its Latin American spreads operations, excluding Mexico and Brazil, to Peruvian firm Alicorp for $150.5 million.
Retail Playbook Aims to Boost Canada's Plant-Based Food Sales
World Animal Protection Canada has launched a strategy guide for grocers to grow the country's $1.4 billion plant-based food market by leveraging...
IntegriCulture secures Niigata investment for cellular agriculture
Japanese cellular agriculture firm IntegriCulture has secured undisclosed investment from Niigata Venture Capital to accelerate development of food...
FDA Approves Animal-Free Casein for Cheese and Nutrition
The FDA has issued its first 'no questions' letter for precision-fermented casein to Those Vegan Cowboys and Formo, validating the animal-free...
European Survey Finds Price and Clear Labeling Key to Food Tech Acceptance
A 2026 EU survey reveals most Europeans are cautious about new food technologies, but clear labeling and competitive pricing are decisive factors for...
Volare scales insect protein production in Finnish facility
Volare has completed a €15 million industrial-scale insect protein factory in Pori, Finland, with annual capacity for 5,000 tons of protein and 2,000...
HenArt Launches Levendo Dog Food with Mycoprotein
HenArt has launched Levendo, a complete dog food using Enifer's PEKILO mycoprotein, directly addressing a survey finding that 85% of dog owners...
Pinnacle Food Group ferments human lactoferrin without methanol
Pinnacle Food Group has completed the first bench-scale fermentation of its recombinant human lactoferrin yeast strain using a methanol-free process...
Better Dairy secures US GRAS for precision-fermented lactopontin
Better Dairy has completed a self-affirmed GRAS determination for its precision-fermented lactopontin, enabling its commercial use in US food and...
U.S. Food Safety Confidence Plummets to Record Low in 2026
Consumer confidence in the safety of U.S. grocery store food has fallen to a record low of 65% amid a historic Cyclospora outbreak and a surge in...
Omni launches functional dog food range
A pet health brand debuts complete dog foods with built-in joint, skin, and calming support, while two cultivated meat startups announce a...
EFSA pushes for AI and sandboxes to speed novel food approvals
The European Food Safety Authority admits its novel food approval process is too slow, averaging 30 months, and proposes an AI-enabled, human-led...
EFSA Seeks Expertise to Speed Cultivated Meat Approvals
The European Food Safety Authority is building in-house expertise on cultivated meat and precision fermentation to accelerate novel food safety...
Algiecel Launches Industrial Microalgae Facility for Fish Oil Alternatives
Algiecel has opened a new microalgae production facility in Kalundborg, Denmark, increasing its capacity nearly fivefold to supply pet food and...
FOOD FOUNDERS Studio closes €4 million funding round
FOOD FOUNDERS Studio secured an oversubscribed €4 million funding round backed by family offices and angel investors.
Wageningen University opens AI food innovation hub CIBIA
Wageningen University & Research has opened CIBIA, a timber-built AI-powered facility, to accelerate sustainable food innovations like alternative...
UK FSA issues third batch of cultivated meat guidance
The UK Food Standards Agency has published its third set of guidance documents for cultivated meat companies.
SciBridge AI toolkit aids FDA GRAS submissions
SciPinion has launched the SciBridge Safety Suite, an AI-enabled software that helps food producers quickly demonstrate ingredient similarity.
Biotech Open Platform launches precision fermentation facility
A €20 million industrial-scale precision fermentation facility has opened in Clermont-Ferrand, France, to help startups scale sustainable food...
Vegan Society of Ireland urges plant-based fund in Budget
The Vegan Society of Ireland is calling for a state-backed Plant-Based Food Fund and national strategy in Budget 2027.
UPP and Betta Choc Named Runners-Up at Global Food Tech Awards
UPP and Betta Choc were joint runners-up at the EMEA Global Food Tech Awards in London for turning broccoli waste and date seeds into scalable...
Gosh Expands Super Plants Range with Fibre-Rich Burgers
Gosh launches two high-fibre, whole-food veggie burgers into Tesco, responding to UK demand for protein, plant diversity, and minimally processed...
China's Pinggu Consensus Aims to Transform Food with AI
At the World Agri-Food Innovation conference, Chinese officials published the Pinggu Consensus, a six-point plan to green the food system using AI.