Ethical concerns drive embrace of plant-based proteins — but not cultivated meat

Ethical concerns drive embrace of plant-based proteins — but not cultivated meat

Flora Southey | Food Navigator | 
The ultimate success of cell-cultured meat depends on consumer acceptance. What factors are driving, or hindering, uptake? Consumer studies indicated ...
Latest CRISPR food innovation: Nutritionally super-charged lettuce

Latest CRISPR food innovation: Nutritionally super-charged lettuce

Flora Southey | Food Navigator | 
[PhD student Yarin] Livneh's most recent research is leveraging gene editing technology CRISPR/Cas to... improve the nutritional quality of an ...
The world’s most popular banana variety is under threat of extinction — and genetic engineering solutions are blocked. Here are alternatives.

The world’s most popular banana variety is under threat of extinction — and genetic engineering solutions are blocked. Here are alternatives.

Oliver Morrison | Food Navigator | 
Since the 1990s a new strain of the fungus TR1 (or panama disease), which wiped out the Gros Michel banana ...
Animal-free real dairy products are beginning to roll out

Animal-free real dairy products are beginning to roll out

Elaine Watson | Food Navigator | 
General Mills moves into the emerging ‘animal-free’ dairy category with a brand called Bold Cultr – a lactose-free cream cheese ...
‘Lab grown coffee can be a reality’: Cell-derived coffee on the horizon as demand for java soars, exceeding global supply

‘Lab grown coffee can be a reality’: Cell-derived coffee on the horizon as demand for java soars, exceeding global supply

Flora Southey | Food Navigator | 
Coffee is the third-most drunk beverage in the world, behind water and tea, and global consumption is on the rise ...
‘Hybrids are coming’: Cell-cultured and plant-based meat blends are in development

‘Hybrids are coming’: Cell-cultured and plant-based meat blends are in development

Flora Southey | Food Navigator | 
From soy-based sausages to pea protein burgers, the plant-based category is booming. According to EU data, Europeans’ consumption of plant-based ...
Most plant-based proteins are made from soy. From microalgae to fermented fungi, these surprising sources are bringing us the faux meat of the future

Most plant-based proteins are made from soy. From microalgae to fermented fungi, these surprising sources are bringing us the faux meat of the future

Oliver Morrison | Food Navigator | 
What will take on the ubiquitous soy and pea?​ As well as chickpea, other plant proteins have come to the ...
Cow methane ‘burps’ are one of the largest contributors to carbon emissions. Could bovine genetic selection reduce climate change impacts?

Cow methane ‘burps’ are one of the largest contributors to carbon emissions. Could bovine genetic selection reduce climate change impacts?

Oliver Morrison | Food Navigator | 
Using genetics… scientists have isolated the gene in cattle which causes excess methane production. Through selective breeding, it claims this ...
Edible wood? By tapping into the ‘natural genetic potential of microorganisms’, tree waste can be transformed into food-grade protein

Edible wood? By tapping into the ‘natural genetic potential of microorganisms’, tree waste can be transformed into food-grade protein

Katy Askew | Food Navigator | 
The protein sector is squeezed between the drive to reach net zero emissions by 2050 – required if global warming ...
Viewpoint: Cell-based meat on sale in Europe within 3-5 years? While the rest of the world innovates in food technology, politics and bureaucracy paralyze EU

Viewpoint: Cell-based meat on sale in Europe within 3-5 years? While the rest of the world innovates in food technology, politics and bureaucracy paralyze EU

Flora Southey | Food Navigator | 
[In December 2020,] Singapore became the first country to authorise the commercialisation of cultivated meat.​ Understandably, Europeans want to know ...
‘Compassionate caviar?’ Cell-based fish egg technology could make an exclusive food accessible to everyone — and reduce our carbon footprint

‘Compassionate caviar?’ Cell-based fish egg technology could make an exclusive food accessible to everyone — and reduce our carbon footprint

Oliver Morrison | Food Navigator | 
Caviar is renowned as an exclusive luxury typically only enjoyed by champagne-swilling elites in five-star suites or on-board first-class flights ...
Fermentation and sustainability: Synthetic biology poised to bring us dairy-free milk and cheese that taste like the real thing

Fermentation and sustainability: Synthetic biology poised to bring us dairy-free milk and cheese that taste like the real thing

Natasha Spencer | Food Navigator | 
Fermentation​ is a type of biotechnology that uses microorganisms to create a chemical change that can produce food additives and ...
'Cell-based fish is a logical answer': With improved nutrition and lower CO2 emissions, cultivated fish can sustainably satiate our growing appetite for seafood

‘Cell-based fish is a logical answer’: With improved nutrition and lower CO2 emissions, cultivated fish can sustainably satiate our growing appetite for seafood

Oliver Morrison | Food Navigator | 
[Berlin-based startup Bluu Biosciences] claims that producing cell-based fish without harming the ecosystem and at competitive prices can make a ...
'Blissfully unaware’: Many food manufacturers don’t realize new GM labeling law applies to them and are unprepared for end-of-year deadline

‘Blissfully unaware’: Many food manufacturers don’t realize new GM labeling law applies to them and are unprepared for end-of-year deadline

Elaine Watson | Food Navigator | 
Compliance with the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard (NBFDS) – which requires firms with annual sales of >$2.5m to label ...
Processed food doesn’t necessarily equal unhealthy food, study finds

Processed food doesn’t necessarily equal unhealthy food, study finds

Katy Askew | Food Navigator | 
Classification systems that categorise foods according to their ‘level of processing’ have been used to predict diet quality and health ...
Honey without bees? A synthetic version that mimics the 'real thing' could be available in 2021

Honey without bees? A synthetic version that mimics the ‘real thing’ could be available in 2021

Elaine Watson | Food Navigator | 
MeliBio, the Berkeley-based startup claiming to make real honey without bees, has closed $850,000 in pre-seed funding as it gears ...
GM canola, soybean don’t harm biodiversity, 15-year Japanese government study finds

GM canola, soybean don’t harm biodiversity, 15-year Japanese government study finds

Pearly Neo | Food Navigator | 
According to the report by the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), [to] date no sign of any ...
US consumers still prefer beef to plant-based meat on nutrition and taste, survey shows

US consumers still prefer beef to plant-based meat on nutrition and taste, survey shows

Elaine Watson | Food Navigator | 
[A] 79-page report​​ - commissioned by the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board and written by Glynn Tonsor and Ted ...
Milk without cows: Thanks to fermentation, future dairy products might originate in a lab

Milk without cows: Thanks to fermentation, future dairy products might originate in a lab

Flora Southey | Food Navigator | 
The industrial dairy industry is one of the biggest emitters of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the world.  In a study​ ...
CRISPR-edited eggs offer novel way to eliminate slaughter of newborn male chicks

CRISPR-edited eggs offer novel way to eliminate slaughter of newborn male chicks

Elaine Watson | Food Navigator | 
[Most consumers] are blissfully unaware that the egg industry also slaughters billions of animals every year, but not to put ...
Golden Rice could illegally make its way to India as country struggles to stay 'GMO free'

Golden Rice could illegally make its way to India as country struggles to stay ‘GMO free’

Pearly Neo | Food Navigator | 
India has traditionally been a ‘no-GMO’ country, a status recently reinforced when the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India ...
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Will we ever eat lab-grown meat? Infant industry faces technical hurdles and fickle consumers

Elaine Watson | Food Navigator | 
Blood, sweat and tears are a given, but we’ll also need to see significant movement in the price and availability ...
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Glyphosate-tainted honey? New Zealand honey industry rejects ‘sensationalized’ coverage of pesticide safety report

Pearly Neo | Food Navigator | 
The New Zealand honey industry has refuted recent claims of its products being unsafe for consumption in the wake of ...
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Could food of the future come from ‘microbial protein factories’ instead of plants and animals?

Elaine Watson | Food Navigator | 
Could a suite of microscopic microbial protein factories (yeast, bacteria, fungi, algae) give plants and animals a run for their ...
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Cheese without the cow: Could bioengineering produce animal-free dairy products?

Pearly Neo | Food Navigator | 
Australian-US firm Change Foods is creating cheese from scratch using bio-engineering technology, claiming that their products will hold an advantage ...
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Biotech experts push back after week-long protest to block Philippines Golden Rice approval

Pearly Neo | Food Navigator | 
Golden Rice is any rice variety that has been genetically modified to include two genes (from maize and soil bacteria) ...
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Cavendish banana faces extinction. Can scientists save this staple before it’s too late?

Katy Askew | Food Navigator | 
Pests and diseases are threatening Cavendish bananas with extinction. Dutch university Wageningen and plant research company KeyGene are jointly joining ...
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Canada’s demand for GMO Impossible Burger grows as consumers cut meat from diets

Mary Shoup | Food Navigator | 
Responding to “overwhelming demand” in Canada, the Impossible Burger will be available this year in a wider variety of restaurants ...
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