Alternative Proteins
This vegan blue cheese blew Good Food Award competitors out of the water. Then the dairy industry lobbied to have them disqualified
Something stinks in the world of cheese, but this time it's not the product – it's the sour grapes emanating ...
Eating plant-based is unhealthy? Taking a closer look at viral study that links heart problems to vegan diets
A new study on whether plant-based meat alternatives have cardiometabolic health benefits has led to a condemnation of vegan food ...
Novel plant-based meat alternatives are at times a better health choice than whole foods. Here’s a case for labeling
Plant-based alternatives to meat, cheese, eggs and yoghurt should be labelled and categorised more clearly to ensure people are aware of products that are ...
Taste test: How do lab-grown sausages compare to the real thing?
Consisting of 28% pork fat, bulked out with textured pea, chickpea, soy and wheat protein, these mini-bratwursts would happily sit ...
As Republican-led states across the US mull lab-grown meat labeling and bans, Britain moves forward with cell-based protein regulations
In the wake of several Republican-led states in the US pushing for a ban or limit on the sales of ...
Alternative animal milk on the rise: ‘By 2050, it’s possible we’ll have a choice between cow’s milk and camel’s milk in the UK’
If you’re living in Europe or the US, the idea of dousing your cereal in camel milk or cooking up ...
Impossible Foods company takes over cattle ranch, transforms it into soy, sunflower and other crops for plant-based meat production
Next battleground in US culture wars: Republican states advance bans on cell-cultured foods (Business Insider) ...
Next battleground in US culture wars: Republican states advance bans on cell-cultured foods
Move over, electric vehicles and gas stoves: A new product is taking center stage in the culture wars ...
Viewpoint: Banning fledgling lab-grown meat industry nothing more than ‘conservative nanny states prohibiting the voluntary consumption of products that mostly don’t exist yet’
Last year, the Agriculture Department approved some companies to sell lab-grown chicken; other lab-cultured meats (such as beef, pork and ...
Cows of the future: Bill Gates predicts that genetically modifying beef cows, with the help of AI, could help fight climate change
In a recent episode of his podcast “Unconfuse Me With Bill Gates,” the Microsoft founder offered the prediction that AI ...
Population growth, sustainability and the future of food
You are what you eat. Today, this famous saying comes bearing a question: What will we be eating tomorrow? ...
Viewpoint: Why recent setbacks won’t derail cultured meat revolution
Since Mark Post first introduced his cultured meat burger in 2013, the industry has attracted nearly US$3 billion in private ...
Want to improve cholesterol and blood pressure? Swapping out meat for plant-based alternatives may not provide heart health benefits, study suggests
In new research, published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, scientists looked at how diets containing real meat compare to ...
‘Affront to nature and creation’: Republicans launch war on lab-grown meat as a ‘liberal conspiracy’ even though it is not for sale yet
Cultured meat is the culture wars' newest bone of contention. Republican efforts to ban and even outlaw production of the ...
GLP podcast: Why some deaf people oppose curing deafness; The dark side of embryo screening; Should states ban lab-grown meat?
Groundbreaking gene therapies for deafness are coming online, but they're opposed by a surprising group of people—a subset of the ...
When can plant-based foods be described as ‘meaty’? France cracks down on plant based meat claims
In three months’ time, France will enforce a ban on the use of ‘meaty’ terminology for plant-based products ...
Iconic Oscar Mayer wieners will come in a plant-based version with a smoky taste later this year
If you wish there was an Oscar Mayer wiener that was plant-based, soon there will be one ...
As a bill to ban cell-grown meat makes its way through the Florida legislature, science researchers are divided on potential consequences
Legislation in states including Arizona, Alabama, Tennessee and West Virginia has emerged against cultivated meat in the last two months ...
Harnessing algae opens a new frontier in sustainable meat-like protein
Evidently, the need for alternatives to traditional meat and cheese has been a growing concern for health and the environment ...
Cell-based protein for your pup? Cultivated meat companies see large potential market in pet food
The pet food market is becoming a target for cultivated meat; a small number of lab meat producers are targeting ...
Want to sell cell-based meat in Tennessee? You’ll face a million-dollar fine in yet another chapter in the ‘long-running fight over the future of protein’
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared his support for banning a food product that barely exists — cell-cultivated or “lab-grown” meat — ...
Insect-based food is climate-friendly and packed with protein — but consumer resistance remains strong
Insect proteins have many advantages, from an environmental perspective, over cattle. According to the World Economic Forum (WEF), insect farming requires ...
‘Peach tree grown’ hamburgers? Marjorie Taylor Greene’s incoherent fulminations targeting cell-based meat highlight ignorance of right-wing science rejectionism
For some reason, a lot of conservatives have a knee-jerk negative reaction to lab-created meat. I checked the writings of ...
Kosher animals? Here’s why not all cellular-based meat will pass muster with Jewish law
From the perspective of Jewish law, lab-grown meat poses several novel questions, most obviously if it’s kosher. The short answer ...
Arizona joins slate of states pushing cell-based meat bans
Arizona, along with Florida and Texas, is the next state to propose stringent laws like censorship and bans for cultivated ...
Why gene editing could slingshot cell-based meat to economic viability
A shocking report from the University of California, Berkeley suggests that cultivated meat could reduce emissions by 96 percent. However, currently, the ...
Changing livestock diets: Here’s how crickets will help address agricultural sustainability challenges
During the late summer and early fall, you can hear the commotion in a customized, food-grade shipping container on the ...
