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Delicious at last: New proteins to revolutionize gluten-free baked goods

In the near future, bread could also come from the 3D printer

25-May-2023 - Daisies, peas, rapeseed & Co.: Researchers at the University of Hohenheim want to replace gluten protein with new alternatives. Instead of ovens, 3-D printers would be possible. Gluten is one of the largest natural proteins and has fantastic properties: It keeps a well-cooked dough airy until ...

Heura Launches Good Rebel Tech, a Multidisciplinary Scientific Approach to Redefine Plant-Based Food Manufacturing

Heura’s New Technological Platform Utilises Nutrient Dense Materials from Industry By-Product and Non-Utilized Plant Sources

10-May-2023 - Heura, Europe’s fastest-growing plant-based meat company, today launched Good Rebel Tech (G.R.T.), a new approach to food technology that will produce macro- and micro-nutrient dense foods in a sustainable manner that goes beyond what’s been technologically possible to-date. While there’s ...

Plant-based drinks offer opportunities for the Chinese market

13-Apr-2023 - The plant-based trend will continue to develop over in the next ten years under the influence of the two driving forces of health and environmental protection. Especially following COVID-19 outbreak, plant-based meat has become popular, which further supports this trend – consumers will focus on ...

Climate protection on the menu: WWF presents "eco food pyramid

How the official dietary recommendations could take into account environmental as well as health aspects

23-Mar-2023 - What would the official food pyramid look like if it took planetary boundaries into account in addition to health? The environmental protection organization WWF Austria has sought the answer with experts* from the University of Economics - and today presents concrete proposals for a reform of the ...

Being full and better mood through plant-based nutrition?

08-Mar-2023 - What influence do plant-based meals have on mood and on feeling full compared to animal-based meals? Neuroscientists at MPI CBS in Leipzig investigated this in three smartphone-based studies in over 400 university cafeterias across Germany and have now published their findings in the journal ...

Rebellyous Foods Raises $9.5M Equity Round

Investors Bank on Technology to Get Plant-Based Chicken to Price Parity

08-Feb-2023 - Food manufacturing technology company Rebellyous Foods announced today that it has raised a $9.5M equity round to build its novel production technology. Led by former aerospace engineer, Christie Lagally, Rebellyous Foods has developed patented technology that unlocks production at cost-parity ...

WWF fish stick footprint shows: plants are the better fish

Environmental impact of fish sticks nearly four times that of plant-based alternatives

08-Feb-2023 - A WWF analysis examines the life cycle assessment of ten fish stick products* and seven plant-based alternatives. Fish sticks are mainly made from Alaskan pollock or occasionally cod, while plant-based ones are made from soy and wheat. The results are clear: the environmental impact of fish ...

Startups now get up to €300,000 investment on the ProVeg Incubator programme

Applications open for upcoming cohort of alt-protein startups

02-Feb-2023 - The ProVeg Incubator, the world’s first and leading alt-protein startup accelerator, has increased the amount of investment it makes in startups that join its programme. Startups that join and complete the programme can now benefit from up to €300,000 investment, including €75,000 worth of ...

The Future of Plant-Based Food and Drink

20-Jan-2023 - The “plant-based” category is at a crossroads. The term “plant-based” has evolved from produce to something that is meant to replace animal meat and dairy (e.g. looks like a hamburger but is made with plants). Some argue that the term has been co-opted to give a health halo to highly processed ...

COVID led people to eat more plant-based foods – and stick with it

Pandemic triggered uptick in plant-based food consumption, ProVeg survey finds

21-Dec-2022 - A new report published today by global food awareness organisation, ProVeg International, has found that a significant number of people began eating more plant-based foods during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. The report, called “How did Covid-19 impact diets around the UK?”, also found ...