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Business of Food & Beverage

Cultured Meat Hits ‘Pause’

May 3, 2024
One year after the first approval of cultured chicken in the U.S., no factory-grown meat product looks close to commercialization. So when?
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Business of Food & Beverage

Cultured Meat, Part of a Global Conspiracy, Banned in Florida

May 3, 2024
Gov. Ron DeSantis signs a bill “to stop the World Economic Forum’s … authoritarian goals” – or maybe just to protect ranchers in that state.
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Ingredients

The Elephant in the Room: Flavoring Protein Foods

March 25, 2024
Protein-based foods have advanced, but often taste lags. Here are some technical strategies and tips for using plant, dairy and novel protein ingredients.
Animal Proteins

Snakes on a Plate? Study Shows Python Meat a Low-Effort, Sustainable Protein Source

March 15, 2024
Pythons raised as livestock in Asian farming operations were found to be low-effort producers of a significant amount of meat per animal, according to research.
Business Wire
New Food Products

Kraft Heinz Debuts Plant-Based Oscar Mayer Hot Dogs and Sausages

March 6, 2024
NotHotDogs and NotSausages are the newest products from the 2022 joint venture between Kraft Heinz and TheNotCompany.
Courtesy of Meati Foods
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Careers

Meati Foods Reducing Workforce by 13%, Shifting New CFO into CEO Role

Feb. 20, 2024
Just two weeks after joining the company, Phil Graves will become CEO and the company will attempt to “right size its workforce.”
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Alternative Protein

Upside Foods Halts Plan for New Illinois Cultivated Meat Plant

Feb. 16, 2024
Cultivated meat company will ease off the gas pedal and redirect efforts toward expanding its current facility in California before building a new production facility.
Alternative Protein

Believer Meats Add Three C-Suite Executives

Feb. 8, 2024
Cultivated meats company adds experienced leadership to help advance further along its commercialization growth curve.
People on the Move

Meati Foods Names New CFO, Touts Experience Balancing Sustainability, Financials

Feb. 5, 2024
Phil Graves, former exec from Wild Idea Buffalo Co., Bass Pro Shops and Patagonia, joins the mushroom-based "meat" producer.
Courtesy of Upside Foods
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Animal Proteins

Upside Foods Selects NW Chicago Suburb for New Cultivated Meat Plant

Sept. 14, 2023
The Berkeley, Calif., company’s new 187,000-square-foot facility is expected to eventually produce more than 30 million pounds annually.
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Alternative Protein

Alt-Protein Processor Unlimeat Boosts Expansion into U.S. Marketplace

Sept. 5, 2023
Building on Albertsons debut earlier this year, Asian alternative protein brand will launch products in four natural and organic stores in the West.
Courtesy of Meati Foods
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People on the Move

Meati Foods Adds Former Believer Meats, OSI, Cargill Exec to its Board of Directors

Aug. 30, 2023
Meat and alternative protein industry veteran Nicole Johnson-Hoffman lends her expertise to the alternative protein processing company.
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Plant Protein

Plant-Based Meat Alternatives Held Back by Fading Consumer Interest, Higher Prices

Aug. 15, 2023
CoBank report says plant-based meat alternatives have reached a tipping point after peaking in 2020, when consumers were more curious and had discretionary money to spend.