Plant-based food retail sales hit $5 billion
Kyle GaanPlant-based retail sales grew almost five times faster than total retail food sales last year, according to new SPINS data commissioned by GFI and PBFA.
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New partnerships are shaping the future of seafood
Jen LamyTo feed a growing global population safe and nutritious seafood for generations to come, we need to think outside of the box. BlueNalu's partnership with legacy seafood industry player Nutreco demonstrates how we can quickly and sustainably advance the plant-based and cultivated seafood industries.
UPSIDE Foods’ $161 million Series B is a turning point for the meat industry
Blake Byrne Nate CrosserThis new capital will allow UPSIDE Foods to fully fund its R&D plan, construct a pilot industrial-scale production facility, and prepare to bring cultivated meat to market.
GFI Brazil partners with Latin America’s first food tech hub
Felipe Barbosa KrellingLatin America has an important role to play in transforming the global food system. That's why GFI Brazil is partnering with FoodTech Hub Brazil, the first food tech hub in Latin America, to support the alternative protein market throughout the region.
BlueNalu makes a splash with groundbreaking cultivated yellowtail
Julia JohnIn a huge milestone for the cultivated seafood industry, BlueNalu has successfully produced whole-muscle portions of yellowtail fish fillet derived directly from fish cells.
Brazil’s Marfrig to export The Revolution
Raquel CasselliMarfrig, the world's second-largest beef company, and global agricultural giant ADM are expanding their partnership with the new plant-based meat brand The Revolution for both Brazil and the rest of the world.
Hooray for Sri Artham’s plant-based bacon!
Julia JohnAfter great success and record lines at the 2019 Good Food Conference, Hooray Foods is looking to expand production of their plant-based bacon to foodservice. Sri picked bacon because pork production is the second greatest agricultural source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States.
At Rebellyous Foods, Christie Lagally elevates plant-based chicken production
Julia JohnBy applying her engineering skills, Christie Lagally is upgrading plant-based production and making nuggets affordable and accessible to foodservices.
Van Cleve Seafood Co. dives into plant-based seafood
Jen LamyAs meat companies like Tyson and Smithfield have been increasingly diving into the plant-based meat space, the Van Cleve Seafood Co. very well may be at the forefront of a similar trend in plant-based seafood.
Eclipse just launched plant-based ice cream designed to overshadow the cow
Julia JohnPlant-based dairy producer Eclipse Foods has rolled out their first commercial product at gourmet ice cream sellers Humphry Slocombe and OddFellows in San Francisco and New York.
