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Butter Chicken Without The Bird? India’s Future Food Revolution Is Already Being Served Up
If you think India’s future food scene is all about lab coats and Silicon Valley suits, think again.The next big biryani, the next luscious kebab, the next cheesy naan might be made with zero cows, zero chickens, and zero guilt and it’s all happening in kitchens and labs you’ve probably never heard of. This isn’t just about trendy food swaps or eco-virtue signalling. It’s about survival.
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Five Iconic Plant Food Restaurants Defining Melbourne’s Dining Ethos in 2025
Melbourne’s vegan food scene in 2025? It’s not a trend. It’s the table. As more diners ditch the steak and chase the umami high of truffle, tamale, and woodfired cauliflower, a handful of iconic plant food restaurants are shaping the city’s culinary DNA, one daring, dairy-free dish at a time.
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The Green That Wouldn’t Die as Israel’s Mankai Rises from the Ashes
On October 7, 2024, the world watched in horror as Israel's Kibbutz Be’eri came under senseless attack. Lives lost. Hostages held. Families shattered. And for the team behind one of Israel’s quiet agricultural marvels - Hinoman’s Mankai - everything they’d built was left in ruins. The greenhouses once housing one of the world’s most efficient crops were torched. Gone in hours.
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The End of the Imitation Game Future Plant-Based Meat Isn’t Trying to Be Meat
New data from the Good Food Institute (GFI) reveals a sobering truth that most people who try plant-based meat don’t stick with it. But that’s not the real story. Look closer and you’ll see the shift away from mimicry, away from bleeding patties - toward something more interesting - plant-based protein products not pretending to be meat at all.
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Spirulina Smoked Salmon Goes Commercial After EU Nod and $4M Boost
A new wave of seafood is hitting the shores and this one never swam a day in its life. Israeli FoodTech firm SimpliiGood by AlgaeCore Technologies is officially scaling commercial production of its plant-based spirulina smoked salmon made entirely from spirulina, the vibrant green microalgae best known for smoothies, supplements, and now, apparently, seafood.
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EARTH Is an Anagram of HEART, So Cook a Meal That Doesn’t Require an Alibi
And here’s a wild thought - EARTH is an anagram of HEART. Coincidence? Maybe. But let’s run with it. Because something is changing, not fast enough for the forests or the fish, but enough to whisper perhaps, just perhaps, we’re learning to eat with our hearts again. This isn’t just wordplay — it's a shift in planetary intimacy.
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No Gums. No Stabilisers. Just Next-Gen Protein Built for Earth, Ready for Mars
What if your protein was clean enough for your body and smart enough for space?
That’s the proposition behind Pureture, the next-gen protein biotech outfit quietly scaling a next-gen yeast-based casein with no gums, no stabilisers, no emulsifiers, just functionality, purity, and real-world performance.
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Bio-Manufacturing or Bust as Aussie Scientist Slams ANZ for Sleeping on $30 Trillion Opportunity
Bio-manufacturing isn’t just for lab nerds and VC types. It’s the quiet force about to rewrite how we produce food, cosmetics, clothing, and even your future protein shake. Dr James Ryall, an Australian-based consultant and former Chief Scientist at VOW Foods and long-time insider in the cellular agriculture space, closed out the 2025 CellAg Symposium in Nelson with a rallying cry - Australia and New Zealand are sitting on a goldmine and doing nothing.
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From NZ to Tokyo as Nutrition from Water Drops Anchor with Japan’s Protein Kingpin
Portugal-based Kiwi startup Nutrition from Water™ (NXW) - founded by New Zealander Alex Worker - has just signed a deal with Nissei Kyoeki, one of Japan’s long-standing protein import royalty. Together, they’re launching NXW's Marine Whey, a next-gen protein brewed not from cows, but from the sea. Yep, it's protein. From water.
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Feeding 10 Billion? NZ’s CellAg Symposium Says the Science Is Here, But Who’s Paying?
Can cellular agriculture feed 10 billion people by 2050? That was the big question behind New Zealand’s first in-person CellAg Symposium, held in Nelson and hosted by Plant & Food Research. Nearly 70 scientists, engineers, founders, investors, and regulators came together from across New Zealand, Australia, and beyond to chart the future of food and what’s needed to get there.
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VCs Love Future FoodTech But Just Not When Women Are Behind It
In Israel’s booming future FoodTech sector, where everything from lab-grown tuna to AI-designed proteins is being cooked up, women are doin
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REVO Foods Launches EL BLANCO a 3D-Printed Cod Packed with Omegas and Zero Ocean Drama
Austrian based, Revo Foods just dropped EL BLANCO, a 3D-printed cod dupe so brain-boosting and buttery it might make your omega-3 supplement
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