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For decades, the stone or kernel hidden inside an apricot stone has had a rather complicated reputation. Now Austrian food-tech company Revo Foods is turning this unlikely raw material into a fermented, high-protein food headed for supermarket shelves.

Sri Lanka’s processed-food exports are emerging as one of the strongest areas of the country’s merchandise trade, providing evidence manufacturers are capturing more value from local agricultural ingredients rather than relying entirely on commodity exports. Previously reported by PFN.

Steakholder Foods is taking its Perfecta range into American retail - betting whole cuts, marbling and better texture can bring consumers back to plant-based meat. Plant-based steaks - filet mignon, marbled steak and chicken breast are moving onto supermarket shelves in the United States as Israeli food-tech company Steakholder Foods begins the first commercial retail rollout of its Perfecta Premium Plant-Based Meat range.

Vegetables marketed as “fruit-type” produce are booming in China, commanding substantially higher prices even as conventional fruit prices weaken. The emerging category - premium "fruit" snack food - includes cucumbers, sweetcorn, carrots and other vegetables selected for sweeter flavour, thinner skins, crisper texture and easy snacking. The word “fruit” is intended to suggest produce that can be eaten conveniently and enjoyably—rather than describe any new botanical category

A new protein-scoring system has looked beyond protein grams to assess what foods deliver for people, household budgets and the planet. The result puts one familiar plant food firmly on top. Tofu has been ranked the best all-round protein source in a new protein test combining nutrition, affordability, availability and environmental impact.

For centuries matcha was inseparable from Japan. Now its extraordinary global popularity is beginning to create something Japan has encountered before with other prized agricultural products: a successful food becoming an international category that other countries want to produce.

Israel’s Soglowek is moving beyond its traditional meat business by acquiring 70% of Plant & Bean Thailand, signalling ambitions to become a global protein company, not simply a larger plant-based meat producer.

Launched recently, SunRice Protein+ is ready-to-heat jasmine rice infused with animal-derived collagen, lifting protein content to at least 10g per serving. SunRice research among 2,000 US adults found 78% regularly question whether they're getting enough protein, while 65% are attracted to protein-enhanced staples if taste and texture remain intact.

A mushroom growing unexpectedly from a forgotten apple might normally end up in the compost. In China, it ended up being crossed with a fungus that had traveled into space and developed into a potential new food variety.

New Australian research suggests better advertising won't necessarily persuade meat eaters, the category first has to deliver convincingly on taste, quality and value. The plant-based meat industry may have spent too much time trying to find the right message when the bigger challenge is the product proposition itself.

Rabobank's Succession 2050 report signals biotechnology, precision fermentation and value-added nutrition are moving from the fringe to the centre of New Zealand's food future economy.

One of the world's most respected food judging panels has again recognised a growing number of plant-based products at the 2026 UK Great Taste Awards, reinforcing a trend that is becoming increasingly difficult for the wider food industry to ignore.