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Australian food tech outfit Nourish Ingredients has created Tastilux - an animal-free fat so convincing it could pass for the real deal in a blindfolded taste test. No cows, no pigs, no chickens involved. Just precision fermentation wizardry, a partnership with China’s Cabio Biotech, and a whole lot of science making your fake meat feel frighteningly real.

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.

Well, it’s official. Australia has just greenlit its first-ever lab-grown meat and it’s not beef, chicken or kangaroo. It’s quail. Cultivate

Frida, the brand best known for solving weird baby problems (like sucking snot out of tiny noses), has announced its next frontier - breast

While the US flexes its economic biceps with another round of tariffs on Chinese goods, on the ground in China, no one’s reaching for Americ

Aldi, UK has just dropped a supermarket-first in the form of Dubai Chocolate Style Ice Cream, riding the viral wave of Middle Eastern-inspir

Indonesia’s flexitarian food scene just got a whole lot smokier and smarter. Arik Thohari, the quietly persistent founder of Meatree, has tr

New Zealand’s own MOODI Soda is rewriting the rules of retail and rewriting them fast. In a remarkable turn for the fledgling Kiwi brand, M

Let’s be honest, we’re eating our feelings. Whether it’s the weight-loss wonder drugs, TikTok pistachio lattes, or that sudden urge to eat l

Sri Lanka’s once-mighty coconut export game has gone from boom to bust and fast. Factories are under pressure to stay operating, workers are

Let’s face it: the Earth’s undergoing massive changes, food systems are stretched, and half of what we eat is either soaked in guilt or ship

"New Zealand, meanwhile, seems stuck in regulatory limbo and risk-averse funding circles, unable to match the infrastructure or urgency".