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Bobby-Calf Protein Snack Wins Fieldays Award – and Sparks Fresh Calls for Cultivated Meat
Bobby-calf protein snack, Mīti, has walked away with a prized Fieldays 2025 Innovation Award, but the win has ignited backlash over New Zealand’s long-running bobby-calf dilemma and sharpened consumer curiosity about cultivated, bio-manufactured meat alternatives. Oamaru start-up Alps2Ocean Foods Tapui Ltd took the Early-Stage and People’s Choice trophies for a “world-first, shelf-stable, functional protein snack” made from surplus dairy calves – animals routinely removed fro
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Australians Say They Know About Cultivated Meat – But Fewer Are Willing to Eat It
Australia and New Zealand's food regulator, FSANZ, has released fresh numbers showing while awareness of cultivated meat remains steady, confidence in eating it hasn’t budged and for a country eyeing food-tech as its next big export opportunity, that’s a bit of a snag.
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Gen Z Brits Ready to Push Cultivated Meat into Mainstream says Poll
Britain’s Generation Z (16–30 years) are emerging as early adopters of cultured meat, marking a significant milestone for cellular agriculture. A new Ipsos Observer UK poll of 1,098 adults reveals 47% of Gen Z Brits would be willing to eat cultivated meat. That’s nearly half of young consumers open to ditching meat derived from living animals for something brewed in a bioreactor.
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Swiss Mandate Forces “Pain Notice” on Meat Labels - Could ANZ Be Next?
From next week, every Swiss steak, sausage, litre of milk or carton of eggs must reveal if the animal was castrated, dehorned, beak-trimmed, tail-docked or otherwise “worked on” without anaesthetic – a move the Swiss says will drag hidden suffering “out of the shadows and onto the shelf”. Imported products aren’t spared - exporters shipping into Zurich or Geneva will have to print the same bad news 'Pain Notice' on the pack.
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AltProteins 25 Cranks Up the Heat in Sydney And This Time, It’s Personal
Mark your calendars, future foodies. On 14 October, the Sofitel Wentworth in Sydney will become the unofficial HQ for bold moves, big questions, and even bigger protein ambitions as AltProteins 25 swings into town.
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Seven Cents to Change the Meat Game? Clever Carnivore Cracks Cultivated Pork Media Cost
In a move that will rattle both Big Meat and the deep-pocketed FoodTech set, Chicago’s Clever Carnivore just dropped a petrie dish and the cost of cultivated pork production media (the liquid cells are grown in) by achieving a new benchmark price of USD$0.07 per litre at pilot scale. No bovine serum. No pricey pharma vendors. Just some secondhand steel and a serious attitude adjustment to bioprocessing. What is more, no need for animal slaughter.
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$325 Billion Reasons the Global Alternative Protein Paradigm Has Already Shifted
According to a fresh forecast from InsightAce Analytic, the global alternative protein sector is set to explode from US$63 billion in 2025 to over US$325 billion by 2034. Yes, you read that right. That’s a fivefold growth curve in under a decade. If you were waiting for proof this protein change is real, this is it, fully plated, seasoned, and served.
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Japan’s Future Kitchen Takes Shape at Osaka Expo – 3D Printed Wagyu , Regenerated Rice & Soft-Serve
Japan Expo 2025 has thrown open the freezer door on the future of food and it’s nothing like grandma’s bentō box. From 3D-printed wagyu beef to rainbow-hued rice made from leftovers, Japanese consumers are getting a taste of tomorrow today.
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Cultivated Meat Hits Aussie Parliament Plates And It Could Change the World
Magic Valley hosted the country’s first-ever official tasting of cultivated meat at New South Wales Parliament, dishing up lab-grown lamb meatballs and pork dumplings to a crowd not known for their risk-taking palates: politicians.
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How Malaysia's Cell AgriTech is Quietly Building it's Meat Future by Charging the Chicken
The location? Cell AgriTech Malaysia’s first cultivated meat production facility. The message? This is how the protein transition actually happens. Not through TED Talks and Silicon Valley sermons, but by embedding next-gen protein into the rhythms of daily life. Meat and mobility, side by side.
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Catch of the Future as Wildtype’s Cultivated Salmon Makes FDA History
So here we are. The future just swam onto your dinner plate and all without fishing nets, mercury warnings, or eco-guilt. Wildtype, the San Francisco cultivated salmon start-up with a with serious a sushi-grade ambition, has just scored a historic FDA thumbs-up to sell cultivated salmon across the United States. Yes, that’s right, salmon grown in a lab, not the ocean. No sea lice, no overfishing, no drama.
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Meat-Free Made Easy - ANZ Could Be Next ?
The UK just hit launch on one of the boldest moves in plant-based yet - Meat-Free Made Easy. With over 40 brands on board, from Beyond Meat to Compass Group, the campaign aims to shift everyday eating habits through simple swaps, practical messaging, and collective muscle. Now, Australia and New Zealand might be next.
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