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Consumers won't be buying cultivated foods in the form of cell-cultured duck next month, but Australia's food innovation pipeline may have just become much more interesting.

Australian supermarket giant Coles Group has awarded more than AUD$3.5 million to eight emerging food and agriculture businesses, signalling where one of the region's largest retailers sees future growth opportunities.

New Zealand did not lose a seaweed company. It lost a seat at the table of a rapidly emerging global methane-reduction industry. CH4 Global was established in New Zealand in 2019 with the goal of commercialising Asparagopsis seaweed as a methane-reducing livestock feed supplement. The technology works. Research has repeatedly shown methane reductions of up to 90 percent or more in cattle. Investors backed the company. Global demand emerged. International partnerships followe

The cultivated meat race has officially gone to the dogs. Italian petfood company FORZA10 has launched “Coolty Meat”, a complete dog food containing 26% cultivated meat supplied by Czech biotech company Bene Meat Technologies, unveiled this week at the global pet industry expo Interzoo 2026. The companies are calling it the world’s first commercially launched complete cultivated meat dog food, positioning the product as hypoallergenic, cruelty-free and planet-friendly.

Amazon doesn’t do “dabbling”. When it partners with a premium food retailer, history suggests it’s usually step one, not the end game. The new Amazon–Harris Farm Markets grocery tie-up in Sydney, Australia, looks tidy on the surface, same-day delivery, curated fresh food, Amazon Flex drivers, but beneath it sits a bigger question: is Harris Farm being quietly groomed as Amazon’s Whole Foods analogue for Australia?

“There’s never been a better time for ANZ artisanal food producers to enter the China market.” That’s the assessment from Iain Langridge, MD of In2AsiaExports, who has spent more than a decade helping premium international food and wine brands establish themselves across China’s fast-evolving and ever changing food landscape.

Australia is ending 2025 in full identity-rebuild mode, and food is the battlefield. According to new social and search data from Pureprofile and Quilt.AI, Australian consumers are loudly declaring the future belongs to them, their producers, their ingredients, their provenance lanes, with 81% of trending sentiment fixated on "Australian-made" goods and the cultural comfort of eating from their own backyard.

Victoria, Australia has just given plant-based protein a serious upgrade, opening a $12 million Plant Protein Hub and glasshouse at Agriculture Victoria’s Horsham SmartFarm. This isn’t a token ribbon-cut, it’s a fully kitted-out engine-room with shared labs, a test kitchen, analytical gear and grower access, built to turn lentils, chickpeas and field peas into the next wave of high-protein products.

Australia’s precision-fermentation scene just got louder. Eden Brew has landed a regulatory first with FSANZ officially accepting its application for assessment — the first precision-fermented milk protein ever to enter the ANZ regulatory system. For a market still arguing about whether next-gen dairy is “real enough,” this is the moment the science steps into the ring with the regulators.

Alejandro Cancino (ex Fenn Foods and The Aussie Plant-Based Co) has always been one of the few operators who shaped its rise with real integrity. While others chased supermarket space at any cost, he obsessed over renewable energy, responsible packaging, and carbon-neutral production, often putting principle ahead of profit. Now, after stepping back and spending time in Indonesia, he’s returned with something feeling far closer to his food philosophy: Murni, and a clean, shel

In a world of weather shocks and geopolitical tension, Cellular Agriculture Australia has thrown down the gauntlet — food isn’t just sustenance, it’s national security. Their new white paper “Made & Grown: The Future of Food Biotechnology & Biomanufacturing in Australia” argues that investing in biomanufacturing is no longer optional; it’s a sovereign imperative.

Ferrero is quietly reshaping the global nut map. The Italian confectionery giant, famous for Nutella and Kinder, has been planting thousands of hectares of hazelnut orchards across Chile’s Maule and Ñuble regions to guarantee supply for its spreads and chocolates. The South American orchards now complement Ferrero’s holdings in Italy, Turkey and the U.S., offering counter-seasonal harvests and greater climate security.