No-Pig Bacon Arrives as New Zealand’s Plant-Based Deli Market Finds Its Winners
At the Vegan Society's 2026 New Zealand Vegan Sausage & Deli Awards, Christchurch-based Harmless Food Co. claimed the Supreme Award with its new Plant Based Bacon, a product judges praised for its flavour, crispness and realistic texture before it has even reached supermarket shelves. The company also collected Gold awards for its Plant Based Steak and Fish Fillet, making it one of the standout performers of the competition.
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FSANZ Opens the Gate for Australia's Next Wave of Cultivated Foods
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.
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The UK Maps the Future of Food to 2035
The United Kingdom has become one of the first countries to publish a government-backed roadmap identifying the food technologies expected to shape its future food system over the next decade. Developed by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Food Standards Scotland (FSS), the report highlights precision fermentation, biomass fermentation, cellular agriculture, controlled environment agriculture, molecular farming, gas fermentation and several other emerging production systems
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Kiwi FoodTech Startup ANDFOODS Chooses China to Build Asia-First Supply
New Zealand food technology startup ANDFOODS has made a strategic decision that may signal a new commercial model for emerging food innovators. Instead of manufacturing its fermented whipped cream in New Zealand, the company has chosen to produce it in China—placing manufacturing alongside its target customers before its first commercial launch in Singapore.
Jun 262 min read
Coffee Is Just The Beginning of Plant Cell Agriculture
For decades, global food production has depended on fields, weather, water and increasingly fragile global supply chains. But a partnership between Israeli biotechnology companies Brevel and Coffeesai coffee suggests a very different future is emerging.
Jun 231 min read
Coles Backs the Next Generation of Food Innovation
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.
Jun 232 min read
An Underground Network - The Internet Beneath Our Feet
A new global study reveals arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi – microscopic fungi living in the soil – form an underground network stretching an estimated 110 quadrillion kilometres across the planet. Rather than one giant organism, it functions more like the internet itself with billions of interconnected local networks linking plant roots and exchanging nutrients, water and carbon.
Jun 191 min read
Waste Gas to Protein Could Be New Zealand’s Next Food Opportunity
A new generation of biotechnology is turning industrial waste gas to protein, opening up a potential pathway for countries such as New Zealand to expand food production without requiring additional farmland, freshwater or livestock.
Jun 172 min read
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