$10.4m Precision Fermentation Push Could Fuel New Zealand’s Future Food Exports
Precision fermentation just scored a $10.4 million boost from the Endeavour Fund, with AgResearch leading a five-year programme to turn pine pulp and other local side-streams into high-value food proteins and ingredients. Framed as a low-emissions bioeconomy pathway, the project is designed to convert forestry waste into scalable, export-ready ingredients that sidestep livestock emissions and feed into the next generation of sustainable foods .
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Sri Lanka’s Miditer Goes Fully Plant-Based at Fine Food Sydney
This South-Asian pioneer is charting a clear departure from Sri Lanka’s traditional commodity-centric exports. Instead, Miditer is leaning into tiered, value-added opportunities—transforming tropical raw material heritage into branded, certified organic, health-forward FMCG ready for global shelves. With certifications like USDA Organic, EU Organic, BRCGS, Kosher, and ISO 22000 backing its supply chain, Miditer is packaging provenance, sustainability, and functionality into a
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LILO, FLCK & Friends Hit Fine Food Australia Expo as Plant-Based Squad Arrives Hungry
They’re cool, clean, and coming in coconut-covered, brain-boosting, and ham-free. A handful of plant-based innovators are either exhibiting at or circling this year’s Fine Food Australia Expo in Sydney and they’re not just tagging along for the free samples.
2 days ago1 min read
AI’s Best Friend? Plant-Based Dog Food Gets a Brainy Boost
US-based innovators like Wild Earth and Jiminy’s are using artificial intelligence to formulate plant-based dog food, tailored, traceable, and totally alt-protein. From plant-based blends to insect-derived kibble, the future of pet nutrition is being cooked up in a lab, not a slaughterhouse.
2 days ago1 min read
Alt Meat Isn’t Dead - It’s Forecasted to Feast Through 2034
Contrary to clickbait claims and global meat industry 'spin' that Alt meat has collapsed, new market projections show the plant-based meat market is not just stable, it’s scaling.
3 days ago1 min read
The Rise and Rise of Miso Tasty
At the centre of this shift is Bonnie Chung, founder of Miso Tasty, who openly credits Jamie Oliver for showing her how to market miso with simplicity and confidence. His stripped-back tuna + miso recipe eight years ago turned a struggling startup into a supermarket fixture, and his recent use of Miso Tasty on Eat Yourself Healthy has reignited attention.
3 days ago1 min read
Lidl GB and Its Plant-Based Surge With 694% Growth and Counting
Forget cautious targets, Lidl GB has blown past its 400% goal for plant-based sales with a staggering 694% surge since 2020. What’s driving it? Not just the meat-free burgers and sausages, but an appetite for whole-food staples like pulses, grains, tofu, and falafels that outperformed meat substitutes by nearly 20%.
3 days ago1 min read
Redefine Meat Fires Up the British Summer BBQ
Something unusual happened on UK's Ocado this August. Redefine Meat, the Israeli alt-meat brand built on chef-grade cred, surged +248% in searches week-on-week. That’s not just a blip in a vegan niche, that’s a mainstream summer signal. The reason? It was BBQ season in the UK, and shoppers wanted burgers and koftas looking, cooking, and searing like the real thing, but without the cow.
4 days ago1 min read
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