Plant-based meat producer Impossible Foods Inc. said it raised $200 million in its latest funding round, bringing the total investment raised by the company to nearly $1.5 billion. The new investment will be used for research, product development, international operations and other core functions, the company said in a statement.

Consumers in the Chinese city of Shenzhen have been urged to exercise caution when buying imported frozen food after a surface sample of chicken wings from Brazil tested positive for coronavirus, according to a statement from the local government.

Fans say the process is more flexible and sustainable than traditional agriculture. Cellular agriculture, also known as lab-grown meat, sounds like it should be created in a space-age laboratory. The process is actually much simpler. Cellular agriculture uses real animal cells that are grown in a stainless-steel tank known as a bioreactor. The process can be used to produce a product that resembles chicken, beef, pork and other meats.

Designing and building the 42,500-square-foot plant that has been making Good Catch plant-based seafood since May was enough of a challenge, but coronavirus made it much more complicated. Gathered Foods Executive Chair Chris Kerr still hasn't seen the place that has consumed a great amount of his thoughts and actions for the last two years, $20 million of his company's funds, and 42,500 square feet in an industrial park in Heath, Ohio.

Avena Nordic Grain, part of Finnish food industry group Apetit, has developed a new, sustainable, plant-protein-fibre ingredient: BlackGrain from Yellow Fields. FoodNavigator learns more about the unique ingredient’s nutritional and functional characteristics.