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Enifer submits PEKILO mycoprotein for FDA GRAS review
Finnish biotech firm Enifer has filed for FDA GRAS review of its PEKILO mycoprotein, targeting U.S. food manufacturer partnerships.
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newswireMicroHarvest|
MicroHarvest Picks Leuna for 15,000-Tonne Microbial Protein Plant
MicroHarvest, the German biotechnology company producing protein ingredients through biomass fermentation using regional agri-food side streams, today announced that it has selected Industriepark Leuna (Saxony-Anhalt) as the location for its future production plant.
Read ReleasenewswireRWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria|
Proteins of the Future: RWA Launches Global Innovation Initiative
Agro Innovation Lab invites startups worldwide to join the Proteinnovation Discovery until the 24th of November 2025 – seeking fresh ideas for sustainable protein sources, processes, and products.
Read ReleasenewswireMicroHarvest|
First of Its Kind UK Partnership with THE PACK and MicroHarvest to Launch Microbial Protein Dog Treats
British animal-free pet food brand THE PACK and German biotech startup MicroHarvest today announce the launch of Gut Bites, a first-of-its-kind microbial protein dog treat for the UK market.
Read ReleasenewswireEnifer|
Enifer and FS Announce Partnership to Produce PEKILO Pet and Aqua Mycoproteins in Brazil From Corn Ethanol Side Streams
This collaboration marks the first deployment of Enifer’s proprietary fermentation technology in South America and the first use of corn ethanol side streams to produce a combined 500 tonnes annually of PEKILO®Pet and PEKILO®Aqua mycoproteins for pet food and feed.
Read ReleasenewswireBioCraft Pet Nutrition|
Carbon Footprint Analysis Finds BioCraft Pet Nutrition Ingredients Produce Fraction of Emissions of Conventional Beef Byproducts
The carbon footprint of BioCraft’s animal cell-cultured pet food ingredient is one-twelfth that of beef byproducts commonly used in pet foods
Read ReleasenewswireMicroHarvest|
MicroHarvest Protein Demonstrates Clear Palatability Edge in Pet Trials
MicroHarvest just released results from its latest pet palatability trials. The results? Both cats and small dogs overwhelmingly chose food made with MicroHarvest’s MPX microbial protein over standard kibble.
Read ReleasenewswireBioCraft Pet Nutrition|
BioCraft Pet Nutrition, Prefera Petfood Sign Pioneering Partnership on 99% Animal Cell-Cultured Pet Food
BioCraft Pet Nutrition, the first biotech company to develop animal cell-cultured ingredients for the pet food market, and Prefera Petfood, a specialist in premium natural wet pet food production, today announced a partnership to commercialize a hypoallergenic, nutritionally complete cat food made almost entirely from cell-cultured mouse.
Read ReleasenewswireBioCraft Pet Nutrition|
BioCraft Receives Registration to Sell Cell-Cultured Pet Food Ingredients in Europe
BioCraft Pet Nutrition, the first biotech company to develop animal cell-cultured ingredients for the pet food market, announced today it has received registration from the Austrian authorities to use Category 3 Animal Byproducts (ABP) in the European Union, enabling it to begin selling ingredients to EU pet food producers.
Read ReleasenewswireEnifer|
New Study: Enifer’s PEKILO Pet Mycoprotein 7X More Carbon Efficient Than Soy Protein
Finnish biotech company Enifer has released the results of its latest Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), determining the Carbon Footprint (CFP) of its proprietary mycoprotein ingredient, PEKILO®Pet. The study reinforces Enifer’s commitment to sustainability, revealing that PEKILO®Pet has an impressively low CFP, significantly lower than many common pet food ingredients.
Read ReleasenewswireEnifer|
New Study Shows Fungal Protein Highly Digestible for Dogs, Improves Gut Health
A new study by the Research Laboratory in Canine Nutrition (LENUCAN) at the Federal University of Parana (UFPR) in Brazil has found that Enifer’s PEKILO®Pet mycoprotein ingredient enhances dog health by increasing the prevalence of potentially probiotic bacterial genera and decreasing the prevalence of bacterial genera associated with certain cancers, as well as increasing the production of short-chain fatty acids
Read ReleasenewswireBond Pet Foods|
Hill’s Pet Nutrition and Bond Pet Foods Reach Milestone Toward Development of More Sustainable Protein for Pet Foods
Bond Pet Foods has shipped its first two metric tons of an animal protein created through fermentation to Hill’s Pet Nutrition, which will begin to formulate test products using the innovative, more sustainable ingredient for regulatory review and market evaluation.
Read ReleasenewswireBioCraft Pet Nutrition|
BioCraft Pioneers Use of AI in Cultivated Meat Development
BioCraft Pet Nutrition, the first biotech company to develop cultivated meat for the pet food market, today unveiled its new Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning tool that accelerates R&D to achieve optimal cell proliferation and nutrient production.
Read ReleasenewswireBioCraft Pet Nutrition|
BioCraft Expands Options for Pet Food Manufacturers with new Proprietary Chicken Cell Line
BioCraft Pet Nutrition, the first biotech company to develop cultured meat for the pet food market, announced today it has derived and characterized a chicken cell line for both cat and dog food, adding another meat ingredient to its portfolio that already includes cultured mouse meat.
Read ReleasenewswireBioCraft Pet Nutrition|
Because Animals Brings Cultured Meat to Pet Food Manufacturers Under New Name: BioCraft Pet Nutrition
Because Animals, the first biotech company to develop cultured meat for the pet food market, announced today it has rebranded the company as BioCraft Pet Nutrition as it shifts to working directly with pet food manufacturers interested in supply-chain stable, high-quality, sustainable, safe, humane cultured meat.
Read ReleasenewswireMicroHarvest|
MicroHarvest announces strategic partnership with Simon Capital to accelerate path to commercialization
Strategic partnership will provide MicroHarvest with invaluable expertise, accelerating the scale-up and manufacturing of its award-winning sustainable protein
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MicroHarvest announced as winners at prestigious 2023 BloombergNEF (BNEF) Pioneers awards
Company recognized as only European changemaker among the 12 winnersBiomass fermentation–based technology recognized as instrumental in driving the low-carbon transitionSustainable protein ingredient produced reduces required land use by 99%
Read ReleasenewswireLever VC|
Lever China Announces Investments in Six New Alternative Protein Companies
Lever China unveiled today early stage investments it has completed in recent months into six new alternative protein companies, expanding its portfolio to a total of 12 startups across plant-based meat and dairy, plant protein, precision and biomass fermentation, and cultivated meat.
Read ReleasenewswireLever VC|
Alternative Protein Investors Lever VC Announce USD $80 Million Final Close of Lever VC Fund I
Alternative protein venture capital fund Lever VC announced today it has completed final close of Lever VC Fund I with USD $80 million raised to back early stage plant-based and cultivated meat and dairy companies around the world.
Read ReleasenewswireFuture Food-Tech|
21 Innovators Advancing Alternative Proteins
At Future Food-Tech Alternative Proteins on June 22-23, the summit will spotlight twenty one game-changing solutions in the summit’s Start-Up Arena, Innovation Challenge Finale with Quorn Foods and Roquette, Start-Up TechHub, Fireside Chats and Step-Up to the Plate cooking demonstrations.
Read ReleasenewswireBond Pet Foods|
Bond Pet Foods Develops World’s First Animal-Free Chicken Protein for Dog and Cat Nutrition
Bond Pet Foods, Inc., the Boulder-based company working with biotechnology to make animal-free and protein-rich pet food, today announced the creation of the world’s first animal-free, cultured chicken meat protein for pet food applications.
Read ReleasenewswireEnough|
New first-of-its-kind zero-waste biorefinery project to produce proteins for food from feedstocks
Ten partners from industry and research launch a project (known as ‘PLENITUDE’) to build a first-of-its-kind, large-scale, integrated biorefinery facility to produce proteins for food from low-cost sustainable feedstocks.
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