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Ingredion has partnered with Swiss biotech start-up Cosaic, aiming to enhance the taste and texture of animal-free foods and beverages using Cosaic’s yeast ingredient.

GEA has announced it is constructing a large-scale mixing plant for flavour production for Symrise, at the flavour producer’s main production site in Holzminden, Germany.

With food waste now a central focus at COP30 in Brazil, smart technologies and automation are set to play a crucial role in tackling the problem, explains Maxwell Harding, CEO and founder of digital ordering platform Dynamify.

Kääpä Biotech, a Finnish start-up specialising in functional mushroom ingredients, has successfully secured a €9 million strategic investment.

Natural colours supplier Oterra has teamed up with Swiss materials innovator Seprify to launch a plant-based white colouring that can replace titanium dioxide in food and beverage applications.

Tetra Pak has officially opened its new Product Development Centre for Powder Process and Technology in Cholet, France.

Remilk, an Israel-based precision fermentation company producing dairy proteins without animals, has partnered with Gad Dairies to launch The New Milk – a cow-free milk alternative identical in taste and functionality to conventional dairy.

Angel Yeast has inaugurated its new, automated yeast protein production line at the Baiyang Biotechnology Park in Yichang, Hubei, China.

Food-tech start-up Atlantic Fish Co has closed its seed financing round, raising $1.2 million to accelerate development of its cultivated seafood platform.

Pow.Bio has scaled its continuous biomanufacturing platform to 3,000 litres at ATV Technologies’ facility in Compiègne, France, marking a major milestone in the industrial validation of its technology.

Bühler has announced the launch of CompactMix, a new solution for spreads, fillings and coatings in chocolate and confectionery production.

The Every Company has secured $55 million in Series D funding to expand manufacturing capacity and advance commercialisation of its precision-fermented egg proteins.