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Edonia, a food-tech start-up based in France, has raised €15 million to fund the industrial scale-up of its microalgae-based protein ingredient, Edo.

Venture studio Food Founders Studio has closed an oversubscribed €4 million funding round, supporting the development of innovative food-tech start-ups designed to address unmet needs across the food and beverage industry.

Those Vegan Cowboys has secured over €1.2m in subsidy through the EU-backed OPZuid programme, together with partners Interfood, HAS Green Academy and XXL Nutrition.

UK-founded premium soda brand Something & Nothing has secured $6.4 million in equity funding.

GEA is investing around $25 million to expand its Janesville campus in Wisconsin, US.

Arla Foods is investing more than €63 million to expand skyr and cottage cheese production in Germany and Sweden.

Cargill is investing more than $130m over two years to expand its poultry operations across Thailand and the Philippines.

PepsiCo is reportedly investing $1 billion into Colombia over the next five years, the country’s President Abelardo De La Espriella announced yesterday (28 September 2026) following a meeting with the company’s executives.

Arca Continental Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages has completed a $42 million expansion of its San Antonio, Texas, facility.

Asda has signed a 10-year supply agreement with UK grower Len Wright Salads worth approximately £250 million.

Schreiber Foods is set to invest more than £267 million to build a new process-cheese manufacturing facility in Carthage, Missouri, US.

Barcelona-based agri-business company Elian has welcomed the Spanish Development Financing Company COFIDES into its share capital with an investment of €40 million.