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Bel Group has announced a €16.7 million investment to expand its cheese production facility in Vietnam, doubling capacity to 20,000 tonnes per year

ADM is expanding its US flavours and colours capabilities with a $26 million investment into its Erlanger, Kentucky, US, campus.

The investment, made through a convertible note as part of a wider funding round, will support All G’s scale-up of lactoferrin produced via precision fermentation

Müller UK & Ireland has set out the next phase of investment at its Skelmersdale site in West Lancashire, proposing a number of changes to production at the site.

Om Mushrooms, a US-based functional mushroom company, has secured a $6.5 million line of credit from JPalmer Collective.

L Catterton has announced the acquisition of Good Culture, a rapidly growing cottage cheese brand, in a deal valued at more than $500 million.

Danish industrial biotech company EvodiaBio has raised €6 million in a new funding round to accelerate expansion across European, North American and Asian markets, as well as to broaden applications of its fermentation-based aroma technology within the beverage sector.

Swiss food ingredient start-up Yeastup has officially opened its first industrial-scale production facility, marking a significant milestone in the commercialisation of brewer’s yeast-derived proteins and fibres.

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Harmony Baby Nutrition, a biotech company specialising in infant formulas inspired by human milk, has received $5.9 million (BRL 30 million) in funding from Ação Conjunta FINEP–BNDES Chamada Pública 755.

Balchem has made a strategic investment aimed at enhancing its production capabilities for advanced microencapsulated technologies in the food ingredients market.

Australian biotech innovator All G is accelerating its entry into the global speciality protein market through a joint venture with France-based bioactives leader Armor Protéines, alongside the close of a $6.6m convertible note round.