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Blue Stripes has closed a $20 million Series B funding round led by Zintinus, The Hershey Company and Whole Foods Market, among others.

Burcon NutraScience Corporation has unveiled its Puratein canola protein isolate, targeting the burgeoning egg replacement market.

Hershey has signed a five-year agreement with nine cocoa cooperatives in Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa, to improve farmer livelihoods.

Sirio has invested €16 million in a dedicated packaging facility, with automated packaging lines, at its Pritzwalk campus near Berlin.

Dutch food firm Yespers is opening what it describes as the ‘world’s first’ total value factory, located in The Hague.

T. Hasegawa USA has introduced a new ‘Orange Juice Replacer’ that amplifies natural citrus profile and minimises raw ingredient use.

Kerry has introduced an Egg Reduction Guide designed to help manufacturers calculate the financial & environmental benefits of egg reduction

Angel Yeast is partnering with agricultural company PT Tunas Baru Lampung (TBLA) to set up a subsidiary in Indonesia’s Lampung province.

British retailer Sainsbury’s has become the ‘first UK supermarket’ to launch conventional mushrooms that have been grown without peat.

British supermarket Iceland has launched two new ready meals made with the ‘world’s hottest chilli,’ Pepper X.

Kerry is launching an Egg Reduction Guide; a unique tool for manufacturers to calculate the monetary and environmental savings.

Marine Biologics, a company focused on macroalgae innovation, has secured funding from the Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation.