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Swiss food-tech start-up Planetary has successfully raised around $28 million to support the growth of its global fermentation platform.

Celleste Bio has unveiled what it describes as the world’s first milk chocolate bars made with real cocoa butter produced using cell suspension culture technology.

Solar Foods has been granted a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering the production process of its protein ingredient Solein, using a microorganism discovered in the Finnish wilderness.

UK biotech manufacturer Clean Food Group has raised £4.5 million in fresh investment to accelerate the scale-up of its fermentation-based oils and fats platform.

JBS has opened a biotechnology centre in Brazil, focused on developing applied science across the food production chain.

Australia-based biomanufacturing company Cauldron Ferm has secured $13.25 million in a Series A2 funding round, bringing its total funding to $26 million.

Eternal.Ag has raised €8 million in fresh funding to accelerate the development and deployment of its AI-powered autonomous harvesting robots.

Novonesis is working with Technical University of Denmark (DTU)’s Bright Biofoundry, to accelerate the development of sustainable protein.

We speak to Armand Booij, international dealer support manager at Hanskamp, about how the company's CowToilet system offers potential for the dairy industry to reduce ammonia emissions.

Amyris has completed construction of a new production line at its flagship precision fermentation facility in Barra Bonita, Brazil.

Novella Innovative Technology has appointed nutraceutical industry veteran Antonio Martinez Descalzo as chief executive officer.

Swedish precision fermentation start-up Melt&Marble has secured self-affirmed GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe) status in the US for its MeltyMarble fat solution.