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Sustainable fats and oils start-up Sun Bear Biofuture has completed its first successful production run at less than 10% of the industry’s average set-up cost, utilising its new £25,000 automated pilot facility.

Food-tech company Phytolon has secured $23.6 million in Series B financing to accelerate the commercialisation of its fermentation-derived natural food colours.

Myriameat has announced a new milestone in the cultivated meat sector.

Soufflet Malt and Ferments du Futur have launched a new research initiative aimed at developing next-generation food ingredients.

The EU Council has agreed to suspend customs tariffs for one year on key nitrogen-based fertilisers used in European agricultural production, including fertiliser inputs such as urea and ammonia.

The German government has published its new High-Tech Agenda including a Roadmap for Biotechnology, with a focus on accelerating alternative protein innovation.

Curve has partnered with AI and digital twin specialist Digital Tvilling to develop an integrated biomanufacturing platform aimed at reducing the cost of precision fermentation for proteins, food ingredients and functional additives.

Forty organisations from across the global food and agriculture value chain, including Carlsberg Group, Diageo, FrieslandCampina and Mondelēz International, have signed a declaration of intent supporting SAI Platform’s forthcoming Regenerating Together Programme (RTP).

Tate & Lyle has expanded its collaboration with food-tech company BioHarvest Sciences, broadening the scope of their project to include multiple plant-based sweetener molecules.

Vicky Grinnell-Wright, director of food tech and futures lead at Lloyds Corporate & Institutional Banking, suggests the UK reframes how it looks at food security to build resilience.

Vertical farming company Oishii has announced the first closing of a $150 million Series C financing round, supporting the scale of its indoor Smart Farm model as the company increases production.

Meatly has raised £10.4 million in Series A funding to support the construction of what it says will become Europe’s largest cultivated meat production facility.