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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.

Cargill has expanded its edible oil plant in Port Klang, Malaysia, adding a new speciality fats production line as part of a multi-million-dollar investment aimed at strengthening its global food solutions offering.

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.

Swedish biotech start-up Melt&Marble has raised €7.3 million in Series A funding, to scale production of its precision-fermented ‘designer fat’ ingredients.

Nordic Foodtech VC has announced the first closing of its second fund at €40m, with the final target size for the fund set at €80m. The...

Nutriswiss has carried out tests to determine the ideal process parameters for optimising the removal of contaminants in fats and oils.

Äio has successfully scaled production of its fermentation-made fats and oils to an industrial-level batch of 10,000 litres.

NoPalm Ingredients has achieved fermentation of oils and fats from food industry side streams to an industrial scale of 120,000 litres.

Valio has partnered with Swedish precision fermentation start-up Melt&Marble, to create ‘next-generation’ food products.