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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.

Mocco's Jeasy brand received the accolade of Best News/Start-up Business 2025 and was recognised as a finalist for Technology Innovation at the esteemed World Beverage Innovation Awards. In this piece, Steinar Knutsen, a product developer at Mocco, shares further insights.

Food-tech start-up Cosaic has announced a successful $6 million seed funding round, led by DSM-Firmenich’s investment arm, to accelerate scale-up of its yeast fermentation platform.

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

French plant-based cheese producer Jay&Joy has raised €2 million in funding to support its growth in the UK and Europe.

Italian start-up Foreverland has raised €6 million in funding to support the international expansion of its cocoa-free chocolate alternative, Choruba.

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

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.

Those Vegan Cowboys, a Belgian start-up specialising in precision fermented dairy, has celebrated record-breaking progress since launching its crowdfunding campaign last week.