Aleph Farms teams with The Cultured Hub to scale cultivated meat in Europe

Plenty to catch up on this week in the world of protein innovation.

A major step toward the US market could be on the horizon as a novel single-cell protein edges closer to securing regulatory approval. If successful, this could open the door for an entirely new class of sustainable foods, highlighting just how quickly regulatory landscapes are shifting.

Back in Europe, we’re seeing momentum on multiple fronts. One of the region’s biggest retailers has just rolled out a plant-enriched meat range, aiming to nudge consumers toward a more balanced protein mix without demanding radical changes to their diets. At the same time, ingredient innovation is moving forward with the launch of a clean-label egg replacer designed for baked goods. Functionality and simplicity remain the focus here – could such solutions help speed up reformulation at scale?

Cultivated meat, as ever, is a hive of activity. Plans are underway for a new European production site in Switzerland, while further north, Scandinavia is preparing to open its first dedicated cultivated meat facility. Add to that a fresh injection of funding to scale barley-based growth factors, and you get a sense of how infrastructure and enabling technologies are rapidly aligning to bring cell-cultivated meat closer to the mainstream.

And let’s not forget fermentation. A new wave of funding is heading toward hybrid mycoprotein foods, with the goal of bringing nutritious, sustainable products to Nordic consumers. With so many players focusing on complementary technologies, could hybrids be the bridge that connects innovation with consumer acceptance?

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