Enifer secures €36 million in funding to solve the world’s soaring protein need with its proprietary mycoprotein

Another week has passed and we’ve been swamped with a plethora of fantastic feel-good stories from the world of alternative proteins: funding milestones, technical breakthroughs, regulatory submissions, companies emerging from stealth, and products hitting shelves!

First up, we were delighted to see that a friend of the platform from Israel has submitted its application for Regulatory Status Review to the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the first step towards regulatory approval. The approval, expected within six months, will enable the company to pursue its commercial plans to grow its transgenic potato plants in the USA through partners and local growers.

Meanwhile, there was an intriguing development in the field of cultivated meat, with a former meat industry veteran joining a Dutch producer of cultured meat. Who’d have thunk it? Throughout history, technology has helped many industries evolve and solve significant challenges in transportation, medicine, communications and food. This company’s new CEO expects cultivated meat to do the same, as an alternate solution to help feed a hungry world sustainably.

In funding news, a Finnish mycoprotein company announced the completion of a package that enables it to start constructing a unique food-grade mycoprotein factory, capable of producing up to 3,000 tons of its product a year, which is enough to cover the annual protein needs of approximately 40,000 people.

In Israel, scientists have discovered a way to express casein proteins in plant seeds that can grow abundantly through traditional field agriculture. The innovation allows for the expression of two or more caseins within a single plant via a novel approach to plant molecular farming.

Another friend of ours, a Swiss food tech company, is celebrating after its fermentation-derived plant-based steak has hit the supermarket shelves in Switzerland and Germany. This is good news for cows, consumers and the environment. Creation of the steak needs 97% less CO2e emissions per product weight compared to its animal counterpart!

That’s all we have room for this week, but don’t forget to keep checking our website daily for updates or follow our LinkedIn group page for the stories as they go live. We’ve grown to 3,000 followers in a matter of months so it’s a great way to have news fed direct into your feeds….

🥔 PoLoPo submits its SuperAA platform potato plant to USDA

🍄 Enifer secures €36 million in funding to solve the world’s soaring protein need with its proprietary mycoprotein

🌱🥩 Planted launches its innovative fermented steak onto the retail shelves Coop and REWE