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Month: November 2021

Taste Republic Introduces Ravioli Featuring Plant-Based Sausage From Beyond Meat

Taste Republic continues to push what’s possible for gluten-free pastas with the introduction of “Plant-Based Sausage Ravioli,” featuring plant-based Beyond Sausage Italian Crumbles from Beyond Meat and Wisconsin cheese. With a focus on making gluten-free pastas that go head-to-head with…

Smartpress Releases Six Sustainable Signage Materials

Online printer Smartpress.com is celebrating National Recycling Day with six new eco-friendly sign substrates. Along with two existing sustainable signage materials, these new offerings give their customers a variety of green alternatives and bolster the carbon neutral printer’s socially responsible…

Temasek Establishes the Asia Sustainable Foods Platform to Accelerate the Commercialisation of Sustainable Foods in Asia

Temasek recently announced the launch of the Asia Sustainable Foods Platform to focus on addressing the challenges of scaling up the production of alternative proteins, as well as accelerating the growth of sustainable foods in Asia. The Asia Sustainable Foods…

SaladStop! Group, Asia’s First and Largest Healthy Food Chain, Closes Financing Round with Temasek, DSG, Vulcan, K3 and East Ventures

SaladStop! Group, the first and largest healthy food chain in Asia, today announced the closing of a SGD12 million series B investment round, featuring some of the most prominent investors in the region. The round, which was oversubscribed, was led…

Constellar Launches Singapore’s First Dedicated Exhibition Platform In Agri-Food Tech

Constellar has launched Singapore’s first focused exhibition platform for food production technology – Agri-Food Tech Expo Asia (AFTEA) – bringing together industry stakeholders in local and regional food production sectors to strengthen Asia’s food security and supply chains. The launch…

FHA-Food & Beverage Move to 5-8 September 2022

Informa Markets today announced that Asia’s leading industry event for food & beverage FHA-Food & Beverage will be moving from original date in March 2022, to 5-8 September 2022. Singapore Expo remains as the venue for the event. The 3rd…

Strategic Investors Cultured Seafood Investors LLC and Yi Sung Yong of Grain join Shiok Meats’ Oversubscribed Bridge Round

Shiok Meats, Southeast Asia’s first cultivated seafood & meat company, and the world’s first cultivated crustacean meat company, today announced the addition of two new, strategic investors – Cultured Seafood Investors LLC run by Sandiip Bhammer, a prominent investor in…

UPSIDE Foods Opens Cultivated Meat Engineering, Production, and Innovation Center (EPIC) As Next Step in Commercialisation Journey

UPSIDE Foods (formerly Memphis Meats), the leading company in the cultivated meat, poultry and seafood industry announced today the completion of its Engineering, Production, and Innovation Center (EPIC). The 53,000 square foot campus located in Emeryville, California, is the most…

Eat Beyond Portfolio Company Nabati Foods Expands Distribution in Asia and the U.S.

Eat Beyond Global Holdings Inc., an investment issuer focused on the global plant-based and alternative protein sector, is announcing that its portfolio company Nabati Foods has signed several new contracts to expand distribution of its products throughout Asia and the…

TurtleTree Raises US$30 Million in First Tranche of Series A Funding

TurtleTree has successfully raised US$30 million in the first tranche of their Series A funding, one of the largest investment rounds to date in Asia’s cell-based food sector. Rapidly gaining prominence for its novel use of cell-based technology in milk…