Power from air?
I’ve written before about “food from air” which is the food extension of the “power-to-x” trend in renewable energy. But of course you need the...
Category : Synthetic Biology
Plant Molecular Farming has its day in the sun
Growing animals in plants is the cutting edge of VC foodtech investment. Well, maybe not growing the whole animal, but parts of them. It’s called...
Norway invests in cellular agriculture
More governments are investing in research into new food technologies. Norway joins the list with the Research Council of Norway funding research into cultivated meat...
Palm oil replacement technology
Alternative fats and oils from non-genetically modified yeast from NoPalm Ingredients could replace palm oil. They’re not just a substitute for existing tropical oils as...
Bioengineered is not a dirty word!
Most people don’t care if a product is “Bioengineered” or not, that’s good news! We’re faced with feeding 10 billion people by 2050, a growing...
Genetic engineering isn’t a dirty word
Hooray! Thanks Elaine and Magi, an article that actually mentions that “genetically engineered” organisms are used rather than a euphemism like simply “engineered” or “precision fermentation” As Magi...
Growing cheese in plants?
Growing cheese in plants? That’s what startup Nobell Foods are doing; well they’re growing bovine casein in plants, soybeans to be exact. They came out of stealth...
Synbio will eat the world, and the world will eat synbio
As I’ve said before, “Synbio will eat the world, and the world will eat synbio” One of my favourite synbio ag companies, Pivot Bio, demonstrates this...
Clara Foods escapes the scale up Valley of Death
Simply the best, and the biggest. The inability to scale up kills the competitiveness of many new technologies. Not so for Clara Foods with their partnership...
Synthetic biology will eat the world
Synthetic biology company bit.bios new opti-ox™ platform could provide a major boost to cultivated meat production. This is because their system has the potential to significantly...