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Center for vaccine development at baylor college of medicine, weve been developing low cost protein vaccines, the ones that the big pharma companies are not interested in. and then about a decade ago we began working on coronavirus vaccines, and now weve been able to pivot that program around to covid-19 and developed a low-cost protein vaccine, same technology as used to make the hepatitis b vaccine which parents have been giving to their kids for the last 40 years, its microbial fermentation a...

'Animal-free’ protein startup The EVERY Company - which deploys synthetic biology to genetically engineer microbes to produce high-value ingredients such as egg proteins (without chickens) via precision fermentation - has closed a $175m series C round co-led by McWin and Rage Capital.

Shiru - an Emeryville, CA-based startup producing proteins via microbial fermentation to create label-friendly alternatives to everything from methylcellulose to gelatin and casein - has closed a $17m Series A round* led by S2G Ventures that will help it launch a pilot scale facility in early 2022.

Hormel Foods is dipping its toes further into the meat alternatives space via its venturing arm 199 Ventures, which is teaming up with The Better Meat Co. to bring new products to market featuring the latter’s Rhiza mycoprotein ingredient, a filamentous fungi-based meat alternative “that looks a bit like chicken.”

‘Animal-free’ protein startup Clara Foods has rebranded as The EVERY Company and unveiled EVERY ClearEgg, a highly soluble, "nearly invisible" functional egg protein, its second product produced via precision fermentation using genetically engineered microbes to produce animal proteins... without animals.

Meat, egg, and dairy ‘alternatives’ usually come with qualifying language (plant-based eggs; meatless nuggets, oatmilk). But what should we call next generation products that are not simply mimicking the real thing, but in many cases, are the ‘real’ thing, just produced in a different way?

“Global and local” dairy companies have approached Imagindairy - one of a clutch of startups using microbes (not cows) to produce milk proteins – about developing ‘animal-free’ dairy milks and other products, says the Israeli company, which lags some rivals in the space from a commercialization perspective, but claims its technology could ultimately make it more efficient.

Animal-free dairy: New Culture plans 2023 launch of Mozzarella – minus the cows New Culture – one of a cluster of startups in the emerging ‘animal-free’ dairy space* engineering microbes to produce dairy milk proteins, without cows – is aiming to launch animal-free Mozzarella in late 2023. While plant-based dairy products continue to improve, plant-based cheese presents particular formulation challenges, in part because it’s hard to replicate the function...

Perfect Day founders Ryan Pandya and Perumal Gandhi. Picture credit: Perfect Day Berkeley-based startup Perfect Day has underscored its sustainability credentials with the release of a lifecycle assessment suggesting its ‘non-animal’ whey protein - produced by microbes - produces up to 97% fewer greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions than whey protein from cows. While production of plant-based proteins has ramped up significantly, they do not always deliver the taste, nu...

Dairy-free cheeses featuring novel fermented microbial protein to launch by year end, says Superbrewed Food Dairy-free cheeses featuring a novel bacterial protein could hit the market by the end of the year, adding an intriguing new dimension to the burgeoning dairy-alternative space, says microbial fermentation specialist Superbrewed Food (formerly known as White Dog Labs). Grown in fermentation tanks at record speed using a fraction of the inputs required to grow t...