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Following a tech talk which focused on sustainable food and beverages, Bethan Grylls highlights three UK-based businesses to keep an eye on.

Can the cultured meat sector get conventional farmers on board? Is there opportunity for the conventional and cell-based meat industries to collaborate? Cultivated fat and scaffolding experts weigh in. The cultured meat sector is making headway. Technological advancements are helping start-ups overcome two of their key challenges: lowering costs and increasing scale. And the world’s first regulatory approval of a cultivated meat product, in Singapore last year​, has buoyed hopes for international commercialisation. However, with aspirations of significantly d...

From an environmental and sensory standpoint, it makes sense to create ‘hybrid’ products from a blend of plant-based and meat proteins. Yet experts are dubious the category will take off. Novel ‘blended’ or ‘hybrid’ products, whereby a portion of meat is replaced with plant-based ingredients, have been fighting to gain market share in recent years. In the UK, retail majors Waitrose, Sainsbury’s, Tesco, and M&S have incorporated hybrid meat products into their own-label ranges. Elsewhere in Europe, start-ups are also tapping into the trend. Austrian co...

Close Authorship Want more great analysis of sustainable food systems? Sign up for Food Weekly, our free email newsletter. I wrote recently about the intense level of innovation we’re seeing in food and ag. To try to stay on top of things, I’ll run quarterly roundups that highlight startups with the potential to move the needle on sustainability. I’ll focus on early-stage companies but will drop in some larger outfits. Here’s my first-quarter selection: Keep it local Singapore-based Sophie’s Bionutrients uses fermentation to power a circular economy process that transforms industr...

Cultivating animal fat for plant-based meat: ‘Nobody wants a burger that tastes of coconut’ London-based start-up Hoxton Farms is cultivating animal fat for plant-based meat alternatives. What is the secret to the duo’s competitive edge? Computational biology, the founders tell FoodNavigator. The global meat market is worth some $1.3trn. The newer, plant-based meat alternative market is valued around the $4.3bn mark. Yet despite their sizeable values, entrepreneurs Ed Steele and Dr Max Jamilly say both industries have serious flaws. “The global meat market...