To support new and emerging start-up companies developing dairy-alternative products, and to create further collaboration opportunities with the food industry, AAK AB is investing in Big Idea Ventures’ (BIV) New Protein Fund I.
Processing equipment company Gemak has designed, manufactured, installed and commissioned a process and packing plant built specifically for the manufacture of plant-based yogurts and other dairy alternatives.
Following years of campaigning by The Vegan Society with its Play Fair with Plant Milk campaign the Scottish Government has agreed to include plant-based milk alternatives on a government-funded nursery and early learning milk scheme.
Global food and beverage company Danone and Earth Island, maker of Follow Your Heart brands, have entered into a share purchase agreement under which Danone will acquire 100% of the shares of Earth Island.
Organic Garage Ltd. has entered into an agreement for the acquisition of The Future of Cheese Company Corp., further to its previous announcement on January 18, 2021 of a binding letter of intent executed by the Company and FoC.
Big Idea Ventures, which is involved in early stage investment in the food technology sector, with accelerators in New York and Singapore, is strengthening its presence in Europe.
SIG has partnered with Framptons to install a new generation combidome filler, which will be the first of its kind in the UK. The project makes Framptons the first SIG customer in Europe to fill plant-based beverages in combidome. Over the last decade,...
Plant-based food firm The Very Good Food Company Inc. has signed a non-binding letter of intent for the acquisition of all the shares of The Cultured Nut Inc., a plant-based cheese alternative company in Victoria, British Columbia.
The newly released 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans has been published, and it has already drawn the praise of dairy groups and the ire of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, which said the document needs redrafting.
TurtleTree Labs, the biotech company pioneering the method to produce milk using cell-based technology, has announced the close of an oversubscribed $6.2m Pre-A funding round from new and existing global investors including Green Monday Ventures, Eat...
Remilk, an Israel-based start-up producing identical dairy products through microbial fermentation, has announced the completion of its $11.3m funding round.
Oato, an oat drink producer in Lancashire in the UK, has struck a national deal that will see its product distributed in reusable pint glass bottles nationally on milk floats, alongside traditional dairy milk.
SternVitamin, a subsidiary of Stern-Wywiol Gruppe, has developed micronutrient premixes for the plant-based dairy alternatives segment that ‘upgrade’ plant-based drinks based on oats and other protein sources.
UK speciality cheese company Norseland is planning global expansion for its Applewood Vegan cheese alternative after securing the first international order outside of the UK.
Unilever said it is setting a new annual global sales target of €1bn ($1.18bn) from plant-based dairy and meat alternatives, within the next five to seven years.
This week on the Dairy Dialog podcast, we have three interviews alongside our regular look at the global dairy markets, with Liam Fenton at StoneX. Our guests are Kavita Karnik, Tate & Lyle VP of global nutrition and open innovation; Aaron Fanning,...
NotCo, a food-tech company in Latin America backed by venture capital names, including Bezos Expeditions, has announced its debut in the US with the launch of NotMilk in Whole Foods Market stores nationwide.
UK specialty cheese company Norseland is adding to its range of vegan products as it prepares to launch Applewood Vegan Grated, which is the first-ever vegan grated smoky cheese alternative and the first grated vegan product from an established dairy...
A new white paper sponsored by Amano Enzyme discusses the quickly evolving market for non-dairy milk alternatives and how manufacturers can differentiate their products to meet the discerning taste of their customers.
Nestlé today inaugurated a new R&D Accelerator to drive innovation and speed-to-market of sustainable dairy products, as well as plant-based dairy alternatives.
Elmhurst 1925, maker of plant-based nut and grain dairy alternatives in the US, has introduced Elmhurst Creamery New Fashioned Soft-Serve Ice Cream Mix.
With the ongoing challenges and restrictions resulting from the global pandemic, SPX FLOW said it has put in place secure, remote procedures to procure raw materials and conduct trials on behalf of its customers, sharing results and shipping samples of...
Good Karma Foods, a US producer of plant-based dairy alternatives, has repurchased majority ownership held by Dean Foods, as well as secured new investment from Valor Siren Ventures (VSV).
This episode of the Dairy Dialog podcast focuses on the Alibaba food & beverage trade show, which is taking place online this week. We spoke with Katerina Petraki, director of business development at Alibaba.com about the event, as well as two exhibitors,...
Nestlé said it is developing a wide range of plant-based dairy alternatives that are nutritious, great-tasting and have a favorable environmental footprint.
UK milkshake brand Shaken Udder has entered the plant-based market with a launch of a dairy-free sister brand, Shaken Other, targeting 25m flexitarians in the UK.
Danone North America – maker of brands including International Delight, Light + Fit, Silk, So Delicious Dairy Free, Oikos, and others, has announced is fall launches.
Migros, Switzerland’s largest retailer, has launched a new line of dairy free yogurt alternatives incorporating Innovopro’s chickpea protein CP Pro 70.
US-headquartered Malt Products Corporation (MPC), a manufacturer of malted barley extract and other natural sweeteners, said it has experienced an increase in demand for its all-natural sweeteners in the plant-based ice cream alternatives market.
Canadian natural product and vegan cheese-alternative producer Nuts For Cheese has joined the Fairtrade movement, sourcing cashews, coconut oil, coconut milk, turmeric and black peppercorns to produce the world's first Fairtrade Certified vegan cheese...
To answer the question of how dairy companies can get involved in plant-based alternatives, DairyReporter spoke to Leonardo Andrés Rubio Anselmi, industry marketing manager at DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences.
Consumer attitudes toward dairy alternatives are changing, as trendy dairy-free yogurts, ice creams and milks continue to gain shelf space. According to a recent report from Innova Market Insights on the global dairy alternatives space, the increased...