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Better Juice Launches Commercial Sugar Reduction Plant 002

More News! 9 Nov 2022

Better Juice launches naturally converting fruit juice sugars to prebiotics

A new site housing technology to naturally turn the composition of fruit juice sugars including sucrose, glucose and fructose into better-for-you prebiotics has been opened by Better Juice Ltd. The Israeli sugar-reduction startup launched its first full-capacity manufacturing plant for full commercial production of sugar-reducing immobilized enzymes. The new facility, the company says, will allow […]

November 9, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

In Depth 17 Oct 2022

UK grants that can give biotech startups a vital jump-start

Grants are a vital lifeline that help biotech startups get off the ground, especially for underrepresented entrepreneurs. The Women in Synthetic Biology (WiSB) network recently gave detailed advice for helping U.K. biotech founders access this funding. Women are a big source of talent in the biotech space, both in academic life sciences and in founding […]

October 17, 2022 - 7 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

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Interview 17 Oct 2022

CRISPR gene editing: a key tool for counteracting climate change

Monika Paulė, CEO and co-founder of the Lithuanian CRISPR developer Caszyme, explains how gene editing technology could fight climate change by boosting agriculture and biodiversity. The invention of CRISPR-Cas gene editing technology in the last decade sparked a revolution in biology, providing researchers a way to make selective and precise changes to an organism’s genetic […]

October 17, 2022 - 6 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 5 Oct 2022

Big Idea Ventures announces cohort of 17 start-ups

Big Idea Ventures has revealed its latest accelerator cohort. Seventeen early-stage startups were selected for pre-seed investment as part of Big Idea Ventures’ bi-annual new protein accelerator program. Investments were made through the firm’s three offices in New York, Paris and Singapore and the firm’s first fund – New Protein Fund I ($50 million+). “The […]

October 5, 2022 - 7 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

Interview 28 Sep 2022

How the alternative protein space aims to address food waste

Food waste impacts the whole of society, including the field of alternative protein. Nick Cooney, managing partner of Lever VC, explains how companies and investors in the space aim to tackle the global problem. This week, the UN and its food security-focused arm, the Food and Agriculture Organization, celebrate the International Day of Awareness of […]

September 28, 2022 - 7 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 28 Sep 2022

Spoonshot on how foodtech can reduce food waste

With the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste just around the corner, Labiotech caught up with Spoonshot co-founder and CEO Kishan Vasani to find out how the foodtech sector can tackle food waste. Spoonshot is a software platform for food and beverage professionals that delivers category intelligence by leveraging data from more […]

September 28, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 27 Sep 2022

Watch: Scottish biotech startup looking to sustainable omega-3 production

Established in 2016, Edinburgh-headquartered MiAlgae says there is a global threat to oceans caused by overfishing to supply omega-3 oil for human and animal consumption. This prompted the development of a solution through the circular economy. Labiotech visited the company recently to find out more about its operations. Using its biotech platform, MiAlgae uses co-products […]

September 27, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 27 Sep 2022

EU Agriculture Ministers meet in Prague to discuss sustainability and food security

At an informal gathering of EU Agriculture Ministers, food security and the role of European agriculture and sustainable global food production were the main discussion points. At the meeting held in Prague, the EU agriculture ministers also agreed that the time is now to act in a coordinated way to maximize sustainable increases in agricultural […]

September 27, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 27 Sep 2022

Watch: IntelliDigest using biotech to tackle food waste

After obtaining a PhD in environmental engineering, Ifeyinwa Kanu set up IntelliDigest in 2016. Based in Edinburgh, Scotland, at the Heriot-Watt University Business School Incubator, the biotechnology company specializes in food sustainability. The company aims to address the sustainability challenges faced by the entire global food system, including producers, processors, manufacturers, retailers, and consumers. This […]

September 27, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

Interview 27 Sep 2022

Europe’s first lab-grown fish company Bluu Seafood is aiming for sustainability

Overfishing is a global issue that negatively impacts the ecosystem and our access to fish protein. One solution to overfishing is producing fish products in the lab from harvested animal cells. This can help feed the world while using up fewer resources and without endangering wild fish populations. As the world’s population continues to grow, […]

September 27, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By Omnia Ibrahim

ANINA Transforms Ugly veg into Artistic Ready Meal 2 002

News and Trends 21 Sep 2022

Anina – reshaping the future of food by upcycling rejected vegetables

Two industrial design students were so concerned by the huge amounts of perfectly good fresh produce being wasted, they spent two years working on a healthy solution. Esti Brantz and Meydan Levy noticed that fruit and veg was getting tossed in the trash due to cosmetic reasons such as size, shape, color differences, or […]

September 21, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 20 Sep 2022

ten23 health completes superstructure of new sterile production facility

ten23 health, a global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) has completed the superstructure of its new sterile manufacturing facility. The existing facility of ten23 health’s swissfillon AG company in Visp already offers sterile manufacturing of pre-filled syringes, vials, and cartridges for clinical trial and commercial supplies, in collaboration with ten23 health’s development center in […]

September 20, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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