The latest round of Good Food Institute’s (GFI) research funding programme has demonstrated that European researchers continue to lead the way in alternative protein innovation – with half of the successful researchers based in the region.
The UK is fast becoming home to an expanding network of research centres dedicated to advancing plant-based, cultivated meat and fermentation-made foods.
As the new European Commission takes office, they should consider a missing piece of the policy jigsaw that would help tackle many of the EU’s challenges.
Scientists working with chefs at a two-Michelin-starred restaurant in Copenhagen have found that diners are open to eating an innovative new product made by growing fungi.
A first-of-its-kind analysis has revealed the rapid growth of European alternative protein research – with more than a quarter of all studies published last year amid record funding.
On 22 August 2019, GFI Europe was founded. To celebrate GFI Europe’s fifth ‘birthday’, we’re taking a look at the ‘before and after’ of alternative proteins in Europe, from the perspectives of science, policy, industry and our team.
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