The cost of making plant-based spaghetti bolognese and meatballs is now on average 33% cheaper at the UK's biggest supermarket than making the same dishes with beef, lamb and pork mince.
The EU’s new Bioeconomy Strategy has outlined plans that will support fermentation innovators in scaling up production and bringing food products to market.
In part five of our series to help startups in the alternative protein field grow, we explore how creative offtake strategies, like pre-orders, conditional contracts, and public procurement, can break the cycle of stalled investment.
New research has estimated that, given the right support, innovative ways of producing everyday foods using fermentation could add £9.8 billion (€11.2 billion) to the UK economy.
Finnish privately held companies developing plant-based meat, dairy, and seafood, fermentation-made and cultivated ingredients, more than doubled their investment in 2024 compared with the previous year.
Sverige ligger i framkant när det gäller utveckling av nya proteinkällor. Bara under förra året ökade investeringarna i alternativa proteiner med mer än 120 procent. Det visar en ny analys från den internationella tankesmedjan Good Food Institute Europe.
Sweden is emerging as a European leader in alternative proteins with investment in privately held companies surging by 125 percent in the last year alone.
New GFI Europe analysis finds Denmark is the European leader in alternative protein research but strategic funding and more collaboration between academia, industry, and government are key to long-term leadership.
En ny analyse viser, at danske investeringer i alternative proteiner voksede med over 900 procent alene i 2024, og at Danmark samtidig er førende i Europa, når det gælder forskning på området. Men skal førerpositionen fastholdes, kræver det, at finansieringen målrettes bedre, og at samarbejdet mellem den akademiske verden, industrien og regeringen øges.
