Over 50% of people in Sweden open to trying cultivated meat – but awareness still low
A recent study conducted by YouGov on behalf of the Good Food Institute Europe reveals a promising inclination among Swedish consumers towards cultivated meat.
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New consumer study reveals consumer appetite for cultivated meat in Portugal
Over 60% of survey respondents would try cultivated meat if it were available in Portugal, and almost a third would replace some of the meat they currently eat with cultivated meat.
Austria: Emerging initiatives against cultivated meat in certain federal states fueled by misinformation
Current initiatives against cultivated meat in Austria, such as motions in the Carinthian state parliament and petitions in individual federal states, are based on inaccurate assumptions.
UK Food Standards Agency to modernise regulations, boosting consumer choice for sustainable foods
Conrad AstleyThe UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) has agreed on plans to modernise how foods like cultivated meat and precision fermentation products come to market, paving the way to remove unnecessary delays.
Italian Government ‘open’ to reconsidering ban on meaty terms
Conrad AstleyItalian Agriculture Minister Francesco Lollobrigida has told Parliament the government is talking to plant-based meat companies to hear their concerns about a ban on using ‘meaty’ terms.
Il divieto italiano di meat-sounding per le alternative vegetali alla carne
Una restrizione inattuata, inapplicabile, che penalizza aziende e consumatori.
Is Italy’s cultivated meat ban unenforceable? European Commission ends TRIS review as law did not comply with procedure’s rules
European Commission ends TRIS review as law did not comply with procedure’s rules
Carne coltivata, l’Italia si è affrettata a votare una legge inapplicabile? La Commissione chiude la procedura TRIS
In seguito al mancato rispetto della procedura TRIS, la Commissione Europea ha chiuso la notifica italiana sul divieto di carne coltivata e di meat-sounding perché adottati prima della , valutazione europea.
VAT disparity: levelling the playing field for plant-based milk in Europe
Amy WilliamsIn certain European countries, plant-based milk faces significantly higher value added tax (VAT) than conventional cow’s milk, but new proposals offer a chance to level the playing field.
Cultivated meat backed by UK government’s new National Vision for Engineering Biology
The UK's Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has today highlighted the critical role that alternative proteins like cultivated meat can play in achieving key national objectives for economic growth and food production as part of the National Vision for Engineering Biology.