Science

Sweden’s investment in alternative proteins more than doubled in 2024

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.

Denmark leads Europe in alternative protein investments and research

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.

The alternative protein research ecosystem in Germany, Austria and Switzerland

Meet the researchers exploring whether the future of cultivated meat is hybrid

We talk to the researchers exploring how to accelerate cultivated meat's journey to supermarkets by using it as an ingredient in otherwise plant- and fermentation-based products.

Horizon Europe once again offers exciting opportunities for alternative protein researchers

The latest Horizon Europe deadlines are fast approaching, with plenty to offer the region’s food innovators. Dr Stella Child dives into the calls to unpack the opportunities for alternative protein researchers.

Meet the researcher: Bringing chicken out of the woods and onto the dinner table – the unexplored potential of mushroom foragers’ favourites with Dr Christoph Schwarz

Bringing chicken out of the woods and onto the dinner table – a commonly eaten mushroom popular with foragers is at the heart of a project to develop a sustainable and innovative new food ingredient.

The Nordic alternative protein research ecosystem

FP10 research programme: How Horizon Europe’s successor can unlock food innovation

Policymakers planning to shape the future of European research through FP10 – the successor to the EU’s flagship Horizon Europe programme – have a golden opportunity to capitalise on the expertise being developed by a growing network of food innovators.

UK’s Seventh Carbon Budget calls for the development of tastier and more affordable plant-based meat

Nonprofit and think tank the Good Food Institute Europe (GFI Europe) has welcomed the Climate Change Committee’s (CCC) advice that the UK government support the development of more nutritious and sustainable plant-based foods.

Meet the researcher: synthesising the evidence on plant-based meat and nutrition with Rubén Fernández-Rodríguez

A Netflix documentary inspired a groundbreaking piece of research into the nutritional impact of plant-based meat.