Tag: Food technology
Sales of laboratory meat in the EU applied for
Dusseldorf The manufacturer of Bärchenwurst wants to sell hot dogs with meat from cell cultures in the future. A subsidiary of In Family Foods has submitted an application to the…
Every German buys oat milk, veggie meat & Co. for 23 euros.
Dusseldorf Last year, Germans bought more soy milk, pea burgers and vegan ready meals. The market for herbal alternatives grew by eleven percent to 1.91 billion euros. This is shown…
Food for the bin – an overview in graphics
Despite many efforts, the resources for the production of food are still unequally distributed around the world: While people are suffering from hunger in many regions, richer countries live in…
Manufacturers save on innovations in the supermarket
Dusseldorf Pandemic and high inflation rates have left visible traces in the assortment of German supermarkets. There are significantly fewer new products on the shelves than a year ago. From…
Europe’s alternative protein start-ups are bucking the trend
Vegan schnitzel rolls The demand for meat alternatives has increased in Germany. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Germans are giving up meat more and more frequently: According to a survey by the…
Start-up Mirai Foods breeds fillet of beef in a bioreactor
Beef from the bioreactor Mirai Foods grew an arm-thick center piece of tenderloin in 25 days. So far, competitors have only been able to get thin steaks out of the…
Milk via gene scissors – will the cows disappear soon?
Alternatives to cow’s milk The global dairy industry produces almost as much greenhouse gas emissions as shipping and aviation combined. Researchers are looking for alternatives. (Photo: Getty Images, Luke Johnson,…
Retailers are not the problem when food is thrown away
Young people get groceries from a ton The federal government wants to legalize the so-called containers. (Photo: imago images/Sabine Gudath) Basically, we should all be ashamed: it cannot seriously be…
We all need to outlaw food waste
Young people get groceries from a ton The federal government wants to legalize the so-called containers. (Photo: imago images/Sabine Gudath) Basically, we should all be ashamed: it cannot seriously be…
Why retailers refuse to legalize containerization
Demonstration of the organization “We’re fed up!” The federal government wants to follow the demands and legalize the so-called containers. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Justice Minister Marco Buschmann (FDP) and Agriculture…
Why retailers refuse to legalize containerization
Young people get groceries from a ton The federal government wants to legalize the so-called containers. (Photo: imago images/Sabine Gudath) Dusseldorf Justice Minister Marco Buschmann (FDP) and Agriculture Minister Cem…
How the Food-Tech Project Eaden spins plant-based steaks from fibers
Dusseldorf The machine spins threads from a mass of vegetable proteins, with a diameter of 0.2 millimeters thinner than twine. Around 250 fibers are bundled on a rotating spool like…
How the Food-Tech Project Eaden spins plant-based steaks from fibers
Dusseldorf The steak of the future comes from a textile machine. She spins threads from a mass of vegetable proteins, with a diameter of 0.2 millimeters thinner than twine. Around…
Nutrition now and then – chart of the week
Dusseldorf The diet of the Germans has changed considerably over the past hundred years: While bread and potatoes used to be the main foods to fill you up, today it…
Mushlabs & Formo build vegan cheese from protein molecules
New generation of meat alternatives Preparations for large-scale production are already being made in many places. (Photo: dpa, Getty Images, Mushlabs [M]) Hamburg Christophe Maire is one of the best-known…
Mushlabs & Formo build vegan cheese from protein molecules
New generation of meat alternatives Preparations for large-scale production are already being made in many places. (Photo: dpa, Getty Images, Mushlabs [M]) Hamburg Christophe Maire is one of the best-known…
Mushlabs & Formo build vegan cheese from protein molecules
New generation of meat alternatives Preparations for large-scale production are already being made in many places. (Photo: dpa, Getty Images, Mushlabs [M]) Hamburg Christophe Maire is one of the best-known…
“Want to be a pioneer in cell culture meat”
Michael Hahnel “Meat grown from cells is an important topic for the future – in ten years at the latest,” the boss of the Rügenwalder Mühle is convinced. (Photo: Rügenwalder…
Plant-based alternatives for beef, lamb and pork
Tel Aviv When Eshchar Ben-Shitrit set about implementing his vision of “good meat without animals” four years ago, he did not yet know how it could be technically realized. He…
Plant-based alternatives for beef, lamb and pork
Tel Aviv When Eshchar Ben-Shitrit set about implementing his vision of “good meat without animals” four years ago, he did not yet know how it could be technically realized. He…