6 key priorities for the industry

During his AltProteins 23 presentation, Food Frontier Founder and Chair Thomas King shared his top 6 primary focus areas for maximising growth in the alternative proteins industry.

Roundtable with Agriculture Victoria

Our roundtable brought together 31 industry representatives from 22 companies and government departments. Read our insights from the day.

Discover the 45 companies in alternative proteins

Australia and New Zealand now have 45 companies in the alternative proteins space, up from just 4 in 2017. For a comprehensive look at the industry, download your free map today. 

Higher value ingredients needed

Food Frontier featured in Food Navigator Asia to share how our region can advance the alternative proteins sector by creating higher value ingredients instead of importing them.

Simon Eassom on industry hot topics

In The Lentil Intervention Podcast, Executive Director, Simon Eassom, discussed health and environmental considerations, food labelling, market insights, and more.

Eden Brew raises $25M

Precision fermentation company Eden Brew announced that it had successfully raised $25M to scale the process of brewing proteins and bring animal-free dairy products to market.

Consumer study insights

A study by Griffith University of over 3,000 consumers finds 32.2% of Australian’s have reduced their meat consumption in the past year.

Scaling fat molecules

Precison-fermentation company Nourish Ingredients has partnered with US biotechnology company Boston Bioprocess to efficiently scale fat molecules.

Familiar names in top 100 innovators

Cultivated meat companies Vow and Magic Valley, along with cell-based startup Me&, have all earned spots on The List: 100 Innovators by The Australian.

WOA's new partnership

Wide Open Agriculture has secured two US distributors  for its Australian sweet lupin protein and has acquired German lupin protein producer Prolupin GmbH.

Plant-based companies exhibited

The Fine Food Australia tradeshow showcased 25 plant-based companies, about half exhibited plant-based meat products, including v2food, Fenn Foods, Proform Foods, and more.

Birds Eye partners with LOTF

Birds Eye Australia has partnered with Lord of the Fries on a limited edition plant-based souvlaki featuring its plant-based Greek lamb style strips.

From 3D printer to supermarket shelf

3D printed plant-based meat is available in supermarkets for the first time, with the launch of Revo Foods plant-based whole-cut salmon in Austria.

Europe's largest pilot plant

Cultivated meat contract manufacturer Extracellular has opened Europe’s largest contract pilot plant for cultivated meat and seafood in the UK.

Cultivated meat could be halal

Three leading Saudi Sharia scholars have declared cultivated meat can be considered halal, as it advises GOOD Meat on the required criteria.

UK cultivated meat acceleration

The UK Food Standards Agency has partnered with counterparts in Israel to collaborate on cellular agriculture research, which may accelerate the approval of cultivated meat in the UK.

Umiami raise for expansion

After a $47M Series A raise, French plant-based chicken producer Umiami has raised a further $54M to boost production and expand into Europe and the US.

Cargill challenges the status quo

The Managing Director of Alternative Protein from Cargill took part in Food Dive's Q&A series, which features leaders challenging the status quo in the food industry.