Rising consumer interest in alternative proteins and meat replacements has brought hundreds of millions of dollars to companies trying to grow or replace beef or chicken, but few companies have turned their attention to developing seafood alternatives. Now Shiok Meats is looking to change that. The company has raised pre-seed financing from investors like AIM […]
View More Shiok Meats takes the cultured meat revolution to the seafood aisle with plans for cultured shrimpCategory: Meat
With $90 million in funding, the Ginkgo spinoff Motif joins the fight for the future of food
Continuing its quest to become the Amazon Web Services for biomanufacturing, Ginkgo Bioworks has launched a new spinoff called Motif Ingredients with $90 million in funding to develop proteins that can serve as meat and dairy replacements. It’s the second spinout for Ginkgo since late 2017 when the company partnered with Bayer to launch Joyn […]
View More With $90 million in funding, the Ginkgo spinoff Motif joins the fight for the future of foodHow the tasty Impossible Burger is just the first step in a mission to combat an environmental crisis — MashTalk
In this special edition of MashTalk, Mashable sits down with the founder of Impossible Foods Dr. Pat Brown to discuss the importance of food technology. Detailing the terribly destructive environmental impact of the meat industry, Brown outlines the c…
View More How the tasty Impossible Burger is just the first step in a mission to combat an environmental crisis — MashTalkImpossible burger will upgrade itself like an app until you quit beef
The promise of the world’s best plant-based meat product continues to sizzle. Soon — sooner than you think — it will taste like steak.
After its surprise announcement at CES this week, Impossible Foods is now rolling out what has been hailed as a juicier, tastier, 100% more gluten-free version of the Impossible Burger, which was already judged the best fake beef available (but used to include wheat). We put it on our best of CES list.
The thousands of U.S. restaurants currently serving it (including White Castle, purveyors of the $1.99 Impossible Slider), will make the switch by the end of February. Impossible says a retail version of the burger is coming to supermarkets sometime in 2019. Read more…
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View More Impossible burger will upgrade itself like an app until you quit beef3D-printed vegan meat is here
Italian bioengineer Giuseppe Scionti’s creations are unique because they are fibrous, mimicking the texture of animal meats. Read more…More about Mashable Video, Meat, Steak, Vegan, and 3d Printing
View More 3D-printed vegan meat is hereWhy the future will forget about meat
NOTE FOR 2018 READERS: This is the third in a series of open letters to the next century. The series mark a little-known chronological milestone. According to UN data, average life expectancy at birth in 10 countries now exceeds 82 years — meaning babies born in 2018 have started being more likely than not to see the year 2100.
What will the world be like at the other end of our kids’ lives? We can glimpse the answers in some of today’s scientific discoveries, Silicon Valley visions, and science fiction. But in this series of digital time capsules, we also recognize that our hopes and fears usually shape what the future will become. Read more…
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View More Why the future will forget about meatPorter Road wants to herd the meat industry in a new direction
Down a two-lane road on the outskirts of Princeton, Ky., next to a cemetery and past the Light of Truth Church, is the Porter Road Butcher Meat Co. facility — a staging ground for what the Nashville-based startup Porter Road hopes will be a revolution in the American meatpacking industry. For the company’s co-founders, James […]
View More Porter Road wants to herd the meat industry in a new directionWeWork takes meat off the menu as part of environmental policy drive
WeWork, the co-working startup that’s valued at ~$20 billion and has some 200,000 members across 200 locations globally plus nearly 6,000 staff of its own, will no long allow employees to expense meat. It will also no longer serve meat at company events. The policy shift is intended to reduce the business’ environmental impact. The new […]
View More WeWork takes meat off the menu as part of environmental policy driveTyson Foods investment arm backs another lab-grown meat manufacturer
The venture investment arm of massive meat manufacturer Tyson Foods is continuing its push into potential alternative methods of poultry production with a new investment in the Israeli startup Future Meat Technologies. The backer of companies like the plant-based protein-maker Beyond Meat, and cultured-meat company Memphis Meats, Tyson Ventures’ latest investment is also tackling technology development to create mass […]
View More Tyson Foods investment arm backs another lab-grown meat manufacturerThis fruit might be the biggest hit at your next BBQ
We’ve all heard that jackfruit tastes like pulled pork when cooked the same way… but does it really? We gave the “pulled pork” fruit a try in a blind taste test against the real thing. Read more…More about Food, Mashable Video, Pig, Meat, and Food…
View More This fruit might be the biggest hit at your next BBQWould you cook your steak in a water tank?
Mellow is a sous-vide machine that you can control with your phone. All you have to do is put your food and seasoning in the plastic bags they provide and click when you want it ready on the app.
Sous-vide is a form of slow cooking, where your …
If you wanted to cheat your WWII rations, you went to the ‘Wide Boys’
The ‘Wide Boy’ was the guy to know if you were caught in London in WW2 and needed to skirt government rationing
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View More If you wanted to cheat your WWII rations, you went to the ‘Wide Boys’