https://en.bioecon.ru/clusters/food-alt-protein/Recent content in Food-Alt-Protein on BioeconHugoen-USMon, 27 Jul 2026 13:03:50 +0100https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/koji-fermented-flavor-starters-consumer/Sun, 26 Jul 2026 23:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/koji-fermented-flavor-starters-consumer/Aspergillus oryzae solid-state fermentation of steamed grain into koji, shio-koji, miso and amazake bases — sold as finished consumer flavor starters by Clearspring (UK organic miso), Omsom (Asian flavor starter kits, DayDayCook-acquired), Toiro (premium Japanese miso import), Umami Cartel (shio-koji) and South River Miso (craft handmade American miso since 1982).https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/non-alcoholic-adult-beverages-dealcoholized-botanical/Sun, 26 Jul 2026 23:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/non-alcoholic-adult-beverages-dealcoholized-botanical/Dealcoholized brewing and distilled botanical spirit-alternatives that reproduce the adult-beverage occasion without ethanol — Athletic Brewing (the largest US dedicated NA brewer, dealcoholized Run Wild IPA), Seedlip (the world’s first distilled NA spirit, Diageo-owned), Three Spirit (functional botanical elixirs), Ghia (bitter citrus apéritif) and Lyre’s (the broadest NA spirit portfolio, Australia).https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/meat-hybrids-plant-blend/Sun, 26 Jul 2026 20:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/meat-hybrids-plant-blend/Conventional meat processors blending animal protein with pea, soy and chickpea isolates into 50/50 hybrid sausages, schnitzel, nuggets and meatballs — the flexitarian FMCG carve-out pioneered by Rügenwalder’s Halb & Halb, now spreading to Perdue, Maple Leaf and Tyson as the hybrid meat market heads toward USD 1.68 bn by 2036.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/bio-probiotic-confectionery/Sat, 25 Jul 2026 23:55:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/bio-probiotic-confectionery/Gummies, chewable tablets and chocolate carrying a defined colony-forming-unit dose of live probiotic strains — the supplement format that removes pill fatigue and swallowing barriers while remaining shelf-stable, now the fastest-growing segment of the digestive-health aisle.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/precision-fermented-infant-formula/Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:16:02 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/precision-fermented-infant-formula/Engineered yeast and fungi now express the bioactive milk proteins — above all lactoferrin, the iron-binding ‘pink gold’ that is just 1 percent of whey and historically over 650 US dollars a kilo — that close the gap between infant formula and breast milk, with the first US FDA GRAS no-questions letters (TurtleTree 2025, All G 2026) and the Nestlé-Helaina and Novonesis-TurtleTree partnerships moving precision-fermented ingredients from B2B supply into finished early-life nutrition.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/functional-chewing-gum/Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/functional-chewing-gum/Caffeine-and-L-theanine nootropic gum, melatonin sleep meltaways and hydroxyapatite whitening chews turn the stick of gum into an oral-delivery platform — Neuro Gum’s DTC energy/focus line, Brew Chew’s plastic-free whitening chicle, and Fertin Pharma’s contract-manufactured nutraceutical gum built on specialty gum-base suppliers like Cafosa.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/insect-protein-snacks/Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/insect-protein-snacks/Cricket bars, mealworm snacks, cricket pasta and chips — high-protein (~65%) insect-based snacks positioned on a fraction of the land, water and feed of conventional protein, led by a consolidated European specialist-brand set (Jimini’s, Crické, Seek, Sens) and Chapul after several US high-profile failures.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/living-culture-beverages/Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/living-culture-beverages/Kefir, water kefir, kvass and jun — live probiotic fermented drinks beyond kombucha, riding gut-health demand across the US, Europe, China and India, from Lifeway’s drinkable kefir and KeVita’s sparkling probiotic water to Yakult’s lactobacillusdaily-dose category.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/seaweed-consumer-products/Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/seaweed-consumer-products/Roasted nori snacks, seaweed chips, kelp burgers and umami seasonings turning macroalgae into a mainstream better-for-you food category — dominated by China’s multi-billion-yuan 海苔 market, with US and European premium brands riding iodine, omega-3 and clean-label demand.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/bio-deactivation-anti-nutritional-factors/Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/bio-deactivation-anti-nutritional-factors/Enzymes and controlled fermentation are neutralizing the phytate, trypsin inhibitors and oligosaccharides that limit nutrient uptake from plant-based feed — an EU-authorized next-generation phytase, a fermented-soy process cutting risk on batch-to-batch antinutrient variability, and a Chinese phytase producer trimming manure phosphorus by up to 60%.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/cell-factories-flavors-fragrances/Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/cell-factories-flavors-fragrances/Engineered-microbe cell factories and flavor-house biotech platforms producing flavors and fragrances — fermented vanillin, biosynthetic terpenes and natural-certified fruity molecules — via precision fermentation rather than petrochemicals or extraction.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/enzymatic-therapy-celiac/Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/enzymatic-therapy-celiac/Engineered enzymes and enzyme-target inhibitors are moving toward pharmaceutical protection from gluten exposure in celiac disease — a Barcelona-designed gastric enzyme validated in mouse models, a transglutaminase-2 inhibitor showing histologic protection in human trials, and a $35M Takeda-funded oral enzyme program whose later trial stage reportedly worsened mucosal damage.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/precision-fermentation-fats-oils/Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/precision-fermentation-fats-oils/Microbially fermented fats and oils for food — high-smoke-point fermented cooking oils, microalgae EPA/DHA omega-3 oils, animal-free flavor fats for plant-based meat and dairy, and cocoa-butter-equivalent microbial fats — produced by precision fermentation rather than crops or animals.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/sweet-proteins-brazzein-thaumatin-monellin/Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/sweet-proteins-brazzein-thaumatin-monellin/Precision fermentation is scaling up intensely sweet, calorie-free plant proteins as sugar replacements — a US platform’s third FDA no-questions letter for brazzein, Europe’s first commercial-scale brazzein factory under construction in Lithuania, and an Israeli engineered sweet protein clearing FDA GRAS and Singapore approval with published blood-glucose safety data.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/tea-industry-biotech/Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/tea-industry-biotech/Genomics and starter-culture fermentation are entering the world’s oldest beverage crop — a Chinese gene chip mapping 3,274 tea-plant markers, a patented yeast strain industrializing Pu-erh flavor, and a Kenya field trial breeding drought-resistant cultivars under a multi-million-euro research partnership.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/wine-terroir-microbiome/Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/wine-terroir-microbiome/The microbial layer of winemaking — selected Saccharomyces wine yeasts, malolactic bacteria, microbial biocontrol tools and vineyard terroir-microbiome science that translate a vineyard’s microbial identity (terroir) into controlled, expressive fermentation.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/3d-food-printing-kitchen-robotics/Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/3d-food-printing-kitchen-robotics/Layer-by-layer extrusion of food inks, laser-fixed in place as they print, paired with vision-guided robot arms that fry, wok-stir and plate the result — turning plant-based flank steak, dysphagia-friendly purees and fast-food fry stations into a precision digital pipeline instead of manual cooking.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/adaptogens-legal-entheogens/Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/adaptogens-legal-entheogens/B2B standardized botanical and functional-mushroom extracts — beta-glucans, hericenones, withanolides — produced by submerged fermentation, subcritical water extraction and lyophilization for the global adaptogen and legal-entheogen nutraceutical market.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/algal-protein-isolates-food/Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/algal-protein-isolates-food/Chlorella, spirulina and specialty microalgae strains are being processed into functional protein isolates and pigmented ingredients for bakery, meat-analogue and nutraceutical food applications — distinct from the omega-3-lipid-focused microalgae-for-aquafeed industry.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/amino-acids-feed-additives/Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/amino-acids-feed-additives/Fermentation-produced lysine, methionine, threonine and tryptophan let feed formulators hit exact amino-acid targets with lower-protein diets, cutting nitrogen excretion — a mature, price-cyclical commodity market where a single producer’s price move (Evonik’s 2026 MetAMINO increase) ripples through the whole value chain.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/bio-nutraceutical-drinks-functional-beverages/Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/bio-nutraceutical-drinks-functional-beverages/Prebiotic sodas, kombucha and cold-pressed wellness shots have moved from health-food-store niche to mainstream beverage aisle — PepsiCo’s nearly $2 billion acquisition of Poppi is the clearest signal that gut-health functional beverages are now core, not adjacent, to incumbent beverage strategy.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/bioactive-food-colors-e-numbers/Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/bioactive-food-colors-e-numbers/A US policy push to phase out synthetic dyes is pulling fermentation-derived and plant-extracted natural colors from niche to mainstream — Sensient is investing up to $250M to expand capacity, and fermentation originators Chromologics and Michroma are scaling fungal pigments engineered to match synthetic-dye performance.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/cellular-fats-cultured-lipids/Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/cellular-fats-cultured-lipids/True animal cell culture — growing adipose (fat) cells rather than fermenting a microbial host — reached a first regulatory milestone in 2025 when Mission Barns won USDA and FDA sign-off for cultivated pork fat, even as a UK cell-culture originator went into administration.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/coffee-industry-biotech/Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/coffee-industry-biotech/Beanless coffee made by fermenting non-tropical ingredients has already reached cafes on two continents, while true cell-cultured coffee grown in bioreactors — using 98% less water than farming — targets a first commercial product by 2027, addressing a crop increasingly threatened by climate change.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/cultured-meat-for-pets/Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/cultured-meat-for-pets/Cell-cultured and precision-fermented animal proteins are entering pet food ahead of human food in several markets — the UK became the first European country to approve cultivated meat for sale, in pet food, in 2024.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/enzymatic-texture-flavor-modification/Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/enzymatic-texture-flavor-modification/Enzyme cocktails replace emulsifiers in bakery, accelerate cheese and charcuterie ripening, and improve plant-based meat texture — a mature specialty-enzyme industry where a profitable, publicly traded Indian originator sits alongside a Danish biosolutions leader and a Spanish ripening-enzyme launch.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/fermented-food-ingredients-b2b/Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/fermented-food-ingredients-b2b/Contract fermentation manufacturers and specialty seasoning producers supply food brands with fermented bases (yeast extract, enzyme-assisted seasonings, amazake, cultured dairy/soy fractions) as B2B ingredients rather than finished consumer products.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/food-biopolymers-starches-polysaccharides/Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/food-biopolymers-starches-polysaccharides/B2B food-grade biopolymers — modified starches, plant-protein isolates and hydrocolloids — produced by reactive extrusion, wet fractionation and isopropanol precipitation for texture, structure and clean-label formulation across the food industry.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/food-industry-innovation-ecosystems/Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/food-industry-innovation-ecosystems/Dedicated food-tech venture funds, corporate open-innovation accelerators and government incubators form the connective infrastructure that scales new food bioeconomy technology across every specific vertical — the meta-layer that sources, funds and fast-tracks the innovations covered elsewhere in this catalog.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/food-microorganisms-starters/Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/food-microorganisms-starters/Live bacteria, yeast and mold cultures that kickstart dairy, bakery and brewing fermentation are a mature, still-growing global industry — Novonesis reported 7% Q1 2026 growth led by cheese, IFF’s new culture eliminates all curd-washing water, and India’s national dairy board now supplies indigenous starter cultures to its largest cooperatives.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/functional-foods-nutraceuticals/Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/functional-foods-nutraceuticals/Personalized-nutrition platforms, postbiotic ingredient innovation and challenger clean-label supplement brands are reshaping functional foods from a generic wellness category into claims-substantiated, life-stage-targeted products — with consolidation already underway (Hindustan Unilever’s $90M OZiva acquisition).https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/insect-farming-industrial/Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/insect-farming-industrial/Industrial-scale black soldier fly and mealworm farming is going through a hard correction in 2026 — a flagship European originator collapsed into insolvency and a flagship North American cricket plant entered receivership — even as an Indian entrant reports fast, capital-efficient growth.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/molecular-farming-for-food/Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/molecular-farming-for-food/Genetically engineered food crops — pea, potato, soybean, tobacco — are being turned into biofactories for specific animal-identical proteins (myoglobin, ovalbumin, casein, thaumatin), aiming to reach USDA/FDA and EFSA approval as a plant-grown alternative to fermentation or cell culture.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/oil-fat-industry-biotech/Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/oil-fat-industry-biotech/Enzymatic interesterification, degumming and fat-splitting are replacing chemical processing steps across the conventional edible-oil industry — Novonesis’s Quara Supreme recovers 2% more yield in vegetable-oil degumming, and a new Novonesis/Thyssenkrupp Uhde process cuts the energy needed for fatty-acid production.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/rare-sugars-enzymatic-sweeteners/Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/rare-sugars-enzymatic-sweeteners/Enzymatic epimerization turns commodity starch and fructose into allulose and tagatose — naturally occurring low-calorie sugars with sugar-like taste — while a separate fermentation route delivers stevia-derived sweeteners, moving allulose from ‘unicorn ingredient’ to commercial reality.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/sugar-industry-biotech/Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/sugar-industry-biotech/Biological inputs are reshaping the conventional cane and beet sugar industry at both ends of the field — a sugarcane biostimulant lifting yields over 15% in India, and Brazilian enzyme cocktails converting sugarcane bagasse into the world’s largest second-generation ethanol plant.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/traditional-fermentation/Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/traditional-fermentation/Kraut, kimchi and pickle makers rooted in decades- or centuries-old technique are scaling into mainstream retail — Walmart is betting big on fresh fermented foods with Cleveland Kitchen leading the charge, while Europe’s largest sauerkraut factory reports surging global demand.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/alternative-thickeners-fermented-gums/Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/alternative-thickeners-fermented-gums/Precision-fermented hydrocolloids — xanthan, gellan, welan and pullulan — grown by bacteria on corn syrup or molasses instead of extracted from guar beans or animal gelatin, delivering pseudoplastic thickening for food, cosmetics and drilling fluids without the climate-driven supply volatility of crop-based gums.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/deep-grain-processing/Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/deep-grain-processing/Wet milling and enzymatic hydrolysis convert corn and wheat into maltodextrin, glucose syrups, modified starches and fermentation-derived feed amino acids (lysine, threonine), replacing petrochemical and animal-protein inputs across food, feed and industrial B2B supply chains.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/human-milk-oligosaccharides-hmos/Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/human-milk-oligosaccharides-hmos/Precision-fermented human milk oligosaccharides — 2’-fucosyllactose, LNnT and sialylated sugars produced by engineered E. coli or yeast — that feed infant-formula bifidobacteria and block pathogen attachment, now expanding from infant nutrition into adult gut-health supplements.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/vitamins-d3-b-group-ascorbic-acid/Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/vitamins-d3-b-group-ascorbic-acid/Industrial-scale vitamin manufacturing — B-group vitamins by direct fermentation, vitamin C by two-stage bioconversion of glucose, and vitamin D3 by UV photochemistry — concentrated overwhelmingly in China for bulk ascorbic acid while the EU retains unique fermentation capacity for riboflavin and stability-engineered feed premixes.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/mycoprotein-mushroom-sector/Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/mycoprotein-mushroom-sector/Fungal biomass protein (mycoprotein) and mycelium materials produced via fermentation of Fusarium, Neurospora and Trichoderma — a $4.6B market growing at 12% CAGR.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/precision-fermentation-dairy-egg-proteins/Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/precision-fermentation-dairy-egg-proteins/Recombinant whey, casein and egg-white proteins produced by engineered yeast and filamentous fungi, cutting GHG emissions 90–97% and water use 95–99% versus animal farming.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/probiotics-postbiotics-animals/Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/probiotics-postbiotics-animals/Species-specific probiotics and heat-stable postbiotics for dog and cat gut health — a $3.2B market driven by pet humanisation, growing at 11% CAGR.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/alternative-honey-biosynthetic-honey/Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/alternative-honey-biosynthetic-honey/Bee-free honey produced ex vivo by precision fermentation: recombinant bee enzymes (invertase, glucose oxidase) expressed in Pichia pastoris convert a blended plant-sugar and phytochemical base into a vegan, hypoallergenic honey chemically identical to the natural product.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/bioactive-peptides-for-nutrition/Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/bioactive-peptides-for-nutrition/AI-discovered short amino-acid chains released from plant and animal proteins by directed enzymatic hydrolysis — a stack from in-silico screening to a purified, GRAS-grade functional ingredient for sports, longevity and clinical nutrition.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/cultivated-meat/Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/cultivated-meat/Genuine animal muscle and fat tissue grown from starter cells in bioreactors, decoupling meat from livestock while cutting the land, water and climate footprint of conventional husbandry.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/cultured-seafood/Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/cultured-seafood/Genuine fish, crustacean and mollusc tissue grown from fish cells in bioreactors, offering sushi-grade seafood without fishing pressure on wild stocks or the feed-fish burden of aquaculture.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/gas-fermentation-food-protein/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/gas-fermentation-food-protein/Microbial food protein grown by feeding hydrogen-oxidising bacteria a mix of hydrogen, CO2 and oxygen in gas-loop bioreactors — a land-free ‘food from air’ route now at commercial demonstration scale.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/alternative-proteins/Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/alternative-proteins/Plant-based and fermentation-derived protein sources designed to replicate the sensory and nutritional profiles of animal products.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/brewing-distillation-as-fermentation-platform/Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/brewing-distillation-as-fermentation-platform/Brewing and distillation capacity (250–500 m³ tanks) is being repurposed as a fermentation CDMO platform for recombinant proteins — from beer and spirits to collagen and albumin.https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/precision-fermentation/Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/precision-fermentation/Genetically engineered microbes as cell factories for proteins, enzymes, HMOs and flavors — a stack from strain design to purified ingredient, at 30–50 g/L target titers.