Alternative proteins

A team of researchers from the University of Western Australia found that processing organic food waste with black soldier fly larvae produced high quality aquafeed for rainbow trout and other key aquaculture species.

Originally from Normandy, Anais Legendre has been working at Cycle Farms in Ghana for nearly three years, engaging with an increasingly vibrant aquaculture sector and stocking up on some colourful tales.

Protix, which produces black soldier fly larvae for use in aquafeeds, has raised €15.5 million as it bids to expand internationally.

Hong Kong food tech startup Avant Meats has developed lab-grown fish fillets, capitalising on the growing demand for seafood that doesn’t jeopardise ocean biodiversity.

Cell-based seafood producer BlueNalu has closed a $60 million funding round – the largest financing to date in the cell-based seafood industry worldwide.

Mealworms, which are increasingly being farmed as aquafeed ingredients, have been deemed safe for human consumption this week by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).

Carrie Chan, CEO of Avant Meats, China’s first cultivated meat biotechnology company, and the sole cultivated piscine protein company in Asia, shares her thoughts on veganism, cellular aquaculture and the future of the s…

Four months after joining the world’s only aquaculture and alternative seafood accelerator programme, eight startups from Hatch’s latest cohort pitched their ideas to investors in an entertaining online event today.

China’s leading cultivated meat company, Avant, has secured $3.1 million in funding to commercialise its cell-based seafood products.

A new research partnership between Singaporean and New Zealand science institutes could see two “superfood” algae species become nutritious sources of protein used in everyday food items.

Shiok Meats, a cell-based shrimp company based in Singapore, has raised US$12.6 million in funding.

Swiss food giant Nestle is launching a plant-based tuna alternative in Switzerland this month, with plans to tap the global market later this year.

Following the launch of Hatch’s latest aquaculture accelerator programme this week, The Fish Site delves a little bit more into the companies who make up the cohort and what they’d like to achieve over the cours…

A vegetarian shrimp product developed by The Plant Based Seafood Co has been declared the Most Disruptive Product of 2020 in Prepared Foods’ Spirit of Innovation awards.

Cell-based seafood specialist BlueNalu has signed an agreement with Pulmuone, a food products firm headquartered in South Korea.

A new technique that allows the 3D printing of fish such as salmon and tuna is currently being developed by a consortium of students.

Odontella, the world’s first business to develop food products based on microalgae and marine algae, has signed two contracts, worth “several million euros”, for its algae-based salmon substitute.