According to research by The Good Food Institute Europe based on Circana retail sales data from 6 European countries, affordable own-brand products have significantly driven the increase in #PlantBased sales volumes between 2022 and 2024 in 🇫🇷, 🇩🇪, 🇮🇹 & 🇪🇸. 🔗 hubs.ly/Q03s763m0

📋 What does the FAO say about food safety in precision fermentation? Our latest blog examines the new FAO report, which demonstrates how existing food safety considerations and frameworks can be applied to precision fermentation. 💡 Read the key insights: gfieurope.org/blog/food-safe…

🔬Research funding opportunity!🔬 The latest Horizon Europe deadlines are fast approaching, and our blog unpacks the exciting opportunities for the region’s food innovators: gfieurope.org/blog/horizon-e…

📰 Our June newsletter is out! 📰 Check out the latest alternative protein news across Europe in this month's edition of the GFI Europe newsletter, including key upcoming events, opportunities and resources. All this and more here 👇 linkedin.com/pulse/affordab…

🥩📝What nomenclature and labelling will best support consumers to make informed decisions on purchasing cultivated meat in Europe? Our latest blog breaks down the key findings from groundbreaking new research with Opinium. Learn more: gfieurope.org/blog/research-…

🔎 Open science matters – especially in the field of alternative proteins, where much of the research is conducted privately, and there is insufficient public funding available for the most impactful research and development. Check our open-access guide: gfieurope.org/wp-content/upl…

⚖️Regulatory update⚖️Initiative from the UK’s Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland offers a business support service to help companies trying to bring cultivated meat to the market – with plans to extend this to precision fermentation, too. ➡️ food.gov.uk/news-alerts/ne…

🐟🔬Dive into the future of cultivated seafood at Fish & CHIPS, a virtual collaborative huddle hosted by The Good Food Institute, where cultivated seafood researchers and innovators converge to connect and conquer technical challenges. Learn more and register: airtable.com/appMgYRlJ6w8TN…

🗳️ Policy update 🗳️ The European Parliament has just voted on its Report on the future of the EU biotechnology and biomanufacturing sector, paving the way for the forthcoming Biotech Act. Read more on the report: europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document…

🤿 Deep dive 🤿The DACH region is an innovation powerhouse – with many teams at the cutting edge of research driving protein diversification. Dive into this diverse and dynamic ecosystem in our new page (available in German and English). gfieurope.org/de/forschung/d…

📢Breaking 📢Economic growth, public health, sustainability and resilience form the 4 pillars of the new UK food strategy, with plant-based, fermentation-made and cultivated foods set to play a growing role. Learn more: gfieurope.org/blog/uk-food-s…

📢Hot of the press - new report from the Scientific Advisory Board of Germany's BMLEH offers a policy blueprint to boost protein diversification and make Germany’s food system healthier, more secure and more sustainable. Read more: gfieurope.org/blog/independe…

Mission Barns has just become the first company globally to receive regulatory approval to sell cultivated pork fat! The company pairs plant protein with cultivated pork fat—enhancing flavour, juiciness, and umami to deliver delicious hybrid end products that truly hit the spot.

📝 New resource - Our new report seeks to help bridge the 'valley of death' in precision fermentation with the help of strategic target outputs, developed in partnership with Arthur D. Little Consultancy. Learn more: gfieurope.org/resource/pathf…

Great to see initial proposals for the European Competitiveness Fund (ECF) include biotechnology and the bioeconomy among the priority areas, potentially creating further opportunities to boost European innovation in protein diversification. commission.europa.eu/publications/e…

Where are the institutions leading protein diversification research in Germany, Switzerland and Austria? Check out a whirlwind tour of protein diversification research in the DACH region: gfieurope.org/science/the-al…