Revo Foods Brings 3D-Printed Mycoprotein Chicken to European Shelves

A landmark study published in Science has produced the first global estimate of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal networks, finding roughly 110 quadrillion kilometres (about 68 quadrillion miles) of living fungal threads in the top 15 centimetres of Earth's soils. Researchers from SPUN, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and more than a dozen institutions combined data from over 16,000 soil samples with robotic imaging of 300,000 individual fungal strands to build machine-learning ma

The European Commission has granted novel food authorisation to Fermotein, a mycoprotein powder made from the fungal strain Rhizomucor pusillus, making it the first whole-food mycelium ingredient approved for sale across the EU. The approval followed a positive scientific opinion from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and a unanimous vote by all 27 EU member states, six years after The Protein Brewery first filed its regulatory dossier in May 2020. The decision sets a

German startup Pacifico Biolabs closed a €7M Series A round to scale production and launch its mycelium-based chicken alternative across European markets by late 2026.

A first in the industry, Superhumn has simultaneously achieved equal taste and texture and equal or cheaper pricing than conventional animal protein, milestones that have eluded most alt-protein rivals The company is raising a $30 million Series B to build owned manufacturing facilities and expand sales across four continents. Image credits: Superhumn The plant-based protein sector has spent much of the past decade spending billions on R&D and retail trade spend, and the resu

Researchers at the University of Vienna produced flexible leather-like sheets from Agaricus bisporus mushroom processing residues using papermaking methods.

German food tech startup Formo has obtained self-affirmed GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe) status in the US for its precision-fermented αS1-casein, the most abundant protein fraction in cow's milk, enabling sales to American food manufacturers. Formo engineers a food-grade E. coli strain to express recombinant αS1-casein in stirred-tank bioreactors, producing a single, characterised protein fraction after cell lysis, separation, and purification, with no living microorgani

Infinite Roots Acquires Bosque Foods to Build Dual-Technology Mycelium Platform

A single 5g dose of psilocybin-containing mushrooms (Enigma strain) was associated with striking short-term functional improvements in an octogenarian with a decade-long history of advanced Alzheimer's disease, including the return of spontaneous speech, urinary continence, and independent movement. Psilocybin acts on serotonin 5-HT2A receptors to alter large-scale brain network dynamics and may promote structural neural plasticity, potentially making residual functional capa

A rigorous 18-week clinical trial found that daily consumption of maitake mushrooms significantly improved cognitive scores in healthy older adults, particularly in memory.