Dutch precision fermentation startup Those Vegan Cowboys has been awarded a €1.2M subsidy to lead a consortium developing sports nutrition products from its animal-free casein.

A study from Imperial College London estimates that replacing all UK cow's milk with precision-fermented dairy protein could reduce the land required to produce it by up to 96%.

Australian fermentation startup Nourish Ingredients has partnered with specialty lipid producer SD Guthrie to manufacture its dairy fat alternative, Creamilux, at industrial scale in Europe.

Researchers at the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland have developed a fermentation-based method to produce mycelium leather at industrial scale, demonstrating the process by sewing a prototype handbag from the material.

A study published in PLOS Biology has found, for the first time, that fungi living in Arctic fjord sediments efficiently absorb dissolved organic matter and lock it into their biomass, rather than releasing it as carbon dioxide.