Mycoprotein production in India gets a boost as Dhampur Bio Organics adopts Planetary's BioBlocks, using sugar and molasses.

The ColorFun project, led by MNEXT, has planned a larger-scale fermentation of a blue fungal dye and is preparing production of orange dyes. The dyes are made by fungi through fermentation of biobased raw materials, and the project studies production, extraction, purification and application together. First application tests with NPSP in biobased composite panels have flagged colour intensity and purification as areas needing work, showing what must be solved before the

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.

Boston-based Ayana Bio and India's Zenfold Sustainable Technologies jointly acquired 300,000 litres of fermentation capacity from the defunct alt-protein firm Meati Foods for just $75,000.

Austrian startup Revo Foods has launched Cottage Protein+, a dairy-free cottage cheese made by fermenting apricot kernels, delivering 17g of protein per 150g serving from just five ingredients.