Was the rush to invest in Alt Proteins 4 years ago a big bubble?

Alex speaks to Isabell Decitre who runs a venture Capital investment company in Asia and Europe. They invest in future food technology - animal tech and food tech. Isabelle provides some very interesting insights into what they look for in a start up - the technology, the product and the people.

So if you’re a company looking for investment or an investor looking for a company then listen on.

Senara is based in Germany and is the first company in Europe to produce cell cultivated Milk. It was founded 2 years ago and since then the cost per litre has reduced from €300,000 to €500. Svenja, the CEO and co founder tells me that they expect the price to reach parity following sufficient scale up and collaboration.

Cell cultivated milk may mean we’ll be trying cow free products such as chocolate and cheese before too long. In this latest Future of Foods Interview with Svenja Dannewitz Prosseda I find out how it’s made, the benefits and it’s place in the Future of Food.

Some estimates put cell cultivated milk at 5% of total dairy production by 2030.

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Innovate Animal Ag are a think tank promoting the use of technology to improve standards for animals used in agriculture. They are at the forefront of In OVO sexing technology currently used in 20% of egg hatcheries in the EU and soon to be introduced to the USA. Without such technology as many as 7 billion male chicks are killed pointlessly each year. Future of Foods speaks to director Casey Downey on the many and varied ways of telling whether an egg is a male or a female.