Cultivated Meat Dog Food And Europe Wants First Bite
The cultivated meat race has officially gone to the dogs. Italian petfood company FORZA10 has launched “Coolty Meat”, a complete dog food containing 26% cultivated meat supplied by Czech biotech company Bene Meat Technologies, unveiled this week at the global pet industry expo Interzoo 2026. The companies are calling it the world’s first commercially launched complete cultivated meat dog food, positioning the product as hypoallergenic, cruelty-free and planet-friendly.
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Global Canned Fruit Hits The Wall As Growers Get Left Holding The Orchard
Canned fruit is having a very unromantic moment. In California, Del Monte’s bankruptcy and cannery closures have left peach growers stranded, with USDA approving up to US$9 million to help remove trees after around 74,000 tonnes of cling fruit were left unsold. Pacific Coast Producers has picked up some volume, but roughly 50,000 tonnes still lacks a buyer.
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Functional Beer Moves From Pub Culture To Recovery Culture
Heineken has just nudged beer into strange new territory: the gym bag. Its UK launch of Outd00r Brewing is a 0.0% alcohol-free lager range with electrolytes, vitamin C and magnesium, positioned as an “isotonic 0.0 lager” for the post-run, post-ride, post-padel, post-whatever crowd. In other words, beer is no longer just trying to be booze-free. This functional beer now wants to be useful.
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