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Good Food Institute Europe
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Nonprofit think-tank advancing plant-based, fermentation-made and cultivated meat in Europe to build a better food system for people, planet and animals.
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The new UK Food Strategy – the Good Food Cycle – is an opportunity to drive economic growth and healthy, sustainable food production through protein diversification.

Our Senior UK Policy Manager Linus Pardoe explains why in a new op-ed: www.thegrocer.co.uk/comment-and-...
Plant-based progress: why the UK must double down on innovation
Unlocking UK growth depends on making alternative proteins affordable, delicious and widely accessible, says Linus Pardoe, senior UK policy manager at The Good Food Institute Europe
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October 24, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Join us October 16th for a presentation from @gfi.org grantee Dr. Simsek, who will share her work on enzymatic treatment of hemp by-products to create highly functional ingredients for plant-based meat that include dietary fiber and provide good nutritional value.

Register: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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🚨Breaking: EU Parliament votes to adopt plant-based labelling ban, prohibiting the use of meaty terms like 'sausage' that Europeans have used for over a century to apply to plant-protein foods. Learn more: gfieurope.org/blog/eu-poli
October 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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🏃💨 Europe’s alternative protein research is accelerating!

Dig into @gfieurope.org's blog for closer look at the key findings: bit.ly/3IgGcb2

Download the full reports: bit.ly/3IIpLEn

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September 29, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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🔬Hot off the press! Our new reports unpack the funding and publications landscape in Europe for plant-based, fermentation-made and cultivated meat research and innovation.

Dive in: gfieurope.org/blog/report-...
Report: European alternative protein research has tripled since 2020 - GFI Europe
New analysis has revealed the rapid growth of Europe’s alternative protein research, with the number of studies published and public funding levels almost tripling over the last five years.
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September 25, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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EU-level labelling bans restricting nomenclature on plant-based meat could be back on the menu, with two different sets of planned restrictions tabled in recent months.

See our new blog for an overview: gfieurope.org/blog/eu-poli...
September 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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We’re proud to be recognised by Mieux Donner as one of their most effective climate charities of 2024, and to be able to work to help protect our beautiful European landscapes. Check out their guide here: mieuxdonner.org/climate-map-...
September 12, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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🌱 Promising news from Lidl UK, which has smashed its targets for expanding sales of own-brand plant-based meat and milk, a timely reminder that significant demand still exists in the UK – provided expectations on taste and price are met. Learn more: thegrocer.co.uk/news/lidl-in...
Lidl increases sales of own-label plant-based products and milk alternatives by 700%
The supermarket has by far surpassed a targeted 400% increase in five years
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September 5, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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🇬🇧 The UK’s new food strategy puts alt proteins on the map as an economic growth driver—framing protein innovation as a solution to a £14B productivity gap in food + drink manufacturing, while supporting public health, sustainability, and resilience goals.

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July 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Great to see initial proposals for the European Competitiveness Fund (ECF) include biotechnology and the bioeconomy among the priority areas, potentially creating further opportunities to boost European innovation in protein diversification.

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European Competitiveness Fund
A new European Competitiveness Fund will invest in strategic technologies, to benefit the entire Single Market, as recommended in the Letta and Draghi Reports.
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July 28, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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📝 New resource - Our latest report seeks to help bridge the 'valley of death' in precision fermentation with the help of strategic target outputs, developed in partnership with Arthur D. Little Consultancy.

Learn more: gfieurope.org/resource/pat...
Pathfinding towards precision fermentation viability - GFI Europe
Precision fermentation (PF) has enabled the production of key food ingredients for decades, and its potential is now expanding to the alternative protein
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July 25, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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📢Hot of the press - new report from the Scientific Advisory Board of Germany's BMLEH offers a policy blueprint to boost protein diversification and make Germany’s food system healthier, more secure and more sustainable.

Read more: gfieurope.org/blog/indepen...
Independent scientific report from Germany's WBAE calls for de-polarisation and national leadership around protein diversification - GFI Europe
A report by the Scientific Advisory Board on Agricultural Policy, Nutrition and Consumer Health (WBAE) at the German Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food
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July 23, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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📰 Our July newsletter is out! 📰 Check out the latest alternative protein news across Europe in this month's edition of the GFI Europe newsletter, including key upcoming events, opportunities and resources.
All this and more here👇
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July 21, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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📢Breaking 📢Economic growth, public health, sustainability and resilience form the 4 pillars of the new UK food strategy, with plant-based, fermentation-made and cultivated foods set to play a growing role.

Learn more: gfieurope.org/blog/uk-food...
UK food strategy recognises alternative proteins as driver for growth - GFI Europe
The UK government’s new outline for the upcoming food strategy has highlighted that alternative proteins can deliver economic growth.
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July 16, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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🤿 Deep dive 🤿The DACH region is an innovation powerhouse – with many teams at the cutting edge of research driving protein diversification. Dive into this diverse and dynamic ecosystem in our new page (available in English and German): gfieurope.org/de/forschung...
July 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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🗳️ Policy update 🗳️ The European Parliament has just voted on its Report on the future of the EU biotechnology and biomanufacturing sector, paving the way for the forthcoming Biotech Act.
Read more on the report: www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docume...
July 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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📅 Upcoming event! 📅 The NAPIC Inaugural Conference brings together diverse stakeholders to foster collaboration, address sector challenges, and drive the transition towards sustainable, nutritious, and accessible protein sources.

Register now: napic.ac.uk/napic-inaugu...
July 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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🐟🔬Dive into the future of cultivated seafood at Fish & CHIPS, a virtual collaborative huddle hosted by @gfi.org, where cultivated seafood researchers and innovators converge to connect and conquer technical challenges.
Learn more and register: airtable.com/appMgYRlJ6w8...
July 7, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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⚖ Policy update! ⚖ Europe's food innovators are set to benefit from funding opportunities worth €350 million and plans to scale up fermentation technologies outlined in today's EU Strategy for European Life Sciences.
Read more: ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
July 2, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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⚖️Regulatory update⚖️ New initiative from the UK’s Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland offers a business support service to help companies trying to bring cultivated meat to the market – with plans to extend this to precision fermentation, too.
Read more: www.food.gov.uk/news-alerts/...
June 26, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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🔎 Open science matters – especially in the field of alternative proteins, where much of the research is conducted privately, and there is insufficient public funding available for the most impactful research and development.
Check our guide to publishing free research: gfieurope.org/wp-content/u...
June 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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🥩📝 What nomenclature and labelling will best support consumers to make informed decisions on purchasing cultivated meat in Europe?
Our latest blog breaks down the key findings from groundbreaking new research commissioned by GFI Europe in partnership with Opinium. ⬇️
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June 23, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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📰 Our June newsletter is out! 📰 Check out the latest alternative protein news across Europe in this month's edition of the GFI Europe newsletter, including key upcoming events, opportunities and resources.
All this and more here 👇
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June 23, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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🔬Research funding opportunity!🔬
The latest Horizon Europe deadlines are fast approaching, and our blog unpacks the exciting opportunities for the region’s food innovators: gfieurope.org/blog/horizon...
June 19, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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📋 What does the FAO say about food safety in precision fermentation?
Our latest blog examines the new FAO report, which demonstrates how existing food safety considerations and frameworks can be applied to precision fermentation.
💡 Read the key insights: gfieurope.org/blog/food-sa...
June 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM