Lab-grown meat hits major milestone, dramatically reducing land, water use, and climate impactAs the world’s demand for protein skyrockets, traditional livestock farming, particularly beef, is taking a heavy toll on the environment t...
02 Mar, 2026, 10.44 PM IST
India’s plant-based protein market is heating up—But can it overcome these challenges?India’s alternative protein industry must plug the infrastructural gaps to attract cost-sensitive consumers and build a sustainable market,...
04 Jun, 2025, 11.18 AM IST
South Korean scientists are now making 'rice with beef cells' to revolutionise how the world eatsSouth Korean scientists are creating "meaty rice," a novel, protein-infused rice variety, using cultured beef cells to offer an ethical pro...
17 Jun, 2024, 08.58 AM IST
Soon, India may have lab-grown fish meat that will have the same flavor and texture as original fishThe ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) in India has initiated the development of lab-grown fish meat to address the i...
29 Jan, 2024, 02.43 PM IST
Vegan meat, made from cells are now available. But will it ever satisfy meat lovers?More than 150 startups are chasing an ambitious goal: meat that doesn't require raising and killing animals that is affordable and tastes a...
18 Nov, 2023, 10.30 AM IST
Pure-veg meat: An export frontier for India to conquerIndia's largest shipment of plant-based meat, including jackfruit-based BBQ Jack, has been sent to the US. The shipment is part of India's ...
28 Jun, 2023, 04.17 PM IST
All you should know about ‘lab-grown meat’ or ‘cultured meat’This type of meat does not come from slaughtered animals, rather they are grown in laboratories, using cells from living animals or fertili...
24 Jun, 2023, 08.28 PM IST
Heatwave hits India's poultry sector; prices of chicken plummets 50%“The heatwave is resulting in a big loss for poultry farmers,” said Bittu Dhanda, president, Poultry Federation of India. “Already, there i...
18 Apr, 2023, 01.50 PM IST
Elephant on your plate: Food tech start-up makes giant meatball from extinct mammothThe food scientists made the meatball using the lab-grown flesh of an extinct woolly mammoth.
01 Apr, 2023, 05.50 PM IST
FDA approves lab-grown meat for human consumption, animal rights advocates hail the moveThe FDA said it had no further questions after evaluating Upside Foods’s submission of lab-grown meat. The company used animal cell culture...
17 Nov, 2022, 08.57 PM IST
Eat insects to save the planet? This academic feels it could help in achieving a sustainable food systemInsects are far more efficient at converting their feed into energy than conventional livestock.
13 Sep, 2022, 07.25 PM IST
India ranks third in Egg, eighth in meat production: Economic Survey 2021-22Meat production in the country has increased from 6.69 million tonnes in 2014-15 to 8.80 million tonnes in 2020-21 (Provisional), the surve...
31 Jan, 2022, 07.35 PM IST
Next food frontier: Fish made from plants, or in a labAs sophisticated fish alternatives begin to attract investment and land at restaurants in the U.S. and beyond, people who track the fishles...
14 Sep, 2021, 10.14 AM IST
How Indian alt-meat startups are changing the way we perceive foodA few Indian startups and research institutes are devising plant and cell-based alternatives to meat to help revolutionise the sustainable ...
20 Jun, 2021, 10.43 AM IST
Investors are betting on startups making lab-grown meatThe thought of eating an animal-resembling protein may not sound appetising to many. But this could well be how a large population in the w...
25 Jan, 2021, 03.28 PM IST
You could get to eat ‘clean’ meat in India by next yearICT has joined hands with The Good Food Institute to establish a lab facility in Mumbai by 2020.
18 Feb, 2019, 02.57 PM IST
Online startups on a gravy train after the clampdown on UP's illegal slaughterhouses“This (ban in UP) is a big positive for online players who work only with licensed automated plants,” says Deepanshu Manchanda, cofounder o...
02 Apr, 2017, 10.43 AM IST