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Alternative Proteins: Rethinking our Appetite

American’s openness to plant-based protein alternatives is at an all-time high, and for three major reasons: climate, increasing interest in flexitarian diets, and aversion to factory farm practices.

Investors are finding a range of opportunities to engage in the alternative proteins field, including funding early-stage cell-cultured meat companies, supporting more established plant-based protein corporations and more.

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3D Food Printing: Cutting Waste, Layer by Layer

3D printing, known for making medical implants, machine parts, dental products and other consumer products, is also being employed in food manufacturing: for creation of candies, pastries, chocolates, pizzas, and a host of other dishes. It provides a means to achieving creativity in the kitchen, with the added benefits of cutting waste and cooking time.

A technology dating back to the 1980s, 3D printing produces items by laying down successive layers of material, with each layer essentially representing a thinly sliced cross-section of the final object.

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