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Impossible Pork will feature in the Impossible Croissan'wich at selected Burger King outlets in the US later this month

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Impossible Foods launches its plant-based pork

Having made a splash with its plant-based burger over the past couple of years, Impossible Foods is now leveraging its technology to take on another form of protein with its second product, the newly introduced Impossible Pork.

An injunction temporarily blocks enforcement of the Arkansas law prohibiting non-animal meat products from using meat-related terminology

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Federal court rules veggie burgers can still be named burgers, for now

A US federal court has temporarily blocked a law, passed in Arkansas earlier in 2019, which made it illegal for terms such as "burgers" and "sausages" to be applied to products made from plant-based materials.

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Lab-grown meat cultivated in space for the first time

An experiment on the International Space Station reveals the potential for generating consistent supplies of meat for future deep space missions.

KFC is trialling a new plant-based chicken from Beyond Meat

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KFC to trial Beyond Meat's plant-based chicken

KFC plans to trial a plant-based chicken substitute from Beyond Meat, with an eye towards a potential national rollout.

The FDA approval was the final hurdle holding Impossible Foods back from entering the direct-to-consumer grocery store market

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Key Impossible Burger ingredient finally approved by FDA for direct-to-consumer sales

Impossible Foods’ plant-based meat alternative will finally be hitting grocery stores in the United States. The FDA has approved its key additive allowing Impossible Foods to move from only selling its products in restaurants and into supermarkets across the country.

As new laws sweep across America regulating what food can and can't be called meat, a torrent of lawsuits are pushing back arguing the laws are unconstitutional

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The burger battle: The lawsuits challenging restrictions on plant-based meat labels

Are there any animal products in that veggie burger? To avoid confusion several states in America have passed new food labeling laws to make sure only animal products can be called meat, burgers or sausages. But a torrent of lawsuits are pushing back arguing these regulations are unconstitutional.

Impossible Foods produces its beef-free patties using plant-sourced replacements

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Burger King introduces meat-free Impossible Whopper

Global fast food giant Burger King has announced the introduction of the Impossible Whopper at selected stores, offering customers a decidedly greener version of its most iconic hamburger.

Researchers have used Lego to build a device that spins starch fibers as supports for lab-grown steaks

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Lego contraption spins up starchy supports for lab-grown steaks

Growing meat in the lab from cultured cells is a promising technology, and now a team of food scientists has developed a new method for spinning starchy structures that could hold a steak together. Stranger still, this device is made of Lego.

The world's first lab-grown steak takes about three weeks to grow from an initial cellular sample

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Aleph Farms serves up world's first lab-grown steak

Israel-based Aleph Farms has just unveiled the world's first lab-grown steak. This milestone on the road to bringing a cruelty-free meat product to the market demonstrates, for the first time, the technology's ability to imitate the flavor, shape, texture and structure of a classic beef steak.

The Impossible Burger has been deemed safe to eat by the FDA

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Bleeding meatless burger gets the green light

Getting a fake burger to taste like the real thing is no mean feat. The Impossible Burger brings a meaty flavor to its plant-sourced patties with one key, and controversial, ingredient, which has just been recognized as safe by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).