The Vireo Advisors blog brings you the latest news and developments in safe, sustainable and bio-based materials and products including novel foods and sustainable nanomaterials.
Cultivated Meat Stumps Gourmand
Tel Aviv-based cultivated meat start-up SuperMeat hosted the world’s first public blind taste test between cultivated and conventional chicken.
The rise of lab grown foods
In the early part of the last century, Sir Winston Churchill made a prediction: “We shall escape the absurdity of growing a whole chicken in order to eat the breast or wing, by growing these parts separately under a suitable medium”.
Cell-cultured breastmilk: scientists want to give formula-fed babies another option
Researchers in the field of cellular agriculture are working to create cell-cultured breastmilk to serve as an alternative to formulas based on cows’ milk.
MINI Strip electric car by fashion designer Paul Smith is unique, subtle and sustainable
The interior of the MINI Strip is made of fully recyclable materials.
Using Nanotechnology and Microbes to Break Down “Forever Chemicals”
With increased regulatory pressure to reduce the use of “forever chemicals” such as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAs) in food packaging, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and the University at Buffalo are looking to nanotechnology to break down PFAS into smaller pieces which microbes can then digest.