What’s new in the future of food?

Like real: (Clockwise from top left) Synthesis’ Sea-Viche and Eggless Chicken & Chickenless Egg, Fura’s unique ant ice cream and Solar Foods’ Solein Pasta with Singapore Pesto. — The Straits Times/ANN

Huge, hulking, grown-up sums of money have been injected to drive innovation in the plant- and cell-based protein sector, yet it remains very much in its infancy.

To date, about S$317mil (RM1.08bil) has been pumped into the industry.