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The Top 20 food-tech companies identified here demonstrate a global move away from “alternative protein” novelty and toward industrial-grade food architecture. This is the beginning of a new supply-chain model.

The Sydney, Australia Alt.Protein 25 Conference trends emergence confirmed a generational shift as the industry is quietly re-branding itself around NextGen Food, pragmatic, tech-driven, and consumer-anchored. Cultivated and precision fats are reframed as both flavour and function tools with algae and fermentation innovators chasing cost parity through partnerships; and “trust” replacing “disruption” as the ultimate KPI.