Future of food in Singapore: Alternative meats, plant-based proteins and bugs?

(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. PHOTOS: SYNTHESIS, RICE EATER PRODUCTIONS, SOLAR FOODS
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SINGAPORE – 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 $317 million has been pumped into the industry.

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