12 Jun 2020 --- This week in industry news, Bühler and Big Idea Ventures joined forces to accelerate the journey of start-ups creating alternatives to animal-derived protein products. Kudos Blends partnered with Tawazon to improve bakery nutrition in the Middle East and UK. Plant-based brand Meatless Farm is set to hit the shelves in Tesco this month amid a boom in meat alternatives. Also this week, the US Secretary of Agriculture applauded the reopening of critical infrastructure meatpacking facilities across the US.