Food Tech
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Ginkgo Bioworks partners with Evo Foods on animal-free eggs
The U.S. biotech company will offer its scientific expertise in precision fermentation to help the Indian plant-based CPG create an ingredient to use in its products.
By Megan Poinski • May 19, 2022 -
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Perfect Day proteins power animal-free Bored Cow flavored milk
The product launch is the first from food tech company Tomorrow Farms, which closed an $8.5 million seed round earlier this month.
By Megan Poinski • May 19, 2022 -
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How myAir uses the power of data and personal nutrition to reduce stress
After taking an online quiz, customers get snack bars with adaptogens that specifically target their needs, and smart watch monitoring data can tell them how well they are working.
By Megan Poinski • May 19, 2022 -
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Motif FoodWorks launches plant-based meat products
The food tech company, which says it is debuting the offerings following strong demand for test products demonstrating its ingredients, also received an investment from Robert Downey Jr.'s venture capital fund.
By Megan Poinski • May 18, 2022 -
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ADM partners with Eat Just on cell-based meat growth medium and product development
This is the ingredient powerhouse's first agreement in the cultivated meat space, and the company says it fits in with its strategic focus on alternative proteins.
By Megan Poinski • May 17, 2022 -
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Meati launches its first alternative protein steak
CEO and co-founder Tyler Huggins said the product's secret is mycelium — mushroom roots that give it a structure and texture like animal meat.
By Megan Poinski • May 17, 2022 -
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Sponsored by EYHow to create long-term value in a reimagined food system
Changing consumer preferences, new regulatory requirements and supply chain pressures have brought the food industry to a tipping point.
May 16, 2022 -
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How Leaft Foods turns green plants into a protein nutritionally similar to beef
The New Zealand company founded by two former dairy execs recently raised $15 million to bring its concentrated rubisco powder to the U.S. next year.
By Megan Poinski • May 12, 2022 -
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Beyond Meat shares drop as jerky costs drive $100.5M loss
President and CEO Ethan Brown said the internal costs the company incurred will pay off in the long run, but analysts seem to be skeptical of the strategy.
By Megan Poinski • May 12, 2022 -
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WNWN announces world's first consumer sale of cacao-free chocolate
The British company, which uses fermentation to turn barley and carob into the beloved confection, hopes to use its U.K. launch to highlight the ethical problems with the traditional way the candy is made.
By Megan Poinski • May 11, 2022 -
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Voyage Foods gets $36M investment to scale up
The California company that recreates chocolate, peanut butter and coffee on a molecular level is planning product launches later this year.
By Megan Poinski • May 5, 2022 -
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IFF and SimpliiGood collaborate to make spirulina-based smoked salmon
The ingredients powerhouse will provide flavor and aroma attributes to a product that the Israel-based startup plans to make completely out of microalgae.
By Megan Poinski • April 28, 2022 -
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Mars partners with AI provider to accelerate functional food development
The multi-year agreement with PIPA will bring an algorithm searching biomedical data, scientific publications and clinical trials to the company's human and pet divisions.
By Megan Poinski • April 27, 2022 -
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Mars Wrigley announces new candy and snack R&D hub
The new $40 million facility will be adjacent to the confectioner's global headquarters on Goose Island in Chicago, and affirms the company's commitment both to the Windy City and innovation.
By Megan Poinski • April 22, 2022 -
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Tobacco as food's future: BioBetter creates a cell growth medium from the plant
The Israeli startup has genetically modified the crop to produce inexpensive plant-based proteins that can grow cultivated meat.
By Megan Poinski • April 21, 2022 -
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Upside Foods gets $400M investment for commercial-scale facility
The largest single funding round in the cultivated meat space to date included money from Tyson, Cargill and Givaudan, and will help the company bring cell-based animal products to market.
By Megan Poinski • April 21, 2022 -
Courtesy of Impossible Foods
How Temasek became a leading food tech investor
The Singapore-based firm realized eight years ago the sector held the keys to sustainability and longevity. After $8 billion in investments, its agri-food division head is more bullish than ever on its potential.
By Megan Poinski • April 20, 2022 -
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Deep DiveBeyond the blue: Interest in spirulina shifts to new applications
The microalgae can provide a desirable natural color, but it's also sustainable and nutritious — and finding its way into a wider assortment of uses.
By Megan Poinski • April 14, 2022 -
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ADM investing $300M to boost production of alternative proteins
The ingredients giant is nearly doubling capacity at its Decatur, Illinois, plant for soy protein concentrate and building an innovation center that will develop new products and processes.
By Samantha Oller • April 14, 2022 -
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Report: Food's future is more complicated than the alternative protein debate makes it seem
The study from IPES-Food says that changes are needed to stabilize the food system, but a wholesale switch to plant-based or cuts in greenhouse gas emissions ignore some pressing issues.
By Megan Poinski • April 8, 2022 -
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The Better Meat Co. to debut mycelium foie gras
CEO Paul Shapiro said in an exclusive interview the product for restaurants can help fans of the controversial delicacy "experience that same joy without all the suffering."
By Megan Poinski • April 4, 2022 -
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Indoor farming to reach an estimated $155.6B by 2026: PitchBook
The space could see a more than 14% growth rate, driven by enthusiasm for the sustainability pitch of players like Bowery Farming and Upward Farms, a new report finds.
By Samantha Oller • April 4, 2022 -
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MycoTechnology raises $85M for innovation and international expansion
In its Series E round, the fermented mushroom ingredient giant received money from the venture arms of Griffith Foods, Tyson Foods, Bunge, Continental Grain and Maple Leaf Foods.
By Megan Poinski • March 31, 2022 -
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The Every Company debuts animal-free egg white
The precision fermentation company is partnering with California bakery Chantal Guillon to debut the ingredient in macarons.
By Chris Casey • March 31, 2022 -
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After a record 2021, food tech investments will keep coming, conference panel says
At Future Food-Tech in San Francisco last week, several investors detailed why people are getting excited about the space and what will lead the dollars to continue to flow.
By Megan Poinski • March 28, 2022
