Food Tech: Page 19

  • A person in a lab coat and gloves takes a sample of yellowish liquid from a small glass bioreactor in a lab setting.
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    How Ayana Bio will use science and technology to make more nutritious ingredients

    As he takes the helm of the Ginkgo Bioworks spinoff, CEO Frank Jaksch said the company’s plant cell culture technology, used to create bioactive compounds from ginseng, berries, cocoa and ginger, could be a nutritional game changer. 

    By • Aug. 25, 2022
  • Skewers of grilled cultivated lamb pieces on a marble surface, with grilled pita triangles on one side and yogurt sauce and a tomato-cucumber-pepper vegetable garnish on the other.
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    Future Meat Technologies announces cultivated lamb, while Steakholder Foods gets into pork

    The new meat types from well-developed and funded companies in the cell-based space show that there could be an array of animal-free options available in the near term.

    By • Aug. 25, 2022
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    Trendline

    Top 5 stories from Food Dive

    The food and beverage industry is changing rapidly and the actions companies take this year are likely to play a major role in defining their future. 

    By Food Dive staff
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    Tyson invests $200M in Texas beef plant expansion

    The company aims to “modernize” the Amarillo facility by increasing the size of its operations floor and employee areas, and adding automation.

    By • Aug. 19, 2022
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    Raízen and ASR Group partner on fully traceable non-GMO sugar

    The multiyear agreement, which involves an investment and 10-year sugarcane purchase pact, is the first transparency program of its kind for the sweetener, the companies say.

    By • Aug. 18, 2022
  • Animal-free mozzarella cheese from New Culture being grated.
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    ADM partners with New Culture to manufacture and develop animal-free cheese

    The food industry giant participated in the California startup’s most recent funding round, and has a similar agreement with precision fermentation dairy ingredient maker Perfect Day.

    By • Aug. 18, 2022
  • A hand pours 2% NotMilk from a carton into an overflowing blue mug.
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    What does falling in love taste like? NotCo is using AI to figure it out.

    The Chilean unicorn’s new patents supply more scent data to product design, helping bring innovations — and offerings from its joint venture with Kraft Heinz — to the market quickly.

    By • Aug. 17, 2022
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    Ad tactics to cut and solutions to prioritize during uncertain times

    Uncertain times are upon us and marketers are on the hunt for ways to cut back or reprioritize.

    Aug. 15, 2022
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    ADM, Benson Hill partner to scale high-protein soy

    By marrying the agribusiness giant’s scale with the food tech firm’s gene editing capabilities, the companies believe soybeans can reach their full potential as a plant-based ingredient.

    By • Aug. 11, 2022
  • Tastewise founders Eyan Gaon and Alon Chen, wearing shirts with their company name, sit on a round bench in an office.
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    How Tastewise uses artificial intelligence to bridge the gap between consumers and food trends

    The Israeli company’s recent $17 million funding round is helping it expand the social, recipe and restaurant data it looks through to determine what consumers truly want.

    By • Aug. 8, 2022
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    Food waste tech firm Afresh raises $115M

    The Series B funding round will scale the technology, which helps retailers avoid ordering excess food, to “thousands” more stores.

    By Catherine Douglas Moran • Aug. 8, 2022
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    Solving the unique challenges of shipping perishable foods

    A strategy to prevent loss and ensure compliance in perishable shipping is more critical than ever.

    Aug. 8, 2022
  • A large package of Beyond Meat burgers sits in a shopping cart.
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    Beyond Meat cuts outlook and employees as sales and earnings disappoint

    As higher prices and inflation lead consumers to trade down at the grocery store, CEO Ethan Brown said the company is focusing on reducing its operational expenses.

    By • Aug. 5, 2022
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    Firmenich and IFF open high-tech facilities to speed product development

    The Switzerland-based company’s new plant in California strengthens its U.S. presence, while IFF’s culinary design center in Denmark is part of its Re-Imagine Protein Innovation Program.

    By • Aug. 4, 2022
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    Motif FoodWorks names new CEO

    Michael Leonard, the company’s longtime chief technology officer, takes the helm immediately while former leader Jonathan McIntyre transitions to an advisory role.

    By • Aug. 4, 2022
  • A pair of hands works with fermentation equipment in Paleo's lab.
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    How Paleo is using biochemistry to bring plant-based mammoth meat to consumers

    The European startup uses precision fermentation to create heme commonly found in beef, chicken, pork, lamb and tuna — in addition to the long-extinct mammal — to make analogs taste more like the animal proteins they replace.

    By • July 28, 2022
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    Flavor by a nose: How Air Up uses scent to make water taste better

    The European company, which just launched in the U.S., uses its specially designed water bottle and pods containing natural fragrances as a way to get consumers to hydrate.

    By • July 28, 2022
  • A box of Fruit Punch Capri Sun on a blue background with a juice pouch in the foreground.
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    Capri Sun cuts sugar 40% by reformulating with monk fruit

    The largest renovation in the juice pouch brand’s history will put Kraft Heinz more than halfway toward its goal of significant portfolio-wide sugar reduction.

    By • Updated July 27, 2022
  • A person slices a Meati Crispy Cutlet on a white cutting board that sits on a coral-colored counter.
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    Meati nets $150M investment for expansion as products hit store shelves

    The funding will help the mycelium-based meat analog company complete its “Mega Ranch” facility, which will supply all Sprouts Farmers Market stores later this year. Chipotle’s venture fund was among the investors.

    By • July 21, 2022
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    Small candy makers forced to rethink their business strategies

    Sweets manufacturers, many of them family owned, are doing away with long-time traditions in order to survive amid labor shortages, high costs and unreliable deliveries of some ingredients.

    By • July 18, 2022
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    Phytolon raises $14.5M, led by Royal DSM's venture arm

    The fermented natural colors maker plans to expand its products globally, with the help of leaders in the biotech space.

    By • July 14, 2022
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    Why Brevel says its microalgae will become the most popular alternative protein ingredient

    The inexpensive powder with a mild taste and high level of nutrition will eventually topple today’s standards of soy and pea in plant-based foods, the Israeli company’s CEO says.

    By • July 14, 2022
  • Hands hold a hybrid plant-based and cultivated meat burger cut in half.
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    SCiFi Foods reduces the cost of cell-based beef 1,000-fold

    The company, which plans to make hybrid plant-based and cultivated meat burgers, used bioengineering technology to make cells that can grow in higher densities.

    By • July 13, 2022
  • Hands hold white protein powder made by Superbrewed Food.
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    Bel Group teams with Superbrewed Food to make postbiotic cheeses

    The French company is the first CPG to partner with the fermented protein ingredient maker. New products from the collaboration could be introduced next year.

    By • Updated July 12, 2022
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    Foodberry brings its tech to a sweet spot: fresh and packaging-free snacking

    After 10 years, two rebrands and a short-lived consumer line, the company is ready to bring its reverse-engineered fruit skins to new applications.

    By • July 11, 2022
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    Tropic Biosciences raises $35M to develop climate-resilient tropical crops

    Sustainable food venture group Blue Horizon led the funding round, which the biotech firm will use to apply gene editing to crops beyond bananas, coffee and rice.

    By Samantha Oller • July 7, 2022