Food Tech: Page 21

  • The hands of refugees have been aided by charity food to alleviate hunger
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    Opinion

    Why policy change and innovation are key to expanding access to healthy food

    Humanity faces a huge challenge this World Hunger Day — requiring the tools and thinking of today to ensure a well-nourished society tomorrow, writes Pairwise CEO Tom Adams and registered dietitian Kristen F. Gradney.

    By Tom Adams and Kristen F. Gradney • May 27, 2022
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    Sweegen declares victory in stevia patent case, but PureCircle will appeal

    This is the final case that the once-litigious stevia grower, now owned by Ingredion, filed against a competitor.

    By • Updated May 26, 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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    How Bowery Farming is growing the indoor agriculture space

    The vertical farming company opened its largest farm in Pennsylvania this week, with two more facilities, more technology and new crops on the way.

    By • May 26, 2022
  • One of the bioreactors ABEC is building for Eat Just's Good Meat division. The bioreactor will be used for cultivated meat.
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    Eat Just announces plans for commercial-scale cell-based meat facility

    The cultivated meat maker entered an agreement with biotech process engineering company ABEC, which will build 10 bioreactors for the plant. The company says it will be able to make 30 million pounds of product annually.

    By • May 25, 2022
  • Evo Foods shows off its plant-based eggs in San Francisco in April 2022.
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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 • May 19, 2022
  • Tomorrow Farms is launching Bored Cow animal-free dairy milk, made with Perfect Day's proteins.
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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 • May 19, 2022
  • A box of myAir bars, customized to help a user destress.
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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 • May 19, 2022
  • Motif FoodWorks' finished product lineup: MoPork, MoChicken, MoBeef
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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 • May 18, 2022
  • Eat Just's Good Meat chicken in a stir fry
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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 • May 17, 2022
  • Meati launched the Meati Steak Filet, made from mycelium produced through fermentation.
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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 • May 17, 2022
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    Sponsored by EY

    How 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
  • An alfalfa field that Leaft Foods uses to produce its rubisco protein.
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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 • May 12, 2022
  • Beyond Meat's Beyond Burger
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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 • May 12, 2022
  • Fermented chocolate made by WNWN
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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 • May 11, 2022
  • An apple dipped in Voyage Foods' peanut-free peanut butter
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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 • 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 • April 28, 2022
  • A scientist uses PIPA's LEAP system to get information about functional ingredients.
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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 • April 27, 2022
  • A rendering of Mars Wrigley's planned Goose Island innovation hub.
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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 • April 22, 2022
  • Scientists at BioBetter work with custom-designed tobacco plants that produce proteins used for cell-based meat growth.
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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 • April 21, 2022
  • Chicken tacos made with Upside Foods' cultured meat
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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 • April 21, 2022
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    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 • April 20, 2022
  • Spirulina algae grown by Back of the Yards Algae Sciences
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    Deep Dive

    Beyond 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 • April 14, 2022
  • ADM alternative protein development
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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
  • Plant-based section at the Heirloom Market in Philadelphia's Fashion District
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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 • April 8, 2022
  • Mycelium foie gras with mycelium caviar made by the Better Meat Co
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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 • April 4, 2022