Food Tech: Page 4

  • Several people plate and prepare small white dishes that include Aleph Farms cultivated steak in an assembly line.
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    Cultivated beef can be kosher, Israel’s top rabbi says

    Aleph Farms is the first cell-based meat company to get an opinion on how its products fit in with religious dietary restrictions. It is working on similar reviews with Muslim and Hindu leaders.

    By • Jan. 20, 2023
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    Ayana Bio invests $3M to create healthy ingredients from chocolate

    The biological research company will cultivate polyphenol-rich cacao cells to add nutrition to a variety of food and drink items — but will not make candy.

    By • Jan. 19, 2023
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    Trendline

    The Food Dive Outlook on 2023

    Continued volatility, a focus on sustainability and technology playing a bigger role in giving consumers what they want are playing a huge part in the trends we see for 2023.  

    By Food Dive staff
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    Live Green Co adds precision fermentation to enhance recommendations

    The new division brings new proteins into the reformulations its Charaka platform is able to make.

    By • Jan. 19, 2023
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    Deep Dive

    7 trends shaping food and beverage in 2023

    The year begins with a new focus on giving consumers what they want, from RTD cocktails to tech-enabled products to sustainability to better labeling.

    By , , • Jan. 10, 2023
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    The future of social media-minded manufacturing

    How will cultural context and social media trends shape new consumer demands?

    Jan. 9, 2023
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    Benson Hill sells Fresh division for $21M to concentrate on ingredients

    Agribusiness company IMG Enterprises closed on its Florida facility, real estate, and packhouse at the end of 2022 and will complete the transaction through a stock purchase this year.

    By • Jan. 6, 2023
  • Moolec Science co-founder and CEO Gaston Paladini and some of the company's bioengineered plants.
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    Moolec Science begins trading on Nasdaq

    The company is the first to use a process it calls molecular farming — using bioengineered plants to produce animal proteins — to go public.

    By • Jan. 3, 2023
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    How ADM helps other fermentation companies grow and innovate

    Through investments, expertise and agreements, the global commodities giant has worked with many startups, helping them transform their technology into food. 

    By • Dec. 22, 2022
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    Genetically modified hens could end the culling of male chicks, tech company says

    Huminn said its technology could allow chickens to produce only female offspring, which may eliminate the costs of sorting and killing males in commercial egg production.

    By • Dec. 22, 2022
  • Two sandwich halves are stacked high with deli slices that look like turkey made from The Better Meat Co.'s Rhiza protein, with a company logo flag on a toothpick stuck in one.
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    Maple Leaf Foods partners with The Better Meat Co. to develop mycelium products

    The agreement, which is the first in alternative protein since the Canadian meat giant cut back on its plant-based division, is focused on R&D and innovation with Rhiza protein.

    By • Dec. 21, 2022
  • A cast iron skillet with four cooked slices of MyBacon sits on a beige round woven placemat with herbs and stones at the upper left, as well as a small dish of pink salt.
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    Inside MyForest Foods’ strategy to make mycelium bacon sizzle

    Research, ingenuity and inspiration to “do something useful” are leading the up-and-coming startup to eventually grow 3 million pounds of mushroom roots a year at its Swersey Silos facility.

    By • Dec. 20, 2022
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    Sponsored by The Hershey Company

    Hershey goodness is brought to you by solar power and science-based targets

    By setting aggressive goals, investing in innovative solutions and measuring impacts, Hershey aims to reduce environmental impact for the long-term sustainability.

    Dec. 19, 2022
  • A pile of wrapped chocolate bars made by Oobli
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    Oobli launches protein-sweetened chocolate bar

    The company, previously known as Joywell Foods, has three varieties available for online presale, all of which have 70% less sugar than traditionally made competitors. 

    By • Dec. 15, 2022
  • Karim Pichara and Matias Muchnick are dressed in black pants and shirts, pouring out glasses of milk on a blue background.
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    NotCo raises $70M to make its AI available to other companies

    The Chile-based company will build on its recent joint venture with Kraft Heinz to bring the power of its Giuseppe algorithm to an array of manufacturers.

    By • Dec. 12, 2022
  • A person uses a fork on a cultivated meat larb salad in a lettuce cup.
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    Orbillion Bio partners with Solar Biotech to make 4M pounds of cultivated meat a year

    The startup making Wagyu beef, elk and lamb from cells is the latest in the food space to work with the biomanufacturing company.

    By • Dec. 12, 2022
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    Equinom raises $35M for new non-GMO plant protein ingredients

    The Israel-based company is nearly doubling its lifetime funding with this round and will use the money to get its precision-bred pea, soy and sesame ingredients to the market faster.

    By • Dec. 12, 2022
  • Packages of several of Bel Brands' plant-based and alternative dairy options on and near wooden cutting boards with crackers, cut vegetables and a bagel nearby.
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    Bel Brands gets into animal-free cheese with Perfect Day partnership

    The French company continues its embrace of alternative dairy by launching plant-based The Laughing Cow wedges and working with food tech startups for more innovative products in the future.

    By • Dec. 8, 2022
  • A rendering of Believer Meats' new facility in North Carolina: A large pale yellow and navy blue building with a crowded parking lot in front.
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    Believer Meats breaks ground on world’s largest cultivated meat plant

    The company, formerly known as Future Meat Technologies, will be able to make at least 11,000 tons of cultivated meat in custom bioreactors once the North Carolina facility opens.

    By • Dec. 8, 2022
  • A stack of uncooked Impossible Burger patties separated by wax paper on a yellow background
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    Motif FoodWorks continues to challenge Impossible Foods’ patents

    After the European Patent Office revoked one of the plant-based meat maker’s patents, the food tech company objected to four others filed in the U.S.

    By • Dec. 7, 2022
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    Precision pollination startup BeeHero nets $42M with backing from General Mills

    The startup said its technology allows beekeepers to better monitor their hives, which could help improve crop yields and reduce food insecurity.

    By • Dec. 7, 2022
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    A taste of Food Dive’s best stories

    From the struggles of plant-based meat to Kellogg’s proposed split, Food Dive writes about the news that moves the CPG industry.

    By Food Dive Staff • Dec. 2, 2022
  • A group of Protera Biosciences employees in black shirts stand in front of a building.
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    ICL Food Specialties and Protera Biosciences partner on AI-discovered plant-based ingredients

    The collaboration, with the goal of quickly scaling up clean-label options, follows a $1 million investment from the global minerals giant last year.

    By • Dec. 1, 2022
  • Products made with Perfect Day's animal-free dairy proteins.
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    Perfect Day expands its reach with gelatin company purchase

    With the acquisition of India’s Sterling Biotech Limited, the animal-free dairy company doubles its manufacturing capacity and has a path to widen its precision fermentation portfolio.

    By • Nov. 30, 2022
  • A small white dish of plain yogurt made from cell-cultured dairy sits in front of a larger glass bowl of the yogurt. A spoon lies in front and a cutting board of fruit is in the background.
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    Wilk makes yogurt using milk from cultivated cells

    The Israeli company is the first to create a finished dairy product that has been produced by cells grown outside of an animal. 

    By • Nov. 18, 2022
  • Three square paper containers of chicken chunks, greens and crudites with Upside Foods napkins nearby on a yellow background
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    Race for regulation of cell-based meat

    Upside Foods gets FDA greenlight for cultivated chicken

    The California company received the first U.S. regulatory approval of any kind for meat grown from cells. It awaits a decision from the USDA before it can serve its products to consumers.

    By • Updated Nov. 16, 2022