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Hitachi launches food quality visualization solution with time-temperature sensing ink

Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd. (HIES) is now offering paid samples of its innovative food quality visualization solution using time- temperature sensing ink. This ink, which changes color based on elapsed time and temperature, enables cost-effective quality monitoring in the supply chain. Without requiring power or retrieval, the solution simplifies tracking temperature-sensitive products, improving […]

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ICL announces follow-on investment in Plantible Foods and celebrates industry recognition for innovative food ingredient

ICL (NYSE: ICL) (TASE: ICL), a leading global specialty minerals company, announced a follow-on investment in Plantible Foods, participating in the company’s Series B funding round. This investment builds upon ICL’s initial participation in Plantible’s Series A round and furthers the strategic collaboration between the two companies. In October of 2023, ICL Food Specialties, in […]

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FoodTech Fund Raise Plant-based Foods

Gavan secures USD8M to commercialize cutting-edge plant-based fat

FoodTech start-up Gavan Technologies, Ltd. announces it has raised USD8M in A-round funds. This fresh capital infusion will enable Gavan to break into the European food market with its cutting-edge plant protein-based fat solution, Fatrix®. The funding round was led by MoreVC, a prominent Israeli venture capital firm, with participation from Lever VC, a global […]

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FoodTech Startups Sustainability

W-Cycle, Melhoramentos join forces to produce compostable food containers

W-Cycle, Ltd., an innovator in sustainable food packaging, and Melhoramentos, a publicly traded Brazilian company with activities spanning publishing, renewable forestry, and real estate (Altea), announced a strategic partnership. Together, they aim to produce compostable packaging made from renewable materials that naturally decompose within 100 days. The agreement, valued at a minimum of USD 3.45 […]

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FoodTech Nutrition Startups Sustainability

Forsea achieves record-breaking cell density for its cultivated seafood

Cell-cultivated seafood innovator Forsea struck a major breakthrough in making freshwater eel farming a viable commercial reality. The start-up announced its organoid technology reached a record-breaking cell density of more than 300 million cells/ml, and with minimal and precise use of cultured media ingredients. This is the highest cell density recorded in the field, moving […]

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FoodTech Protein Startups

How Brevel Implements First-Of-A-Kind (FOAK) Model for Its Microalgae Protein

Microalgae protein innovator Brevel, Ltd. has successfully implemented the FOAK (First-Of-A-Kind) strategy method by building its first plant for proprietary industrial-scale fermenters for microalgae protein. The company has completed construction of its FOAK facility and already secured two commercial agreements with leading food & beverage companies. A FOAK facility is a production line or factory […]

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AgTech FoodTech Startups

Women Founders and Funders Singapore 2024 announces 10 standout agrifoodtech entrepreneurs to pitch

Women Founders & Funders Singapore 2024 has unveiled the 10 entrepreneurs selected to pitch on Wednesday 20 November, showcasing women agrifoodtech founders transforming our food system. This will be the third annual FTW Ventures’ Women Founders and Funders Singapore, complementing the annual San Francisco event of the same name, and has become a go-to networking […]

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AgTech FoodTech Startups

$3 million in prize money awarded to seven global food, beverage, and agriculture startups

Empire State Development (ESD) recently announced Unibaio, of New York, NY, as the grand-prize winner of sixth annual Grow-NY business competition which is focused on enhancing the emerging food, beverage and agriculture innovation cluster in Central New York, the Finger Lakes and the Southern Tier. The competition awarded $3 million — including the $1 million […]

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FoodTech Milk Protein Startups

DairyX is successfully crafting next-gen casein micelles using precision fermentation

DairyX Foods Ltd. announces a major advancement in creating authentic milk proteins without cows, using precision fermentation. The food-tech start-up has developed a method to produce casein proteins that can self-assemble into micelles. Micelles are the primary building blocks of dairy products, such as cheese and yogurt.  DairyX has also refined a complementary technology to […]

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FoodTech Nutrition Plant-based Foods

New yeast-based texturizer holds eggless answer for gluten-free products

FoodTech pioneer revyve, B.V. launches its next-generation gluten-free ingredient line made from baker’s yeast. The new egg replacer delivers excellent texturizing functionalities and is fully neutral in flavor and color. This launch will accelerate revyve’s expansion into new food categories, fulfilling demands for clean-label, sustainable texturizing ingredients to replace eggs, especially in gluten-free products. Being […]