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FoodBytes! by Rabobank participants announced
1 Oct 2019
FoodBytes! by Rabobank – the global pitch competition and networking platform that connects innovative consumer food, foodtech and agtech startups with corporate leaders and investors - has announced the 15 food and agriculture startups that will compe...
Read moreGivaudan reconvenes Chefs Council
23 Sep 2019
Givaudan has announced its latest Givaudan’s Chef’s Council event focusing on protein.
Read moreSurvey: quality drives millennial food shopping
17 Sep 2019
Quality drives millennial food shopping, and they are willing to pay more for it, according to a new Whole Foods Market survey.
Read moreNestlé revamps plant-based food range
30 Aug 2019
Nestlé has expanded its plant-based food range in Europe with its new 'cook from raw' Garden Gourmet Incredible Mince. It is also introducing a new and improved version of its Garden Gourmet Incredible Burger.
Read moreKFC trials Beyond Meat 'chicken'
29 Aug 2019
Kentucky Fried Chicken has become the first national U.S. QSR (quick service restaurant) to introduce a plant-based chicken, in partnership with Beyond Meat.
Read moreScientists make butter from water
28 Aug 2019
Cornell food scientists have created what they describe as a new dreamy, creamy – and very low calorie – spread.
Read moreIndustry innovates with new high protein ingredients
26 Aug 2019
Consumer interest in high protein foods and drinks continues to grow, and a few enterprising companies have responded to the trend by manipulating protein-rich ingredients to make them even higher in protein.
Read moreA matter of taste: Using AI to speed product development
19 Aug 2019
What if artificial intelligence could specify flavour preference in any given market? Several companies are using big data to do just that, and the trend is gaining ground.
Read moreViome, Mayo Clinic to collaborate on personal nutrition
6 Aug 2019
Personalised nutrition company Viome is to collaborate with Mayo Clinic. The initial focus of the collaboration is two-fold: to better understand the role of nutrition in disease and to explore the potential of Viome's AI-driven personalized diets in h...
Read more3F BIO launches biorefinery facility
29 Jul 2019
3F BIO, along with a consortium of nine other partners, has announced the launch of a project (known as ‘PLENITUDE’) to build a first-of-its-kind, large-scale, integrated biorefinery facility to produce proteins for food from low-cost sustainable feeds...
Read moreCargill and Ecolab partner on startups
24 Jul 2019
Recognizing the critical role that the companies believe innovation plays in creating a safer and more sustainable food system, Cargill and Ecolab are supporting a second class of startups through the Techstars Farm to Fork Accelerator.
Read moreNestlé collaborates with OpenSC on blockchain
5 Jul 2019
Nestlé says it will break new ground in supply chain transparency through a collaboration with OpenSC – a blockchain platform that allows consumers to track their food right back to the farm.
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