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KFC 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.
Read morePalsgaard hits carbon-neutrality two years early
2 Jul 2019
Emulsifier company Palsgaard has announced that it has met its target of being completely carbon-neutral two years ahead of schedule, reducing its net carbon emissions from 12,029 tonnes in 2010 to zero in 2018.
Read moreFoodBytes! by Rabobank returns to London
26 Jun 2019
FoodBytes! by Rabobank – a global pitch competition and networking platform that connects innovative consumer food, foodtech and agtech startups with corporate leaders and investors – is returning to London on 6 and 7 November 2019, following what Rabo...
Read moreDouxMatok gets $22 million funding
21 Jun 2019
DouxMatok has announced that it has raised $22 million in a series B funding round.
Read moreGivaudan opens CHF 120 million innovation centre
19 Jun 2019
Givaudan has officially inaugurated its new flagship Innovation Centre in Kemptthal, Switzerland, aimed at accelerating its global efforts in creating differentiated and sustainable flavour, taste and fragrance solutions for the food and beverage and b...
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