Kokomodo signs cultivated cacao pact with Swiss confectioner
In Israel, cultivated cacao startup Kokomodo has partnered with Chocolats Halba to evaluate the integration of Kokomodo’s cacao into confectionary products.
Kokomodo’s process starts...
Farmstead digital micro-grocer launches in San Francisco
In California, Farmstead, the AI-powered digital micro-grocer, launched in the San Francisco Bay Area to reinvent the supermarket model with technology that sources and...
Lumen Bioscience scales Spirulina product development with $13 million in new capital
In Washington, Lumen Bioscience, a synthetic biotechnology company developing a novel bio-based product development platform, raised $13 million of new capital to scale up...
Autonomous robotic blending station serves veggie and fruit blends in under two minutes
In California, 6d bytes launched Blendid, the world's first fully autonomous robotic station, to help food service companies meet the needs of consumers who...
21st.BIO targets key infant nutrition protein
In Denmark, precision fermentation firm 21st.BIOhas launched a development program for bovine alpha-lactalbumin (α-lac) after exclusively licensing the high-yield microbial strain from Novonesis.
Alpha-lactalbumin...
Brenntag and ADM expand soy-based ingredient pact
In Germany, Brenntag Specialties Food & Nutrition has entered an exclusive distribution agreement with ADM, covering key markets in Central and Eastern Europe and...
ClearMeat targets clean meat adoption in India
In India, cell-based meat company ClearMeat has developed cultivated chicken mince that it hopes will address both the populous country’s increasing appetite for chicken...
Tyson Foods works with entrepreneurs to up its sustainability game
In Arkansas, Tyson Foods is tapping into entrepreneurs to speed up the pace of innovation, embrace emerging technologies and become agiler in its pursuit...
New study reveals taste preference may be pre-determined
In Canada, researcher Elie Chamoun at the University of Guelph investigated whether genetic variants in taste receptors related to sweet preference, fat taste sensitivity...
Perfect Day raises $350 million, plans to add tech development arm
In Berkeley, California, animal-free milk protein producer Perfect Day has closed a $350 million Series D investment round. The company says it will use...