Full Harvest fights food waste
In California, Full Harvest, a marketplace for excess produce that would otherwise go to waste, closed an $8.5 million Series A round led by...
Mastercard and World Food Programme target a world beyond cash and hunger
In Germany, Mastercard and the World Food Programme announced the 100 Million Meals global initiative to raise significant funds and provide meals for those in...
Animal-free meat solutions among Israeli food tech finalists
In Israel, winners of Calcalist’s Food Innovation contest for best startup working in food technology has named 11 finalists, including a handful of biotech...
Kraft Heinz launches Evolv Ventures looking for disruptive tech companies
In Illinois, Kraft Heinz launched the $100 million Evolv Ventures fund to invest in emerging tech companies that are transforming the food industry and...
“Eat a Swede” satirically promotes cultivated human meat
In France, a playfully macabre short film encouraging the consumption of people—specifically, Swedish people, going by the film’s title “Eat a Swede” and tagline...
Mermade Seafoods raises $3.3 million for lab-grown scallops
In Israel, cultivated seafood startup Mermade Seafoods says it has closed a $3.3-million seed funding to commercialize lab-grown scallops.
Founded in 2021 by navy veteran...
Cinnamon makes fat cells burn energy
In Michigan, University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute researchers found that the essential oil that flavors cinnamon, cinnamaldehyde, improves metabolic health by acting directly...
Your biological clock does affect what and when you eat
In Maryland, a new study published in the scientific journal of The Obesity Society adds scientific data to the claim that morning people may...
Jamieson buys Body Plus to accelerate growth in natural health and sports nutrition supplements
In Canada, Jamieson Laboratories, Canada's number one manufacturer and marketer of vitamin, mineral and natural health supplements, announced the acquisition of Body Plus, a...
Cow-free dairy company Standing Ovation taps Ajinomoto’s French biomanufacturing asset
In France, precision fermentation-based dairy proteins firm Standing Ovation has entered into a long-term partnership with Ajinomoto Foods Europe to produce animal-free proteins at...