SparkLabs Cultiv8 launches in Australia to accelerate food and agriculture innovation
In Australia, SparkLabs Cultiv8 is an advanced agriculture and food technology accelerator that will be launched by SparkLabs Group and New South Wales Department...
3-D printing of customized food is on the horizon
In South Korea, new research aimed at using 3-D printing to create customized food has demonstrated turning powdered ingredients into food that meets individual...
Cargill and Precision BioSciences partner to make low saturated fat canola oil
In Minnesota, Cargill and Precision BioSciences collaborated to use Precision's ARCUS genome-editing technology to further reduce saturated fat in canola oil, putting Cargill at...
FoodMaven raises $8.6 million to capture and sell lost food
In Colorado, FoodMaven, an innovative tech-enabled marketplace that captures food otherwise lost in the U.S. food system, closed an $8.6 million Series A financing...
Lab-grown fat startup wants your plant-based burger to taste less like plants
In London, startup Hoxton Farms is working to cultivate animal fat to help make plant-based meat alternatives taste more like the real thing.
Currently, many...
TerraVia Taps Univar to Distribute Algae-Based Food Ingredients in Europe
In Europe, food ingredients distributor Univar has agreed to distribute TerraVia’s AlgaVia brand of Whole Algae Ingredients.
TerraVia’s product lines include Lipid-Rich Whole Algae, which...
3D-printed steak startup invests in lab-grown fat
In Israel, 3-D printed steak startup Meat-Tech 3D Ltd. is planning to buy an unnamed cultured fat company for $17.5 million and plans to...
University of Wisconsin researchers publish massive plant and bacteria atlas
In Wisconsin, a group from the University of Wisconsin – Madison published a massive atlas of plant and bacterial proteins that interact in a...
Food science thrives in the Garden State
In New Jersey, Nestlé recent decision to site its health science research within the state’s bioscience corridor demonstrates the region’s competence in food innovation.
According...
Tyson backs Future Meat to make meat without growing animals
In Israel, Future Meat Technologies announced a $2.2 million seed investment co-led by Tyson Ventures, the venture capital arm of Tyson Foods. Future Meat...