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Odyssey’s products tap into the health benefits of Lions Mane and Cordyceps mushrooms to produce an energy drink that provides cognitive clarity and focus.
The functional beverage market is indeed “exploding:” Cure continues to have about 60% penetration in e-commerce, and outpaced first-quarter 2022 growth by 121%.
Its technology is a way to grow and control cells without the need for any of those expensive recombinant proteins for cell production.
Starbucks is today officially introducing Starbucks Odyssey, launching later this year — the coffee chain’s first foray into building with web3 technology. The new experience combines the company’s successful Starbucks…
The company, using precision fermentation to create “nature-identical” chicken, beef, fish and other meat proteins, intends to be commercially ready in two years.
Fermentation has a long, rich history in food production, from beer and wine to yogurt and cheese, leavened bread and coffee, miso and tempeh, sauerkraut and kimchi, to name just…
Alternative protein startup SIMULATE, known for its NUGGS and TENDERS, is introducing two new versions of its plant-based, simulated chicken product aimed at restaurants.
Planted, a Swiss startup that’s cooking up alternative proteins using biostructuring and fermentation to serve “clean” cuts of vegan meat — such as the plant-based chicken breast plated up above…
Mermade Seafoods’ circular approach uses biowaste to feed algae, which is then used as the growth media to feed the cells. The company calls this interpretation of aquaponics “cytoponics.”
Lumachain’s goal is to solve some of the global meat industry’s key challenges, including employee shortages and supply chain disruptions.
A problem has always existed in drive-thrus, but the technology has “never existed to solve the problem and is still not there 100%,” according to ConverseNow CEO Vinay Shukla.
Aero Technologies, which describes itself as a “next-generation air travel company” which currently operates on a limited number of routes in the U.S. and Europe, today announced that it has…
China is a notoriously difficult market for international startups to crack, but one company seems to have found the recipe for wooing the country’s picky consumers. Three years after Eat…
The company’s three-pronged technology includes creating ideal environment for the shrimp, remote operations management and AI-powered automation to monitor and feed them.
Starbucks will unveil its web3 initiative, which includes coffee-themed NFTs, at next month’s Investor Day event. The company earlier this year announced its plans to enter the web3 space, noting…
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Pink Sauce went viral on TikTok. But then it exploded (literally).
Over the last month, a chef in Miami has been taking over TikTok with her signature product: Pink Sauce. Carly Pii, who uses the handle @chef.pii, posted a series of videos promoting her homemade condiment, drizzling egregious pools of deep magenta dressing atop gyros, fried chicken, french fries and tacos.…
Meati Foods sinks teeth into $150M to expand its mushroom-root meat operations
After five years of research, Meati Foods is poised to begin shipping its plant-based meat product later this year.
The company’s pilot program showed that farms are able to generate 10 to 20 times more protein per acre and use five to 10 times less water than other crops,…
The company’s ice cream mix is the base for Smashburger’s new non-dairy milkshakes, representing “the first nationally available non-dairy milkshakes at a fast-casual restaurant chain.”
Saltalk turns up the heat on its virtual kitchen following new $8M cash infusion
Saltalk, a virtual kitchen and e-commerce platform, closed on $8 million of Series A financing to continue developing its one-two punch of authentic cuisine, made by both restaurant chefs and…
The salad days are over for many startups in the online food delivery sector. Following a long period of cash injections, splashy and high-profile promotions, and interesting experiments toying with…
The technology is not “new,” but what has industry followers so excited is the potential for better-quality, more-cost-effective proteins compared to animal-based counterparts.
Gaining a place on retail shelves is just the start to Magic Spoon’s plan to evolve into an omnichannel brand that eventually goes beyond the cereal box.
Brown Foods ushers in new age of dairy, raises a ‘latte’ money for cowless cow’s milk
The company’s first product, UnReal Milk, is “real” whole milk created using mammalian cell culture technology.
Andreessen Horowitz backs SCiFi Foods as it develops cell-cultivated, plant-based burger
The company is using both plant-based and real cultivated beef cells in its approach to grow meat from animal cells at large-scale and more affordably.
Joywell uses a proprietary microbial fermentation process to produce sweet proteins that are nearly identical to those found in exotic fruits and berries.
She will also be featured in a new campaign touting her recipes for using Beyond Meat and other creative content.
The company’s technology is a kitchen productivity tool that focuses on core recipe data, and the purchasing and inventory aspects stem from that.
Would you like an NFT with your Starbucks latte? The coffee giant this week announced its plans to enter the web3 space with the launch of its own NFT collection…
The company is squeezing new potential from a growing, but crowded enhanced water category.
