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Conoce las startups de Spain Foodtech 2023
Esta semana ha tenido lugar el demo day de Spain Foodtech Startups’ Program, el programa” liderado por Eatable Adventures, en colaboración con ICEX España Exportación e inversiones y CNTA que en esta edición ha recibido más de 120 candidaturas de toda España. Las cuatro seleccionadas han mostrado sus avances y planes de crecimiento así como…
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Prevención y transformación para prevenirlo
Optimizar y aprovechar los recursos naturales siempre es un reto en cualquier empresa. En la industria agroalimentaria, hoy en día lo es más por el contexto económico que vivimos, marcado por el aumento de costes en materias primas y energía. Además, las administraciones y los organismos internaciones están intensificando sus mensajes y la legislación en…
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Kern Tec cierra una ronda de 12 millones de euros
Kern Tec, empresa austriaca FoodTech que ha desarrollado tecnología patentada para crear alternativas lácteas a partir de huesos de fruta (albaricoque, cereza, melocotón), ha recaudado 12 millones de euros en una Serie A. La ronda ha sido liderada por Telos Impact, con la participación PeakBridge VC y el Fondo del Consejo Europeo de Innovación (EIC).…
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Mill Celebrates Standards Group Approval of Upcycled Kitchen Scraps As New Animal Feed Ingredient
Last week, Mill, a company that makes a kitchen scrap upcycling appliance, announced that a standards group had voted to approve a new ingredient feed definition, effectively giving a thumbs up to the output produced by the Mill appliance. According to the announcement, the ingredient definition committee of the Association of American Feed Control Officials…
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Smart Composters Are Heading to Retail, But Will Consumers Bite?
Earlier this month, Costco shoppers in select cities across California and Washington State may have stumbled upon a product demo for an item called Lomi. This white countertop appliance, roughly the size of a sewing machine, sat atop a table adorned with a tablecloth, with boxes stacked high just behind. The images on the tablecloth…
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Anat Natan, CEO and Cofounder of Anina
I talked to Anat Natan, the co-founder and CEO of Anina. Anina is an Israeli startup that takes imperfect food and transforms it into ready-made meals in pods. Food waste has significant economic and environmental implications, and it is estimated that the greenhouse gas emissions from food contribute to 7% of the overall greenhouse gasses…
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Sigh. It Looks Like Misinformation is Coming For Food Waste Technology Too
A couple weeks ago, I wrote about how the misinformation has real potential to harm the nascent cultivated meat industry. As it turns out, meat grown in bioreactors is not the only food tech-related misinformation floating around nowadays. Over the last couple of weeks, viral media posts have circulated about the fresh produce life extension…
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Home Are Still the Biggest Source of Food Waste (44M Tons), and It’s Only Getting Worse
Last week, ReFED released its latest edition of the Food Waste Monitor, which is part of the ReFED Insights Engine, an interactive tool that tracks food waste sources, solutions, capital, and impact. The organization monitors food waste through the lens of excess food production, which means how much excess food is produced that ultimately doesn’t…
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Sepura Gets $3.7M Seed Round For Its Under-Sink Food Waste Device
While cooking tech startups have had a hard time of it lately when it comes to raising funding, it appears investors aren’t shying away from products that help consumers manage excess food waste. The latest example is a new seed funding round for Victoria BC-based Sepura, a startup that makes an under-counter food separation device.…
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Hazel’s New CEO Focused on Diversifying Life Extention Products and Expanding Geographically
Today, produce life extension startup Hazel Technologies named Parker Booth as its new CEO. Booth, who has had a varied career in produce distribution, vertical farming, as well as a stint as general manager of Washington State Correctional Facilities, takes on the new role after serving three-plus years as the company’s chief operating officer. Booth,…
