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CULT Scoops Up Assets From Cultivated Meat Pet Food Startup Because Animals, Fresh Off Investment By Marc Lustig

This week CULT Food Sciences announced it had signed a binding letter to acquire some of Because Animals Inc.’s consumer brand assets, related patents, non-scientific intellectual property, and product formulations. […]

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A Tale of Two Startups: Why Cultivated Meat is So Close (And Yet so Far) From Disrupting Animal Ag

Last week, two contrasting stories painting very different pictures emerged from the cultivated meat industry. The first highlighted the news that GOOD Meat, the cultivated meat arm of Eat Just, […]

Instacart Announces ChatGPT Plugin to Power Conversational Shoppable Recipes

The wave of ChatGPT integration announcements is just getting started, and this week Instacart debuted its first effort to tap into the generative AI zeitgeist with the debut of its […]

Verneek Launches Generative AI Platform to Assist Food Shoppers

Today Verneek, a New York-based generative AI startup, came out of stealth with the debut of its first product, Quin Shopping AI. The product is the first to utilize the […]

Fresco Introduces Complete Refresh of KitchenOS Platform, With Aim of Delivering True Multi-Brand Device Contol

Today, Fresco announced the launch of its KitchenOS platform, a ground-up refresh of its smart kitchen software suite. As part of the announcement, the company revealed that Instant Brands, the […]

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David Chang’s Pantry Essentials Brand Momofuku Goods Raises $17.5 Million

Today chef/entrepreneur David Chang and his team announced they had raised $17.5 million in growth funding for his packaged goods brand, Momofuku Goods. The company, which sells “a line of […]

GoodBytz Unveils Modular Robotic Kitchen That Can Make up to Three Thousand Meals Per Day

GoodBytz, a robotic kitchen startup based in Germany, debuted its new kitchen robot last week in its hometown of Hamburg at the INTERNORGA 2023 trade fair. The GoodBytz food robot […]

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SideChef’s Kevin Yu Eyes Next Phase of Growth After Raising a $6 Million Series B

I first encountered SideChef’s CEO Kevin Yu at a rooftop party during CES in March 2015. At the time, SideChef was in its early stages, having been founded just a […]

Kroger to Use Gatik Robotic Trucks for Middle-Mile Delivery of Fresh Products

This week Kroger announced a collaboration with Gatik, a company specializing in autonomous middle-mile logistics, to utilize autonomous box trucks in Dallas, Texas. According to the announcement, the partnership aims […]

TurtleTree Debuts Animal-Free Lactoferrin

TurtleTree, a biotechnology startup using precision fermentation to create bioactive ingredients such as animal-free milk proteins, has announced it will debut its precision-fermentation derived lactoferrin, which has the commercial name […]

Are Deep Sea Fish Farms the Future of Aquaculture? Forever Oceans Thinks So

The growth of aquaculture has been one of the big stories in the fishing industry over the past couple of decades, as fish raised in farms has grown from about […]

(UPDATE): Betterland Foods, Maker of Candy & Milk With Animal-Free Whey, Is Seeking a Sale

UPDATE: A spokesperson for Betterland reached out to The Spoon with the following statement: “betterland foods™ is not closed down. It is currently being prepared for sale and is in talks […]