Category: Announcements
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LIVEKINDLY Collective, collection of alternative protein entrepreneurs and businesses, announced in a press release this week that it has acquired UK-based No Meat. The frozen vegan meat and meal brand joins LIVEKINDLY Collective’s growing portfolio of plant-based food companies. Prior to the acquisition, No Meat was owned by Iceland Foods, a British supermarket chain that…
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Jimmy Dean, a US-based pork producer owned by Tyson Foods, announced today the launch of its new plant-based patty breakfast sandwiches at Sam’s Club and other undisclosed retailers. The company will be launching two different breakfast sandwiches with one already available in stores, and the other launching in Spring 2021. The breakfast sandwich launched at…
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Welcome to our weekend wrap-up of food tech news from around the web. Happy New Year! I am excited to both say goodbye to the most bizarre year of my life and share some Food Tech News with you. This week, some news pieces that stood out to us included a new accelerator program for…
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Vancouver-based PlantX, an e-commerce site for plant-based groceries, recently announced its expansion into the US and Israel as well as new brick-and-mortar locations. I had the opportunity to speak this week with Sean Dollinger and Alex Hoffman, the co-founders of PlantX, to discuss the details of the company’s expansion news. PlantX launched this year and…
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It’s our weekend food tech wrap-up of stories you might have missed from around the web. If you celebrate Christmas, we hope you enjoyed the holiday even if it looked a bit different this year. Maybe your loved ones gifted you something from The Spoon’s 2020 gift guide, and you’re busy playing around with your…
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Atlast Food Co., a U.S.-based producer of mycelium-based alternative meat products, announced today that it has partnered with a variety of undisclosed businesses that will use the company’s products as an ingredient in their own products. Atlast is a spinoff of Ecovative, and through these partnerships, it has fulfilled its planned capacity through 2023. Mycelium…
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Swedish-based Hooked Foods announced today a new round of funding totaling SEK 5 million (approximately $600k USD). Investors include Katapult Ocean, ProVeg in collaboration with VC firm Veg Capital, Wave Ventures, PlusCap, Kale United, and Food Angels Germany. Hooked was one of the startups that participated in the fourth cohort of the ProVeg incubator this…
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It’s your weekend food tech news wrapup! Plant & Bean Ltd. opens massive plant-based meat factory in Europe Plant-based meat makers Plant & Bean opened a new factory in Boston, England. The factory is capable of producing 55,000 tons of alternative protein products, which will make Boston the faux-meat capital of Europe. The company uses…
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Nature’s Fynd, producers of microbe-based proteins, raised $45 million this week (h/t FoodDive) to support its go-to-market strategy and launch in 2021. This most recent funding round was led by Oxford Finance and Trinity Capital, and this brings the company’s total funding to $113M. The company’s fermented protein is called Fy Protein, which is formulated…
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As winter quickly approaches, COVID-19 restrictions resurge and stay-at-home orders seem like they’re in the near future. If you’re like me, you might be trying to decide which new kitchen project you want to take on. I perfected my kombucha process in March and even experimented with alcoholic booch (it was terrible). Should I try…
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Biospringer, a unit of the world’s largest yeast producer Lesaffre, announced the launch of a complete protein developed through yeast fermentation this week. The yeast protein has been specifically developed for plant-based cheese and meat alternatives. The company’s patented protein technology is called Springer Proteissimo 101, and the end product is both vegan and gluten-free.…
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Food waste used to produce solar energy A recent winner of the Sustainability 2020 James Dyson Award, Carvey Maigue (a student at Mapúa University in the Philippines) created a technology that converts food waste into UV light-capturing windows and walls. The system, called AuReus, traps luminescent particles from certain fruits and vegetables (which would otherwise…
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