Category: Around The Web
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There was much ado about food tech funding this week. Seriously. Between Cooks Ventures’ Series A, Zuul’s $9 million round, and all the figures in between, we barely had time to write about anything else. With that in mind, here are a few more bites of food tech news before another weekend of staying at…
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Whether your weekend plans involve golf, Instagram listening parties, or baking yet-another loaf of quarantine bread, add a side dish of food tech news to your agenda to get things started. Here are a final few bits from this past week. Call It Cell-Based Seafood A consumer study by Rutgers University professor William Hallman has…
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Why are you reading this and not grilling up a delicious Beyond Burger this holiday weekend? As long as you’re here, let’s take a quick look at the week in restaurants. And what a week it was. With states halting the reopening of dining rooms, it’s clear the effects of the pandemic are far from…
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Of all the reinventions the restaurant is undertaking right now, menus are one of the more fascinating. Between calls to action about paring down the size of their menus, offering disposable ones, or, preferably, going full-on digital and contactless, restaurants have a lot of choices and decisions to make when it comes to how they…
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It’s no secret the alternative-protein market is skyrocketing in terms of both growth and new innovations. Already today we’ve written about Motif Foodworks’ efforts to make better fat for plant-based burgers and Japanese startup DAIZ’s recent $6 million funding round. And here’s another one to watch: a Swedish startup called Hooked, which is developing the…
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Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Nashville, Philly, Atlanta . . . the list of cities under curfew goes on, and if you live in one of those places and were counting on some food delivery for your supper, you’ll have to look elsewhere. DoorDash recently told The Verge it is “pausing” operations to comply with those local…
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Happy food tech news day! I hope it’s a sunny one where you are. This week we’ve got stories on a new partnership for DNA-based personalized recipe suggestions, funding for cell-based seafood, and ALDI’s expansion of curbside grocery pickup. Enjoy! Side note: This will be my last foodtech news dispatch for The Spoon! I’m moving…
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It’s certainly an odd Memorial Day weekend, what with most of us unable to travel or gather on beaches or rooftops or invite our friends over to grill. But hopefully it’s a relaxing one for you, nonetheless. Did you know that a proven way to make any holiday weekend better is to kick it off…
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This weekend you might be trying out a new banana bread recipe, tackling a crossword or just leaving your house for some fresh air (with a mask, of course). We celebrate the small victories. We also celebrate our weekly food tech news roundup! This edition has stories on Chefling’s new partnership with Edamam, Whole Foods…
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The world keeps turning, the sourdough starters continue to demand our attention, and food tech news is always popping up. So it goes. This week’s roundup is heavy on the plant-based protein. We have stories about Cargill’s moves to expand alt-meat in China, a Spanish plant-based meat startup’s new funds, as well as innovations in…
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It can be a bright spot to think that even when everything is turned upside down in the food world, companies are still coming up with creative ways to stay afloat and help folks have access to healthy food. In this week’s food tech news roundup we’ve got stories on just that. There are bits…
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Are you baking bread this weekend? (Hot tip: Even if you can’t find yeast at the store, there’s a simple way to make your own at home.) In between your dough prooves is a great time to catch up on your latest dose of food tech news. This week we’ve got stories on fresh varietals…
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