Category: News
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On this debut episode of “Soul to Table,” Chef Ryan Lacy sits down with Thom Curry, co-founder of Temecula Olive Oil Company, to talk about Thom’s journey that began 22 years ago when he and his wife decided to transition from wine to olive oil production. Ryan joins Thom on location at his picturesque 26-acre…
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In this latest edition of the Spoon Full of AI Podcast – the podcast where I talk to leaders who are using AI to transform their business (in food and beyond), I catch up with AI for Humans host Gavin Purcell to discuss the rapid advancements and complexities emerging in artificial intelligence. We talk about…
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The Smart Kitchen Summit, the pioneering executive summit focused on the digital transformation of the food world, is excited to announce its return in 2025 with a brand-new format. This year, SKS is going fully virtual, offering an interactive experience over two weeks in July 2025 with 1-2 hours of daily programming and sessions. A…
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Last week, I headed down to San Francisco to check out the Future Food Tech conference, one of the leading gatherings in food innovation, where investors, startups, and big food brands come together to share ideas, commiserate, and network. I attended this year’s event to gauge the current state of future food and assess if…
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Just over a year ago, Steve Ells, the founder of Chipotle, opened Kernel in New York City—a vegan restaurant concept featuring a large robotic arm in the kitchen to assist in food preparation. Given Ells’s pedigree, Kernel received significant attention from news outlets, with many speculating whether it represented the beginning of widespread robotics adoption…
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When it comes to zombies, you never know when they’ll spring back to life. As we learned this past month, the same goes for zombie products. Teforia, the eponymous smart tea infuser that vanished when the company abruptly shut down in the fall of 2017, is back after nearly a decade. A New Jersey-based tea…
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Back in 2015, when Mattias Muchnick was contemplating the vision for his new company, he imagined building an AI-powered engine that would help big FMCG (fast-moving consumer goods) brands bring products to market faster. While Muchnick was excited about AI’s potential to transform the food industry, few food executives at the time shared his enthusiasm.…
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This week at Future Food Tech, Marine Biologics will showcase its technology—a platform that digitally maps the biochemistry of seaweed and its properties – which the company claims has created what is the world’s first programmable biomass. According to the company, its proprietary cheminformatics platform, MacroLink, maps the molecular compositions of seaweed and stabilizes them…
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AI Palette, a company that uses AI to help CPG brands anticipate consumer tastes ahead of market trends and better predict new product success throughout their lifecycle, announced today it was acquired by market research company GlobalData. AI Palette launched within the last decade alongside a cohort of startups—including Analytical Flavor Systems, Tastewise, and Spoonshot—that…
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U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has directed the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to eliminate the “self-affirmed” Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) provision, aiming to enhance transparency and oversight in the approval of food ingredients. Under the current GRAS rule, companies can independently determine the safety of new food…
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Want some AI with your Big Mac? McDonald’s is about to serve it up in a big way. According to a story in the Wall Street Journal today, McDonald’s is undergoing a technology overhaul across its 43,000 restaurants, implementing internet-connected kitchen equipment, AI-driven drive-throughs, and tools for managers. McDonald’s is partnering with Google Cloud to…
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Whenever I head to the pet food store, I’m simultaneously overwhelmed by the sheer amount of choice available on the shelves and disappointed by the limited selection of alternatives that don’t rely on traditional animal agriculture. The good news for those looking for more sustainable alternatives is that the alt-protein pet food sector has been…
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