Category: Personalized Food
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Remember that scene in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” when Willow uses her witch capabilities to instantly transform the house into an Instagram-worthy party setup? Most of us, Buffy lovers or not, wish we had that kind of capability, since planning a party is usually stressful, time consuming, and full of stupid mistakes that cost us…
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You know how they say that the best way to a man’s (or woman’s) heart is through their stomach? Well, Samsung is hoping that it’s actually through your fridge. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the technology giant is launching an online dating service called… wait for it… Refrigerdating. Users can upload a photo of their…
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There are a bunch of companies offering personalized gadgets at CES this week, from smart mirrors to color-changing jewelry to toilets (for real). But Israeli startup Lumen is applying personalization to what’s going on inside your body. The company’s handheld breath detector measures your metabolism, then builds specialized meal plans based on that information and your dietary preferences. We spoke…
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You know you’re in a fancy eating establishment when they start throwing the word “infused” around. Thyme-infused butter. Rosemary-infused coconut oil. You get the picture. If you’ve wanted to concoct your own culinary infusions at home, but didn’t know how, then perhaps you should check out Levo. Levo is a countertop infusing device that automates…
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Every year in the run-up to Mother’s Day, I usually remember – often too late – to make a reservation at a nice restaurant to take my children’s mom (who is also, not so coincidentally, my wife) out to brunch. Now I know what you’re thinking: I should probably offload this activity to my kids…
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Keyto, a startup that helps people adhere to a ketogenic diet, today announced that it has raised a $2.5 million seed round of funding and launched an Indiegogo campaign for its Keyto breath analyzer and accompanying app. The ketogenic, or “keto” diet, is a low-carb, high-fat diet and all the rage right now. Here’s how Harvard…
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Analytical Flavor Systems (AFS), which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to help companies predict and personalize flavor for new food products, announced today that it has raised $4 million in Series A funding led Leawood Venture Capital and Global Brain. VentureBeat was first to report the news. AFS had previously raised an undisclosed amount of seed…
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Tyler Florence caused a a stir at last year’s Smart Kitchen Summit when he declared the recipe was dead. That remains up for debate, but Florence, a longtime star of The Food Network, did clarify his statement when he returned to the stage today for this year’s SKS North America. “I think the smart kitchen…
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Mike Lee, founder of food-concept hub Alpha Food Labs, kicked off his Smart Kitchen Summit presentation this morning by talking about cars. Specifically, concept cars that never actually made it to market but were, according to Lee, “a reflection of the aspirations of that time.” Food is the new Cadillac, it seems, and Lee sees…
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Despite rumors, the recipe — ya know, the thing you use to compile and cook a meal — is far from dead. That much was clear at the Smart Kitchen Summit today, when CNET’s Ashlee Clark Thompson talked to a panel of food entrepreneurs about the state of the recipe and how it’ll change in…
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When Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams realized he was headed towards blindness caused by diabetes, he turned to a treatment you buy from a grocery store, not a pharmacy: his food. He switched from the typical “American” diet, heavy on the meat, to a plant-based one, and within the span of just a few weeks…
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When a problem needs to be solved at scale, we usually turn to tech. And right now, there’s a big, big problem looming: the world’s population is about 7.5 billion people and counting, and we need to find more efficient ways to feed them. Inventor Pablos Holman is betting on 3D-printed food as the solution…
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