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Let’s be honest: frozen food does not have the best reputation. From French bread pizzas to bland microwaveable TV meals, the freezer section is usually full of meal options that are unhealthy, mass-produced, and overall subpar. But lately a few companies are trying to reverse the frozen food stigma — and keep the convenience —…
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This week’s food tech news was all about two things: meal kits and food (and grocery) delivery. From Kroger’s acquisition of Ocado’s technology to Good Eggs’ $50 million fundraise to Chef’d’s partnership with Byte, they kind of dominated the news cycle. So it’s only fitting we have a few of those stories in our weekly roundup as…
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“You do the cooking. We do the rest.” That’s the tagline of Mucho, a London-based startup which aims to create personalized, convenient meal plans that can be customized a whole slew of ways. And they really do take you pretty much ALLLLL the way through the meal journey. Customers can use the Mucho app to…
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The Seattle Times reports that Amazon will be expanding its Amazon Go store locations into San Francisco and Chicago. The cashier-less Amazon Go stores let you walk in, grab what you want, and leave. The first location opened in Amazon’s home city of Seattle earlier this year. There had been hints about Amazon expanding to…
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It all started with a cookie. A cookie made with pea protein, to be exact. When Pod Foods co-founders Larissa Russell and Fiona Lee started their pea flour cookie company, they assumed the toughest challenge would be developing the perfect recipe. Instead — and despite a vocal demand for their sweets from the local Bay Area…
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It’s not even to market yet, and Israeli-based startup Aleph Farms already wants to shake up the cultured meat industry. They’re developing a new way to grow clean meat; one that will (hopefully) give it the same texture, taste, and eating experience as its traditional counterparts. Co-founders Didier Toubia (CEO) and Professor Shulamit Levenberg (CSO) started…
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If you love gadgets as much as we do at the Spoon, your kitchen counter space is at a premium. Sure, you may want to try that blowtorch or sous vide circulator, but a cooking gadget addiction can end up costing you a lot in terms of space and money. Boston-based startup Cheffer is here to solve…
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Dumplings, char siu, lo mein, sweet and sour stir fries — a lot of China’s most-loved dishes feature one meat above all: pork. In fact, mainland China is the world’s largest consumer of pork; they’re projected to consume about 56 million tons of it this year alone. David Yeung is trying to curb Chinese pork consumption by…
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When Zume first came on the scene, a lot of people got hooked on its pizza-making robot. But what was always more intriguing to us here at The Spoon was Zume as a data and logistics platform. Zume takes into consideration hundreds of data points, such as day of the week, weather, school calendars and…
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In the past, if you wanted to book a decent caterer, you either had to find one through word of mouth, do a lot of googling, or just settle for a pre-made crudité plate with Ranch from the supermarket. Chef Dazzer, a Boston-based startup which just launched in March 2018, hopes to change that. Its platform…
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Tuna melts are great and all, but they can lose some of their appeal when you hear about mercury in the fish, or how dolphins sometimes get killed by being caught in tuna fishing nets. Pennsylvania-based company Good Catch Foods is developing vegetarian shredded tuna, crab cakes, and fish patties made of lentils, chickpeas, fava beans, and…
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If you have ever had a pot brownie (and we’re not saying you have), more likely than not you don’t remember it as an especially pleasant ingestion experience. The brownie probably tasted bad, was from dubious sources, and might have even been given to you by an unwashed person at a house/frat party. But today…
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