Happy weekend. This was a big week for food tech news, with funding updates from Instacart and Impossible Foods, and big partnership announcements from Innit/Chef’d and Kenwood/Drop. But there were also a bunch of smaller stories that caught our eye, even if we didn’t have time to write a post about them. So we rounded them…
At one point or another, we have all suffered from menu confusion: the feeling when a restaurant offers too many good-looking dishes, overwhelming us with choice. You don’t want to choose the wrong thing and be stuck with it, but you need to make a decision. Bangalore-based startup dishq is using AI and consumer data to…
Last week, the USDA ruled that organisms gene-edited by Crispr technology will not be subject to the same regulations as genetically modified organisms (GMO). US Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue said that the USDA currently does not, and has no plans to, regulate plants or animals “that could otherwise have been developed through traditional breeding techniques.” In other words,…
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The time has come for our weekly roundup of food tech news stories; ones that caught our eye, but weren’t quite big enough to justify a whole post. This week’s news update focused on some of our favorite foods (and drinks): pizza, beer, and coffee. Also, did we mention that Snoop Dogg is involved? Or…
It’s a good day for wine lovers (and wannabe lovers) everywhere. Vivino, the world’s most downloaded wine app and largest online wine marketplace, just raised $20 million in series C funding. The latest funding round was led by SCP Neptune International, the investment arm of former Moet Hennessy CEO and Chairman of VinExpo Christophe Navarre. This comes about two…
Take a second, right now, and picture the community of the future. Are there green roofs, lazily-turning windmills, and streetlights powered by solar energy? Maybe even a lawn-mowing robot or two? James Ehrlich, CEO of ReGen Villages, has a pretty innovative vision for how neighborhoods of the future should look and function. After a career as…
Aryballe, maker of digital odor detectors, is showing off an early production model of its portable NeOse digital smell sensor at CES 2018 in Las Vegas. The device is intended for the pro market and is priced as such; when it ships in about two months, it will cost about $10 thousand. Company spokesperson Fanny Turlure…
“Farm to Table” Is “Farm on a Table” thanks to this startup’s stylish new creation.
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Startups across the food supply chain are invited to apply for the three-month program in Minneapolis-St. Paul.
Increased speed and more accurate orders are making this tech appealing for both diners and restaurant owners.
A team in Jerusalem is using nanocellulose fibers to find new ways 3D-printed food can be nutritious and practical.