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This Culinary Tech Inventor Thought He Could Build Some Parts For His Latest Gadget in the US. Then He Called Around.
July 14, 2025 Michael Wolf

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Thermomix Has Long Been a Leader in Cooking Automation, But Now They’re Going Full Robot

July 3, 2025

Is IFT’s Launch of an AI Tool For Food Scientists an Indicator of Where Trade Associations Are Going in Age of AI?

July 1, 2025

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A Conversation With Bear Robotics’ John Ha on LG Deal and The Future of The Company

When It Comes to Making Generative AI Food Smart, Small Language Models Are Doing the Heavy Lifting

April 1, 2024 Michael Wolf

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Since ChatGPT debuted in the fall of 2022, much of the interest in generative AI has centered around large language models. Large language models, or LLMs, are the giant compute-intensive […]

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Weekly Food Tech News Show: Wither Magic Spoon?

March 30, 2024 Michael Wolf

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On this week’s Food Tech News Show, Mike and Carlos welcome Rachel Konrad, former head of communications for The Production Board, Impossible Foods and Tesla. The stories we catch up […]

Is The Keto Cereal Craze Over?

March 29, 2024 Michael Wolf

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I have a soft spot for sugar cereals. Having grown up in the 80s eating big boxes of Captain Crunch, Lucky Charms, and Life (my friends called me Mikey!), I […]

PoLoPo Unveils ‘SuperAA’ to Turn Potatoes Into Protein Factories Via Molecular Farming

March 27, 2024 Michael Wolf

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Today, Israel-based startup PoLoPo announced it has deployed its molecular farming technology, a system that uses a genetically engineered potato to produce egg proteins, at greenhouse production scale. The company’s […]

Podcast: The Story of Mill With Matt Rogers

March 25, 2024 Michael Wolf

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If you follow the world of kitchen and consumer food tech startups, you know there hasn’t been much in the way of venture-funded startups targeting food waste in the home. […]

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Pitchbook: Food Tech Funding Dropped Almost 60% in 2023

March 20, 2024 Michael Wolf

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The food tech sector navigated rough waters in 2023, as venture capital funding experienced a significant downturn for the second consecutive year. According to Pitchbook’s Q4 2023 report, food tech […]

Is The US Power Grid Prepared For The Transition To Induction Cooking?

March 18, 2024 Michael Wolf

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In case you haven’t heard, electricity demand is shooting through the roof. After more than two decades of flattened usage due to more efficient lightbulbs, appliances, and factories, the growing […]

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The Food Tech News Show: Behold, The Humanoid Kitchen Robot is Here

March 16, 2024 Michael Wolf

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This week, the Spoon crew got together to discuss some of the big stories of the week on a new weekly video news show we’re launching called The Food Tech […]

Watch The Figure 01 Robot Feed A Human, Sort The Dishes, And Stammer Like Us Meatbags

March 15, 2024 Michael Wolf

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While much of the startup funding for food-centric robots has been for task-specific fast-automation from the likes of Picnic Robot and Chef Robotics, some of the more intriguing – and […]

Not Surprisingly, Starbucks Is Shutting Down Its NFT Program

March 15, 2024 Michael Wolf

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Perhaps not all that surprising given the downturn in interest in Web3 and NFTs among big brands, Starbucks announced today that it’s shutting down its Web3 loyalty program Odyssey. The […]

Keurig Unveils Plastic-Free Coffee Pods, Developed With A Little Help From The Maker of CoffeeB

March 13, 2024 Michael Wolf

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If you can’t beat them, join them. And if you’re Delica, that’s precisely what the Swiss-based company did. That’s because today, North American single-serve giant Keurig Dr. Pepper announced that […]

Keurig Takes Another Swing at Cold Beverages With the Launch of QuickChill Cold Coffee Technology

March 13, 2024 Michael Wolf

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Perhaps the third time’s a charm? That appears to be what Keurig is thinking, given the news of the single-serve coffee giant’s new technology and brewing system that allows it […]

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