Less Robots, More Meat: Chipotle Founder’s Big Pivot
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 […]
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Smart Tea Infuser Teforia Comes Back From the Dead Seven Years After Shutting Down
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 […]
Matias Muchnick Reflects on Being Ten Years Early to the Food AI Party
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 […]
Marine Biologics Debuts SuperCrudes, the ‘World’s First Programmable Biomass’
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 […]
AI-Powered CPG Trend Forecaster AI Palette Gets Gobbled Up
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 […]
RFK Jr. Deals Blow to Future Food Startups With Push to Have FDA Drop Self-Affirmed GRAS Provision
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 […]
McDonald’s is Creating Virtual ‘AI Managers’ for Its Restaurants
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 […]
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Pet Food Snapshot: Innovation, Cultivation, and a Ruff Patch
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 […]
The 5 Questions Big Green Egg’s New CEO Asked 86 Employees When He Took The Job
How does an outsider step into leading a company that has only had two previous CEOs over its half-century existence? For Dan Gertsacov, who became CEO of Big Green Egg […]
Join Us Today as We Explore Future Scenarios of an AI-Powered Food System
Ever think about all the different scenarios that AI could ultimately unleash on our food system? Us too, so we decided to invite noted food futurist Mike Lee to talk […]
Trump, RFK Jr., and the FDA Overhaul: A Food Truths Deep Dive with Helena Bottemiller Evich
In a recent episode of the Food Truths podcast, host Eric Schulze sat down with Helena Bottemiller Evich, longtime food policy and food system journalist, to discuss the changes taking […]
Impulse Opens Up Battery-Integrated Appliance Technology as It Attempts to Become Platform Player
Impulse Labs announced an interesting move this week just ahead of the big KBIS trade show next week, unveiling a modular power electronics platform designed to bring battery technology to […]