Daily news and analysis about the food tech revolution
Nathan Myhrvold is the definition of modern Renaissance man. Equal parts mad scientist, gastronomy pioneer and patent troll, the former Microsoft CTO and driving force behind the seminal Modernist Cuisine […]
Advancements in molecular sensors, real-time analytics and food production are laying the foundation for a world where consumers will consume food tailored specifically for them based on their own biomarkers, […]
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 […]
In 2007 a woman in Sweden launched the meal kit concept under the company name Middagsfrid, which roughly translates to “dinnertime bliss.” I don’t know how many working parents would […]
Stealthy startup 6d bytes came out of hiding yesterday to debut Blendid, a fully autonomous, smoothie-making robot station. Using a combination of machine learning, machine vision and robotics, Blendid promises […]
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 […]
Innit yesterday announced a partnership with Chef’d to provide ordering and guided cooking of meal kits directly through the Innit app. The deal is the first meal commerce offering for […]
Instacart, the grocery delivery startup, has raised an additional $150 million in funding. This new cash is part of its existing Series E round and in addition to the $200 […]
Amazon Key, the in-home delivery service that allows packages to be dropped off inside your home while you’re away, added compatibility with five new smart locks from Kwikset and Yale […]
Today Drop and Kenwood announced a new Wi-Fi connected multicooker food processor called the kCook Multi Smart. The new countertop appliance, available this month in France for a retail price of €799.9 […]
The company’s shared kitchen infrastructure makes startup up a food business a whole lot less painful for the average entrepreneur.
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 […]
