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PARC Spinout EverCase Uses Electric & Magnetic Fields to Store Food in Freezers Without Ice Crystals

If you’ve ever put meat or fish into a freezer, you’ve probably noticed it doesn’t look nearly as fresh once you thaw it out. That’s because the process of freezing […]

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Food Robot Roundup: Grubhub & Cartken Head to College, The Story of a Stir-Frying Robot

Happy Monday! We’ve got a round-up of recent food robot news to get your week kicked off right. This month, Singapore-based food robotics firm Ross Digital announced a $4.2 million […]

Food Tech News Pod: The Wendyverse, 15-Minute Grocery Struggles & Roku’s Big Food Play

It’s another weekly food tech new wrap-up. The stories we discuss this week include: The food brand metaverse trademark landgrab A new NFT restaurant in San Francisco copies the Flyfish […]

From the Paneraverse to the Wendyverse, the Food Web3 Trademark Gold Rush is On

While it’s uncertain at this point just how profitable the food industry’s efforts to build out a presence in the metaverse will be, what we do know is those sure […]

Is Roku About To Bring Us Shoppable TV Content Featuring Martha Stewart & Other Culinary Giants?

Last week, Walmart and Roku announced a deal that would allow TV viewers watching streaming via a Roku device to purchase items – including food items – using their remote. […]

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The Case for 15-Minute Grocery Delivery is Questionable. So Why Did It Raise So Much Capital?

For about as long as I’ve been seriously watching the Internet industry, companies have been trying to make a business of home grocery delivery. It started back in the late […]

Podcast: Talking Alternative Protein with the Good Food Institute’s Bruce Friedrich

If you work in the alt-protein industry or even just interested in the space, chances are you know about the Good Food Institute. In this episode, I catch up with […]

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Spoon Weekly: JOKR Shuts Down, Moolec Going Public, Mars & Perfect Day

Another fast-grocery startup bites the dust. JOKR, the speedy grocery delivery company that was part of a larger wave of startups that entered the US last year, is shutting down […]

Mars Teams Up With Perfect Day to Launch Animal-Free Chocolate Bar

Today Mars announced the launch of a new animal-free chocolate under the brand CO2COA. Developed in partnership with precision fermentation specialist Perfect Day, the chocolate is available today via the […]

SuperMeat Believes An Open Source Approach to Cultivated Meat Will Benefit All

Lab-grown or cultured meat is a sexy topic that fulfills the dream of healthy eating while saving the planet’s precious resources. Most of the headlines focus on the companies in […]

Breaking: Fast Grocery Startup JOKR Shutting Down US Operations

Another fast-grocery startup bites the dust. JOKR, the speedy grocery delivery company that was part of a larger wave of startups that entered the US last year, is shutting down […]

Molecular Farming Pioneer Moolec is Going Public Via SPAC

Moolec Science, a company that develops animal-identical proteins utilizing a technique called molecular farming, announced today it is going public via a special purpose acquisition company (“SPAC”). The company is […]