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Will meal kits make the ten year mark?

Meal kits landed in the market around 8-9 years ago, a time when startups, corporates and even big names like Amazon decided to capitalize on them. They thought that trend-craving convenience-demanding consumers would go crazy for these little boxes of pre-portioned meals, I mean imagine having both the ingredients and the step-by-step instructions dropped on …

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The king keurig of beer has arrived: introducing Drinkworks

It’s true, the industry of single-serving coffee pods still has a long way to go in terms of sustainability. They are far from environmentally-friendly, but they are convenient. They have become a real time saver for those early morning risers who love to pop in a pod and enjoy the exact right amount of coffee …

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Sweetgreen is rolling out compostable bowls to fight food waste

Many restaurants joining the sustainable bandwagon often turn to compostable fiber packaging to avoid sending packaging waste to landfills. However, an investigation last year in The Counter (formerly New Food Economy), which sent compostable packaging to a lab for testing highlighted that PFAS were commonly used in them.  PFA compounds have been linked to health …

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Oat milk sales now make up 14% of the milk category

Vegan milk is fastest becoming the most popular segment of the plant-based milk category, offering sales which now account for 14% of the entire milk category with sales in the US growing by 686% in 2019 – and more than 1,946% over the past two years.Trade group Plant Based Food Association (PBFA) and advocacy group …

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Beyond meat is coming to a store near you

Beyond meat is fast becoming everyone’s favorite plant-based meat alternative, and now its launching its new Beyond Sausage in retail stores nationwide at the end of March. They will releasing two new flavours; classic and spicy, made from pea protein, brown rice protein and spices.  “Introducing Beyond Breakfast Sausage at retail stores is an exciting …

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This company is helping farmers produce more milk

Ireland-based CattleEye is driving its digital transformation with an AI-powered livestock monitoring platform, that allows farmers to identify individual dairy cows and monitor their health and body condition. They can understand if they are on heat, in sick health or if they are pregnant. It’s said that this technology can help farmers produce $400 more …

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Food Entrepreneurs Innovative Valentines Menu

Straight from the kitchen of Food Entrepreneurs, we wanted to surprise you with an innovative Valentine’s menu where you will have the opportunity to taste a range of different dishes, from 100% vegan-friendly foods to cell-based fish which are completely sustainable for the environment. On Valentine’s day we celebrate our love for innovation and all …

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Meet the women taking breast out of breastmilk

The two women taking the “breast” out of breastmilk  Biotech startup BIOMILQ founders Michelle Egger & Leila Strickland are optimizing human milk by cultivating it in a bioreactor rather than a breast.   “We can confirm that our samples contain both casein and lactose, the predominant protein, and sugar components found in breastmilk!”– BIOMILQ founders.  In …

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Alt sources of protein: the 6 startups that are riding the wave of change

We are beginning to become increasingly aware of the impact that our current diet generates on the environment: including high levels of meat consumption contributing to the climate crisis, the unsustainable carbon footprint of certain products and the gases produced by intensive farming that are altering the ecosystem as we speak.  We now face the …

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