Dry January: the rise of the non-alcoholic beverage trend
While the pandemic might drive many consumers to the bottle, a number are actually turning to a different variety of beverages while stuck at home between lockdown and quarantines, including non-alcoholic offerings. In fact, as we step into 2021 one in five adults will pledge to cut out alcohol completely during Dry January, the annual […]
New agrifood supply chain trends for 2021
Despite the covid pandemic hitting the food space hard, a number of agrifood startups have managed to raise successful funds over the last year. Raising funds during a global pandemic shifted the foundations of the food industry and resulted in the emergence of a number of new trends and factors. Despite 2020 being far from […]
Foodtech funding roundup of the week
With the news this week that plant-based meat pioneer Impossible Foods was slashing the wholesale prices of its animal-free burger and sausage products, is 2021 the year that protein alternatives finally find more price parity with traditional animal-based meat? It was reported this week that foodservice players will now pay 15% less for Impossible´s plant-based […]
An interview with Update Foods: updating the traditional dairy food space
France-based startup Update foods may have come from lockdown beginnings but they are on a real mission to develop plant-based alternatives tapping the health benefits of both faba protein and algae. Update Foods proposes an updated version of traditional dairy products to ease in the next generation’s switch to plant-based. The dairy alternative market has […]
Homebound consumers & health seekers: frozen food sales soured in 2020
Frozen food sales soured 17.4% between November 2020 and the same month in 2019, according to data from IRI and the International Dairy Deli Bakery Association (IDDBA) reported by Winsight Grocery Business. The space´s growth out did the other category sales for all food items, which only rose 9.3% during the same time period. Frozen food was once […]
The most disruptive foodtech startups in 2020
2020 has been a year like no other, across the food industry and beyond. The covid pandemic engulfed the whole world and brought a global crisis to food businesses around the globe. With quarterly lockdowns and struggling businesses it was no doubt a new experience for us all. Perhaps no other industry felt the strain […]