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Tastewise, the AI-powered food intelligence solution, launches in the UK
21 Sep 2020
AI-powered platform Tastewise predicts the way consumers order, cook and eat through analyzing restaurant menus, social media interactions and online home recipes. After debuting in the U.S. last year, the insights company is now launching in the UK.
Read morePepsiCo trials digital watermark to facilitate recycling in EU
18 Sep 2020
To help tackle the looming issue of waste management in the European Union, PepsiCo is partnering with a consortium of 85 industry stakeholders and the European Brands Association (AIM) to pilot a digital watermark technology aimed at making recycling ...
Read moreReese’s launches snack cakes for breakfast
11 Sep 2020
Consumption of sweets and treats has increased in the United States as a result of the pandemic, and now consumers will have yet one more occasion on which to indulge: breakfast. Hershey’s just announced its Reese’s Snack Cakes, a chocolate cake filled...
Read moreIsraeli biotech startup prints carpaccio
3 Sep 2020
Israeli startup MeaTech 3D has just produced the first building block to create the holy grail of alternative proteins: steak. The biotech startup successfully printed a layer of muscle tissues that resembled carpaccio and proved that sorting muscle an...
Read moreCoca-Cola introduces recyclable paperboard rings on its multi-packs
31 Aug 2020
As a result of its effort to remove all unnecessary hard to recycle plastic from its portfolio in Western Europe, Coca-Cola is introducing a paperboard packaging alternative called CanCollar in Spain.
Read moreThanks to the pandemic, foodtech booms during Q2
28 Aug 2020
The foodtech ecosystem was already evolving rapidly, but when the pandemic shifted business across the globe, technology-driven growth became even more vital to the CPG ecosystem. Plant-based products, cellular agriculture, online grocery and VC invest...
Read moreAustralia is converting stale beer into electricity
21 Aug 2020
When lockdowns closed pubs, watering holes around Australia found themselves saddled with kegs of ales and lagers that were slowly passing their expiration date. However, instead of dumping them down the drain – which would require additional disposal ...
Read moreAustralia’s The Product Makers create gold chocolate using sugar cane extract
13 Aug 2020
Australian ingredients company The Product Makers (TPM) has gone for the gold and isolated a sugarcane extract called Saccharum officinarum to create a golden chocolate. The company says that the extract can be used as a natural colorant but also has p...
Read moreKFC invests in the future of chicken with bioprinting
11 Aug 2020
Fast food chain KFC is working to produce the world’s first lab-produced, bioprinted chicken nuggets in partnership with Moscow-based 3D Bioprinting Solutions. The restaurant said that it is working toward creating a “restaurant of the future” where th...
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