Transforming eating habits of children Inception: 2018 Location: Bengaluru Domain: Kids nutrition Founders: Harshavardhan (Chief Executive Officer), Pariksha Rao (Chief Nutrition Officer) Total team strength: 17 Total funds raised: NA Investors: Family office of Sajan Pillai- Chairman; Mclaren strategic ventures; ex-CEO, UST Global, and[Read More…]
Start-ups
Japan’s Next Meats to construct eco-friendly production facility
The startup aims to further stabilise the global supply chain of Next Meats products Next Meats Co, the alternative meat venture company from Tokyo known for commercialising the world’s first vegan Japanese barbecue meat analogues, has revealed the plan to start the construction of their eco-friendly production facility called the “NEXT[Read More…]
ChickP Launches plant-based egg alternative for eggs in mayonnaise
The start-up company teamed up with select food companies to help formulate egg-free recipes, including a creamy mayonnaise substitute and salad-dressings. ChickP Ltd., presents its chickpea isolate as an all-purpose, nutrition-packed, plant-based egg alternative for eggs in mayonnaise. The start-up company teamed up with select food companies to help formulate[Read More…]
Japan’s Next Meats develops new alternative egg product
The NEXT EGG is 100% plant-based Next Meats, the Japanese alternative meat venture who recently launched their products and sold out in the U.S., have announced they have successfully developed a new alternative egg product, the NEXT EGG 1.0. The NEXT EGG is 100% plant-based and is expected to procure[Read More…]
Singapore-based startup TurtleTree to commercialize human lactoferrin product
Human Lactoferrin lately also referred to as pink gold because of it’s amazing properties for boosting immunity, resistance to infections and fighting off bad bacteria. Singapore-based startup TurtleTree, the pioneer of cell-based milk, is now preparing for the launch of its first commercially scalable product. Human Lactoferrin lately also referred[Read More…]
ChickP launches new APAC office in Singapore
New APAC office to expand the company’s plant-based protein in Asia to meet booming demand Israel-based food tech start-up ChickP Protein, Ltd. is expanding into Asia Pacific (APAC) with the launch of a new office in Singapore. The strategic move is in response to the rapidly growing demand for plant-based[Read More…]
Better Juice, GEA to scale up sugar-reduction technology
Better Juice will produce the immobilized microorganisms for the enzymatic process Better Juice, Ltd., the sugar-reduction food tech start-up in Israel, has announced a collaboration with GEA Group AG, Germany, a world leader in process engineering for the food and beverage sectors, in a push to scale up and expand[Read More…]
Taiwan develops sensor to quantify food allergens within 2 minutes
The app can track users’ records and provide personal diet suggestions The biochemical company Taiwan User-Friendly Sensor & Tech has developed the Test Food Allergen Detection System (TADs), a connected sensor that can quantify allergens in food within 2 minutes and store, analyze, and share that data with users through[Read More…]
TurtleTree Labs focuses on food grade growth factors
TurtleTree Scientific will be working with cell-based meat companies on the production of food grade growth factors Singapore based startup TurtleTree Labs has announced the launch of TurtleTree Scientific, dedicated to the growth of food grade growth factors. Despite the costs of producing cell-based meat declining over the years, the[Read More…]
Plug and Play launches new food tech program in Thailand
To connect leading corporations, governments, and investors with the Plug and Play ecosystem which boasts over 20,000 startups Plug and Play Asia Pacific has announced that they will launch its first Southeast Asia’s Food and AgTech Accelerator Program in Bangkok on July 29, 2020. The program is dedicated to scaling the world’s most promising startups[Read More…]