2023年6月27日

周五食品技術消化:世界上第一個微藻漢堡公布;收集食物網26美元2021年4月9日這裏有一些科技花邊新聞的周的廣泛food-o-sphere來結束你的星期五。植物性食品的銷售量達到去年的70億美元(美國)。植物性食品協會和好的食物研究所發現,美國零售銷售的植物性食物繼續增加兩位數,2020年同比增長27%。(好食品研究所)任務穀倉培養脂肪分數2400萬美元(美國)。杆VC, Gullspang Re:食物,洪堡基金周一綠色企業,藍色窗台資本,做企業,和快樂的合作夥伴是投資者參與首輪。(任務穀倉)噴灑農藥無人機啟動守護農業銀行1050萬美元(美國)。飛躍拜耳圓與Wilbur-Ellls參與領導的VC手臂李東旭企業,融合企業,和瀑布線資本,等等。(福布斯)“分子精神”製造商沒完沒了的西方(美國)提出了2100萬美元。係列B資金來自視野企業,利塔尼企業,東北的家庭辦公室。 and SOSV, among others. (Endless West) Kiwi bee farmers push for “national conversation” around glyphosate use (New Zealand). The calls come after Japan rejected five shipments of honey from New Zealand for exceeding the country’s accepted trace levels for glyphosate weed killer. ( Radio New Zealand ) Human food waste could be a sustainable source of aquafeed, new research suggests (Australia). A team from the University of Western Australia found that processing organic food waste with black soldier fly larvae produced high quality aquafeed for rainbow trout and other key food species. ( The Fish Site ) How many of us are flexitarians? 42%, according to Euromonitor (global). The market research firm found that so-called ‘flexitarians’ – that is, people actively restricting the animal-based elements of their diets – far outnumber full-on vegetarians and vegans, who make up 6& and 4% of the global population respectively. Australia is the ‘most flexitarian’ country, with conscientious omnivores making up 45% of its population. (Euromonitor) Experiential grocery startup Dom’s Kitchen & Market gets $15 million seed funding (United States). “Dom’s will be a neighborhood destination where consumers can drop in several times per week, explore new foods, watch the cooking process […] participate in a wine tasting class, dine in, or take home,” said co-founder Jay Owen. ( Grocery Dive ) Malaysia Digital Economy Corp, CIMB Islamic Bank extend $6 million microfinancing program for digital agtech (Malaysia). The funding is intended to assist smallholder farmers to adopt tech solutions, while encouraging younger people to select a career in agriculture. ( The Malaysian Reserve ) TurtleTree partners with China’s JSBiosciences (Singapore/China). Cell-cultured milk startup TurtleTree is partnering with the Chinese biotech firm to create cell culture media at commercial scale, providing it with a larger supply of food-grade basal media and driving down costs for TurtleTree’s enterprise customers. (TurtleTree Labs) Sophie’s Bionutrients unveils world’s first algae burger (Singapore). The startup has developed what it claims to be the world’s first burger made from microalgae, with up to twice the protein value of beef or fish. (Sophie’s Bionutrients) New Wave Foods brings plant-based ‘shrimp’ to market (United States). The Stamford, Connecticut-based startup raised $18 million for its Series A round in January. It’s backed by Tyson Foods, among others. ( Vegconomist ) Meanwhile, Gathered Foods nets $26.4 million for its plant-based seafood (United States). The Austin, Texas-based startup secured the bridge funding from Louis Dreyfus Company, Unovis Asset Management, Big Idea Ventures, and others. (Gathered Foods) Solar Foods secures $11.9 million for carbon dioxide-derived protein (Finland). The capital came from the Finnish Climate Fund and will help the Espoo-based startup to build proteins from air using electricity. (Solar Foods)