By the time you read this, you will be aware of the U-turn our food system is making to find new, personalized, localized ways to your plate. Last year was a bellwether year for food systems, specifically food distribution systems. In 2016, the traditional method of delivering food from farms to tables is going to shift to include new players, more technology and shocking transparency.
US Food Tech companies are on fire, raising over $1B in 2014. And the majority of these companies are looking to feed consumers in a faster/more efficient way. This has led investors like Jason Calacanis to make bold statements like “The future of restaurants is no restaurant”.
With this in mind, we plotted how different spaces ranging from traditional restaurants to prepared meal delivery to chefs on-demand that are all competing to feed consumers relate to each other on the premise of convenience and time to meal.
La Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de EE UU (FDA) ha aprobado hoy para consumo humano un salmón modificado genéticamente para crecer en la mitad de tiempo. Es el primer animal transgénico destinado para servirse como comida en el mundo. Este mismo año, científicos chinos anunciaron la creación de vacas lecheras transgénicas más resistentes a la tuberculosis.
US Food Tech companies are on fire, raising over $1B in 2014. And the majority of these companies are looking to feed consumers in a faster/more efficient way. This has led investors like Jason Calacanis to make bold statements like “The future of restaurants is no restaurant”.
With this in mind, we plotted how different spaces ranging from traditional restaurants to prepared meal delivery to chefs on-demand that are all competing to feed consumers relate to each other on the premise of convenience and time to meal.
For years, the most important food technologies were all about scale. How could we feed a fast-growing population at less expense? By doing everything bigger: food grown on bigger farms was sold by ever-merging global food giants to grocery chains of superstore proportions.
A new technique developed by Hebrew University researchers that extend the life of vegetables for weeks without refrigeration could help break the cycle of poverty among rural farmers in the developing world, with.
There are dozens of technologies that can help farmers grow healthier, hardier and better-tasting fruits and vegetables – many of them developed in Israel – but there are few technologies to extend the life of produce. While some fruits and vegetables can be kept in cold storage for months, others – like leafy vegetables – have to be brought to market within days, before they begin to wilt.
El grupo resultante de la fusión, con marcas como el queso Philadelphia o las salsas Perrins, tendrá unos ingresos de 28.000 millones de dólares (unos 25.500 millones de euros).
Kraft Foods y Heinz han llegado a un acuerdo para fusionarse y crear el quinto mayor grupo de alimentación y bebidas del mundo, según informa The Wall Street Journal. La empresa resultante sumará unos ingresos de 28.000 millones de dólares (alrededor de 25.500 millones de euros).
The food delivery startup space is getting hot, crowded and very well-funded. Within the 'food & drink' category, Postmates has ranked neck-and-neck with Seamless.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) says acrylamide in food potentially increases the risk of developing cancer for consumers in all age groups. The authority has launched a public consultation on its draft scientific opinion about the substance.
Acrylamide is a chemical compound that typically forms in starchy food products such as potato crisps, chips, bread, biscuits and coffee, during high-temperature processing (above 150°), including frying, baking and roasting.
