But does it make sense to grow a commodity ingredient such as coffee in a bioreactor, or does plant cell culture only make sense for ultra-high-value botanicals such as saffron?
While many coffee drinkers love the instant boost they get from caffeine, they don’t like the jitters that often come with it, says Rarebird founder Dr. Jeffrey Dietrich.
French startup Amatera is developing a coffee variety with the resilience and yields of Robusta and the taste of Arabica.
While the world’s coffee giants know that by 2050, 50% less arable land may be suited to growing Arabica, most coffee drinkers are blissfully unaware that their cup of Morning Joe is under threat. So how is Atomo getting consumers excited about ‘beanless’ alternatives?
Plant cell culture startup STEM is making real coffee, without beans. But is this a scalable approach to producing a commodity product?
The Rarebird version of coffee could increase alertness in individuals without the anxiety often associated with caffeine.
Plus, Starbucks names a new CEO and a longtime veteran of consumer goods corporate Unilever calls it quits after 35 years.
Cargill joins Sucafina, Olam International and other corporates investing in ProfilePrint’s AI-based tech platform that accelerates the food grading process.
The UK startup is applying gene-editing tech to develop high-performance varieties of three crucial commodity crops: banana, coffee, and rice.
The Seattle startup also launched its first beanless coffee products to consumers.
Cellular agriculture startups aim to solve agrifood’s biggest sustainability problems. But smallholders must be part of the solution, writes Saron Berhane.
Demetria is replacing the antiquated coffee quality assessment process by using AI and near-infrared technology to scan beans before they’re brewed.
Less than 1% of coffee’s beneficial compounds are extracted when you make a cup of coffee, according to Denmark’s Kaffe Bueno.
Atomo! co-founder Jarret Stopforth happens to have a DIY food science lab in his garage. While some people build cars on their weekends, Jarret builds food.
S2G Ventures and Horizons Ventures co-led the seed round, with AgFunder and Bessemer Venture Partners also participating.
Tropic plans to use the funding to commercialize its tech and to add rice to the roster of tropical crop cultivars it has in development.
Olam set up a “war room” of top execs to tackle Covid-19’s immediate impact on its business. But it’s counting on digitization as a longer term fix.
The Indonesian startup will use the funds to expand at home and farther afield, as it bets on tech to change F&B after Covid-19.
The Canadian icon will ramp up its expansion in China and improve its digital capabilities with a helping hand from the Shenzhen-based tech giant.
The US coffee chain and Sequoia China will make “strategic co-investments” in emerging, tech-driven food and retail startups “created in China, for China.”
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