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March 29, 2022
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Data Snapshot: Investment in premium food brands slowed in India last year, but grew in China
February 23, 2022
Premium Branded Foods remained one of India’s most active categories, despite a pandemic-related slowdown.
Why FoodShot Global is putting bioactive foods at the center of human, planetary & societal health
February 11, 2022
The US-based investment platform’s third installment wants to make food more nutritious, sustainable, and accessible through bioactive elements.
Ending malnutrition by 2030 is possible with an Olympian effort
December 10, 2021
This year’s Nutrition for Growth Summit, held in Olympic host city Tokyo, provided a platform from which to accelerate global progress on malnutrition.
Amara raises $12m for ‘nutrient-dense’ plant-based baby food
November 19, 2021
The San Francisco-based company will use the Series A funds to grow its team and further develop its “proprietary” food preparation platform.
Brief: Ocean Spray partners Brightseed to map ‘total health potential’ of cranberries
November 18, 2021
“The insights from this agreement will [inform] how we grow, separate, and treat our cranberries to optimize for target health benefits and sustainability.”
Future Food 🎙️: Soylent CEO on shift towards middle America & the future of plant-based
October 28, 2021
Soylent meal replacement drinks, reportedly beloved of some entrepreneurs and VCs, have proven somewhat controversial in the podcast’s ‘hot or not’ rounds.
The future of food: More science, more sustainability, more transparency
October 28, 2021
The future of food is exciting and unknown; but one way or another, it’s going to require more consumer education, writes Soylent’s Demir Vangelov.
Beef beats top plant-based burger brands on nutrition & taste, says chef-led study
October 15, 2021
Chew’s Plant-Based Burger Report Card found the Beyond Burger to smell like “pet food,” while Impossible’s effort is “more reminiscent of liver.”
The 30-year wait for golden rice shows why ag research needs ongoing funding
August 18, 2021
In a world first, the GM crop – developed in the early 1990s to provide higher levels of vitamin A – was recently approved for commercial planting in the Philippines.
Danone partners with nutrient discovery startup Brightseed amid ‘plant-based 2.0’ push
August 4, 2021
The pair are expanding on their earlier collaboration, which “uncovered 10 times more bioactives than previously known” in the soybean plant.
Brief: Flagship closes $3.4bn fund to build ‘bioplatform’ companies in ag, nutrition & health
June 14, 2021
Fund VII takes Flagship’s total assets under management to $14.1 billion.
Algae rancher Qualitas Health nets $10m to move into alt-protein
January 11, 2021
The cattle ranches of Texas have long provided protein for the US populace. Qualitas wants to continue that tradition – but it’s raising algae instead.
How to indulge healthily this festive season
December 23, 2020
Christmas sees many of us overdo the food and drink, so it’s not always the healthiest time of year. Here are a few nutritionist’s tips for keeping in corpore sano.
Kate Farms nets $51m from Goldman Sachs, others for organic tube-feeding formulas
November 26, 2020
The Californian startup makes plant-based, organic formulas that can be used for tube feeding patients with chronic illnesses.
Bits x Bites raises $30m for new China fund, backs biotech startup Mojia Bio
November 5, 2020
The Shanghai-based firm has joined the Series A round of Mojia Bio, which synthesizes essential nutrients for human and animal consumption.
Brightseed banks $27m to build out its plant nutrient discovery platform
September 15, 2020
Brightseed will use the fresh funding to commercialize phytonutrients it has discovered using its AI-powered Forager technology.
Cheap food fuelled the Covid death toll. Now it’s time to tackle the obesity epidemic
July 9, 2020
Of all the reports on the tragic and rising death toll resulting from Covid-19, there’s one underlying health condition that has been largely overlooked: obesity.
Future Food: From software to regen ag, Soilworks says key to better health is in the ground
July 6, 2020
Soilworks’ co-founders formed the regenerative ag-focused investment group after working together at B2B SaaS investor Scaleworks.
Americans need better access to healthy food to lower risk of Covid-19 complications
May 7, 2020
The failings of the US food system have left 88% of the population metabolically unhealthy. Frighteningly that means they’re all at a higher risk of complications from the Covid-19 virus compared to the 12% who are deemed metabolically healthy. This startup wants to help.
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