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Food Tech News covers the latest advancements, trends, and breakthroughs at the intersection of technology and food. From AI-driven solutions and robotics to novel processing methods and sustainability innovations, this category highlights the cutting-edge developments transforming the food industry.

Explore stories about startups, major investments, and technological applications shaping the future of food production, distribution, and consumption. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, investor, or food enthusiast, Food Tech News keeps you informed on the innovations defining tomorrow’s food systems.

Happy Plant Protein, a Finnish food technology company, will license its patented dry extrusion technology to a new production facility in Latvia, operated by local agricultural firm Agrofirma Lobe SIA.

Happy Plant Protein and Crespel & Deiters Launch Commercial-Scale Plant Protein Collaboration

Happy Plant Protein, a Finnish food technology company, is partnering with German ingredient manufacturer Crespel & Deiters to scale its dry extrusion technology at Crespel & Deiters' Helmond site

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Cultivate Next, has made strategic investments in six companies: Benchmark Labs, IMIO, Clean Crop Technologies, Athian, SIMPLi, and PopID.

Chipotle Mexican Grill’s Cultivate Next Invests in Six Agriculture and Food Tech Companies

Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) announced that its venture fund, Cultivate Next, has made strategic investments in six companies working on challenges across agriculture, supply chains, sustainability, food systems, and restaurant technology. The new additions to the portfolio are Benchmark Labs, IMIO, Clean Crop Technologies, Athian, SIMPLi, and PopID, each addressing a different part of

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Protein Industries unveiled a project with Crush Dynamics & Atomic47 Labs to develop a fermentation platform for the food sector

Crush Dynamics and Atomic47 Labs Secure $1.4 Million to Build AI-Enabled Fermentation Platform

Protein Industries Canada has announced a new project with Crush Dynamics and Atomic47 Labs to develop an AI-enabled fermentation platform for the Canadian food manufacturing sector. The initiative, backed by a total investment of $1.4 million — with Protein Industries Canada contributing $607,000 and the partners committing the remainder — will integrate artificial intelligence into

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Israeli climate biotech company Brevel has partnered with Coffeesai, a coffee cell-culture startup, to test and validate its proprietary illuminated fermentation platform as a production tool for plant cell cultures. The collaboration, supported by a USD $1 million grant from the Israel Innovation Authority, marks Brevel's formal entry into the plant cell culture market and builds on its earlier work scaling the same technology for microalgae-based nutraceutical ingredients.

Brevel and Coffeesai Partner to Scale Coffee Cell Culture with Illuminated Fermentation

Israeli climate biotech company Brevel has partnered with Coffeesai, a coffee cell-culture startup, to test and validate its proprietary illuminated fermentation platform as a production tool for plant cell cultures. The collaboration, supported by a USD $1 million grant from the Israel Innovation Authority, marks Brevel's formal entry into the plant cell culture market and

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Vivici raises €32.5 million ($33.7 million USD) in Series A funding to expand its precision fermentation dairy protein business.

Vivici Secures €12.5 Million from EIC Accelerator to Scale Precision Fermentation Proteins

Vivici has secured EUR 12.5 million from the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator Program. The award will support the company's plans to scale the market access and supply of its Vivitein™ Ingredient Portfolio of functional protein ingredients and to accelerate innovation for the customers and consumers it serves.

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Munters Group AB has announced it is exploring a potential divestment of its FoodTech business area as part of a strategic portfolio review. The FoodTech segment, which operates under the commercial brand Speria, covers climate control and environmental solutions for food production and livestock farming applications. Munters has built FoodTech into what it describes as an industry leader with a unique platform over the past decade.

Munters Explores Divestment of FoodTech Business Area to Sharpen Focus on Data Centres and AirTech

Munters Group AB has announced it is exploring a potential divestment of its FoodTech business area as part of a strategic portfolio review. The FoodTech segment, which operates under the commercial brand Speria, covers climate control and environmental solutions for food production and livestock farming applications. Munters has built FoodTech into what it describes as

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Nambawan Spain launched Thaûma™, a plant-derived thaumatin II sweetener and flavor modifier produced via plant molecular farming technology.

Nambawan Spain Launches Thaûma™, a Plant Molecular Farming-Derived Thaumatin II Sweetener

Nambawan Spain launched Thaûma™, a plant-derived thaumatin II sweetener and flavor modifier produced via plant molecular farming technology.

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Infinite Roots has completed a strategic acquisition of Bosque Foods, a US- and EU-based mycelium cultivation and biomass fermentation company founded nearly six years ago.

Infinite Roots Acquires Bosque Foods to Expand Mycelium Technology Platform

Infinite Roots has completed a strategic acquisition of Bosque Foods, a US- and EU-based mycelium cultivation and biomass fermentation company founded nearly six years ago.

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Big Idea Ventures' new cohort features companies innovating in fermentation, enzyme tech, cell culture, and sustainable ingredient sourcing

Big Idea Ventures Adds Five Startups to Global Food Innovation Fund II Portfolio

Big Idea Ventures has added five new startups to its Global Food Innovation Fund II (GFIF II) portfolio, spanning bioactive delivery, plant cell biomanufacturing, fermentation, cold chain stabilisation, and clean-label ingredient extraction.

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ePropelled has launched a fully integrated propulsion and power system engineered specifically for agricultural UAVs.

ePropelled Launches Integrated Propulsion and Power System for Agricultural UAVs

ePropelled has launched a fully integrated propulsion and power system engineered specifically for agricultural UAVs, combining brushless motors, electronic speed controllers, and intelligent power management in a single architecture.

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