Climate change is threatening existing food sources, making the discovery of viable alternatives essential. MicroHarvest believes microorganisms to be a sustainable, scalable solution.
Food waste is a serious issue for the planet and a major threat to food security. Senoptica Technologies claims to hold a solution to one of the many flaws in the food system – ‘use by’ dates.
Marketing can be complex, time consuming and costly. We run down the top tips and tricks to successfully market a food and drink brand on a tight budget.
Alt dairy is proving to be one of the great plant-based success stories. But associations to UPF and questions over sustainability are holding it back. Fabas Foods believes it has the solution.
Red tape, lacking investment and negative connotations around new and novel food types are just three of many issues standing in the way of Europe’s food and drink sector progress, experts have warned.
What do food and drink start-up businesses get wrong? It’s the big question facing many fledgling businesses. FoodNavigator speaks to nine industry experts to find out.
Plant-based meat alternative heavyweight Redefine Meat has plotted a series of new launches and retail listings as the market rebounds following a recent tumble and stagnation.
Healthier food-tech business MicroLub, which uses tech to replace fats and oils with water – while claiming sensory retention – has closed a €4.2 seed investment round to commercialise.
The plant-based seafood market is underserved – enter BettaF!sh. This week we're discovering how founder, Deniz Ficicioglu, is revolutionising the fish-free fish space in the first edition of FoodNavigator’s start-up pitch series.
Food safety and quality are two sides of the same coin. But how is the process of making food not only safe but beneficial for the consumer being made more efficient?
Hangover cure? Apparently so as one US start-up claims the consequences of a heavy night could be resigned to the past for Europeans, should the brand debut on this side of the pond.
Alternative raw materials aim to provide sustainable versions of commodities, including cocoa, coffee and palm oil, that are both integral to food and linked to deforestation. Will consumers accept them?
Mondelēz International will push to scale healthier doughnuts business Urban Legend following its minority stake investment, FoodNavigator can exclusively reveal.
The OG meat alternative mycoprotein is set to retake the spotlight in a sector rife with food start-ups bringing to market products through an increasing array of food-tech innovations.
Private investor and government backing has sparked a jobs and revenue boom in Europe’s alternative protein market, leading to a need for specialist recruitment services.
Mondelēz International has backed a fresh doughnut and pastry business that boasts custom-designed and patented air frying technology that significantly reduces sugar, fat and calories.
A full spectrum of ‘cheeses’ can be made without cows, following the development of a casein that can self-assemble into micelles, the foundation for stretchy, protein-rich cheese alternatives.
A recent study suggested that radical cost reduction in cultivated meat production is possible. Ivy Farm, Aleph Farms and Vital Meat speak on the potential of this.
Food and drink investors remain cautious over which businesses to pump funds into on the back of a “challenging” market that’s remained stagnant following a steep decline, a banking expert tells FoodNavigator.
Dairy value sales will balloon to over $1tr in the next decade as the sector combats myriad issues by adopting emerging food technologies like precision fermentation and cellular agriculture.
Making the decision to recruit staff is a big step for any new business. It presents multiple challenges and can generate unexpected costs. We’re here to help guide you through the process.
Food and beverage – Europe’s largest manufacturing industry – has been omitted from the European Commission’s ‘The future of European competitiveness’ report designed to accelerate the EU’s finances ahead of competing nations.
Climate change is threatening the future of food security making innovation to protect it more important than ever. So, how is the EU working to kickstart creativity and encourage investment?
Many of food and beverage's greatest innovations are born from from start-ups. But why is innovation on a decline and what's the future of food and drink NPD?
He may well be one of snacking’s most influential men. So, an audience with Mondelēz International’s Snackfutures Ventures boss, Richie Gray, could indeed be the making or breaking of a business.
How do food tech and alternative meat and dairy start-ups gain the interest of investors? Kim Anders Odhner has his ear to the ground and explains what backers might be looking for.
Food and drink industry research and development investment has proven profitable for many countries around the world, but which are spending and where?
Using a combination of artificial intelligence and synthetic biology, one start-up is enhancing proteins into a wide array of functions across the food industry.
Functionality is a key element of producing plant-based products. Generative AI, one start-up suggests, could boost research into protein functionality.
Front- and back-of-pack food and nutrition information is essential. Here’s how to ensure the details are legally tight to not only attract customers, but to keep them safe.
Cultivated meat has traditionally been posited as an alternative to traditional animal agriculture. Now, Meatable suggests that it could help farmers, not hurt them.
