2023年6月27日

周五食品技术消化:世界上第一个微藻汉堡公布;收集食物网26美元2021年4月9日这里有一些科技花边新闻的周的广泛food-o-sphere来结束你的星期五。植物性食品的销售量达到去年的70亿美元(美国)。植物性食品协会和好的食物研究所发现,美国零售销售的植物性食物继续增加两位数,2020年同比增长27%。(好食品研究所)任务谷仓培养脂肪分数2400万美元(美国)。杆VC, Gullspang Re:食物,洪堡基金周一绿色企业,蓝色窗台资本,做企业,和快乐的合作伙伴是投资者参与首轮。(任务谷仓)喷洒农药无人机启动守护农业银行1050万美元(美国)。飞跃拜耳圆与Wilbur-Ellls参与领导的VC手臂李东旭企业,融合企业,和瀑布线资本,等等。(福布斯)“分子精神”制造商没完没了的西方(美国)提出了2100万美元。系列B资金来自视野企业,利塔尼企业,东北的家庭办公室。 and SOSV, among others. (Endless West) Kiwi bee farmers push for “national conversation” around glyphosate use (New Zealand). The calls come after Japan rejected five shipments of honey from New Zealand for exceeding the country’s accepted trace levels for glyphosate weed killer. ( Radio New Zealand ) Human food waste could be a sustainable source of aquafeed, new research suggests (Australia). A team from the University of Western Australia found that processing organic food waste with black soldier fly larvae produced high quality aquafeed for rainbow trout and other key food species. ( The Fish Site ) How many of us are flexitarians? 42%, according to Euromonitor (global). The market research firm found that so-called ‘flexitarians’ – that is, people actively restricting the animal-based elements of their diets – far outnumber full-on vegetarians and vegans, who make up 6& and 4% of the global population respectively. Australia is the ‘most flexitarian’ country, with conscientious omnivores making up 45% of its population. (Euromonitor) Experiential grocery startup Dom’s Kitchen & Market gets $15 million seed funding (United States). “Dom’s will be a neighborhood destination where consumers can drop in several times per week, explore new foods, watch the cooking process […] participate in a wine tasting class, dine in, or take home,” said co-founder Jay Owen. ( Grocery Dive ) Malaysia Digital Economy Corp, CIMB Islamic Bank extend $6 million microfinancing program for digital agtech (Malaysia). The funding is intended to assist smallholder farmers to adopt tech solutions, while encouraging younger people to select a career in agriculture. ( The Malaysian Reserve ) TurtleTree partners with China’s JSBiosciences (Singapore/China). Cell-cultured milk startup TurtleTree is partnering with the Chinese biotech firm to create cell culture media at commercial scale, providing it with a larger supply of food-grade basal media and driving down costs for TurtleTree’s enterprise customers. (TurtleTree Labs) Sophie’s Bionutrients unveils world’s first algae burger (Singapore). The startup has developed what it claims to be the world’s first burger made from microalgae, with up to twice the protein value of beef or fish. (Sophie’s Bionutrients) New Wave Foods brings plant-based ‘shrimp’ to market (United States). The Stamford, Connecticut-based startup raised $18 million for its Series A round in January. It’s backed by Tyson Foods, among others. ( Vegconomist ) Meanwhile, Gathered Foods nets $26.4 million for its plant-based seafood (United States). The Austin, Texas-based startup secured the bridge funding from Louis Dreyfus Company, Unovis Asset Management, Big Idea Ventures, and others. (Gathered Foods) Solar Foods secures $11.9 million for carbon dioxide-derived protein (Finland). The capital came from the Finnish Climate Fund and will help the Espoo-based startup to build proteins from air using electricity. (Solar Foods)