Global Food Tech Awards
Global Food Tech Awards APAC: Meet the 5 startups on this year’s shortlist
Take a glimpse at what the future of food will look like, starting with these five APAC startups tackling waste, compliance and metabolic health
Start-ups
COA expands high-protein chocolate range with matcha and coconut
COA has added matcha and coconut flavours to its high-protein chocolate range as it expands in Australia and New Zealand and eyes the US market
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Global Food Tech Awards APAC heat opens: Why startups should apply and how to stand out
Calling all APAC food and beverage startups - applications are now open and entry is free
Taipei Mega Food Shows 2026
‘All about health’: Bebop takes dairy-free ice cream across APAC
Bebop is targeting APAC markets with a dairy-free, plant-fat ice cream as it seeks to scale beyond Taiwan
Soup-To-Nuts Podcast
Raising the functional beverage bar: Drinks are becoming more specific and creative
As consumers look beyond generic energy and wellness claims, emerging brands are creating drinks tailored to specific needs, from focus and calm to protein and recovery
Cultivated protein’s next phase? Integration over invention
The sector is entering an integration phase, according to Ever After Foods’ CEO Eyal Rosenthal, where partnerships, acquisitions and platform-based business models could help tackle persistent cost and scaling barriers that have slowed commercialization
Why food products live or die on shelf: A retailer’s perspective
Winning supermarket shelf space is difficult but keeping it can be considerably harder
Food Taipei Mega Shows 2026
Multifunctional beverages: The next avenue of growth?
Taiwanese functional beverage start-up Passion 24 is expanding overseas with fruit-based drinks targeting beauty, hydration, and mental wellness
聚焦初创公司：苹果醋、能量饮料与美容果冻
本期“聚焦初创公司”涵盖苹果醋、能量饮料及美容果冻相关内容
スタートアップ スポットライト：ACV、エナジードリンク、美容ゼリー
今月のStart-up Spotlightでは、ACV、エナジードリンク、美容ゼリーを取り上げています
ThaiFex-Anuga Asia 2026
MUST RTD chicken breast protein smoothie defies category boundaries
Thailand’s MUST has launched a range of RTD protein smoothies made from chicken breast, giving 60g protein per bottle and blurring the limits of ‘acceptable’ drinkable ingredients
Summer Fancy Food Show 2026
What brands need to know before pitching retailers
Winning at retail requires balancing data, storytelling and relationships to reinforce each other
PepsiCo, Danone & Nestlé: how AI is powering F&B growth
AI is transforming how F&B giants cut costs, boost efficiency and innovate faster — turning data into a powerful competitive edge
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Global Food Tech Awards EMEA heat opens: Why startups should apply and how to stand out
Calling all EMEA food and beverage startups - applications are now open and entry is free
The F&B jobs AI is targeting, but is it really that dire?
AI is accelerating reformulation, automation and data-led decision making at a pace that is already reshaping roles across the food and drink workforce
Smucker sues Trader Joe’s, as Uncrustables shifts from freezer to fridge
Smucker is retooling its $1B Uncrustables line for ready-to-eat convenience while battling knockoffs in the frozen PB&J arms race
Global Food Tech Awards 2026
Global Food Tech Awards 2026: Americas shortlist reveals industry giants
The Americas are making noise on the global food tech stage in this powerful top 10 line-up of finalists
Cocoa crunch: How shortages are rewriting chocolate’s future
As climate, disease and regulation strain global cocoa supply, manufacturers are turning to low‑cocoa and cocoa‑free innovations to protect margins and future-proof their portfolios
As cocoa chaos continues, Kokomodo finds its moment
Why ‘climate-proof’ cacao start-up Kokomodo is hedging its bets on an increasingly stronger future for cell cultured cocoa
How the ‘Dyson of dairy’ reinvented butter and why cottage cheese is next
Born from a viral video and built like a modern CPG, All Things Dairy’s is using social‑first brand building, clean‑label processing and protein‑aligned innovation to move the needle in a commoditised category
Hershey’s salty strategy
The confectionery giant’s latest move – snapping up LesserEvil – pulls it deeper into the everyday snacking landscape it’s been circling for years
Could 3D food printing be moving one step closer to mainstream adoption?
3D food printing is moving rapidly into commercial applications, but scientists stress that the next breakthroughs will depend on advances in printability, adaptability, safety, and consumer trust
When should a start up sell?
A thoughtful, well-timed exit begins not with the market, but with a company’s internal readiness
Why it’s time for producers to dig into regenerative agriculture
Regenerative agriculture is more than a trend: it’s a fundamental rethink of how we grow, source and sell food. As pressure mounts to deliver food that does more than just taste good, food producers have a pivotal role to play
Potato power: Americana Foods and Farm Frites to ramp up MENA expansion with new US$100m plant
Americana Foods and Farm Frites have built a new manufacturing plant in Saudi Arabia, as part of strategic growth plans in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
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Unveiling 2026’s top food tech innovations
From smart packaging to AI solutions, upcycled ingredients to personalized nutrition, start-ups are redefining the future of the food and beverage sector. But which are the top technologies of the year?
Packaging with starch: Thai firm offers tapioca-based thermoplastic material as sustainable option for food industry
Thai Wah is aiming to use its tapioca-based thermoplastic starch (TPS) for its consumer food packaging to create a closed-loop solution starting with cassava cultivation and ending with eco-friendly waste that enriches the soil.
Vertical farming gets boost with major investment
Things are looking up for the vertical farming industry as investors back vertical farm tech provider, Intelligent Growth Solutions
Natural Products Expo East
Rudi’s Revamp: ‘Dream team’ of new leaders innovate, invigorate OG organic, gluten-free bakery brand
With this month’s launch of thick-cut, decadent Texas Toast made with and without gluten and slathered with real butter, garlic and cheese, Rudi’s Bakery is entering a new phase of “reinvention and reinvigoration” that recently reappointed CEO Jane...
Start-up up hails 3D food printing 'the tech of the future' after ‘world first’ salmon filet launch
Austrian food-tech startup Revo Foods has unveiled what it claims is the first 3D printed product available in a supermarket worldwide.
Nestlé enzyme tech cuts sugars intrinsically present in malt, milk and fruit juice
The enzymatic process reduces sugar without needing to add sweeteners or bulking agents to replace its volume.
‘The race is on’: Is Japan’s commitment to cultivated meat another sign Europe is lagging?
As another country, Japan, announces plans to develop a market for cellular foods, we ask stakeholders how Europe can remain competitive in the global race to develop cultivated meat.
From kosher shellfish to ‘enabling’ ingredients: What is Israel looking for in food tech?
In Israel, interest in food tech ranges from alternative proteins to food waste, vertical farming to delivery robots. Which areas have ecosystem majors pinpointed as particularly strong growth opportunities?
The nutrient-rich 'fog' promising to boost crop yields
The UK’s Airponix says its fog-based technology is achieving yields 50x that of conventional alternatives per area footprint.
Dissecting cultivated meat regulation part 1: What’s working in Europe and Israel, and what’s not?
Achieving pre-market authorisation to put cultivated meat on people’s plates is no easy feat. With different geographies handling the regulatory process in their own unique ways, we dissect how it works in the EU and Israel, and ask how these systems...
Behind the 'world’s first 100% cultivated pork steak'
UK scientists have made headlines after claiming to make the world’s first 100% cultivated pork steak.
World first: Singapore gives GOOD Meat approval to to commercialise serum-free media for cultivated meat
Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has granted a world-first regulatory approval to GOOD Meat for the use of serum-free media in the production of cultivated meat.
Perfect Day doubles production capacity via SBL acquisition, gets green light for animal-free dairy in India, teases new partnership
Precision fermentation specialist Perfect Day has completed its acquisition of Indian firm Sterling Biotech Limited (SBL) – which will double its production capability in the near-term - and secured the green light from the Food Safety and Standards...
Behind Unilever’s energy-saving plan to warm up its ice cream freezers
Unilever is warming up its ice cream freezers and reformulating products to withstand higher temperatures to help tackle emissions.
Vow founder: First wave of cultivated meat should delight and intrigue consumers, so why launch with chicken nuggets?
If you’re making cultivated meat in a bioreactor instead of a living, breathing animal, and you want to introduce it to consumers for the first time, what’s the best launch vehicle? A chicken nugget or fillet, a thin beef steak, a high-value item such as...
Animal-free dairy: New Culture attracts new funding; Change Foods eyes up Abu Dhabi for new plant: 'There is a massive commercial manufacturing capacity bottleneck in the industry'
Two US-based precision fermentation startups making real dairy ingredients using microbes instead of cows have announced significant developments as they gear up to launch next year in the emerging ‘animal-free dairy’ category.