Check out what some of the FoodTech 500 Alumni have been up to lately:
MEATLY | Relocates to Grapht Works, Imperial College London’s North Acton site for pilot and advanced manufacturing, as it prepares to scale up lab-grown chicken for dogs. Read more
IVY FARM TECHNOLOGIES | Receives clearance from Defra and the Animal and Plant Health Agency to supply its cultivated Wagyu as a pet food ingredient. Read more
OLSARO | Raises €5 million, which will support international field trials, commercial work with seed partners and further R&D. Read more
GROUNDWORK BIOAG | Secures a BBB grade to its Rootella Carbon program, which places it among the highest-rated agricultural soil carbon projects. Read more
ELICIT PLANT | Announces this season’s results of its natural spray across France and Central Europe, showing yield gains of over one tonne per hectare and water-use efficiency improvements of 17-30%. Read more
VGREENS | Delivers its first plants to customers in the Gulf, marking an official move into a new regional market. Read more
ANDFOODS | Introduces its patented whipped cream alternative in Singapore through distributor Lim Siang Huat. Read more
OPALIA | Sells its first production batch of milk grown from bovine mammary cells to Hoogwegt, a Dutch dairy ingredients firm and existing investor, which will use it for composition testing and product development in fresh cheese, yoghurt and butter. Read more
BETTER DAIRY | Announces a self-affirmed GRAS determination for its lactopontin (milk osteopontin), a signalling protein found in human and bovine milk. Read more
EDIBLE GARDEN | Lands a seasonal supply deal with one of America’s largest grocery chains, Kroger. Read more
BMC INGREDIENTS | Clears a regulatory hurdle to enter one of the world’s fastest-growing protein markets, India. Read more
SAVOR | Teams up with Helios AI to help food manufacturers prepare for climate-related disruptions in global fat and oil supply chains. Read more
NOTPLA | Lets UK consumers drink from an edible seaweed pod in a two-day pilot with leading smoothie brand innocent. Read more
ECOROBOTIX| Expands the crop recognition library of its precision spraying robot ARA™ for the 2027 growing season. Read more
MEALA FOODTECH | More than triples its manufacturing capacity across France and Germany as demand for its plant-based bakery ingredients grows. Read more
FORMO and THOSE VEGAN COWBOYS | Receive a landmark clearance from American regulators for their precision-fermented dairy protein. Read more
BIOLUMIC | Partners with the International Rice Research Institute to explore ways to improve rice production through light-based seed technology. Read more
VOLARE | Opens its first industrial plant in Pori, Finland, and secured €7.1M to fund a second one. Read more
PLANET FARMS | Builds a UK plant to meet demand that now exceeds its Italian production. Read more
THE EVERY COMPANY | Secures its 65th granted intellectual property protection globally, covering finished food products made with its recombinant ovalbumin. Read more
ENKO | Announces that its ENKOMPASS™ platform has rapidly and cost-effectively identified novel modes of action (MOAs) for fungicides and insecticides, drawing on previously untapped biology. Read more
BREVEL | Takes its light-powered fermentation platform to India through a new 50/50 joint venture with The Wave Group. Read more
CROPX | To provide its AI-powered digital agronomy platform, soil moisture sensors, weather monitoring, and technical support to a long-term research initiative to advance data-driven farming practices in New Zealand. Read more
VOLTIRIS | Reaches new milestone in bringing solar energy generation to commercial strawberry farming. Read more
BENE MEAT | Initiates technical discussions on industrial scale-up and bioprocessing cooperation following a facility visit by engineering company ZETA. Read more
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