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MycoTechnology Is Closing the Gap Between Healthy and Delicious with Zukora™
The food system today wrestles with a stubborn trade‑off: healthier, protein‑rich products often sacrifice the taste that keeps consumers coming back. That gap widens as consumers demand foods that are both good for them and delicious. To bridge that elusive gap, Colorado-based ingredient innovation company MycoTechnology, Inc. is tapping into [...]
The FoodTech 500 Alumni News Round-up (July Edition)
Check out what some of the FoodTech 500 Alumni have been up to lately: TURTLETREE - Partners with Novonesis to scale the production of its precision-fermented lactoferrin ingredient, LF+, for food and nutrition applications. Read more NEW CULTURE - Receives a US patent covering the use of precision-fermented casein [...]
Meet Fermotein®: The Making of the First EU-Approved Whole-Food Mycelium
The world's protein challenge is no longer about swapping animal protein for plant protein. Instead, the food industry is set to face a growing, aging population that needs nutrient-dense, low-impact foods that are easy to add to everyday meals, a task that’s proving harder to achieve as climate challenges shrink [...]
Rubisco: The Most Abundant Protein on Earth Is Finally Coming to Your Plate
Courtesy: Plantible Foods Welcome to the Forward Fooding Novel Ingredients Series, a new editorial strand where we go deep on the ingredients we think will define the next decade of food. Not hype, not speculation. Just the science, the companies, the data, and the timing. Edition 01: Rubisco. The [...]
European Powerhouses in the 2025 FoodTech 500 Rankings
European startups have extended their position in the global AgriFoodTech landscape, with 274 companies taking a spot in Forward Fooding’s 2025 FoodTech 500. And they did it during the toughest funding environment the sector has ever faced. In this blog, we explore what the numbers reveal about Europe’s resilient AgriFoodTech [...]
Gut Health Explained: The Science Behind the Microbe Boom
52% of consumers worldwide now use probiotics weekly. The global gut-health market is worth $71 billion and is on course for $105 billion by 2030. Supermarket shelves have reorganised themselves around the category: prebiotic sodas, fibre-packed cereal, fermented snacks marketed as mood support. Gut health has become a major lifestyle [...]
