NEW TECH FOODS

Annick Verween, head of Biotope by VIB, told FoodBev and our sister site, New Tech Foods, more about the important role of incubators.

The Good Food Institute Europe has welcomed the European Commission’s new Biotech Act, but said it marks a ‘missed opportunity’ for food innovation due to its exclusion of novel foods from its regulatory sandbox scheme.

Arevo has introduced a new crop nutrition system designed to reduce reliance on mineral fertilisers and improve yield consistency.

Pow.Bio, an AI-driven continuous fermentation company, and Bühler Group, a global provider of food and advanced materials solutions, have partnered to bring an integrated continuous precision fermentation platform to market.

Swedish biotech start-up Melt&Marble has raised €7.3 million in Series A funding, to scale production of its precision-fermented ‘designer fat’ ingredients.

The UK Agri-Tech Centre and the Carbon Trust have launched the Food Agriculture System Technology Accelerator (FASTA), a programme designed to help UK-based innovators scale technologies that support sustainable farming.

Ishida has acquired Swedish robotics company RobotGrader, expanding its automation capabilities for fixed-weight tray-packing in the protein sector.

Tetra Pak Processing Equipment has acquired Bioreactors.net, a Latvia-based company with nearly 30 years of experience in designing and manufacturing bioreactor systems.