Among plant-based alternative proteins, plant-based cheese continues to have a function and taste problem. That’s where Plonts comes in. Company founders Nathaniel Chu and Josh Moser say microbes are the key to what will fix the taste, smell, flavor, stretch and melt of plant-based cheese. In fact, it’s the microbes that give cheese its distinctive […]
Plant-based ‘meat’ startup Tender has already nabbed a fast-food chain contract, and another $11M
Food technology startup Tender Food Inc. is a 4-year-old startup elbowing its way into a market that is already crowded with well-known brands. It’s doing so well that it already secured a contract with Clover Food Lab’s fast-food chain in the Boston area. The Somerville, Massachusetts-based company, formerly known as Boston Meats, develops plant-based alternative […]
Cultivated Biosciences poised to take its plant-based cream to market in 2025
Products derived from animals have that familiar taste and texture, and replicating that with plant-based alternatives has been a challenge for some companies. Dairy, in particular, is an area where you have to get that “creaminess” texture but without the real cream. Cultivated Biosciences, a Swiss biotechnology food startup says it has solved this with […]
Miruku grabs more capital as its plant-based dairy tech reaches proof of concept
While the food tech investment sector figured itself out last year, Miruku, a New Zealand-based food tech company, was busy getting ahead of molecular farming technology. That proactive strategy put the company about “three to four years ahead of emerging competitors,” CEO Amos Palfreyman told TechCrunch. “Miruku has not only aimed to navigate the challenges […]