Food Tech - Issue #17

Snacktime with NASA digs into the science behind what’s on your plate from a tasty cheese board, to seafood, to fresh produce, to chips and dip. Food can bring us a sense of home, and it connects people all around the world. With observations from space and aircraft, combined with high-end comput…

COVID upended the apple cart for food, beverage, and ingredient companies, and many anticipate permanent changes in sourcing and managing the flow of goods.

The newly assembled genomes of 26 different genetic lines of corn illustrate the crop’s rich genetic diversity and could pave the way for a better understanding of what genetic mechanisms account for crop traits prized by farmers. The mapping of the 26 genomes is detailed in an article published…

Food processing is essential in transforming agricultural feedstocks into the food we consume. Understand how often misunderstood processed food differs from food processing. 

After years of progress on food security, some nations see sharp reversals. For years, it seemed the world was making progress eliminating hunger. Then, starting in 2014, the trend slid back slowly and reversed in many nations; now, some 700 million people—nearly 9 percent of the world’s populati…

The future promises many technologies that we are yet to explore, but one such automation that has caught the attention of many is the cooking robot!

While USDA has monitored crops around the world for almost a century, the discovery that satellites can “see” greening of vegetation has revolutionized agricultural monitoring for food security. The development of the GLAM system in the 1980s, a collaboration with USDA and the International Products…

In this issue: why vertical farms need to scale up to succeed, how CPG companies are using dark kitchens, new packaging formats combatting food waste, and more.

Food wastage is perhaps one of the most neglected and downplayed urban issues. Here’s how food technology may help reduce food wastage.

AeroFarms Every week we track the business, tech, and investment trends in CPG, retail, restaurants, agriculture, cooking, and health. AeroFarms has struck a deal with Spring Valley Acquisition that will allow it to raise as much as $357 million and go public on the NASDAQ exchange.

Udaipur-based food tech startup Good Dot is cashing in on the rising trend of plant-based food leanings in the Indian market. Expect vegetarian achari tikkas, ready-to-eat biryani, Thai curries with mock meats and vegan mutton that boast of eliminating cholesterol and trans fats from your diet.

Since 2017, IFT’s Global Food Traceability Center has worked with the World Wildlife Fund to advance a unified framework by convening seafood companies and other relevant stakeholders as part of the Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability. We’ve convened this podcast to discuss the latest in traceability, particularly in the seafood industry.