Big Food’s stake in the future – in-house venture-capital funds
A guide to some of the in-house, corporate-venture arms operated by the world's major packaged-food companies.
NPD & innovation
Which food manufacturers are active in artificial intelligence R&D?
Food companies are using artificial intelligence throughout the supply chain. GlobalData looks at patent data to highlight which businesses are active.
Eyeing alternatives – meat companies with stakes in meat-free and cell-based meat
We present a guide on how meat manufacturers are investing in plant-based and cell-based alternatives.
Big Food’s appetite for alternative protein shows no sign of waning
The world’s largest food companies continue to place bets on alternative protein, with JBS, General Mills and Nestle making announcements this week.
Nestlé backs US chicken-alternative start-up Sundial Foods
California-based Sundial Foods is lining up the market launch of its vegan chicken wings next spring.
“Eventually we want to be everywhere where honey is” – MeliBio co-founder Darko Mandich on bee-free honey start-up’s ambitions – the bitesize interview
US start-up MeliBio is on a mission to protect the world’s 20,000 bee species from invasive and over-bred honey bees by using proprietary technology to make honey in a lab.…
Leading the charge – the companies at the cutting edge of cell-based protein product development
The race is on to get cell-based protein products - meat, seafood and dairy - onto supermarket shelves and into the hands of consumers. Creating meat, fish or dairy products…
The dairy companies also present in dairy alternatives
In the same way that large meat companies are increasingly offering meat alternatives, the world's leading dairy businesses, or food majors with a significant position in dairy, are becoming ever…
General Mills Gworks unit serves up Bold Cultr cream-cheese alternatives
General Mills is test-launching a cream-cheese alternative, Bold Cultr, made using precision fermentation under the US food major’s Gworks innovation unit. Developed by three General Mills employees – Drake Ellingboe,…
How can artificial intelligence help packaged food NPD?
Major food companies are using artificial intelligence, and specifically machine learning, to try to move closer to consumers – and ward off competition from more nimble, digital-first players. “AI is…
“Our grandchildren won’t believe we consumed milk from cows” – what’s the outlook for animal-free dairy?
Matt Gibson is on a mission. The CEO of New Culture Food hopes one day his company and others like it can “eventually replace the entire global dairy market”. What…
