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Green Queen
SCO2 Gets $2.7 Million to Create High-Value Products From Food Waste
Minnesota-based agrifood tech startup SCO2 has secured $2.65 million in seed funding to advance its carbon dioxide extraction tech, which can recover valuable compounds from food waste for use in various industries.
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Food Safety News
Signs of the Times: Storytelling is Alive and Well in Food Safety in New Orleans
In New Orleans recently for the IAFP annual meeting, consultant Darin Detwiler noticed that, tucked among the boutiques, bars, and novelty shops were storefront signs that had nothing to do with tourism and everything to do with the national conversation surrounding food safety.
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Sponsored Content
Reimagining Food Science Through Applied AI
Purdue’s online AI in Food Science and Industry Certificate teaches professionals how to translate AI tools into workforce-relevant skills and propose-AI enabled solutions for food and ag challenges, going beyond AI programming.
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Beverage Daily
Four Emerging Trends That Promise to Shape the Future of Beverage Innovation
Four emerging trends are set to shape the future of innovation in the global beverage market, new research from Innova Market Insights has said: Familiarity and novelty; root vegetables; fermented drinks; and clean labels.
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vegconomist
Cell Culture Efficiency Effort Targets Lower-Cost Cultivated Fish Fat
Singaporean cultivated fish fat producer ImpacFat has partnered with Malaysian AI biotech firm M3TRIQ to lower production costs and boost yields. M3TRIQ will use its molecular and ingredient discovery workflow to identify inputs that improve the efficiency and cost profile of ImpacFat’s processes.
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Sponsored Content
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From bakery to meat applications, get market insights and performance guidance on pea, faba bean, chickpea and lentil ingredients. Watch the free 15-minute sessions or download the takeaways.
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GEA
Plant-Based Dairy Production Expansion Supports Bauer Product Development
Bauer Dairy expanded its plant-based manufacturing capabilities with processing technology from GEA. The investment is intended to support production growth and broaden its portfolio of dairy alternatives.
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WCPO
Here's How the GLP-1 Boom is Changing Fast-Food Menus, Prices
Fast-food chains are responding to the GLP-1 boom with high-protein menus and smaller portions, some priced lower than traditional meals.
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EurekAlert!
Diet Quality Trumps Processing Level in Long-Term Health Outcomes
Researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health found that overall diet quality was more strongly linked to risks of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and mortality than food processing level.
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University of Reading
Consumers Show Willingness to Pay More for Higher Animal Welfare
Researchers at the University of Reading found many consumers are willing to pay higher prices for food produced with better farm animal welfare standards.
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IFT's Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety
Next-Gen Infant Formula: Specialty Milks and Biotech, Blended
Cow-based infant formula falls short of matching human breast milk. This review highlights using specialty milks (like goat or camel) alongside precision-fermented bioactives to better replicate breast milk's complex structure and function, though cost and clinical testing challenges remain.
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Food Navigator
Inside the UAE's Push Toward a Healthier Food System
The United Arab Emirates' National Strategy for Healthy Nutrition 2031 has big plans to revamp health and nutrition in the country—but lofty challenges lie ahead. The plan was put into place after the UAE's first national nutrition survey revealed grim public health and nutritional statistics.
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