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West Coast Gym Adds Smoothie-Making Robots

Robotic food service startup Blendid has announced its expansion into the athletic club industry with the opening of two robotic smoothie kiosks at select Bay Club locations in California. The 8 by 8-foot kiosks will allow members, staff, and guests to enjoy freshly made smoothies customized to their specific nutrition needs any time the club is open. With the use of Blendid’s contactless food automation … Continue reading West Coast Gym Adds Smoothie-Making Robots

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alternative protein, cultivated meat

Would You Try a Meatball Made From Mammoth DNA?

Vow, a cultivated meat company based in Australia, has announced the creation of a mammoth meatball, made entirely from lab-grown muscle tissue. Using ancient DNA from well-preserved mammoth specimens, the company was able to create a sustainable alternative to traditional meat products to showcase the vast potential of the cellular agriculture space. While the idea of dining on prehistoric creatures may seem far-fetched, Vow hopes … Continue reading Would You Try a Meatball Made From Mammoth DNA?

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agriculture

Check Out This Grocery Store Mini Farm for Fresh Greens

Buying lettuce and herbs from the grocery store can be incredibly frustrating. You want to eat healthy and consume greens on the daily, but too often, items like cilantro, basil, arugula, and romaine are wilted within a day or two. Sometimes, they’re already lifeless at the grocery store! How quickly leafy greens go bad is not only a problem for customers and grocery stores (they … Continue reading Check Out This Grocery Store Mini Farm for Fresh Greens

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alternative protein, cultivated meat, taste test

We Tried The World’s First Cultivated Caviar From Optimized Foods

Caviar is the unofficial food of the upper class, especially when paired alongside champagne. Besides being expensive and inaccessible (typically ranging from $90-$200 per tin), the other issue with caviar is that it is not a very sustainable food. At one point, the demand for caviar nearly caused the extinction of a species of sturgeon, which is the fish that “true” caviar comes from. If … Continue reading We Tried The World’s First Cultivated Caviar From Optimized Foods

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alternative protein, animal agriculture, cultivated meat

FDA Gives Greenlight to the First Cultivated Meat Company in the United States

This week, the FDA completed a rigorous pre-market safety review safety test for Upside Foods, a cultivated meat start-up based in San Francisco, and had no questions regarding the safety of Upside’s cultivated meat products for human consumption. This is huge milestone in the United States, as Upside is the first cultivated meat company in the country to receive this green light. Although Singapore is … Continue reading FDA Gives Greenlight to the First Cultivated Meat Company in the United States

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alternative protein, fungi

Meati Drops New Mycelium-Based Marinated Carne Asada

Meati is a Future Foodie favorite; we’ve loved all the products we’ve tried from the company, and brag about them when we can. To us, the brand encompasses the “future of food”. In our eyes, this means using super sustainable, nutrient-dense ingredients to make a product that tastes amazing. With that being said, you need to know about the company’s new product drop: marinated carne … Continue reading Meati Drops New Mycelium-Based Marinated Carne Asada

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plant-based, taste test

Future of Cheese: Taste Testing Vegan BabyBel

We’ve come a long way with vegan cheese – remember when all we had was orange bricks of Follow Your Heart and bags of shredded Daiya? It’s 2022, and now, the Bel Group, a French cheese manufacturer has released a plant-based version of its iconic Babybel mini cheese wheels. We found a bag at Whole Foods and gave it a try – check it out … Continue reading Future of Cheese: Taste Testing Vegan BabyBel

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Future of Meat: Vegan Flank Steak, Cultivated Chicken in Grocers

Welcome to the future of meat. Vegan flank steak – Israeli-based Redefine Meat announced that its’ 3D-printed vegan flank steak will soon be available at five restaurants in London: Mr. Whites, German Gymnasium, Chotto Matte, and Gillray’s Steakhouse and Bar. The plant-based steak alternative uses Redefine’s 3-D printing technology to create a realistic texture and infuse meaty, umami flavor. Cultivated chicken in grocery stores – … Continue reading Future of Meat: Vegan Flank Steak, Cultivated Chicken in Grocers

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What is “Cultured Oil”? (And Why Would We Need That?)

Zero Acre Farms, a Bay-area start-up, unveiled its proprietary product this week: cultured cooking oil. Meaning, the company grew oil-producing microbes in a fermentation tank to develop a cooking oil similar to vegetable oil, but without the negative environmental or health impacts. The cultured oil has a high smoke point, and has a profile of 93 percent monosaturated fat, 4 percent saturated fat, and 3 … Continue reading What is “Cultured Oil”? (And Why Would We Need That?)

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Can We Eliminate 19 Million Pounds of Single-Use Plastic By Using New Condiments?

When you eat at a diner, a burger joint, or just about anywhere with American food, a bottle of ketchup is sure to be found. There is almost certainly a bottle of it in your fridge right now. This sweet-savory, lycopene-filled condiment almost always comes packaged in a single-use plastic bottle (or, in those plastic single-serving packets). This might not seem like such a problem … Continue reading Can We Eliminate 19 Million Pounds of Single-Use Plastic By Using New Condiments?

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