Cultured fat: tuck this phrase away for safekeeping, because it’s going to get big! A bumper crop for plant-based Whatever else happened, 2020 turned out to be a great year for alternative protein. According to data from the Good Food Institute, this sector received investment capital worth €2.6 billion, more than triple the €830 million in 2019. The alternative … [Read more...] about A Fat Lot of Cultured Goodness
How AI is boosting food and drink innovation
Artificial intelligence and food may seem strange bedfellows at first glance, but a number of companies are proving that they get along smashingly. We’re going to take a look at the way different AI is boosting food and drink innovation. This is by no means a comprehensive list, but an indicator that AI is a game-changer for the food industry. Reducing … [Read more...] about How AI is boosting food and drink innovation
Functional Soda: Beverage Market Trends For 2021
“Soda is liquid Satan,” proclaimed the blurb of a rather tatty old book I came across recently. The name of this book falls solidly in the NSFW category but all you need to know is that it’s a sort of self-help/diet manual for “all women who want to be thin”… Fizzy drinks go flat We may have moved on from obsessing (too much) over being thin since 2005, when said book … [Read more...] about Functional Soda: Beverage Market Trends For 2021
Regenerative Agriculture Trends: The New Green Revolution
Regenerative agriculture is booming and a lot more sustainable farming practices that are shaping the future of agriculture. In this post we talk extensively about how big companies are using new tech to solve age old problems and why exactly vertical farming is rising. Old MacDonald had a farm… and it used completely sustainable agricultural practices to minimize its carbon … [Read more...] about Regenerative Agriculture Trends: The New Green Revolution
Baby food brands need to clean up their act
Baby food is not only a boon for exhausted parents of infants across the modern world but also doubles up as an aid to play on their guilt for considering packaged food at all. And this year has not brought much to dispel the latter sentiment. But first, a disclaimer. Baby food is not yet a category covered by our platform and the data included is derived from our wider data … [Read more...] about Baby food brands need to clean up their act
Vegan Chocolate Trends: The Great Choc-Off
V(egan) Wars: Vegan Chocolate Trends One of my favorite bits of trivia about Kit Kat is that Japan loves them so much that they have nearly 400 variants of the chocolate bar! Well, add one more to that kitty – a vegan version. Nestlé has just announced that it will be launching Kit Kat V, initially in the UK and later in other countries where the company owns the … [Read more...] about Vegan Chocolate Trends: The Great Choc-Off
5 Food Ingredients To Watch Out For In 2021
With the new year upon us, I thought we could take a quick peek into what we, at Spoonshot, expect the future to hold, starting with a few interesting ingredients to watch out for in 2021. These ingredients offer benefits not just linked to nutrition and functional benefits, but also in the realm of sustainability – all packaged in innovative and convenient formats. … [Read more...] about 5 Food Ingredients To Watch Out For In 2021
The Future Is Fluid For Functional Beverage Trends
Functional Beverage Trends Predicted for 2021 Let’s be honest. It may be the elixir of life, but plain old water is a bit of a bore and most other non-boozy beverages have too much sugar, caffeine, or other additives to be consumed regularly. Over the last five years, consumers have thought so too as they increasingly gravitate towards healthier eating habits. Since 2016, … [Read more...] about The Future Is Fluid For Functional Beverage Trends
A Negative That’s Positive
In late August this year, Scottish craft beer company BrewDog announced that it had become the world’s first beer business to become carbon negative. This means that the company now removes more carbon from the atmosphere than it generates. According to its Sustainability Report, in 2019, BrewDog’s carbon footprint was 67,951 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) across … [Read more...] about A Negative That’s Positive
The US Is Riding A Green Wave, But Not For CBD
The most anticipated election of our lifetime just wrapped up, and the most decisive victor to emerge was green. No, we’re not talking money or the environment, but rather cannabis. Five states in the US said yes to legalizing marijuana last week, for medical or recreational use, or both, adding to the 33 states (and Washington DC) that already had done so over the last … [Read more...] about The US Is Riding A Green Wave, But Not For CBD
