LATEST NEWS
& INSIGHTS
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
.jfif)
)
.jpg/fit-in/500x500/filters:no_upscale())
)
)
.jpeg)
)
)
)
.jpg/fit-in/500x500/filters:no_upscale())
)
)
.jfif)
)
)
.webp/fit-in/500x500/filters:no_upscale())
)
)
)
)
.jpg/fit-in/500x500/filters:no_upscale())
)
Gulfood Digest
THE WORD “PROCESSED” has become something of a slur. Say “processed food” and most of us picture unhealthy, cheap junk. Fresh food straight from the garden or the field is good. Once we’ve put it th ...
The United Arab Emirates food and beverages group Agthia has completed the acquisition of a 60% stake in Abu Auf, which specializes in the manufacture and sale of coffee products and healthy snacks in ...
Ever wondered what a Ghaf tree would taste like? Well, we didn’t really think about it either. But in honour of UAE National Day, homegrown juice brand Barakat has introduced its all-new Ghaf range, ...
Moritz Stefaner has long been obsessed with food. As a designer, he has even used meals to visualize data about everything from ethnic diversity to scientific funding. So when he encountered an AI tha ...
In Heinz’s squeezable upside-down ketchup bottle, the plastic cap is designed to dispense a standard blob of sauce without spilling. It works. But it can’t easily be recycled, so the Kraft Heinz Compa ...
Three UAE start-ups focused on solving hunger and food waste problems have made it to the final round of FoodTech Challenge. Food ATM, a company that helps to provide food to people on lower incomes ...
Alternative meat, seafood and dairy products are all the rage in startup land, with countless companies raising bucketloads of cash and showcasing their first products throughout 2022. There are two ...
Australia’s first cell-based milk startup, Me&, says it is developing cell-based breast milk just like a human mother would. Me&’s cellular and molecular technology captures the inbuilt program in b ...
The Cove water bottle is a thin, sturdy cylinder, eggshell-white with a matching lid. It feels familiar. “If someone gave that to you,” offered Alex Totterman, Cove’s founder and chief executive, “you ...
For decades, astronauts have been eating dehydrated or liquefied food that leaves a foul taste in the mouth. Food has to be prepared in that way because it needs to have a longer shelf life, and com ...
Saudi Arabia-based SaaS startup Order, has raised $1 million in a pre-Seed funding round, led by several angel investors. Founded in 2020 by Faisal AlAnazi and Essam Mohamed, Order provides technical ...
Food import costs globally are projected to reach $1.94 trillion this year and will affect some of the most economically vulnerable countries, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation. ...
A sustainable alternative to palm oil can’t come soon enough. C16 Biosciences says it’s ready to make it happen with its first commercial product line launching next year. C16 Biosciences, the Bill ...
Shares of Tyson Foods dipped Wednesday after Bank of America downgraded its outlook for the meat processing giant, worsening an already no good, very bad week for its new finance chief who was arreste ...
Thanks to innovative plant-based meat brands like Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat, gone are the days of cardboard-like veggie burgers. And with global partnerships with fast-food restaurants like Bur ...
Without the use of water, soil or fertilisers, vertical fields of “red gold” have been produced in Sharjah as preparations are made for the UAE's first saffron harvest. Agricultural technology firm Ve ...
The food and beverage giant hopes practices such as using cover crops can help it meet its goal of achieving net zero emissions by 2040, said Rob Meyers, vice president of global sustainability. Pepsi ...
Ukraine said its exports of agricultural products have recovered to around prewar levels, a revival that has helped ease pressure on global food prices and offers a bright spot in Kyiv’s fight against ...
Dive Brief: Mondelēz International will spend an additional $600 million by 2030 on its Cocoa Life program. The initiative, which started in 2012, addresses environmental and human rights challenges a ...
In the epic 1967 film The Graduate, the young lead character Ben played by Dustin Hoffman is given advice about his future by Mr. McGuire – “One word. Plastics.” Indeed, plastics have fulfilled a vast ...
Liran Akavia, founder and chief operating officer of Israel-based tech firm Seebo, offers this simple piece of advice to food companies regarding how artificial intelligence (AI) can make their plants ...
The company will invest in localising the halal production industry in Saudi Arabia The Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced the launch of the Halal Products Development Company (HPDC) on Monday. ...
Alternative dairy maker Change Foods has signed an agreement with the KEZAD Group to design the first-of-its-kind commercial manufacturing plant in the UAE, helping to solve one of the industry’s bigg ...
Stellar Pizza, a mobile pizza restaurant powered by robots, has secured $16.5 million in a Series A funding round, led by rapper Jay-Z’s venture capital firm, Marcy Venture Partners. Previous fundrai ...
Russia’s war in Ukraine has exacerbated food shortages—already worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic—and shed light on global agriculture’s massive nutrient and energy needs. Most fertilizers are made fro ...
The challenge of sustainably feeding a world of 10 billion people is going to require a lot of solutions. Entrepreneurs and innovators all over the globe are working hard to come up with answers. And ...
It is estimated that each year 80 billion pounds of food is wasted in the US. The largest share of that, 43%, is at consumers’ homes. Nearly as much (40%) is at the retail level (restaurants, food ser ...
Ruramiso Mashumba, the founder of Mnandi Africa, advocates and teaches women about the gains that are possible in the agricultural sector through her initiative. With nearly a decade of farming expe ...
Saudi Arabian dairy giant Almarai has posted net profits reaching $123.19 million ( SAR 463.172 million) in the third quarter of 2022, marking a 13.2% increase from the $108.8 million (SAR 409 million ...
All the world’s inflation woes are melting into a stick of butter. Lower milk production on U.S. dairy farms and labor shortages for processing plants have weighed on butter output for months, leavi ...
Dive Brief: Mars has debuted candy jars made with 15% recycled plastic — for M&M’s, Starburst and Skittles bulk products — in collaboration with packaging manufacturer Berry, which will launch in Octo ...
Most people have experienced a form of “food poisoning” at some point in their lives. When salmonella is the cause, typical symptoms include diarrhea, stomach cramps, and fever, which resolve themselv ...
Developing cutting-edge technology—such as cleantech and deep tech—can be long and complex, requiring a lot of testing and validation, not just of the product but also of the market. How the technolog ...
LBX Food Robotics (formerly known as LeBread Xpress) announced today they have partnered with The Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (MBRGI) Foundation to install bread-dispensing robot ...
Set in south-central Manila, Toyo Eatery was announced as the winner of the Flor de Caña Sustainable Restaurant Award at Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2023. Cheryl Tiu meets the owners to discuss how the ...
What is the agrifood system? Corinna Hawkes: The agrifood system is everything that is connected to food and agriculture. What we eat as well as the way that food is sold, distributed and processed. ...
Poems, essays, and even books – is there anything the open AI platform ChatGPT can't handle? These new AI developments have inspired researchers at TU Delft and the Swiss technical university EPFL to ...
SWITZERLAND – Swiss multinational food and drink processing conglomerate, Nestlé, plans to invest over CHF 100 million (US$107 million) by 2030 in low-carbon logistics for its three international wate ...
These days, artificial intelligence is everywhere. Whether it's generating a deepfake, driving a car, or waxing poetic on which fast food restaurant has the best burger, it's hard to avoid the applica ...
Lets Chew! Podcast
#FEMMEFORWARD
Featured Video
Agriculture
SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER
Get the latest updates and be the first to know
.png)