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Tovala Debuts 5-in-1 Air Fryer, Its First Non-Steam Countertop Appliance
This week Tovala debuted a new countertop cooking appliance, the multifunction Tovala Smart Oven Air Fryer. The new appliance is the first new hardware from the company since it unveiled the second-generation smart steam oven in 2018. Some readers may be thinking, ‘wait, didn’t Tovala release an air fryer last...
Nine Food Tech Startups Join Forces to Create the Precision Fermentation Alliance
Today nine companies in the precision fermentation industry have announced they have established the Precision Fermentation Alliance, a new trade organization aimed at promoting precision fermentation as a trusted solution for a more sustainable and resilient food system. The group says it will act as “an industry voice and global convener for the precision fermentation industry”, and ” champion precision fermentation as a trusted solution for a more resilient and sustainable food system.”
Breadwinner Launches Presale for Its Sensor-Powered Sourdough Starter Monitoring Tool
If you thought sourdough mania ended when the pandemic wound down, it’s worth scanning social media to realize nothing is further from the truth. The groups and rosters of Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram overflow with topics as diverse as “Sourdough Starters – Sourdough Support Group,” “Sourdough Geeks,” and “Sourdough Bread Bakers India.”
Podcast: How Will We Feed Astronauts in Deep Space?
Up until now, every morsel of food an astronaut eats in space was created and packaged here on earth. However, as we embark on a new era of long-term space flight, NASA and other space agencies realize that will need to change. As the Senior Project Manager for Space Crop...
Sourdough Savior: A New Machine Keeps Your Starter Fresh and Alive
One of the byproducts of the COVID-19 pandemic was the rise (no pun intended) of sourdough baking. Quicker than you can say, “cabin fever,” a nation of wanna-be bakers turned their homes into warm and crusty boulangeries. Key to the process is what’s known as a sourdough starter, a mixture of flour and water that has been fermented by naturally occurring yeast and lactic acid bacteria.
CES Session: The Future of Farming (Video & Transcript)
At CES 2023, The Spoon produced a full-day conference on the future of food. Over the next couple of weeks, we'll feature the videos and transcripts from each session. The first session we will feature is titled ‘The Future of Farming’, a panel which featured experts on gene-edited crops, molecular farming, and vertical farming.
CloudChef Wants to Capture a Chef’s Knowledge in Software to Recreate High-Quality Cuisine Anywhere
What if you could digitally record the best chefs in the world as they make their culinary masterpieces? And what if you took that knowledge and encoded it into software that enabled everyday kitchen workers across the globe to recreate these dishes without specialized training?. That’s the idea behind CloudChef,...
Podcast: 3D Printed Meat, Drone Delivery and Spy Balloons
This week’s guest for Food Tech Friday is long-time food tech entrepreneur and investor Peter Bodenheimer. Peter talks about his role at cultivated meat startup Steakholder Foods and what he’s building at Super Kingdom. Peter joins Carlos and Mike to talk about the food tech news of the...
Make Alcohol From an Astronaut’s Breath? Yep. Here Are the Finalists For Phase 2 of the Deep Space Food Challenge
This week, NASA’s ability to keep astronauts fat and happy on a mission to Mars took another giant leap forward for mankind. That’s because the U.S. space agency, in partnership with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), announced the 11 finalists for Phase 2 of the Deep Space Food Challenge, a competition designed to help explore and better understand how these agencies can feed humans in space.
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