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Doing Avocado-Eaters a Solid the World Over, Apeel Introduces Avocado Freshness Scanning System
Today Apeel announced they would unveil new freshness detection technology for avocados this week at the Fresh Produce Association Global Produce & Floral Show. The system, based on hyperspectral imaging technology, starts by shining a light that penetrates several millimeters below the skin. From there, it utilizes a sensor to measure how much light is reflected in the visible and near-infrared spectrum. Once scanned, the system’s AI predicts the avocado’s freshness and estimates shelf life by utilizing a “global avocado ripeness model” the company developed using machine learning based on “data on tens of thousands of avocados throughout multiple seasons, blooms, and countries of origin.”
Pat Brown’s New Job is to Build a Moonshot Factory For Food
This week we learned Pat Brown is leaving his role as Chief Science Officer at Impossible Foods to start a new research arm within the company, tentatively called Impossible Labs. According to an email obtained by Insider, Impossible Labs’ goal is “to focus on the transformative innovation that will propel...
Fresh Portal Is a Tech-Powered Take on the Old-Timey Milk Door
When I first saw the Fresh Portal at CES, I thought it made a whole lotta sense. After all, what food-ordering families wouldn’t appreciate the ability to keep groceries or restaurant-delivered food cold or warm until they arrive home from work?. But the idea behind the Fresh Portal isn’t...
Here Here Market Wants to Connect Chefs and Food Artisans Directly With Consumers
During the pandemic, chefs cut off from serving dine-in customers needed to find a way to pay the bills. One obvious way was through third-party food delivery, but that often meant high delivery fees and cold food. So some Chefs started selling packaged foods, but that often meant creating their...
Asia Pacific Leads in Plant-Based Meat IP According to Report
While many think innovation in plant-based meat is a fairly recent phenomenon, companies, researchers and entrepreneurs have looking for ways to leverage plants as an alternative to animal agriculture since the sixties. However, there’s no doubt the pace of innovation has accelerated in recent decades amidst a worsening climate crisis...
Israel’s Profuse Technology Raises $2.5M for Technology That Lowers Cost of Cultured Meat
As the world awaits the arrival of cultured meat, manufacturers and their suppliers strategize to cope with the realities of this potentially mammoth market. Infrastructure and product scaling for growth remain a challenge from the supply side. Still, concerns over the pricing of lab-grown meat, poultry, and seafood might be the most significant roadblock to consumer acceptance.
Millo’s New Motorless Blender Features ‘Magnetic Air Drive’
Founded in 2015, Millo is a food tech appliance company that jumped into the market with an innovative small blender that produced smoothies and other blended concoctions with a quiet motor. As company Adam Trakselis, CEO, told The Spoon that the idea for the initial product came from the fact that the machine he used for his post-exercise blended beverages was so loud it woke his family. “So I would have to wait until everyone wakes up to use the blender.”
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