Lana Bandoim

From romaine lettuce to frozen falafel, the FDA recall list is filled every year with items contaminated with E. coli that cause multiple foodborne illnesses. Now, a spray that researchers describe as billions of tiny soldiers offers a new way to disinfect food and reduce outbreaks.

In 2013, the world’s first lab-grown burger was served at a London news conference, and it cost $330,000 to create.

Many people have experienced ordering fast food in a drive-thru and opening the bag later to find their French fries are missing, or their burgers are covered in ketchup they did not want. Artificial intelligence (AI) may make ordering food through a talking box easier, faster and more accurate.

During President Joe Biden’s recent speech to Congress, he mentioned an important point about the climate plan that will affect the agricultural technology (agtech) sector. In his speech, he revealed paying farmers for planting cover crops that will help remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a greater part of multiple industries, including groceries. Investments in AI are also increasing as more companies look to technology to remain competitive, and more consumers continue to shop online.

The coronavirus pandemic has affected consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands in multiple ways. More consumers are shopping for their groceries online, which makes digital advertising an important tool for brands trying to reach customers.

Driven by consumers who desire more than tofu as an option for meatless Monday, the cultured meat industry is growing. By 2025, the global cultured meat market is expected to be worth $206.6 million. Now, companies are making cultured meat products for pets.

One of the main focuses of agricultural biotechnology is to feed a hungry world in a more sustainable way. Many current farming methods are inefficient because they require large amounts of water, fertilizer and pesticides. Agricultural biotech is trying to solve these problems at the seed level.

The world’s first 3D bioprinted and cultivated ribeye steak was made without genetic engineering. Created by Aleph Farms Ltd. and the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, the steak also did not require the slaughter of any animals.

The coronavirus pandemic has forced more people to brew their morning cups of tea at home instead of paying someone else to do it. Now, the prices of wholesale tea leaves are on the rise, so consumers are paying more. But is this jump in prices the result of increasing demand or falling supply?

Country Garden, a property developer in China, revealed that its subsidiary Qianxi Robot Catering Group (Qianxi Group) opened a restaurant complex operated completely by robots. Located in Shunde, which is a city in China's Guangdong province, the restaurant eliminates most human-to-human contact.

A new study from Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE) reveals that 85 million Americans avoid buying food with the top nine allergens in it because either they have allergies or members of their households have them.

Shopping habits have changed because of the coronavirus outbreak, and companies are responding quickly. PepsiCo is cutting out the grocery stores and selling directly to consumers through two new websites it launched this month.

The coronavirus outbreak has created multiple shortages as businesses shut down to maintain social distancing and quarantine orders. As the production of ethanol plants decreases, the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) they capture as a byproduct and resell is also going down.

The coronavirus outbreak is forcing more people to rely on food delivery apps as they stay home, and restaurants close dine-in options. Although keeping up with the surge of orders is putting a strain on both restaurants and delivery apps, many are eliminating fees and hiring more workers.

Cadbury is planning to release a new version of its iconic Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate bar that will be vegan. The company has not confirmed a launch date for the plant-based chocolate, but it has been testing the concept for a while.

Endless West, a startup in San Francisco, has released a synthetic wine that it makes without any grapes. The company has also unveiled molecular sake made in a lab. Similar to its previous release of a synthetic whiskey, the products require fewer natural resources and less carbon to manufacture.

Equinom, an Israeli startup, raised $10 million in a Series B round of funding from BASF Venture Capital, Roquette, Trendlines Group and Fortissimo Capital. The company focuses on non-GMO seed breeding technology to make “smarter seeds.”

When a Coca-Cola executive talked about the company's plastic bottles during the annual meeting for the World Economic Forum, she explained that consumers preferred them. However, a new survey from Piplsay revealed that consumers are more open-minded than some corporations believe.

A new study from Penn State revealed that U.S. households waste about a third of the food they purchased every year. The results were similar to previous studies that showed Americans wasted an estimated 30% to 40% of their food.