Top technologies food and drink makers are using now
Food and drink start-ups are often credited with driving the tech space to new heights, and thatās no different in the food and drink space as FoodNavigator uncovers.
From genetic modification to AI and waste-reducing solutions, food and drink is at the coalface of innovations driving things forward.
Genetic modification is more accessibleāAt FlyBlast, we do genetic modification, something that 10 years ago would have cost millions [of dollars] and years and years of research, but itās now available because technology has evolved and suppliers are ready to help you with that,ā FlyBlast CEO Johan Jacobs said at the recent Future Food-Tech event in London.
Funki Foods CEO Sirli Rosenvald, however, is focused on reducing ingredients use to develop a more cost-efficient, healthier and accessible business for a variety of stakeholders, she said.
āWeāre a cultivated meat company, so technology is built into everything weāre doing,ā said Meatly CEO Owen Ensor. āParticularly weāre focused on media cost reductions, so the nutrients weāre providing to the cells. Weāve dramatically reduced the cost of that in the last 18 months.ā
Watch more: Ask the experts ā what F&B start-ups get wrongāThough tech use in the space doesnāt always have to focus on food and drink development, but could help businesses find investment and investors, as New Food Finance founder Gerard Wynn said.
āWeāre providing investment data to the ag tech and food tech space,ā he explained. āThe way weāre using tech is by AI around scraping websites, so news websites, data websites, so we can collect all that data on deals to provide transparency through all the online data on deals.ā
Watch the video above to find out how other food and drink businesses are utilising, improving and developing tech in their industries to drive the sector forward.
