2013 was most definitely the year of the meal subscription. From specialty diet and healthy food dinner delivery to dinner kits, investment into the very crowded space just kept fl[...]
Every year, Food+Tech Connect dives into the trends that are transforming the way our food is produced, sold and consumed. Earlier this week, we published a roundup of the yearR[...]
2013 has been a whirlwind year in food tech. Investment continues to pour into the space, which is helping many game-changing companies grow. At the end of every year Food+Tech Con[...]
Food and the holidays go hand in hand. From turkey and stuffing to latkes, roasts and innumerable holiday parties, ’tis the season to be devouring. At this most food-centric [...]
What if you could you could scan your food to get a complete picture of its calories, ingredients and allergens, all in just 3 seconds? Welcome to the future, folks. TellSpec, a re[...]
If you’re looking to break into the food tech space, this internship is for you! Food+Tech Connect, a fast-growing media company focused on the intersection of food, health, techno[...]
From Portland, Oregon to Portland, Maine, a bevy of budding restauranteurs and food entrepreneurs have caught the food truck bug. Rather than pouring their savings into brick-and-m[...]
There have been a bevy of meal kit subscription startups that aim to make home cooking more accessible, easy and healthy which have launched in the last year. Leading the pack, Fir[...]
In September, we spoke with The Orange Chef Company about Prep Pad, its soon-to-launch quantified cooking kitchen scale. The company had raised 155 percent of its Kickstarter camp[...]
The advent of artificial food dyes has resulted in a bevy of out-of-this world-looking products, like electric colored yogurt sticks, pastel sandwich cookies and numerous nearly-ne[...]
Investments continue to pour into startups tackling healthy eating and meal subscriptions. Last month, Real Food Works, a healthy meal delivery startup, announced it had raised $17[...]
Earlier this year, we spoke with David Spinks, co-founder of online cooking education platform Feast, about how he planned to bring cooking education to the masses. At the time, th[...]
Despite the fact that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Network (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps) helped lift 4 million people above the official poverty line in 2012, on N[...]
Four months ago, we hosted Hack//Meat Silicon Valley, a hackathon that brought together 250 food industry leaders, entrepreneurs, technologists and creatives to develop hardware [...]
In an attempt to scrape massive datasets and “produce something wonderful,” Wired crawled and visualized the Food Network’s database of 49,733 recipes to shed lig[...]
As consumer technology adoption grows, restaurants are trying to figure if and how they should integrate it into their operations. From payment products that aim to boost check ave[...]
A little over three months ago, we hosted Hack//Meat Silicon Valley, a hackathon that brought together 250 food industry leaders, entrepreneurs, technologists and creatives to de[...]
While over 60 countries around the world have banned genetically modified organisms (GMOs) or require their labeling, the United States does not. In fact, only recently has the deb[...]
Today is Food Day. More that 4,500 events are taking place across the US to empower people to eat real food. From farmers and health officials to advocacy groups and students, peop[...]
A little over three months ago, we hosted Hack//Meat Silicon Valley, a hackathon that brought together 250 food industry leaders, entrepreneurs, technologists and creatives to de[...]
Americans are addicted to sugar. On average we each consumed 130 pounds of the stuff in 2012. To get an idea of just how much that is, check out Jamie Oliver’s wheelbarrow d[...]
Multinational food corporations spend approximately $2 billion annually influencing what kids eat through advertising, promotions and sponsorships. And it’s working. Nearly 1[...]