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Food Tech Stories

Stories about the NZ companies rethinking protein, fermentation and the future of food.

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New Zealand Food-Tech Startups to Watch
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New Zealand Food-Tech Startups to Watch

New Zealand’s economy runs on food, and a growing group of founders are now applying biology, engineering and data to how protein itself is made.

Noteworthy Staff1 week ago
What Is Precision Fermentation?
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What Is Precision Fermentation?

The “fermentation” part has been with us for millennia, bread, beer, cheese, yoghurt. The “precision” part means using modern biology to make a microbe.

Noteworthy Staff1 week ago
Leaft Foods: Making Protein From Leaves
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Leaft Foods: Making Protein From Leaves

Leaft Foods, founded by Maury Leyland Penno and Dr John Penno, extracts Rubisco, the world’s most abundant protein, from green leaves and turns it into a high-value food ingredient grown on Canterbury farmland.

Noteworthy Staff2 weeks ago
Daisy Lab: Rethinking Dairy in New Zealand
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Daisy Lab: Rethinking Dairy in New Zealand

Daisy Lab is rethinking dairy — producing animal-identical whey proteins using precision fermentation from its base in New Zealand.

Noteworthy Staff23 Jan 2024

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