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Q&A with Tim Ingmire, Vice President, Global Innovation & Technology at pladis, 2025 Official FoodTech 500 Sponsor

Forward Fooding

We need new technologies that minimise environmental impact, maximise nutritional benefits, and help us to navigate the continual macro-challenges facing our business. Advancing functional foods Were looking for innovations like nutraceuticals, functional snacks and AI-driven products that support beauty, wellness and overall wellbeing.

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MRM Plant-Based: Good Food Scorecard and Healthier Hospital Food

Modern Restaurant Management

restaurants are stepping into plant-based or stepping up their existing game to cater to customers looking for more center-of-plate protein variety. “We’re at the tipping point where consumers are demanding plant-based foods and the industry is willingly responding with delicious options. “More top U.S.

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Inside a Food Processing Unit: Operations, Safety, and Hygiene Practices

FMT Magazine

Preservation: Food processing methods such as freezing, drying, canning, and fermentation are employed to extend the shelf life of perishable foods and prevent spoilage. Fermentation: Fermentation uses microorganisms to convert sugars into acids, alcohol, or gases, preserving and enhancing the flavour of foods.

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First Timers in 2023 FoodTech 500 (Part 2)

Forward Fooding

The surge in funding under Next-Gen Food and Drinks underscores a growing recognition of the importance of nutritionally enhanced products that offer tangible health benefits beyond basic sustenance. These alternatives not only address environmental concerns but also cater to evolving consumer tastes.

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Feeding the Future: AI’s Role in Sustainable AgriFoodTech Solutions

Forward Fooding

Making our food system more sustainable is imperative to mitigate the effects of climate change on food security and AI, in the AgriFoodTech sector can help us do just that. AiFi , also a retail analytics company, caters to shoppers as it provides autonomous shopping solutions to retailers.

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Zooming in on European Startups in the FoodTech 500 (Part 1)

Forward Fooding

The increase in funding is supported by advancements in technologies like gene editing, biostimulants, biofertilizers; molecular farming, etc that offer promising solutions to the need for increased crop resilience and increased food security. Spoon Guru , Transforming food choices with Nutrition Intelligence.

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Zooming in on European Startups in the FoodTech500 (1/2)

Forward Fooding

The increase in funding is supported by advancements in technologies like gene editing, biostimulants, biofertilizers; molecular farming, etc that offer promising solutions to the need for increased crop resilience and increased food security. Spoon Guru , Transforming food choices with Nutrition Intelligence.