Food industry

80% lower costs: The Israeli innovation shaking up the cultured food market

An Israeli startup revealed a hydrogel-based platform that cuts cultured food production costs and could speed the shift to sustainable alternatives to animal-based products.

Cultured meat.
Gidi Kroch ,CEO Leket Israel

Leket Israel CEO: Food rescue is national infrastructure, not charity

One of Leket Israel’s Logistics Centers: An economic endeavor

Food rescue is not welfare - it’s national infrastructure

One of Leket Israel’s Logistics Centers: An economic endeavor

The food Israel wastes each year could feed a country, so why doesn’t it?


Profuse Technology achieves 80% faster muscle growth for cultivated meat

A cultivated meat company has developed a new method for promoting muscle growth in the lab • the new technique enhances protein content by a factor of five, with tissue reaching maturity in just 48h

Profuse's 3D cultivated meat

Discover the top 5 vegetables for a healthy gut

Explore the latest research on gut health and discover the best foods rich in prebiotics and probiotics.


Why can't we stop eating ultra-processed snacks?

Uncover the hidden ingredients of ultra-processed snacks that keep us coming back for more.


Could black-eyed peas be the solution to the food supply crisis?

Food-tech innovator Better Pulse presents a nutritious plant-based protein that grows in hot climates and could supply a world suffering from food shortages.

 Black-eyed-pea beans.

Putin, Erdogan to discuss stalled Ukraine grain deal amid rising food prices

The halt of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, previously brokered by the UN and Turkey, has caused global food prices to surge after months of stability.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan meet on the sidelines of the 6th summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-building Measures in Asia (CICA), in Astana, Kazakhstan October 13, 2022.

Israel's dairy quandary: Empty supermarket shelves amid high production

Farmers and economic experts dissect the paradoxical crisis in Israel's dairy sector.

 A statue of a cow painted in the colours of dairy firm Tnuva's logo stands outside the company's logistic centre in the southern town of Kiryat Malachi, Israel May 22, 2014.

You can't beat beans for their incredible nutritional value and price

All members of the legume family are rich in nutrients such as copper, iron, magnesium, potassium, folic acid, zinc, protein, fiber and lysine, an essential amino acid which the body needs but doesn'

 Chickpeas, also known as Garbanzo beans.

Hot sauce lovers beware: Sriracha shortage causes prices to skyrocket

An ongoing sriracha shortage has caused prices to skyrocket, with some bottles of the hot sauce retailing for over $100.

 Sriracha bottle on a restaurant table

Could seaweed fight world hunger and climate change? - study

Seaweed farming and water-based food systems in general have increasingly been suggested in recent years as a solution to problems caused by traditional agriculture.

 Seaweed salad (illustrative).

What are the secret ingredients of Tnuva's food-tech success?

Two Tnuva chiefs share their vision for the future of Israel's food-tech industry.

 The logo of dairy firm Tnuva is seen at the company's logistic centre in the southern town of Kiryat Malachi May 22, 2014