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?


Where can you find authentic Mexican tacos in Petah Tikva?

Here's a taste of the food you can get at the Mexicana chain, with branches all over Israel.

Mexicana's delights.

Former economy minister: Monopolies in Israel are not set in stone

MK Eli Cohen told Maariv that "monopoly companies in Israel use their power in order to extort prices. This bill would oblige entities defined as a monopoly to publish reports and dispel the fog."

 ELI COHEN

Germany's Delivery Hero, Spanish unit Glovo targeted in EU antitrust raids

Earlier on Wednesday, the European Commission said it had raided several online food and grocery delivery firms over concerns that they may be in a cartel.

 The Delivery Hero's logo is pictured at its headquarters in Berlin, Germany, August 18, 2020.

Tnuva to establish R&D center dedicated to alternative protein

More and more Israelis are moving away from animal-based protein sources, and Tnuva aims to "to lead the field while facilitating the products’ accessibility to the wider public."

 Tnuva's research and development center.

Here's how to add more protein to your diet

Protein has become an important component in many people’s daily diets, but before you go shopping for powders, here are tips to add protein from whole foods.

 Flaxseed (Illustrative)

Israel's chicken coops riddled with health and safety concerns - comptroller report

On average, Israeli chicken coops produce 2.2 billion eggs each year.

 A flock of chickens (Illustrative).

Bringing chickpea benefits to more consumers worldwide

Ingredion announces equity investment in InnovoPro, a day before 'World Pulses Day 2022'.

 Chickpea burger

Average household said to throw out NIS 615 worth of food each month

The annual food-waste report highlights the severe need for a food-rescue program.

 A Leket employee delivers food to the eldery

Bee-io’s cultivated honey is pure, baby-safe, and 100% bee-free

The company has announced that industrial-scale production of their product will begin by March 2022.

 Photo of Ofir Dvash CEO of Bee-io

Decade of ammonia air pollution traced in Africa - NASA study

Ammonia (NH3) is a colorless gas with a pungent smell composed of nitrogen and hydrogen.

 The unrecognized villages around Ramat Hovav which suffer from a high level of air pollution from nearby evaporation ponds of the chemicals and the IEC power plant. December 28, 2017