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?


Technion food research center gets an upgrade

The Technion will partner with the Carasso family to renovate the FoodTech building and make it more advanced.

 Yoel Carasso, Chairman of Carasso Motors (Left) and Technion President Prof. Uri Sivan

How will Israelis react to rising food prices?

A decade after a rise in cottage cheese prices spiraled into the 2011 social justice protests, there are fears that the cost of raising prices won't be worth it.

Consumers at a supermarket, illustration

Comptroller report: Israel must increase competition in food industry

Israel's food market is over-concentrated in comparison with other markets around the world.

A supermarket in Jerusalem’s Talpiot neighborhood. What would you do if you found a cellphone on a lettuce shelf?

Can the world continue to provide enough food?

An interview with Dr. Segenet Kelemu: Boris Mints Institute webinar honors Food Planet Prize winners

DR. SEGENET KELEMU, director-general, International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology.

An Insight Into The Life of Peter Triantos, a Leading Name in the Australian Food Industry


Israeli chicken sex-change start-up wins $1m prize in NY agri-tech contest

Soos' software allows them to control the incubation process, forcing chicken embryos to change sex in the egg, mitigating the controversial practice of culling male chicks.

Founder and CEO Yael Alter, along with VP of Business Development Alon Gozlan receive the news that their start-up, Soos Technologies, has won the $1 million grand prize at the NY-Grow competition.

World’s first lab-grown meat restaurant opens near Tel Aviv

“The burger has a juicy chicken flavor, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside,” SuperMeat CEO Ido Savir said.

Beef steak made from cultivated meat cultures via Aleph Farms

Technion to host European Food Tech, innovation conference online

Three Israeli startups are expected to speak at the conference: Redefine Meat - a 3D meat printing technology, Amai Proteins - a new type of artificial sweetener and Solutum - a pioneer in packaging

Redefine Meat has produced the world's first 3D-printed plant-based steak

The ups and downs of eating habits during the coronavirus crisis

The big story about coronavirus and food is that huge numbers of people around the world have gained weight in quarantine and lockdown, which is being called “the Quarantine 15” in the US.

A woman eats popcorn while watching television.

Coronavirus found on imported squid packaging in China

The Changchun COVID-19 prevention office said the squid had been imported from Russia by a company in Hunchun city and brought to the provincial capital.

Fish street vendor Otello grabs some squids inside his van in Castell'Azzara, Italy October 31, 2018.