In this episode, Alex Crisp talks to Eshchar Ben-Shitrit, the dynamic CEO and co-founder of Redefine Meat, a trailblazing company revolutionizing the food industry with its 3D-printed, plant-based meat products. Founded in Israel, Redefine Meat uses cutting-edge 3D printing technology to recreate the taste, texture, and appearance of animal meat without the environmental impact of traditional farming. Ben-Shitrit’s vision is clear: to provide a sustainable, ethical, and delicious alternative...

Paul Wood, a board member at the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, advocates for innovative solutions to reduce agricultural methane emissions while maintaining cattle production. His approach contrasts with calls for reducing livestock numbers, as he believes technology can significantly cut emissions without disrupting traditional agricultural systems. Wood emphasizes targeted investments to support methane-reduction technologies like feed additives, genetic selection, and...

Alex Crisp speaks to the EIT (European Institute of Innovation and Technology) - an initiative that promotes innovation and entrepreneurship across Europe. They work across health, environment, manufacturing, and of course food - driving innovation and collaboration and providing investment where it’s most needed - which at the beginning of a startup’s journey. FoF talks to Marie Bruser, Corporate Venture Manager at EIT Food. She tells us about their focus on protein diversification and...

Future of Foods Interviews' Alex Crisp speaks to Lance Kizer, CTO at Vitro Labs, a pioneering biotech company making leather from cells. Around 23billion square feet of leather is produced each year. That's a whole lot of skin. Vitro Labs creates lab-grown leather that's indistinguishable from traditional leather, but without the environmental impact or animal cruelty. Vitro Labs is on a mission to merge innovation with sustainability, offering fashion brands and car manufacturers a...

“McKinsey [& Co] put out a report suggesting that up to 60% of all physical imputs to supply chains could be produced using biomanufacturing” If true Agronomics has positioned itself perfectly, with substantial stakes in some of the biggest and most significant agri/food biotech companies in the world, including: Liberation Labs, Solar Foods, Blue Nalu, Meatly, Mosa Meat, Formo etc etc. Covering products from cotton and palm oil to hydrogen and dog food. Anthony tells FoF that the UK is...

Was the rush to invest in Alt Proteins 4 years ago a big bubble? Alex speaks to Isabell Decitre who runs a venture Capital investment company in Asia and Europe. They invest in future food technology - animal tech and food tech. Isabelle provides some very interesting insights into what they look for in a start up - the technology, the product and the people. So if you’re a company looking for investment or an investor looking for a company then listen on.

Senara is based in Germany and is the first company in Europe to produce cell cultivated Milk. It was founded 2 years ago and since then the cost per litre has reduced from €300,000 to €500. Svenja, the CEO and co founder tells me that they expect the price to reach parity following sufficient scale up and collaboration. Cell cultivated milk may mean we’ll be trying cow free products such as chocolate and cheese before too long. In this latest Future of Foods Interview with Svenja Dannewitz...

Innovate Animal Ag are a think tank promoting the use of technology to improve standards for animals used in agriculture. They are at the forefront of In OVO sexing technology currently used in 20% of egg hatcheries in the EU and soon to be introduced to the USA. Without such technology as many as 7 billion male chicks are killed pointlessly each year. Future of Foods speaks to director Casey Downey on the many and varied ways of telling whether an egg is a male or a female.

Alex from Future of Foods Inteviews speaks to Mitchell Scott, the visionary leader behind alternative protein investment vehicle Cult Food Science, based in Canada. Cult Food is a publicly traded company which has seen celebrated growth in recent months. He’s also CEO and founder of Better Butchers which uses mushrooms to replace meat in its deli style products. Cult recently launched protein packed meat free dog food treats called 'Noochies'. You can catch all episodes on your favourite...

CEO of Onego Bio Maija Itkonen talks to Alex Crisp from Future of Foods Interviews. Onego are a BioTech food company making egg proteins without chickens. The commercial demand for egg proteins account for a third of all eggs and demand is going up. The cruelty experienced by egg producing chickens is no mystery to us and so Onego have provided a real solution to this problem. Food manufacturers agree that getting egg proteins from tortured chickens is just not sustainable anymore. Onego...

Mark Warner is CEO of Liberation Labs, leading the construction of 4 x 150,000 litre precision fermenters in Indiana USA which he expects will be up and running early next year. With production capacity up to 1200 metric tonnes of pure protein such as Casein. Liberation Labs has the space to build up to 4 million litre capacity and they have high ambitions for growth across the globe. Contact [email protected] for collaboration or sponsorship.

Future of Foods speaks to founder and former CEO of Shiok Meats, Sandhya Sriram, about her experiences leading a pioneering cultivated seafood company through the early stages of commercialisation. Catch the full interview here. If you've enjoyed this episode or any others DONATIONs are gratefully received. https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ABYF9L6UY3A5Y

Illtud Dunsford is the CEO and founder of Cellular Agriculture Ltd which builds bioreactors for growing cells for use in cultivated meat. His career has seen him move from dairy farmer to meat farmer - then into the film business and now to cultivated cells. He believes cultivated meat will become a necessity rather than just a choice as the population continues to grow and the environmental problems continue to escalate. Future of Foods Interviews speaks to him about his role in the growth...

‘Ultra Processed’ is a term frequently used. You may have heard it used to describe plant based foods or alternative proteins in a mostley derogatory way to imply that the food is of lesser quality or of lower health benefit to what is percieved as more natural food sources. So what is Ultra Processed Food? Is it just misunderstood. Why does it get a negative press? In this episode of Future of Foods Interviews I speak to Jenny Chapman, academic and author and expert on Ultra Processed, to...

Why are nearly half of all Americans and a quarter of British people obese? Jack Bobo thinks it’s a systemic failure. Jack is director of the Food Systems Institute at Nottingham University. He was formally food advisor to George Bush and Barak Obama. His latest book ‘Why Smart people make bad food choices’ looks at factors causing the global obesity problem. Watch and subscribe on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@FutureofFoods FOR DONATIONS...

Alex from Future of Foods discusses the investment case for alternative proteins with vegan entrepreneur, fund manager and impact venture capitalist and CEO Claire Smith. They discuss the ethics, the potential gains, the pitfalls, and the future. Claire shows that there is a way to invest ethically and still make plenty of money. DONATIONs to FoF are gratefully received. https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ABYF9L6UY3A5Y Watch and subscribe on YouTube...

Alex from FoF spaks to Abby Couture and Billy Nicholles, both from Bryant research. In this episode we discuss why so many meat eaters don’t like plant based food - the 4 Ns - Natural, Normal, Necessary, and Nice - and why women are more likely to eat plant based food than men.  We talk about the techniques around information gathering at Bryant Research, as well as whether chicken is a health food and why 7 billion male chicks are killed each year.  If you enjoyed this episode consider...

Future of Foods discusses the wonderous world of fungi with enthusiast grower, seller and promoter, Denis Vidmar. Listen to this exploration into mushroom health benefits, for brain and body and soil, and for the health of the planet more widely. is the fungi apocalypse films, ‘The Last of Us’ a prediction of the future (probably not)? DONATIONs are gratefully received. https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ABYF9L6UY3A5Y Watch and subscribe on YouTube...

Alex discusses breeding fungi with Paul Dyer - producing new varieties of blue cheese. Blue cheese might seem like the hot new thing but people have been eating it for thousands of years. It's not all about cheese - as if that's not enough... Did you know fungi might provide us with the next viagra? And... should we take warning from fungi apocalypse films like, ‘The Last of Us’? DONATIONs are gratefully received. https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ABYF9L6UY3A5Y Watch and...

Laine Clark from the GFI speaks to Alex from the Future of Foods Interviews about trends in investments across the different sectors of alt' protein (precision fermentation, plant based, and cultivated meat). Laine sees a positive future for the sector because it, "has to succeed". If 2023 was a year of consolidation - what will 2024 bring? Watch and subscribe on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@FutureofFoods DONATIONs to FoF are very gratefully...

Alex talks to two branding experts to get the insights on how industry should be selling cultivated meat to the public. Will they need to be tricked into eating it? This is a must hear for anyone interested in the future of the industry - who will eat it and why they will want to eat it? Available to watch on youtube https://www.youtube.com/@FutureofFoods If you've enjoyed this or other episodes please consider leaving a small donation to pay for shoes for the children. DONATIONs...

Giant Leaps (GL) is one of the benefactors of the Horizon project which has a massive budget - in the billions - to spend on reducing GHG and reaching net zero. Of course food is a big part of that. Edward Sliwinski from GLs talks to FoF about how they're spending the money to enable the transition. This is also available on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@FutureofFoods DONATIONs are gratefully received. https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ABYF9L6UY3A5Y

Alex speaks to Ira Van Eelen from Respect Farms about her vision of cultvated meat farms. The farms of the future on which animals are not slaughtered for their meat but instead their cells are grown in bioreactors for meat. Is this a possibility? It would be nice. This episode is available on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@FutureofFoods

Alex talks to Alan Ivan Ramos, CEO and founder of Libre Foods, based in Barcelona. They utilise biomass fermentation to make meat altrnatives from Fungi and currently have a bacon product on the market. They will be launching a Chicken product next year.