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Israeli food tech

A lab-grown cultivated chicken breast made by Israeli-founded startup Believer Meats. (Courtesy)
December 12, 2025, 12:20 am
Israeli-founded lab-grown meat startup Believer shuts down as funds dry up
Believer Meats, a maker of meat created directly from animal cells, faces a lawsuit over $34 million in unpaid bills; startup has operations in Israel and the US
By Sharon Wrobel
Ran Hirsch's diabetic daughter, then 8, was the impetus for the launch of Eatsane and its line of mainstream products that are safe for her to eat, such as low-carb pizza crusts found at Israeli branches of Papa John's Pizza. (courtesy)
July 26, 2025, 9:00 am
Israeli papa’s food-tech startup brings low-carb pizza to diabetics like his daughter
After Ran Hirsch’s daughter was diagnosed with diabetes, he partnered with her endocrinologist to create Eatsane, a successful startup making healthy versions of family faves
By Sharon Wrobel
Sea2Cell team in front of the Fresh Start incubator premises in Kiryat Shmona before the start of Israel's war against Hamas on October 7, 2023. (Courtesy)
October 8, 2024, 2:09 pm
Food tech firms struggle to survive as war disrupts Israel’s north
The shutdown of labs and displaced workers have created a ‘big problem’ for a sector that needs stability and years of product development, while discussions over investments stall
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative. Computer processors. Conventional computers process information, or bits, each of which can be either a zero or a one, in the binary language of computing. Quantum bits, however, used by quantum computers, can be both a zero and one simultaneously. (Rost-9D; iStock by Getty Images)
August 11, 2024, 6:39 pm
Amid ongoing war, Israel and the UK launch fund for joint tech research projects
$2.4 million fund will allocate grants to joint research on quantum technologies, AI in drug discovery, food tech
By Sharon Wrobel
Shira Sabach, breeding manager at Israeli foodtech startup Supree at a greenhouse in Netiv Haasara, November 2022. (Courtesy)
February 25, 2024, 6:19 pm
Defying war’s wreckage, self-drying cherry tomatoes ripen near Gaza
Researchers at foodtech startup Supree find species that produce raisin-like superfood in natural process that preserves fruit’s taste, vitamins and antioxidants
By Shoshanna Solomon
Scientists at Israeli food tech startup Remilk present dairy products made with its cow-free milk protein. (Courtesy)
February 6, 2024, 8:25 pm
Israel’s Remilk secures regulatory nod for sale of cow-free dairy in Canada
The okay by Canada’s health watchdog marks the fourth regulatory approval for the use of the startup’s animal-free protein in vegan dairy products like cheese, yogurt and ice cream
By Sharon Wrobel
Israeli startup Imagindairy uses precision fermentation technology to teach microorganisms such as yeast or fungi to produce animal-free milk proteins. (Tal Shahar/Imagindairy)
January 4, 2024, 7:11 pm
Israeli foodtech startup secures US regulatory nod for cow-free dairy protein
Imagindairy seeks to partner with US food companies to scale up the production of its animal-free protein used in cow-free dairy products like cheeses, yogurt and ice cream
By Sharon Wrobel
SavorEat’s 3D-printing robots for plant-based meat alternatives deployed on the campus of the University of Denver. (Courtesy)
September 7, 2023, 5:17 pm
Where’s the beef? Israeli robot chef serves up 3-D printed burgers to US students
Israeli startup SavorEat, in partnership with food services conglomerate Sodexo, starts sale of plant-based patties at the University of Denver as part of US commercial debut
By Sharon Wrobel
Aleph Farms' cultivated thin-cut steak. (Courtesy)
July 27, 2023, 9:29 pm
Israel’s Aleph Farms gears up to sell first cultivated beef cuts in Europe
Startup applies for approval from Swiss food regulator, marking first cultivated meat submission in Europe; plans to launch in Singapore and Israel in 2023
By Sharon Wrobel
Israeli food tech startup Meat. The End introduces world's first texturized chickpea protein burger. (Ruthie Amano/Courtesy)
April 20, 2023, 8:28 pm
Israeli food tech startup debuts texturized chickpea protein ‘meat’ burger
Meat. The End, a developer of soy-based Whopper burger for Burger King Israel, launches burger made from chickpea protein flake that mimics the taste and smell of meat
By Sharon Wrobel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tastes cultured fish and meat at Rehovot-based Steakholder Foods, April 19, 2023. (Haim Zach/GPO)
April 19, 2023, 11:24 pm
In first, Israeli startup to get permit to produce cow-free milk
PM says company to get go-ahead in coming days; permit said set to be granted to Remilk, a developer of cultured milk
By Sharon Wrobel
Halman-Aldubi Technologies founder Rony Halman (left) and Lamfeddal Kouisni, project manager at Marrakesh-based Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) join forces on food tech project. (Courtesy)
April 11, 2023, 2:40 pm
Israeli group joins forces with Morocco university for Sahara fish food project
Consortium of startups, led by Halman-Aldubi Technologies, will develop sustainable food solutions without the need for water, land or energy
By Sharon Wrobel
Wilk is developing cultured animal milk and human milk at its labs in Rehovot. (Courtesy)
April 4, 2023, 6:20 pm
French dairy giant Danone leads $3.5m investment into Israeli cultured milk startup
Strategic investment by company’s venture arm includes potential collaboration on cultured breast milk products; other investors include Steakholder Foods and Coca-Cola Israel
By Sharon Wrobel
In this picture from left: Redefine Meat's plant-based steak, Plantish's plant-based salmon fillets, and plant-based 'egg' by Israeli startup Yo! Egg. (Credits: Redefine Meat, Plantish, Yo! Egg)
February 19, 2023, 7:17 pm
Israeli startups rank second after US in alternative protein investments in 2022
GFI Israel says food tech investments in Israel were impacted the least by the market slowdown; 60% of all investments in food tech companies went to alternative protein startups
By Sharon Wrobel
Screen capture from video of Vanilla Vida's flavor-enhanced vanilla essence, August 2021. (YouTube)
July 25, 2022, 7:37 am
Israel tech firm creates world’s ‘strongest-ever’ vanilla flavors
Vanilla Vida says it uses high-tech cultivation methods, tropical greenhouses and a data-guided curing process to crack the elusive spice’s secrets and control its taste
By Jonah Mandel
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