Climax has developed a machine-learning platform that creates plant-based recipes to best replace animal products, something that would take humans millions of years to do, according to the company.

The new facility is expected to add significant scale, efficiencies, and non-GMO capability to the company’s existing US-based conventional SPC and TSPC operation in Bellevue, Ohio. 

The Finnish company Foodiq has developed a new ingredient that can finally allow plant-based food alternatives to go global. The ingredient, called Fabea+, is made from fermented fava beans and offers a more nutritious, sustainable, and scalable alternative to mainstream ingredients used in the plant-based market, such as soy, pea or oats. 

Bell Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. (Bell) has released its new Spark Trends platform predictions. Since its inception in 2015, Spark provides a multi-faceted understanding of the global consumer landscape, blending a comprehensive knowledge of culinary influences, market dynamics and product innovations with consumer attitudes, usage and purchasing habits to understand what’s shaping the future of flavors, fragrances and botanicals.

Through its new B2B platform, NotCo is making its artificial intelligence technology available for more food and beverage manufacturers seeking to create best-in-class and scalable plant-based products. In addition to delivering a superior eating experience, NotCo’s artificial intelligence offers the added benefits of extreme accuracy and speed, cutting R&D development timelines down to mere months compared to what traditionally has taken years.

NotCo will continue to operate its branded business, NotCo Food, offering products like NotMilk™, NotBurger™ and NotChicken™ through retail and food service businesses nationwide.

Philadelphia®, a leading cream cheese brand, introduced Philadelphia Plant-Based spread, which features a crafted recipe with simple, high-quality ingredients, creamy spreadable and texture. 

Prepared Foods talks with executives at OWYN (Only What You Need), a New York City-based processor of plant-based protein and nutrition shakes and powders.

From the makers of Seed Ranch Flavor Co., a gourmet hot sauce brand, GrownAs* is releasing its mac and cheese in two flavors, Classic and Truffle.

With a unique recipe and highly efficient patented process technology, BENEO offers manufacturers a scalable and effective way to tap into the plant-based trend, with the most authentic chicken imitation products.