Innoterra aims to produce and supply high-quality, safe and traceable food from farm to fork in a sustainable, farm-friendly way.

Swiss-Indian incubator of agriculture, food and technology businesses, Pioneering Ventures, has set up a new corporate entity: Innoterra. With a footprint in 14 countries, Innoterra provides products and services to 65,000 farmers. It also serves around 1.5 million consumers daily through fully traceable, high-quality food products, including farm produce and milk products.

Formed to transform the global food ecosystem, Innoterra is committed to creating value for all stakeholders with its impact-driven purpose. To fulfil this mission, the company is creating an integrated platform to connect the entire agri-food value chain. The data-driven technology platform provides farmers access to tech solutions from AI, big data and analytics to on-ground tech-integrated farm tools for traceability and monitoring. It also integrates knowledge sharing and easy access to affordable finance. The platform aims to build a community of connected stakeholders, driving economies of scale and benefiting each stakeholder from collective resources and expertise.

Innoterra’s Mission

Innoterra CEO, Ron Pal, said, “As food security and sustainability is becoming an important global challenge, we must critically question the status quo of the industry and the entire food ecosystem… We see our company as an integral part of the food ecosystem and view our role as an orchestrator with the mission to provide consumers access to healthier and more sustainably produced food while empowering farmers and other stakeholders in the system.”

Meanwhile, Chairman of Innoterra India, Akshaya Kamath, said, “While developing and rolling out our platform, we will continue to scale up our food operations in India and further expand our sourcing and distribution footprint in regions such as the Middle East, Eastern Europe and China… Our efforts enable us to sustainably supply high quality, traceable products around the year to the addressable adjacent markets with a population of close to three billion people.”

All five subsidiaries of Pioneering Ventures will now be under Innoterra: Desai AgriFoods (formerly Desai Fruits and Vegetables), Samaaru, Farmlink, Milklane and Innoterra Tech (formerly Lateral Praxis).

For more information:

Innoterra AG
Baarerstrasse 18
6300 Zug
Phone : +41 44 508 05 35

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Nestlé accelerates the development of products and technologies that use agricultural raw materials that typically go to waste.

Nescafé Nativ Cascara is a carbonated soft drink based on organic cascara – the “coffee berry” fruit surrounding the bean. Nestlé uses this antioxidant-rich coffee berry to brew a trend-based beverage. Through this, the company creates a new purpose for an agricultural side stream that would otherwise get discarded. And this innovative process creates new revenue streams for farmers and start-ups focused on developing food ingredients or packaging materials.

This organic caffeine drink is free from preservatives, artificial colours and flavours. It also has the same caffeine content as one cup of coffee. Furthermore, it comes in recyclable packaging with a paper label.

Nestlé experts have also developed a 70% dark chocolate using the traditionally unused byproduct cocoa pulp. The natural process includes drying the cocoa pulp and using it with the beans to create chocolate without refined sugar. 

Thomas Hauser, Nestlé’s Head of Product and Technology Development, says, “Developing new products and technologies using agricultural side streams is one way to reduce environmental impact, and it creates new opportunities for farmers.” Adding, “We are committed to addressing food loss – to create new value for raw materials and develop innovations that are good for you and the planet.”

Nestlé also aims a net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. One way to achieve this is by fermenting coffee grounds to produce biogas, which provides electricity for the Swiss grid. Meanwhile, the fermentation residuals are used as eco-friendly fertilizer by farmers.

Their scientists are also exploring the potential of coffee production side streams as ingredients for bio-based packaging materials.

Find out more:

Nestlé Suisse S.A.
Rue Entre-deux-Villes 10 1814 La Tour-de-Peilz Switzerland
Switzerland
Tel: +41 21 924 51 11

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As its contribution to food sustainability, this Swiss startup produces ethical alternatives to the well-loved cheese without changing its taste.

Attempting to end inhumane slaughter to satiate people’s cravings, New Roots creates vegan and organic artisanal cheese using cashew nuts. Their process involves ancestral methods of fermentation and ripening and traditional handmade techniques, from mixing to packing. And as part of their ethical responsibility, they partner with businesses that passed human rights standards.

Although both cheese lovers, the idea of saving the lives of other beings prevailed in founders Alice Fauconnet and Freddy Hunziker. So, to start their mission of providing delicious, ethical and sustainable cheese alternatives, they established New Roots in 2015. Since then, they have been making plant-based cheese by hand without altering its traditional taste.

New Roots has won several titles on Swiss Vegan Awards, Swiss Economic Forum Awards and Peta Vegan Food Awards. And they continue their dedication to finding sustainable solutions for the environment.

Find out more:

New Roots
Burgstrasse 16
3600 Thun
Switzerland
Email : info@newroots.ch
Phone : +41 (0)33 557 84 44

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As the vegan trend continues to grow, one of the world’s most popular chocolate bars will soon get a plant-based option.

Nestlé plans to make wishes come true with the launch of KitKat V later this year. It is a tasty plant-based option with the perfect balance of crispy wafer and smooth chocolate that people love. Chocolate experts developed this vegan version that will live up to the expectations of Kitkat fans.

Meanwhile, surveys continue to show that people are interested in exploring more plant-based options across different categories. Alexander von Maillot, Head of Confectionery at Nestlé, said, “There is a quiet food revolution that is changing how people eat. We want to be at the forefront of that, championing the discovery of plant-based food and beverages. What better way to do that than offering a vegan version of one of our most famous and much-loved brands?”

KitKat V is certified vegan, made from 100% sustainable cocoa sourced through the Nestlé Cocoa Plan in conjunction with the Rainforest Alliance. And it will be available later this year through the KitKat Chocolatory and selected retailers in several countries.

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