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35th EFFoST International Conference 2021 | 1-4 November 2021
35th EFFoST International Conference 2021 | 1-4 November 2021

Healthy Individuals, Resilient Communities, and Global Food Security Lausanne, Switzerland | 1-4 November 2021  Supported by the Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley The 35th EFFoST International Conference: Healthy Individuals, Resilient Communities, and Global Food...

UN Food System Summit | 3rd of June 2021
UN Food System Summit | 3rd of June 2021

UN Food System Summit | Trilateral Independent DialogueShift to healthy and sustainable consumption patterns. Focus on consumers’ education, innovative solutions and cross-borders learning experience. Date: June 3rd 2021 From Thursday, June 3, 2021, 13:30 GMT+2 to...

SNAQ: Get Nutritional Information Using an Image of Your Meal
SNAQ: Get Nutritional Information Using an Image of Your Meal

Zurich-based startup SNAQ developed a patent-pending food analysis app that gives users nutritional information about their meals just by taking its picture.SNAQ is a machine learning and computer vision startup active in the medical field. It has developed a mobile...

Helbling Technik Develops Smart Devices for Sustainable Nutrition
Helbling Technik Develops Smart Devices for Sustainable Nutrition

Helbling Technik develops smart nutrition systems to tackle the challenge of sustainable food consumption. The approach is based on three pillars: nutrition devices, smart technologies and system circularity.Helbling Technik’s Nutrition Devices Nutrition devices are...

Science Stories – WFSC Short Films Premiere | 25th May 2021
Science Stories – WFSC Short Films Premiere | 25th May 2021

Science Stories - WFSC Short Films Premiere The WFSC Research Programs support new cross-​​disciplinary and solution-​oriented research to address food system challenges. We are excited to show results from several of these projects in the form of short films! Date:...

FlavorWiki: Digitizing Consumer Preference in the Food Industry
FlavorWiki: Digitizing Consumer Preference in the Food Industry

Swiss startup FlavorWiki helps the food and beverage industry evaluate consumer perception and preference in record time, from anywhere in the world.Zurich-based consumer insights company, FlavorWiki, is using unique sensory technology to digitize individual tastes....

DNAFoil® A2 Cow Test: SwissDeCode’s Newest Product
DNAFoil® A2 Cow Test: SwissDeCode’s Newest Product

A Swiss foodtech company is launching a rapid test that would allow dairy farms to identify A2 milk-producing cows.SwissDeCode is launching the DNAFoil® A2 Cow Test to answer the growing demands for A2 milk testing. The rapid kit allows farmers and companies to test...

Givaudan Collaborates with Microcaps on Microencapsulation
Givaudan Collaborates with Microcaps on Microencapsulation

Givaudan, a global leader in flavours, food ingredients, fragrances and active cosmetic ingredients, partnered with Microcaps to advance their innovative ideas.A company over 250 years old, Givaudan is a founding partner of MassChallenge Switzerland since 2016. The...

FoodSparks®: A New Agrifood-tech Seed Fund by PeakBridge and EIT Food
FoodSparks®: A New Agrifood-tech Seed Fund by PeakBridge and EIT Food

PeakBridge and EIT Food have launched PeakBridge FoodSparks® SCSp, a new seed fund for European agrifood-tech startups.Global fund manager PeakBridge joins EIT Food, the world’s biggest Agrifood Innovation Ecosystem, in launching the FoodSparks® fund. This new fund...

1st International Food Innovation Conference | 29th June 2021
1st International Food Innovation Conference | 29th June 2021

Farms, Labs and Beyond: Fixing a Broken Food System Date: 29th June 2021 The past decades in food production have seen a move in one direction only: towards a growing worldwide entanglement along the nutrition value chain. But this chain is being challenged – by...

YASAI: Building The Largest Vertical Farm in the World
YASAI: Building The Largest Vertical Farm in the World

YASAI empowers customers to grow more with less for the health of people, plants and the planet.Headquartered in Zurich, YASAI is a vertical farming service that allows its customers to grow more with less. The startup creates circular food production systems in...

Farmer Connect Secures US$9M to Bring Transparency to Supply Chains
Farmer Connect Secures US$9M to Bring Transparency to Supply Chains

Swiss agritech startup Farmer Connect has raised a US$9M in a Series A investment round.An investment led by ITOCHU Corporation, a major Japanese general trading company, resulted in Farmer Connect securing US$9M. The Series A financing comes after significant growth...

Migros Adopts Nutri-Score for All In-house Brands
Migros Adopts Nutri-Score for All In-house Brands

Swiss retailer Migros has announced that it will introduce Nutri-Score labelling on the packaging of all private-label food items.This week, major Swiss retailer Migros announced that it will put Nutri-Score on the packaging of its own-brand products. Nutri-Score is a...

YAMO: Delivering Fresh, Organic Food to Babies and Kids
YAMO: Delivering Fresh, Organic Food to Babies and Kids

As Europe's first digital native vertical brand for child food, YAMO is about to change a whole category for good.The Zug-based startup, YAMO, provides nutritious and delicious products to help children grow up healthy and strong. Their products are made of 100%...

Farmy: Online Market for Fresh Organic Products
Farmy: Online Market for Fresh Organic Products

Farmy is an online shop for regional and organic products, delivering straight from farm to home.Zurich-based company, Farmy, is an online market that delivers regional and organic products directly from farm to home. It offers over 12,500 hand-picked organic products...

Nestlé Launches Bio-Based Packaging For Infant Formula
Nestlé Launches Bio-Based Packaging For Infant Formula

Nestlé will soon launch bio-based lids and scoops made from sugar cane and its byproduct for its paediatric nutrition products.A range of Nestlé’s nutrition products for infants and children will soon launch with a newly innovated packaging. This comes after the...

Global Food Venture Programme Applications Now Open
Global Food Venture Programme Applications Now Open

The Global Food Venture Programme fosters the entrepreneurial growth of doctoral students working on challenges in the Agrifood sector.The Global Food Venture Programme offers a six-month curriculum to address the needs of aspiring entrepreneurs and early phase...

Nestlé Tackles Food Waste Through Product and Technology Innovation
Nestlé Tackles Food Waste Through Product and Technology Innovation

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...

NutriMenu, the Company Creating Healthy Menus in Canteens, Joins SFNV
NutriMenu, the Company Creating Healthy Menus in Canteens, Joins SFNV

The Swiss company, NutriMenu, which facilitates the creation of healthy, seasonal and regional menus in cafeterias, has joined the SFNV.Switzerland, February 2021 – NutriMenu, an easy-to-use tool for nutrition evaluation with its precise and scientific approach, has...

Agilery, the One-Stop Food Contract Manufacturer, Joins SFNV
Agilery, the One-Stop Food Contract Manufacturer, Joins SFNV

The one-stop food manufacturer, Agilery, which drives innovation to catalyse the ongoing food revolution, has joined the SFNV.Switzerland, February 2021 – Agilery, the one-stop food manufacturer that maps and organises food manufacturing resources while reducing...

CleanGreens, the High-Performance Mobile Aeroponics Systems, Joins SFNV
CleanGreens, the High-Performance Mobile Aeroponics Systems, Joins SFNV

The Swiss innovative aeroponics farming solutions, CleanGreens, which provides simple, sustainable and efficient agriculture services, has joined the SFNV.Switzerland, February 2021 – CleanGreens, a mobile aeroponics systems company that offers unique, patented and...

Mootral: Reducing GHG Emissions Through Innovative Solutions
Mootral: Reducing GHG Emissions Through Innovative Solutions

Swiss startup Mootral starts the transition to climate-smart agriculture to help farmers earn more money and reduce their impact on the environment.The global livestock industry emits 15% of all greenhouse gases, with cows as the largest source of methane emissions....

The EPFL Campus Installs Vending Machines of Sustainable Snacks
The EPFL Campus Installs Vending Machines of Sustainable Snacks

The EPFL campus has provided new vending machines filled with healthy, local and sustainable products to promote sustainability.Students, professors, entrepreneurs and visitors can now enjoy healthy snacks through the innovative vending machines on the EPFL campus....

New Roots Makes Vegan Cheese Using Traditional Techniques
New Roots Makes Vegan Cheese Using Traditional Techniques

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...

Nestlé to Launch Vegan KitKat
Nestlé to Launch Vegan KitKat

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...

The State of Fribourg Promotes Agrifood Innovation with New Strategy
The State of Fribourg Promotes Agrifood Innovation with New Strategy

The Canton of Fribourg plans to strengthen its position and become the Swiss leader in the agriculture and food industries.On January 12th, the Fribourg State Council approved a strategy that gives it a leadership role in the agrifood industry. It is ”based on a...

Welcome to our new Managing Director: Christina Senn-Jakobsen
Welcome to our new Managing Director: Christina Senn-Jakobsen

"I can imagine no higher privilege than doing my part to put Switzerland firmly on the map as a leading nation for food innovation"A conversation with Christina Senn-Jakobsen, SFNV Managing Director “I always say food is the best thing in the world,” says...

Startup Planted Wins in the Swiss Vegan Awards 2020
Startup Planted Wins in the Swiss Vegan Awards 2020

From 279 nominations, Planted.Chicken by Planted wins the Salty Food category in the recently held Swiss Vegan Awards 2020.The judges selected the winners on the following: visual, taste impression, innovation, added value for vegans and attractiveness for non-vegans....

SwissDeCode: Offers DNA Detection Solutions for Safe Food Production
SwissDeCode: Offers DNA Detection Solutions for Safe Food Production

With a vision for a safe food supply chain, SwissDeCode helps companies detect contamination, avoid food recalls and improve customer trust.SwissDeCode boosts food sustainability through different DNA detection solutions to help farmers and manufacturers grow and...

Agropôle Brings Together Agritech Players to Boost Innovation
Agropôle Brings Together Agritech Players to Boost Innovation

Using expertise in market opportunities, Agropôle Switzerland helps startups achieve industrialization and commercial success.Agropôle is on a mission to sustain the agri-food sector by bringing together industry and service providers to accelerate innovation, with...

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