Kiwi Food Brand Exotica Leans Into the Tropical as Weather Patterns Shift
The country’s leading grower of tropical plants and fruits, Exotica is fast becoming a poster child for weather-smart food innovation. Their secret? A mix of horticultural hustle, zero compromise on quality, and a product range reading like a tropical tasting tour for the senses: freeze-dried dragonfruit, botanical extracts, mango spice cubes, and a sugarcane juice so fresh it practically hums.
13 hours ago2 min read
TurtleTree Scores FDA Nod for Fermented Lactoferrin – The Dairy Defence Protein Goes Animal-Free
Singapore-based TurtleTree has officially secured regulatory approval in the United States for LF+, its precision-fermented version of lactoferrin, a dairy-derived protein with cult status in the wellness scene for its immune-boosting, gut-balancing, inflammation-smashing abilities.
2 days ago1 min read
Still or Sparkling? Nestlé’s Perrier Water Crisis Bubbles Over as Europe’s Groundwater Turns Toxic
They used to say a Perrier bottle was the height of European sophistication, green glass, tight bubbles, and a whiff of French prestige. But now? It’s starting to smell more like cover-up than class act.
3 days ago2 min read
Aussie Scientists Finally Nail the Plant-Based Dairy-Free Cheese Stretch
It’s taken years of plant-based flops, fridge disasters, and rubbery regrets, but at last, science has served up plant-based dairy-free cheese wheels that grill, melt, stretche and brown. Cue applause from every lactose-intolerant millennial who still remembers the trauma of early cashew 'cheddar'.
4 days ago2 min read
KiwiFruit Into Cowhide? NZ Startup Reinvents Waste with Plant-Based Leather
Forget feedstock, New Zealand’s kiwifruit rejects are being stitched into a very different future. At the centre of it all is KiwiLeather Innovations, a next-gen biomaterials company quietly turning over 50,000 tonnes of orchard discards into a new kind of plant-based leather.
4 days ago2 min read
Melbourne Gets a Taste of the Future at Foodpreneurs Festival as Flora, Umei & Solbevi Lead the Charge
If you’re still scanning supermarket shelves for inspiration, look no further than a converted convent outside of Melbourne, where the Foodpreneurs Festival cracked open a six-pack of future food brilliance. From umami-packed vegan mayo to Mediterranean spritzes and spreadable butter without the cow, the inaugural BiteBack Awards weren’t just about startup sparkle, they showed exactly where the food system is headed.
5 days ago3 min read
Wine's Not Dead, it's Just Not 1995 Anymore, So Get ready For the Great Australian Pour Reset.
“The global wine industry is being disrupted by the convergence of powerful forces.” Not the opening line of a Netflix drama but Iain Langridge from In2Asia Export dropping truth like a cork in a tasting room. And he’s not wrong. The great Australian pour reset?
6 days ago2 min read
Dragonfruit Diplomacy as New Zealand Science Cultivates Vietnam’s Crops & Its Own Future
“Truth is, I didn’t like the taste of the fruit,” says Satish Kumar, Principal Scientist for Tree Crops at Plant & Food Research New Zealand (Shown left), with a smile. “And that gave me a challenge - could we improve it (the dragonfruit)”
6 days ago2 min read
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