Food+Tech Connect Investors embrace antibiotics, industry reacts to aspartame ruling + more

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Every week we track business, tech and investing trends in CPG, retail, restaurants, agriculture, cooking and health so you don’t have to. Here are some of this week’s top headlines.

The recent decision by the World Health Organization (WHO) to label aspartame as a “probable carcinogen” has sparked strong industry backlash. While global health standards have raised concerns about the popular sweetener, domestic experts argue that’s not reason enough for immediate reform. In a separate development, an investor group that manages or advises $15.2 trillion in assets is now demanding changes from fast-food companies regarding their use of antibiotics, The Wall Street Journal reported. Changes are being pushed as concerns grow over the misuse of antibiotics in the food industry.

In other news, we’ve just completed the first season of our podcast in partnership with Eggfunder: New Food Order, a nuanced investigation into the business of tackling our climate and social crises through food and agriculture. Read all about why we launched the podcast, And be sure to subscribe and share!

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The popular sweetener aspartame has been labeled a “probable carcinogen” by global health standards, but domestic experts don’t think that’s reason enough to start reformatting just yet.

Firms managing or advising 15.2 tonnes of assets are pressuring the fast-food companies to make changes.

Restaurants are grappling with technology after the pandemic: QR codes are on the decline, automation is on the rise, and balancing high-touch service with high-tech equipment is key.

Bobby’s was founded to provide a European style of infant formula. The company previously raised $50 million in early 2022 and has since grown to serve over 5% of the non-WIC market.

Each of the nine entities, including the beverage giant, contributed around $15 million to the initiative. It will focus on five areas including packaging, distribution and supply chain.

Perfect Day has laid off about 15% of its workforce as it exits its consumer-facing business, The Urgent Company, to focus solely on its B2B ingredient sales and NT Bio “consulting” precision fermentation business. To be.

The agency wants to better monitor greenhouse gases released through farming, which accounts for about 10% of national emissions.

The Commerce Department and NOAA are launching the Ocean-Based Climate Resilience Accelerator Program, a $60 million investment in coastal resilience and American small businesses through President Biden’s Investing in America agenda.

Sileo will use the Series C funding and new bank partnerships to advance its workflow automation and fintech platform for the product industry.

The collaborative robot prototype is being tested at the Chipotle Cultivate Center in Irvine, California.

Image credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Every week we track business, tech and investing trends in CPG, retail, restaurants, agriculture, cooking and health so you don’t have to. Here are some of this week’s top headlines.

The recent decision by the World Health Organization (WHO) to label aspartame as a “probable carcinogen” has sparked strong industry backlash. While global health standards have raised concerns about the popular sweetener, domestic experts argue that’s not reason enough for immediate reform. In a separate development, an investor group that manages or advises $15.2 trillion in assets is now demanding changes from fast-food companies regarding their use of antibiotics, The Wall Street Journal reported. Changes are being pushed as concerns grow over the misuse of antibiotics in the food industry.

In other news, we’ve just completed the first season of our podcast in partnership with Eggfunder: New Food Order, a nuanced investigation into the business of tackling our climate and social crises through food and agriculture. Read all about why we launched the podcast, And be sure to subscribe and share!

It takes a lot of time and resources to produce our newsletter. Make a one-time or monthly contribution to help us keep it going. Whether it’s $5 or $500, everything helps and shows us that you value our work.

The popular sweetener aspartame has been labeled a “probable carcinogen” by global health standards, but domestic experts don’t think that’s reason enough to start reformatting just yet.

Firms managing or advising 15.2 tonnes of assets are pressuring the fast-food companies to make changes.

Restaurants are grappling with technology after the pandemic: QR codes are on the decline, automation is on the rise, and balancing high-touch service with high-tech equipment is key.

Bobby’s was founded to provide a European style of infant formula. The company previously raised $50 million in early 2022 and has since grown to serve over 5% of the non-WIC market.

Each of the nine entities, including the beverage giant, contributed around $15 million to the initiative. It will focus on five areas including packaging, distribution and supply chain.

Perfect Day has laid off about 15% of its workforce as it exits its consumer-facing business, The Urgent Company, to focus solely on its B2B ingredient sales and NT Bio “consulting” precision fermentation business. To be.

The agency wants to better monitor greenhouse gases released through farming, which accounts for about 10% of national emissions.

The Commerce Department and NOAA are launching the Ocean-Based Climate Resilience Accelerator Program, a $60 million investment in coastal resilience and American small businesses through President Biden’s Investing in America agenda.

Sileo will use the Series C funding and new bank partnerships to advance its workflow automation and fintech platform for the product industry.

The collaborative robot prototype is being tested at the Chipotle Cultivate Center in Irvine, California.