Food Engineering  |  March 7, 2018

How processors are using minimal processing equipment and techniques to keep up with changing consumer demands

One of the top trends predicted for the food and beverage industry in 2018 is more new products will be marketed as “natural” and “functional.” This shift is being fueled by changing consumer behavior. [continue reading]

Source: Technology helps processors produce natural foods and beverages

Wired  |  March 7, 2018

THERE’S HOPE FOR a tastier, healthier, more robust tomorrow: high-tech new food preservation methods that fend off the bad stuff (bacteria, spoilage) while protecting the good (flavor, texture, nutrients). Scientists are experimenting with everything from microwave sterilization to blasts of plasma to ensure food stays appetizing longer—even without refrigeration. That salmon dinner you bought on Monday? It’ll taste just as fresh a week later. And it’ll be just as good for you. [Continue Reading]

Source: No Refrigeration Necessary: New Tech for Everlasting Shelf-Life

Arkansas Business  |  December 18, 2017

Bentonville startup Solve For Food is planning to build what it calls a Food Innovation Center in Springdale next year and is hoping to raise $13 million in capital for the project. [Continue Reading]

Source: Startup Solve for Food Stakes Claim On Sterilization

Packaging Digest  |  September 2017

915 Labs responds to recent news and developments for the microwave-assisted thermal sterilization processing technology, including updates about Amazon and other ecommerce-driven brands in an exclusive interview. [continue reading]

Source: Cutting-edge news on MATS processing and packaging

PR Newswire  |  September 2017

Food processing innovation startup, Solve For Food, announced today that IV Ventures, LLC has agreed to be the initial investor of the first Food Innovation Center.

Solve For Food’s leadership team, comprised of consumer packaged goods industry veterans from Walmart, Sam’s Club and Procter & Gamble, announced last spring it aimed to raise $13 million in capital to break ground on the startups’ first Food Innovation Center. The center will provide established food companies and startups with concept-to-consumption food production and innovation services using the revolutionary MATS food preservation technology. [continue reading]

Source: Solve For Food Lands Initial Investor, Sets Sights On Radically Shifting Food Processing Industry

Packaging World  |  August 18, 2017

When Knut Lillenau took over his father’s dairy farm in Sweden in 2000, he probably would not have predicted that by 2017, his business would have transformed into the second largest producer of chilled ready meals in the country. Moving from dairy cows to beef cows, and then establishing a café and food store, Knut and his wife, Christina Jonsson-Lillenau, found themselves in need of a solution to utilize the non-prime pieces of beef from their cows and reduce food waste at their restaurant. What they found was an in-pack microwave cooking and pasteurization method from Micvac  that allowed them to serve fresh, nutritious food at their café anytime, expand their menu, and bring their ready meals to the retail market. [continue reading]

Source: New microwave pasteurization line fuels Swedish food producer’s success | Packaging World

PR Newswire  | August 17, 2017

915 Labs has collaborated with professional chef and culinary expert Michael Kuefner from Brightwater: A Center for the Study of Food, a division of NorthWest Arkansas Community College in Bentonville, Arkansas, to develop signature dishes using 915 Labs advanced food preservation system. [continue reading]

Source: 915 Labs Taps Professional Chef To Create Signature Dishes For MATS Processing