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| 12.12.2024 | Ingredients in Focus: Jackfruit | Listen to the article 3 min
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Ingredients in Focus is Food Dive’s bite-size column highlighting interesting developments in the ingredients sector.
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| 08.11.2022 | These Vegan Protein Sources Are Better for You and the Planet | 9 Mins Read
“But where do you get your protein?” is a familiar question for most people who follow a vegan or plant-focused diet. And it’s understandable. Around the world, many are taught from a young age that meat from animals is essentia... |
| 09.09.2022 | Startup Wire | Verbal Intercourse | Hi everyone. Taro here.
I used to really dislike networking events due to lack of experience and thinking it was pointless to meet strangers. But they really are great ways to meet new people and potentially make new friends. With the incom... |
| 30.06.2022 | The future of agrifood tech in Southeast Asia: Novel foods set to be the new normal | This article is the second of a two-part series on the future of agriculture technology and food technology in Southeast Asia.
Asia is likely to experience exponential growth in food demand—and consequently spending on food—in the coming de... |
| 22.03.2022 | Karana Brings Jackfruit Vegan Meat Stateside With Multiple Restaurant San Francisco Launches | 4 Mins Read
Singaporean jackfruit alt meat startup Karana has announced distribution in the U.S. The move comes after a successful rollout through Singapore and Hong Kong.
Three San Francisco restaurants will be serving the startup’s flagsh... |
| 22.03.2022 | KARANA's Meat Made From Jackfruit Launches in the U.S. Starting with Multiple San Francisco Restaurant Locations | KARANA MEAT MADE FROM JACKFRUIT
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-The “Triple Threat" of plant based meats expands to the west, bringing SF restaurant goers the unique combo of biodiversity, health, & taste
-The company’s expan... |
| 22.03.2022 | KARANA Jackfruit Makes US Debut at Multiple San Francisco Restaurants | KARANA, a Singapore-based food tech startup, announces it has partnered with several San Francisco restaurants to serve its realistic jackfruit meat. The event is the first time Karana’s product will be available on American menus, marking ... |
| 19.03.2022 | The 10 Best WFPB Diet Meat Brands for Cleaner Vegan Eating | 5 Mins Read
From lentils to jackfruit to cashews, veggie burgers are getting a whole foods plant-based makeover: say hello to the brands making vegan meat from fruit and vegetable ingredients.
We’re at a time where plant-based meat is all t... |
| 10.06.2021 | Where To Eat (Plants) This June: New Vegan Restaurant Openings, Menus and Food News | 7 Mins Read
We’re back with the most comprehensive list of new vegan eats to try out in Hong Kong. This June, get ready to grab a taste of everything from fishless fish burgers to spicy vegan Impossible dumplings, dairy-free boba tea. Below... |
| 10.05.2021 | Whole Food Plant-Based Jackfruit Startup Karana Launches Its Alt Meat Across Restaurants In Hong Kong | 4 Mins Read
Following the launch of food tech Karana’s whole food plant-based pork alternative created out of young jackfruit across six restaurants in Singapore, the startup has now partnered with restaurants in Hong Kong and a delivery br... |
| 01.02.2021 | Alt Protein Startup Karana Launches Jackfruit ‘Pork’ Across Restaurants In Singapore | 4 Mins Read
Singapore food tech Karana is launching its first product, a whole food plant-based pork alternative made from young jackfruit, across six restaurants in Singapore. Unlike many plant-based meat brands on the market, the startup ... |
| 07.01.2021 | Air Protein raises $32m Series A to make ‘meat’ out of the ether | You may have seen a magician pull a bouquet of flowers out of thin air, but what about protein? A Pleasanton, California startup is trying to do just that with a fresh $32 million round of funding led by ADM Ventures, Barclays, and Google-a... |
| 23.10.2020 | Leaders Of Tomorrow: 2020 GEN T List Features 6 Asia Alt Protein Trailblazers For The First Time | 12 0
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Launched by Tatler Asia, the annual Generation T (Gen.T) list recognises 400 figures who are shaping the region’s future, from founders and entrepreneurs to tech gurus and creatives who are working to drive positi... |
| 13.07.2020 | Karana Announces US$1.7M Seed Funding, Now Set to Debut Its “Pork” Jackfruit Products Imminently | Karana, Asia’s first whole-plant based meat brand, reports the closing of US$1.7m in seed round funding. The Singapore-based start-up is creating ‘pork’ from organic jackfruit and is set to launch its products imminently in Singapore in col... |
| 09.07.2020 | Singaporean startup Karana raises $1.7 million for meat substitutes made from jackfruit | Singaporeans have a growing appetite for plant-based meat substitutes. In fact, demand for products from companies like Beyond Meat, Impossible Foods and Quorn have grown during the pandemic, partly because consumers are making more health-... |
| 09.07.2020 | Karana gets $1.7m seed funding for its ‘whole plant-based’ meat alternative made from jackfruit | Meat substitute maker Karana has just raised $1.7 million in seed funding for its jackfruit-derived ‘pork’ analog.
Participating investors included Henry Soesanto — CEO of Philippines-based food company and Quorn owner Monde Nissin — Singap... |
| 09.07.2020 | Singapore Vegan Food Tech Karana Closes US$1.7M Seed Funding For Its Jackfruit Alt Meat | 1
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Singapore-based whole foods plant-based meat brand, Karana, has announced today (July 9) that it has closed US$1.7 million in a seed funding round. Using regionally abundant organic young jackfruit, the startup creates... |
| 16.06.2020 | Singapore’s Karana is Poised to “Take a Share of the Market From the Meat Sector” With Jackfruit-Based Pork Products | Karana, a whole plant-based meat company based in Singapore, is weeks away from launching its whole plant pork alternative made from the popular Asian ingredient jackfruit. The company states that with its launch, “Karana is re-imagining As... |
| 16.06.2020 | Singapore’s Karana is Poised to “Take a Share of the Market From the Meat Sector” With Jackfruit-Based Pork Products | ©Karana
Karana, a whole plant-based meat company based in Singapore, is weeks away from launching its whole plant pork alternative made from the popular Asian ingredient jackfruit. The company states that with its launch, “Karana is re-imag... |
| 14.04.2020 | Asia Pacific Plant-Based Industry: How Startups & Investors Are Coping With Coronavirus | 14 1
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The Covid-19 pandemic has no doubt left businesses across all industries and markets reeling. Customers are at an all-time low, supply chains are fragile and vulnerable to external shocks from travel restrictions,... |
| 18.12.2019 | What the fork? I tasted the menu of the future in Singapore | Agri-food tech events all too often fall victim to an extremely irritating shortcoming — the food served is bland and unimaginative. This irritating irony is especially disenchanting when these events take place in large hotel chains like t... |
| 04.12.2019 | Tech can halt African Swine Fever in Asia | Millions of pigs across Asia are being culled, burned and buried. Is this a tragic but frustratingly inevitable consequence of the latest lethal outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) — or is there more that can be done?
At AFN, we believe t... |
| 28.11.2019 | What the fork? Karana wishes “Happy Jacksgiving” with alt turkey | This Wednesday, a turkey called “Butter” was promptly escorted to the White House. The turkey, whose ancestors were first domesticated in ancient Mexico, duly received a presidential pardon from Donald Trump, the latest pardon in an annual ... |
| 21.10.2019 | Singapore Startup Karana On A Mission To Popularize Jackfruit As Healthy Meat Alternative | 92 1
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Singapore-based startup Karana is using regionally abundant young jackfruit to create a sustainable and less processed plant-based meat alternative tailored for iconic Asian dishes. Currently served up in a number... |
| - | Creating pork from jackfruit: How this whole-plant start-up is taking on Asia’s multibillion-dollar meat industry | Appetite for alternative meat is growing across the globe.
As the nutritional and environmental impacts of meat consumption become better known, producers and consumers are looking to different sources to address the continued demand for pr... |
