Functional ingredients

Food manufacturers are under pressure to improve the nutritional profile and
sustainability of products without sacrificing consumer experience. These startups enable healthier formulations, cleaner labels and reduced dependence on resource-intensive ingredients while supporting innovation across the food industry.

Functional ingredients
Startups

Hadar Ekhoiz Razmovich

MEALA FOODTECH

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One ingredient. Zero compromise.

Meala Foodtech develops clean-label texturizing plant proteins that replace eggs and traditional texturizers with a single ingredient. Our proprietary technology delivers superior binding, emulsification, foaming, gelling, and water retention, helping food manufacturers simplify formulations while improving texture, stability, and processing performance. Meala enables more sustainable, cost-effective food innovation across bakery, savory, sauces, dressings, and other food applications.

Thomas Cresswell

MELT&MARBLE

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Designer fats via precision fermentation

Melt&Marble is pioneering precision-fermented fats with enhanced functionality, flavour and health profiles. Its yeast-based platform creates designer, high-performance lipids with healthier fatty acid profiles, while delivering the desired texture, melt, mouthfeel and indulgent sensory experience consumers expect. Melt&Marble enables brands to create next-generation food and personal care products without compromise.

Jyrki Lee-Korhonen

PERFAT TECHNOLOGIES OY

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Perfect fats for better foods

Perfat Technologies develops and produces innovative lipid-based products and solutions for the food and nutraceutical industries.

Tal Govrin

KOKOMODO LTD.

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Cultivating Cocoa's Future

Kokomodo produces real cacao through cellular agriculture, grown from selected non-GMO cell lines in clean, controlled environments. Rich in bioactives that support antioxidant activity and energy, Kokomodo cacao delivers consistent, sustainable, and safe functionality for food, beverage, and supplement applications—without the need for land, pesticides, or volatile supply chains. By merging indulgence, innovation, and integrity, Kokomodo redefines what cacao can be: delicious, sustainable, and available anywhere, year-round.