FoodTech Startups

Nasaru Naturals produces spirulina harvested at its natural source in Lake Natron within Kenya's Rift Valley, using a five-step process powered by sun and soda. The company works with the local Maasai community and emphasizes flamingo protection and local job creation.

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Natara is an independent global manufacturer of speciality aroma chemicals and natural extracts, supplying over 1,000 products to the flavour and fragrance industry. The company operates manufacturing across Europe, Asia and America and serves customers with natural extracts and complex aroma chemicals.

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Natoora sources fruit and vegetables by working directly with growers, emphasizing seasonal produce, heritage varieties, and traceable origins. It supplies chefs and consumers seeking flavor, nutrition, and sustainable farming practices, operating in the food supply and distribution sector.

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Natural Trace develops a food-grade, DNA-based tagging system (NaturalTag) with a detection kit (NaturalDetect) and a digital platform (NaturalCloud) to authenticate food products and trace them through the supply chain. It serves food producers and ingredient owners seeking in-product traceability, provenance verification, and regulatory compliance.

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Naughty Nuts is a German brand that produces organic nut butters, spreads, and related snacks such as granola, waffle bars, and fruit cookies made from natural ingredients. It sells these products directly to consumers through its online shop.

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National Checking Company (NCCO) manufactures foodservice consumables and tech-enabled labeling products, including guest checks, register rolls, food rotation labels, and the DateCodeGenie automated labeling system, along with food safety training courses. Its products serve restaurants, hospitality, convenience stores, healthcare facilities, education, and contract foodservice operations, distributed nationwide in the US.

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Nea is a consumer app that builds a community and generates daily offers based on where, when, and with whom users eat, rewarding them for consistent visits to restaurants and cafes they frequent. It connects diners with rewards at the places they already visit.

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NectarGo is a platform that helps retailers and supermarkets source and sell local farm products directly, automating supplier contracts, compliance, product listing on drive services, and store merchandising using data and AI. It connects grocery stores and food retailers with a network of local agricultural producers in France.

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Nedmag produces magnesium and calcium salts — including magnesium chloride, calcium chloride, magnesium hydroxide and high-purity magnesium oxide — for applications in agriculture, food, environment, energy drilling fluids, health and wellness, industry, road safety and refractory materials. It also markets Novasal, a salt substitute product for sodium reduction.

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Neobiomics develops dietary supplement products, including ProPrems and NeoMega36, aimed at supporting the health and development of preterm infants, such as normal vision function. The company works at the intersection of academia and entrepreneurship in the nutritional supplement space.

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NE Tech uses patented extraction technology developed at the University of Canterbury to produce high-purity active ingredients for the dietary supplement industry. Its room-temperature process aims to lower cost and waste while improving taste of the extracts.

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Independent brewery and distillery operating since 1986, producing beers and spirits including bottled and canned products. Based in Suffolk, England, it also runs a taproom and offers brewery tours and memberships.

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Neva Marine develops patent-pending surface lighting systems for aquaculture, offering automated sun-simulation and diagnostic tools for feeding and biological control in fish farming pens. The products are aimed at fish farmers to improve working conditions, fish welfare, and feed efficiency while reducing environmental impact.

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New Age Eats makes a mostly plant-based pork sausage designed to replicate the taste and sensory qualities of conventional pork, marketed as a lower-impact alternative to animal products. It operates in the alternative protein and food technology category.

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We Are The New Farmers grows and sells fresh, flash-frozen whole spirulina in single-serve pods intended to be blended into smoothies or drinks, sold direct to consumers via subscription. The company grows, freezes, and ships its own spirulina, with each batch third-party lab-tested for contaminants.

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NewMoo produces dairy proteins grown inside plants using molecular science, offering animal-free alternatives to traditional milk proteins for food brands. The product is designed to reduce land use, water consumption, and greenhouse gas emissions compared to conventional dairy.

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Newtec designs and manufactures weighing, packaging, and sorting machinery, including automatic container filling systems, engineered in Denmark. Its equipment focuses on weighing accuracy to reduce product giveaway for food and produce packers.

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Nexira is a global supplier of natural ingredients, plant-based extracts, and botanical powders for the food, health, and nutrition industries. The company specializes in acacia gum, natural fibers, antioxidants, and texturizing ingredients sourced sustainably from natural origins.

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Next In Natural is a boutique hybrid holding company and venture studio that invests capital and operational expertise in early-stage organic and natural food and beverage brands, helping them scale into category leaders. It works with better-for-you CPG entrepreneurs across offices in the USA, Spain, Brazil, Israel, and the Philippines.

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GoodBelly is a probiotic beverage company that develops gut health drinks. The company sells its products through online channels and retail partnerships.

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Next Gen Foods makes plant-based food products under the TiNDLE Foods brand, starting with TiNDLE Chicken sold to chefs and home cooks. The company aims to expand its plant-based range to include products such as pork, milks, and ice creams.

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nextProtein breeds Black Soldier Fly larvae on unconsumed food to produce insect-based protein, oil and fertilizer used as ingredients in animal feed for aquaculture, poultry, pork and pet food. The company operates in sustainable agriculture and foodtech, with a Paris office and a production site in Tunisia.

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Nordic Foodtech VC is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in deep tech companies working on the food system, from alternative proteins and precision fermentation to farming data and food-related materials. It focuses on companies based in northern Europe, especially the Nordics and Baltics.

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Niacet produces specialty chemicals and functional ingredients used across food protection and preservation, emulsifiers, animal feed, and pharmaceutical applications. Its portfolio includes products such as anhydrous hydrogen chloride, monochloroacetic acid, anionic surfactant, and sodium phenoxy acetate, and the company has been integrated into Kerry.

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