FoodTech Startups

Spoonfed provides catering management software with online ordering and back-office tools for independent caterers, food service operators, and multi-location workplace catering businesses. Founded in Scotland, it serves customers across the UK, USA, Australia, and Ireland, and is now part of 365 Retail Markets.

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Spoontainable produces edible and sustainable single-use tableware such as spoons, straws, plates, cups, and bowls as alternatives to plastic and PLA products, marketed to food-service businesses like ice cream parlors and restaurants. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Stroodles Limited.

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Spot & Tango makes fresh, human-grade dog food, including its FreshDry "UnKibble" product, using whole-food ingredients formulated by veterinary nutritionists to AAFCO standards. The company sells personalized subscription meal plans, snacks, and supplements delivered directly to dog owners, and manufactures its products at its own facility in Allentown, Pennsylvania.</parameter> <parameter name="founders">[{"full_name": "Russell", "title": "Founder"}]

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Spray-Tek provides contract spray drying and microencapsulation services for complex ingredients and formulations, helping customers scale and stabilize high-performance products. The company operates GMP facilities with spray dryers and holds patents in microencapsulation, including biodegradable technologies, and also offers turnkey supply chain and production support.

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Spring Broth makes hand-crafted bone broth and bone broth soups produced in micro-batches. It sells direct to consumers and delivers across UK mainland locations.

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Spring Café is a café serving food with a focus on locally sourced ingredients, low-waste practices, and a health-oriented dining environment.

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Springboard is a Nigerian social enterprise organizing a cooperative of smallholder farmers who grow cocoa, plantain, and edible crickets, and operates factories that process this produce into finished goods including TIWA-branded chocolate, plantain/banana chips, and protein-fortified bread. It serves small-scale farmers in Nigeria through its Disempowered to Empowered (D2E) model, providing agribusiness support and access to markets.

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Sprinly is a meal delivery service offering fully vegan, plant-based dishes prepared by chefs and delivered fresh weekly, with no cooking required. It targets consumers seeking healthy, gluten-free meals without refined sugar or artificial preservatives.

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Sprout Investment operates restaurants specializing in local fish, junmai sake, live squid, and grilled skewers, and runs a wholesale business for live and fresh fish. The company sources seafood from fishing cooperatives and markets across Chiba, Kanagawa, and Hokkaido.

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SprouTx develops plant-based food ingredients using its proprietary Ochiai Sprouting Method (O-SM) germination technology, breaking down plant proteins at the molecular level to create egg, milk, and meat/fish alternatives. It also offers process-design engineering services for food production and licenses its germination technology internationally.

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SPUD is an online grocery service that delivers fresh produce, dairy, meat, pantry staples, supplements, and household goods to homes, with a focus on local and natural products. It serves customers in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada, offering free delivery on qualifying orders and a subscribe-and-save option.

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Johnny O's Spudnuts makes and sells "spudnuts" — potato-based doughnuts hand mixed, cut, and fried daily — in about 30 shapes and flavors. It offers online ordering, catering, and special orders for events such as weddings and parties.

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Squizify offers a food safety management platform that digitises HACCP checks, hygiene routines, and compliance logging, using IoT sensors and Bluetooth-connected devices for automated temperature monitoring and real-time reporting. It serves food businesses including hospitality venues, restaurant chains, convenience retail, aged care and hospitals, food distributors, manufacturers, childcare, and cruiseliners.

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SRVE is a platform that connects users with vetted professional chefs for personalized in-home dining experiences. The service handles meal preparation to free up time for customers.

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St Pierre Groupe is a bakery company that produces brioche and baked goods under the St Pierre and Baker Street brands, sold through retail, wholesale, hospitality, and online channels. Its products are distributed across the UK, USA, Europe, and the Middle East.

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STACK operates social leisure venues centred on street food, drink, music, and entertainment, renting units to street food traders and offering out-of-home advertising space to brands. It also sells gift cards for use at its sites.

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STADTSALAT sells salads, bowls, sides, desserts, and drinks for delivery, including a build-your-own bowl option. The company operates in Germany and holds an organic (Bio) certification.

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Standard Soil practices regenerative agriculture, using soil health as the basis for raising grass-fed beef and producing food while restoring land. Its approach ties livestock and soil management together so each supports the other.

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Standing Ovation is a French protein company that uses precision fermentation to produce non-animal proteins such as casein (its patented Advanced Casein) and Tertia Protein, a single-cell protein for animal nutrition. Its products serve food and industrial manufacturers seeking dairy alternatives and lower-impact ingredients for applications ranging from cheese, yogurt and ice cream to vegan products.

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Starbird is a fast-casual restaurant chain offering chicken dishes, salads, and wraps, available for dine-in, takeout, and delivery. Guests can order through the company's mobile app or third-party ordering platforms.

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Starling (formerly BLSH Delivery) is a specialty food delivery service that handles perishable, fragile, and temperature-controlled goods for bakers and artisan food makers, serving both B2B and B2C customers. It operates in Toronto and Southern Ontario, offering scheduled deliveries with professional drivers.

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Sterilex develops antimicrobial sanitation chemicals for biofilm removal and microbial control, serving industries such as food processing, animal health, life sciences, and water treatment. Its offerings include drain sanitation, biofilm-removal chemistries, and hygiene verification products aimed at improving food safety, biosecurity, and regulatory compliance.

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STG organizes refrigerated transport solutions and manages just-in-time logistics for food products across France. The company operates a modern fleet serving customers nationwide with coverage across most of French territory.

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Stir Foods is a contract food manufacturer that develops and produces custom sauces, dressings, marinades, dips, and simmering sauces for foodservice, retail/deli, and industrial meal assemblers. It offers collaborative recipe development, custom packaging, and scalable production for grocery retailers and meal producers in the US and Canada.

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