FoodTech Startups

Tropicana produces 100% pure-squeezed orange juice. The brand markets its juice to consumers seeking natural beverages.

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Tru sells organic sparkling beverages in variety packs, offering an energy option with caffeine and a calm option with magnesium glycinate, each made with seven simple ingredients and no added sugar or artificial additives. The drinks are sold directly to consumers in multi-flavor bundles.

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True Citrus Ingredients makes crystallized citrus and fruit powders using proprietary formulating and drying technologies, intended as dry fruit ingredient systems for hot and cold food and beverage applications. It supplies these ingredients to food and beverage producers.

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True Essence Foods develops proprietary mechanical technologies that enhance the flavor of fermented beverages and products such as spirits, wine, coffee, and chocolate, and dry fresh fruits, vegetables, juices, and herbs without heat or high pressure to preserve flavor, aroma, and nutrition. The company targets the food and beverage industry, including distillers and chocolate makers, with a focus on reducing fresh food waste.

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True Co. makes plastic-free, vegan-certified chewing gum using chicle (a natural tree sap), with sugar-free options sweetened by plant-based xylitol and 100% natural flavours. The company sells its sustainable consumer products through more than 20,000 retail stores worldwide.

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Truffle Systems provides self-service ordering technology that lets guests place and pick up their own orders, reducing the need for cashier staff. It serves hospitality and leisure venues such as amusement/adventure parks and their food service operations.

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TruRoots Company is a consumer packaged goods maker that develops and produces food and beverage products, operating a portfolio of consumer brands. It positions its offerings around quality ingredients from farm to pantry.

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Trustwell provides software for the food industry, including Genesis Foods for recipe analysis, nutrition labeling, and regulatory compliance, and FoodLogiQ for supply chain traceability, recall readiness, quality management, and supplier compliance. It also offers AskReg, an AI regulatory assistant, serving food, food safety, and supplement manufacturing businesses.

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TSUKURU is a hands-on consulting firm that helps launch SDGs-related new businesses, working with manufacturers, retailers, universities, and listed companies on projects such as circular economy models, community value creation, and fan marketing. It also runs corporate innovation training programs and develops beverages, with a stated focus on the Japanese market.

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Tun Yat provides on-demand farm mechanization services in Myanmar, operating a fleet of standardized tractors and harvesters to help smallholder farmers improve productivity. The company also develops value-added food products from local crops and provides market linkage services to connect farmers with buyers.

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Twigly is a food delivery service that offers a regularly changing menu of dishes, currently serving customers in Gurgaon, India.

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Ultrapão produces frozen and pre-baked bakery products, including traditional, sweet and specialty breads, cakes, biscuits and other baked goods. It supplies these products to bakeries, offering a standardized production line for shops operating under the Ultrapão bakery model.

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Ulu Foods makes breadfruit-based snack foods such as crackers, tortilla chips, tortillas, and jerky alternatives, produced in an allergen-free, grain-free facility with plant-based ingredients. The company donates a percentage of profits to breadfruit tree planting in communities in need.

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UMe Tea is a bubble tea chain that sells handcrafted fruit and fresh milk tea drinks, along with snacks, through its stores. Founded in California in 2019, it operates 32 locations across 3 states and offers franchising with support for site selection, training, and supply chain.

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Underground Cellar is an online wine retailer offering daily curated wine deals from wineries across Napa Valley, France, and beyond, with surprise upgrades to higher-value bottles included with each purchase. The company operates from Sonoma and is backed by 20+ years of wine industry expertise from Wine Country Connect.

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Unfurl operates a shared kitchen facility that allows customers to place a single order across multiple restaurant concepts simultaneously, delivering varied cuisines to households in one trip.

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UniFAHS develops bacteriophage-based products and services to control bacterial contamination and antimicrobial resistance across the food supply chain, serving the poultry, dairy, aquaculture, feed, and food processing sectors. It maintains a phage collection targeting pathogens such as Salmonella, E. coli, Listeria, and Vibrio, and offers a customized phage platform including phage banking, contract research and manufacturing, lab services, and phage-based detection tests.

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Unifrutti Group produces, sources, and distributes a wide range of fresh fruit year-round, including premium citrus, operating farms and a global supply platform. The company emphasizes sustainability across its agricultural operations.

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Universal Pure provides high pressure processing (HPP) along with cold storage, kitting, packaging, labeling, and distribution services for food and beverage manufacturers, retailers, and food service companies. It operates a network of HPP facilities across North America serving categories including proteins, beverages, dips and spreads, dairy, and pet food.

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UNLIMEAT offers plant-based food products, including Korean-inspired desserts such as an Oat Cream Bun, sold direct to consumers online. The brand draws on Seoul food trends and ships its plant-based lineup to customers.

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unPLUG helps restaurant brands grow first-party revenue by unifying their POS, ordering, loyalty, and CRM systems and building web and mobile ordering experiences designed to convert and retain guests. It focuses on improving the full guest journey from discovery to repeat purchase for restaurant and cafe brands.

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Unreal Foods partners with global restaurant brands to bring and scale them across India, offering end-to-end support from market strategy and setup to launch and operations. It develops replicable playbooks to help brands expand across multiple locations in the Indian market.

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Unrooted makes baobab-fruit based functional drinks marketed for gut health, immune support, and steady energy. The consumer beverage brand sells flavored drinks and shots direct to consumers, emphasizing natural ingredients and sustainable packaging.

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Untamed makes human-grade cat food using real, hand-shredded meats, sold direct to pet owners via a subscription/trial box with delivery. The company operates in the UK and is a certified B Corp.

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