FoodTech Startups

UOBO produces a plant-based egg substitute designed to replace eggs in recipes. The product is marketed as Europe's first plant-based scrambled egg alternative.

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Upcycled Food Association (UFA) is a global membership-based trade association that supports companies, nonprofits, academics, and individuals across the food supply chain working to prevent food waste by growing the upcycled food economy. It offers tiered memberships and runs awareness initiatives such as Upcycled Food Month.

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Upcycled Foods, Inc. (UP, Inc.) supplies upcycled food ingredients—led by its ReGrained SuperGrain+® platform derived from brewers' spent grain—and offers innovation services that help food and agriculture companies turn byproducts and waste streams into new products. It serves CPG brands, ingredient suppliers, agricultural processors, retailers, foodservice operators, and trade associations.

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UPDATE is a beverage brand offering a caffeine-derived energy drink formulated without sugar, calories, artificial flavors, or artificial colors. It markets steady energy without the jitters, crashes, or sleep disruption associated with conventional caffeine.

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Upendo Agri produces raw organic honey sourced from traditional beekeepers in the forests and game reserves of western Tanzania, with certification to EU and USDA NOP standards and traceability to the individual beekeeper. The company markets its honey internationally while raising beekeeper incomes, supporting forest conservation, and prioritizing employment for women in the Kigoma region.

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UpGrain transforms brewery byproducts into protein and fiber-rich ingredients for food manufacturers. The company uses upcycling technology to convert barley from beer production into sustainable ingredients with low environmental impact.

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Upper Crust is a food service provider that manages dining programs and provides chefs, custom menus, and mobile ordering apps for Greek houses, K-12 schools, summer camps, and small to mid-size colleges. It positions itself as the leading food service partner for Greek life and camps in the US, offering scratch cooking, nutrition compliance, and dedicated account management.

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Uproot Food is an Edmonton, Canada-based food company that operates brands including South Island Pie Co., which makes handmade New Zealand-style pies, and Honest Dumplings, which produces frozen dumplings and comfort foods. The company sells prepared and frozen foods to consumers across Canada.

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Up To Good produces a sparkling beverage made from coffee fruit, a byproduct of coffee production, positioning it as a natural energy source with clean ingredients. The company targets consumers seeking functional beverages without artificial additives.

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HF Brands & Markets operates Vanderbilt Market, a Manhattan food hall near Grand Central Terminal featuring 15+ chef-driven eateries, along with catering, private event hosting, and online ordering. It serves diners and corporate or private event clients in New York City.

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Cari is a B2B payments platform for the food and restaurant industry, letting restaurant operators and suppliers pay invoices, track cost of goods, and earn rewards and vendor discounts. It offers a payments dashboard, business cards, flexible payment terms, and ERP-style tools to manage vendor billing and supplier relationships.

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Usual Wines produces premium wines made from 100% premium grapes with no added sugar, offered in single-serve portions. Its wines, including rosé, pinot noir, and sauvignon blanc, are sourced from vineyards in California and sustainably farmed and bottled.

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Utz makes snack foods such as chips, offering a range of flavors under the Utz family of brands. The company sells consumer snack products, including a Lemonade Chips line tied to a partnership supporting childhood cancer research.

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Uvesco is a Spanish supermarket retail group that operates the BM Supermercados chain of grocery stores. It focuses on food retail and highlights initiatives around animal welfare and sustainability practices.

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Uzhavar Bumi provides farm-fresh cow milk with home delivery in Chennai, India. It offers pure cow milk delivered directly from farm to home.

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V&Me cooks fresh chef-prepared, dietitian-guided meals for children from weaning foods through school meals, made daily in its own Battersea kitchen and delivered the same day. It offers a direct-to-consumer children's food service in London, using seasonal local ingredients rather than frozen or batch-produced meals.

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Väcka offers plant-based dairy alternatives and runs the "Väcka Journey", a program guiding consumers through a transition to a dairy-free diet, aimed at people who eat plant-based products, are lactose intolerant, or want to improve their digestion.

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VADE Nutrition sells single-serve dissolvable protein and nutrition packs, including whey isolate protein, plant-based meal replacements, and collagen with MCT, designed for portable on-the-go mixing into shakes. The products are sold directly to consumers online.

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Vagabond operates wine bars offering 100+ wines by the glass through self-pour machines, alongside seasonal small plates, cheese, and charcuterie. It also runs an urban winery that makes wine on-site and provides a mobile app for tracking wines and earning rewards.

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Italian producer of pure lemon juice made from Sicilian citrus, sold in bottles without preservatives. Founded in 1976, the company positions itself as a leading Italian lemon juice producer selling under the Giancarlo Polenghi brand.

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Valency International operates cashew processing facilities, including a large-scale plant in Ivory Coast that processes 45,000 metric tons of raw cashews annually, and plans a bioproducts plant to convert agricultural waste into biochar and biofuels. The company processes agricultural commodities locally in Côte d'Ivoire to produce finished products for export.

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Valorize Bioscience uses a patented process to modify the color, taste, aroma, and texture of insect proteins while preserving their nutritional content, addressing sensory limitations that have restricted their use. The company aims to broaden the range of consumable product applications for insect-based proteins.

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Van Dyck produces ready-made pancakes, crepes and blinis using traditional Belgian recipes and European baking technology, sold under the brand Marcel's Pancakes. It supplies supermarkets and food service businesses.

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Van Geloven produces and supplies a range of frozen and prepared snacks in the Netherlands, operating twelve snack brands each with its own product assortment and identity. It serves food-service and retail businesses as a snack manufacturer and specialist.

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