FoodTech Startups

Jack & Annie's makes plant-based meat alternatives from whole jackfruit, offering products that mimic the texture of chicken, beef, and pork. The company sells its jackfruit-based foods through grocery retailers to consumers seeking plant-based options.

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Jackson McCrea is a whiskey brand founded by Sheila Jackson that blends Tennessee whiskey heritage with California refinement. The brand honors the historical contributions of women in whiskey production and distilling.

1 investor

Jacob makes a snack or nutrition bar using ingredients such as grass-fed beef tallow, organic berries, organic honey, and grass-fed protein, positioned as a clean, nutrient-rich food product. It targets consumers seeking whole-food-based energy and recovery nutrition.

1 investor

Jago operates mobile coffee carts staffed by trained baristas ("Jagoans") who bring freshly brewed 100% Indonesian Arabica coffee to customers' chosen locations, with orders placed and paid through the Jago App. It sells affordable beverages starting at IDR 8K in Indonesia, with no delivery fee and 15-minute service.

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Jahez Group operates a portfolio of services centered on delivery and logistics, connecting partners, customers, and employees across its offerings. The company emphasizes on-time product delivery and payments to its partners.

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Jalapa Jar makes fresh, small-batch salsa using fire-roasted jalapeños, red peppers, and Roma tomatoes preserved with real lime juice. The company sells its salsa direct to consumers and offers salsa-making classes at its Brooklyn Navy Yard location.

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Jalebi is a cloud-based operating system for food and beverage businesses that optimizes inventory management using AI to reduce food costs, waste, and working capital losses. The platform serves restaurant operators of all sizes with real-time insights, inventory tracking, and operational tools accessible from any device.

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Java Foods is a Zambian food manufacturer that makes affordable packaged food products, including eeZee Instant Noodles and eeZee Supa Cereal, for families across Southern Africa. It sources ingredients from local farmers and produces its fortified, internationally certified products at its factory in Lusaka.

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Java House is a coffee house chain that serves coffee, food, and flavored beverages, and runs a customer loyalty program offering rewards, e-punch cards, and promotional deals. It operates in the African market.

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Javvy makes coffee products including coffee concentrates, protein coffee blends, protein creamers, and naturally flavored coffee syrups for at-home iced and hot coffee. It sells direct-to-consumer to coffee drinkers seeking convenient, low-sugar, better-for-you coffee options.

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JECA makes gluten-free nutrition and snack bars formulated with healthy fats, fiber, protein, and antioxidants, free of refined sugar, soy, dairy, and oils. The bars feature globally inspired flavor combinations and are sold directly to consumers, including a discovery 6-pack.

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JetBov offers a management platform for beef cattle ranchers to record and analyze data across the breeding, growing, and fattening stages, covering field handling, corral operations, office/financial entries, and strategic reporting. It serves cattle producers, investors, and multi-farm corporate operations, primarily in Brazil.

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Jibu is a for-profit social enterprise that finances, equips, and trains entrepreneurs in emerging markets to run franchises producing safe drinking water through multi-step filtration, along with other essential products such as LPG and fortified porridge. Its franchisees purify local water sources and distribute within walking distance in high-density urban and peri-urban communities.

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Jin Din Rou operates Din Ding Rou (京鼎樓) restaurants specializing in xiaolongbao (soup dumplings) and other dim sum, running the Japanese branches of the Taiwanese restaurant brand. It manages 32 domestic locations (including franchises) in Japan plus 6 overseas outlets, including the original Taipei store.

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Jitto supplies produce to restaurants and food businesses, using data-backed systems to help chefs and owners lower their food costs. It offers price transparency, customized ordering services, and market insights to its customers.

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Jiwa Group operates Janji Jiwa, a coffee brand that organizes barista competitions and events to develop barista skills and promote coffee culture. The company serves coffee professionals and enthusiasts through its branded outlets and competitive platforms.

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Joomidang (주미당) is a sensory intelligence AI company applying AI to taste and smell, using a proprietary dataset of over 30,000 entries and its Sensory Foundation AI to support partner companies' R&D and turn imagined flavors and aromas into products. It works with brands ranging from small liqueur makers to global companies, and has run consumer programs around traditional Korean liquor and dessert pairing.

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Jooules produces protein ingredients for aquaculture feed by capturing CO2 emissions and using gaseous fermentation with microbes, offering an alternative to wild-catch fish-meal. It targets the aquaculture and agri-food sector with a sustainable, high-performance protein source.

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Jopen is a Dutch craft brewery based in Haarlem that brews a range of beer styles including IPA, Pale Ale, blond, witbier, stout, saison, sour, lager, barrel-aged and low/no-alcohol beers, some gluten-free. It sells its beers through an online shop.

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Joyfull Bakery makes all-natural snack products, including Parmesan crisps, seeded Parmesan flats, and thin crisps, made from 100% aged Parmesan without preservatives or fillers. The products are sold in the deli/specialty cheese section of grocery stores for everyday snacking, salads, soups, and charcuterie.

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Joytech (JTFresh) is an Ethiopian agricultural producer operating two farms near Addis Ababa, with business lines in plant propagation, fresh herbs and niche vegetables, cut flowers, and prepacking distribution and trading. It supplies plants, fresh herbs, and flowers to growers, importers, packers, wholesalers, and caterers locally and internationally, managing its own supply chain for traceability.

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Joywell Foods (Oobli) produces sweet proteins found in rare fruits and berries that taste like sugar but digest like protein, and can replace up to 90% of sugar in products such as beverages and baked goods. It supplies these ingredients to food companies as an alternative sweetener.

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Jua Technology makes the Dehytray, a solar-powered food dehydrator for drying fruits, vegetables, and meats without preservatives or added sugars. The company sells to households and smallholder farmers, with a program (Dehytech East Africa) supporting food drying needs for farms in Kenya.

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Juice Press sells organic smoothies, protein bowls, soups, and grocery products, including ready-to-blend DIY smoothie and bowl kits available by subscription. It operates retail stores and delivery in New York City with nationwide frozen shipping, serving direct-to-consumer health-food shoppers.

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