A thriving community pioneering the future of food

KOASTAL

A 60% decrease in employment in the Swedish fishing industry has been identified from 2008 to 2018. Next to this, food production must double by 2050 to meet the demand. This two-folded need can be addressed by the production of seaweed has been proven to be sustainable in all three aspects of the world (economical, ecological and social). However, the current entry barriers are high with a lack of technical knowledge, the complex permit and administrative processes and the site selection.

We believe there is an urgent need for a shift in sea and ocean use. We must reconsider our approach to the sea and start exploiting its resources in a sustainable manner. Hence, we believe that sea farming of seaweed, is the solution to many environmental challenges. Therefore, we want to make sea farming of seaweed accessible to everyone. We want to lower barriers to enter the promising industry of cultivating seaweed, which provides a sustainable solution to many challenges.

InnovaChildfood

To promote healthy habits in adulthood we offer nutritious and tasty food to babies. With our patented, science based, and sustainable concept, both parents and babies will learn to appreciate the colors, texture, aroma and taste of a wide variety of food. Our baby food concept offers flexibility and a range of nutritionally balanced meals can be composed from the individual food components. 

AppFood Technology

We are helping conscious parents provide their babies with food, manufactured as you would have done it at home.

EVE Rebellion

EVE rebellion was started because their founders Mikaela & Emelie found cocoa juice and in 2020 began to work with this residual product with the idea of creating a really good alcohol-free drink – which tastes good, contributes to sustainability and creates a festive atmosphere.

Cocoa juice, which is a residual product, is thrown away in large quantities in the huge cocoa industry – as a product, it is sweet and healthy with tones of lychee and elder. In the summer of 2022, the first batch was launched – completely natural and without added sugar. The drink is produced in small-scale production in Trelleborg.

Trash to gold

Trash to gold is here to accomplish one thing: to replace today’s single-use to-go products with upcycled alternatives that are better for the user and better for the environment. We do this by collecting operational biowaste from service-sector businesses and turn it into unique and good-looking products that can be (re)used instead.

Imagine a reusable to-go cup for coffee made from coffee grounds, a reusable lunchbox for sushi made from leftover rice, or a cutlery set made from old popsicle sticks or leftover food. The possibilities are endless.

Scobybaby

The alcohol free beverage industry is saturated by big corporations that make artificial drinks full of sugar. We provide a sustainably made, artisanal and healthy drink as an alcohol free alternative.

Our vision is to make scobybaby kombucha an every day drink in Europe by creating innovative flavours to match any occasion.

YOGUT ME

YOGUT is the first automatic yogurt machine in the world which will enable you to make your own personalized yogurt at home, full of gut-friendly functional ingredients and free from preservatives or additives. 

Arvalla AB

Arvalla AB is part of the project Growing State Bazaars, where we participate with project management. One of our challenges is to grow mushrooms, dry them and then pack them. We want to make the packaging as attractive as possible for the end consumer, while at the same time having a long shelf life and providing all the necessary information.

Our vision is to find alternative ways out to the consumer to increase profitability in primary production. At the same time as we improve Sweden’s degree of self-sufficiency.

Berry Lab

Berry Lab’s R&D team focuses on the inherent healthy properties of wild Nordic berries. The goal is to develop berry-based natural food products and concepts with specific and proven positive health effects on human metabolism.

Glucanova

High fiber foods and whole grains provide well known healthy and preventive properties and can reduce risk factors for lifestyle related diseases. Frequently, those products are not tasty/attractive enough and thus failing to reach consumers. Glucanova develops tasty, nutritious, consumer-friendly and convenient high fiber liquid food concepts by careful selection of raw materials, in combination with unique proprietary bio-processing methods.

Our vision is to conduct world leading R&D of nutritious and high fiber liquid foods focusing in keeping, and ideally improving, the inherent healthy and preventive properties of the food raw material. Our innovative technological methods aid in the development of tasty and convenient consumer food concepts in a sustainable way. The health effects and/or preventive properties of our food concepts are evaluated in clinical trials, in collaboration with academic and clinical partners.

Mycorena

There is a huge gap between market potential and current market value of alternative protein. Manufacturers cannot bridge the gap utilizing available plant-based alternatives, due to poor product quality, limited efficiency & scalability, and an unacceptable climate footprint. We solve the problem of the alternative protein gap by providing food manufacturers with Promyc, a unique fungi-based protein source with massive benefits over ingredients in the status quo.

Our vision is to be the global leader in fungi-based food technologies, and the disruption of alternative protein is just a starting point. Our long-term ambition is to provide a comprehensive industrial solutions, ranging from functional ingredients to nutritional supplements & nutraceuticals, specialty compounds, biomaterials, biomass post-processing, and valorization of byproducts & sidestreams.

Casheury

Casheury are a small vegan creamery based in the south of Sweden with the dream of creating a valid alternative to cheese able to contribute positively to the change in the food habits and the food production that our planet urges us to make.

All our cheezes are free from dairy, lactose, gluten or soy and without any thickeners, gums or artificial preservatives.

tracezilla ApS

tracezilla is a modern, digital solution designed to manage core workflows in a food company. tracezilla handles purchase, production, sales, inventory, planning, logistics, finances and quality – all in a food context.

Our mission is to make it easy – also for smaller companies – to run a professional and modern food business.

tracezilla ensures traceability and automates documentation like organic mass balance, food taxes, critical control points and all sorts of certification schemes. This saves a lot of time and reduces the risk of errors.

tracezilla’s inventory management is based on lots and dates to ensure better planning and help reduce food waste!

We want to support a diverse and sustainable food sector by making smaller companies competitive. We do this by providing an alternative to custom made ERP solutions that demand risky engagements and high investments.

Comfoo

Comfoo simplifies your everyday life with complete nutritious meals – wherever and whenever you want. Comfoo is a healthy and easy alternative for you who want to be able to cook & eat quickly.

Lilla Kafferosteriet Produktioner

Growing mushrooms on coffee waste and sparkling soda with left overs from the coffee cherry.

Our vision is to create a holistic coffee roastery.

Scandinavian Algae

We want to develop new ways of producing food for our Nordic climate. A blue-green food revolution with fresh and locally produced ingredients from climate-smart cultivation of nutritious Spirulina.

By eating more algae, you can help us tackle the global challenges we face today with climate change, overexploitation of our natural resources and being able to produce enough food for a growing population.

Sustainable Food Waste SFW

Today, the food chain doesn’t know how the shelf life of frozen and chilled food is affected by changes in temperature. To be on the safe side in the event of a temperature deviation, the food is thrown away. The innovative SFW app can, with the help of a secured database, deliver clear and up-to-date information on how a product’s shelf life has been affected by a rise in temperature. Which benefits the various players in the food chain through ensure shelf life, reduced food waste and a reduced environmental impact.

In order to meet the need for food from the global population increase, more food must be produced in the next four decades than in the last 9,000 years! At the same time as global hunger is increasing, a third of all food produced is thrown away, a large part of that fraction arises due to temperature deviations. One problem is very often the uncertainty surrounding remaining shelf life. Sustainable Food Waste SFW is a FoodTech startup that wants to contribute to a responsible and sustainable handling of tempered food with a clear vision: No food waste caused by temperature deviations!

Stockeld Dreamery

Stockeld Dreamery was founded in 2019 by entrepreneur Sorosh Tavakoli and food scientist Anja Leissner in Stockholm, Sweden.

Stockeld’s vision is to create a cheese without cow’s dairy that is superior in taste and nutrition, constantly striving to use our planet’s resources wisely, accessible to all yet one of the top preferred cheeses by chefs and restaurants. Simply put, the world’s most ambitious cheese.

The company is backed by investors such as Astanor Ventures, Northzone, Inventure, Creandum, Eurazeo, Gullspång Re:food, and Norrsken VC.

LuFu

LuFu provides sustainable locally grown lupin products to help our customers make good, healthy and sustainable choices by providing locally produced alternatives to meat and soy products. We use locally grown lupin beans to reduce the dependency of imported soybeans, decrease carbon footprint and fulfill Sweden’s goal of becoming self-sufficient in food consumption. Our first products include Lupin Tofu and Lupin Bites, that are delicious and offer superior protein and other nutritional content.

Vision

We want LuFu to be a pioneering brand for delicious Lupin products across Sweden and Europe. We see LuFu as a major player in the future plant based food market. We want to inspire a community to join us on our mission in creating a more sustainable society and bring you the food of tomorrow.

Koepala Packaging

Koepala develop innovative packaging solutions for single portion foods. Our licensed technology helps packaging manufacturers make the shift to sustainable food packaging in an economic and efficient way.

Our team of food tech and business professionals are focused on designing innovative, sustainable and smarter packaging. We specialise in developing, testing, and licensing new food packaging solutions for the circular economy.

Our goal is to make food packaging more sustainable, while making eating out more convenient and fun than it already is.

TekInn AB

The company’s core technology is antibacterial surfaces. These are created via a metal complex which via the company’s polymer technology can be bonded to different types of surfaces.

Selcis BioPharma

Short Chain Fatty Acids (SCFA) are bacterial metabolites produced from fermentation products of dietary fibers and they are major mediators of differentiation, maturation, and activation of intestinal tissue and exerts potent effects on colonic mucosal functions through inhibition of inflammation.

An intestinal dysbiosis can be caused by antibiotics or poor diets, and can lead to decreased levels of SCFA´s in the gut. By improving the nutritional condition of the colon mucosa it may be possible to prevent or even alleviate some diseases. Of the biological active substances formed, the most important is butyric acid which stimulates mucosal cell proliferation, blood flow and oxygen uptake, resulting in a reduced gut permeability and influx of toxic/inflammatory substances to the circulation and may therefore decrease the risk for endotoxemia (low-grade inflammation) and associated diseases.

Selcis BioPharma is developing a technology where SCFA´s can be delivered to the colon and potentially prevent or restore gut homeostasis.

Forkcast

Forkcast helps restaurants leverage machine learning to improve their planning. Much like how the weather forecast is used to decide if the outdoor seating should be put out, the sales forecast provided by Forkcast allows restaurants to make accurate decisions for scheduling and inventory planning. The result is a more efficient restaurant – optimized staff utilization, improved employee satisfaction and reduced food waste lead to benefits in terms of profits and sustainability performance.

The tool is easy to use and requires no digital expertise – it’s really as simple as checking the weather. Today, even the small restaurant on the corner can make use of the benefits brought by artificial intelligence. Under the hood, the tool combines data from various sources and applies machine learning algorithms to generate forecasts with optimal accuracy.

Mossagården Eko

We want to accelerate the process of starting an organic hemp center at Mossagården in Veberöd and kick-start the large hemp factory for innovation and research; a future-proof, time-adapted and smart factory.

Our vision and mission is to work close to the university in collaborative environments and work for the advancement of hemp in harmony with Sweden’s organic farmers. Our ambition is for the organic hemp in Sweden to make the “big leap” and in this respect we want to take advantage of the capacity from the entire plant.

Our long-term ambition with Mossagården is to, with the help of healthy, nutritious quality products in the protein shift and also environmentally oriented services, climb the ”sustainability steps” and achieve the goal of serving people and connecting them to nature with the same keywords as the EU’s major investment: ”From farm to fork ”. We strive to protect and preserve our environment and the planet with our actions.

& our friends

Step into the world of the natural flavour magicians – where we enrich the world of snacks, treats & delicacies. We live by the faith that you can’t have too many friends! With all their beautiful personalities, friends enrich our lives, just as the abundant flavours we have in this wonderful world. And we love to invite all our friends, regardless of their choice of diet. Therefore, we decided all our products should be natural, and mainly from plants. & our friends as a brand, a belief, and a friend, will display these two defined personality attributes: One. We will only work with natural, organic, and primary focus on plant ingredients. Within our range, there are a few delicacies suitable for vegan friends, other for vegetarian friends, some for friends that exclude gluten or dairy, and almost all for any other friend. Why? Because the future should be honest, real, and heavily focused on what our plants can provide for a better world, oat to hemp and seaweed and beyond. You can say we like land, sea and..bees! Two. They will not contain any stuff that really shouldn’t be there. No artificial flavouring or unnatural preservatives. Neither suspiciously pumped-up ingredients nor phoney colourings. Why? We do not need to stuff our bodies with more things that are good for us – there are too many hidden ingredients that complicate things for us. And real friends do not complicate things in your life – right? So then, natural plant-based delicacies, snacks, and treats? Sounds pretty delicious! Yea, it is!

Delicacies should be for everyone – all over the world!

Vision

Delicacies should be for everyone – all over the world!. We envisage & our friends to be enjoyed anywhere globally, as having friends all over the world is the ever best!

Harvest of Ecuador

We select sustainable farmers who work in a social & environmental responsible manner. 
Sustainability is the reason we started our business and have a deep belief that is the path to making a real change in the world. We offer single origin coffee, chocolate & dried fruits from Ecuador. 

Our company’s highest values ​​are: 
Transparency, Sustainability & Social responsibility and to make sure we achieve this we can only work directly with the farmers who share the same values ​​as us. 
With us, you will have direct communication with the farmer & producer. Learn more about their practices, values, how they care for the environment and their people and become a part of this mission.

Innoscentia

In most parts of our world, we are using a highly inefficient system to determine food shelf life. Because of the inability to monitor products, producers are forced to assume worst-case scenarios when setting expiry dates, why about 30% of the shelf life is lost and locked up in the system. As the concern for food quality and food safety is growing around the world, the trend among end consumers is leaning towards more conservative interpretations of expiry dates, which emphasizes the need for a systematic shift in shelf-life determination.

Vision

Our vision is to become the category leader within dynamic shelf life indication technologies, and to help producers, retailers and end consumers to drastically reduce food waste around the world. Our vision is essentially to make it possible for all of us to consume the food we produce, and by doing so, to create a sustainable food system.

BioRaptor

AI enabled data platform for Biotechnology companies. Specifically, enabling companies using precision fermentation and cell culture to supercharge their R&D process speeding up the process from science to product.

Oddbird international

Oddbird produce quality wines, made with traditional methods and matured for up to 12 months, and then gently liberated from alcohol in order to preserve the flavors nature intended. But liberated from alcohol does not only describe the removal of the substance. It also describes the liberation from our drinking culture. Liberation from norms and the preconceived notion that alcohol is an integral part of celebratory occasions. Liberation is the ability to chose between with or without alcohol. Liberation is a desired outcome of democratization which is exactly what we intend to do with the dinner table.

Pettersson & Munthe

We offer creative and innovative products where raw materials, taste and quality are in focus. A product line of tea-based drinks that are suitable for food, mingling and festivities for not only the Swedish, but also the international market.

Helios Innovation

Helios Innovation help heavy industries becoming more self sustaining in their water consumption by cleaning saltwater with industrial waste heat. By using waste heat as an energy source they can drastically reduce the cost of desalination and also solve some of the negative aspects of conventional desalination by creating an eco-friendly brine.

Torsebrew Kombucha

Torsebrew kombucha is looking to change the way people drink alcohol-free with a tasty, powerful and healthy drink made from carefully selected ingredients

AgVital

Food is humanity’s biggest single challenge – the single biggest cause of ill health in the world, climate change but also the loss of biodiversity. 50% of the world’s population suffers from malnutrition. Obesity costs 2.8% of GDP while food accounts for 25% of CO2. The answer is HBB, Hjext Balanced Behavior, a scalable, digital behavioral system that creates conscious experiences and develops a globally demand-driven healthy and sustainable digital food system. Optimal well-being for the individual, the environment and society. Today’s ultra processed food chain is unsustainable.

Bärta

Bärta is a 100% naturally fermented Swedish organic pea. Bärta is easy to digest, full of plant-based protein and high in fiber. Good food today, for our tomorrow.

Our starting point when developing Bärta is to create a climate-smart food that will be enough to go around for all people on earth – today as well as in a millenium.

Greenleaf Medical

Greenleaf Medical AB is a Swedish research and development company, which develops and sells natural ingredients with well-documented health benefits on the global nutraceutical market. The safety and efficacy of the products is granted through research at leading international universities and research groups. The products are sold and marketed by leading distribution partners world-wide, both as functional foods/drinks and dietary supplements.

Our vision is to become a leading global supplier of premium nutraceutical products, thereby improving the life of millions of people worldwide.

Go Cirkulär

It is stimates that 1/3 of the food produced globally end up to waste. Many of the food that is wasted, such as fruit and vegetables, has still a lot of bio- compunds with benefitial properties for the skin. At Go Cirkulär, we would like to extend the life of ingredients that otherwise will be discarded to produce high quality sustainable skincare products that are good for the people’s health and the planet.

Vision

My vision for Go Cirkulär is to become the first Swedish Upcycled skincare brand with Stores and a presence all over the world. I see the brand selling all different personal care products that are inspired by a circular economy and more sustainable consumption models. I would love to open multi-spaces where people can shop, but also to do other activities, to learn and share with the community, of course, surrounded by good nordic aesthetics and design. I see Go Cirkulär as a movement and a way of living, perhaps of people like me, who care about their skin but feel we can make better choices every day to protect our planet.

Nothing F!SHY

An evolution in vegetarian food. Nothing F!SHY manufacture the market’s best frozen, vegan fish substitutes.

Rawstraw

Rawstraw produces 100% natural and environmental-friendly straws made of Swedish rye. Compostable, tasteless and durable– perfect for your drink and kind to the planet.

Hummusson

Hummusson is a green place (literally – it’s full of plants) and a sustainable business. We are Plastic-, cash-, and paper free and we use nothing but 100% recycled and recyclable materials.

We work with the famous chickpea that we make our hummus from, paired with beans and vegetables, and we take special diets and allergies very seriously. We care about animals’ welfare and wellbeing, and are proud to join local and global efforts contributing to a sustainable environment and life on planet Earth.

The Green Dairy Sweden

We are a Swedish food company dedicated to developing tasty and convenient plant-based food products since 1989.

Seatrients

Seatrients is a company unlocking the health secrets of the sea, starting our journey with the traditions of the Caribbean algae farming culture. The secret ingredient, sea moss algae, has been known throughout the islands as an immune booster, fertility enhancer, and a symbol of health and strength. These benefits have always been passed down from the elder generations, but modern research has shown that the range of benefits are far more immense. This resource is an excellent source of iron, zinc, omega-fatty acids, and B vitamins; nutrients that are commonly needed to enrich the diets of hundreds of millions of undernourished people today.

Alovivum

Alovivum is a company developing an innovative cultivation platform, based upon pioneering research and development.

The platform enables: smart usage of floor area and building space for indoor cultivation, free access to water and nutrients via hydroculture distribution,high-efficiency LED lighting with control and optimization of intensity, distribution and spectrum, efficient control and optimization of cultivation climate (temperature, humidity, CO2), using surplus heat and flexible air- and heat exchange, very high resource efficiency in the usage of water, nutrients, light, heat and electricity, fully automated control of cultivation from germination of seeds to harvest of crops, very high productivity in cultivation per m2 due to optimized growth rates and stackable levels of crop cultivation, premium quality crops with high nutrient content and enriched taste and smell, sustainability measures including pesticide-free cultivation, regeneration of water, nutrients and heat and usage of renewable energy, scalable cultivation with vertical or horizontal platforms in different indoor environments (urban or rural areas).

FarmUp

FarmUp connect food producers directly with end-customers. Today over 100 producers use our app to sell to consumers, grocery stores and restaurants. Today many producers are completely reliant on wholesalers (who dictate the terms). Using FarmUp we empower and allow them to dictate the terms of their business. For their customers we gather all producers in one place and make it easy and convenient to buy locally produced food.

Our ambition is to make locally produced food more accessible. Whether you eat at home or at a restaurant – there should be sustainable options. We want to lead a food revolution towards a more sustainable food system.

Watersprint

The United Nations is predicting a 40 % shortfall in freshwater resources by 2030, coupled with a rising world population.To contribute in handling this challenge, we at Watersprint provide a cost efficient UV LED purification system reducing up to 99,99 % of virus, bacteria, protozoa, cysts and other pathogens. We use cutting edge technology to change the game of water purification, undertaking continuous research to maximize inactivation of DNA/RNA. We do this by optimizing water flow, light reflection in reactor, geometry of reactor, LED control, flexible emission patterns, and wavelength. Our solution is flexible enough for any application, both as stand alone and as part of other manufacturers applications. The disinfection performance of our solutions is validated through a vast program of microbial tests in our lab and in cooperation with Lund University’s facilities, as well as independent validation by third party labs such as VA Syd, RISE and Synlab in Sweden and IWW in Germany. Trust us as your water experts in helping you find water purification solutions of superior and affordable quality!

Vision

To offer people around the world safe water, in a sustainable way.

Aloba Foods

Aloba is a plant based food concept that combines both taste and health with selected Nordic ingredients as a base, including algae, oats and barley.

Sustainable and healthy, Nordic ingredients from land and sea – and above all a dining experience beyond the ordinary.

Heja Havre

Heja havre simplifies the stressful everyday with a useful and tasty instant porridge. Perfect for the conscious on-the-go individual. Made on scanian oats. Just add water and we’ll fix the rest!

Problem: Havré is 22 years old, studies OATology at university and dances ballOAT in his spare time. In short, Havré has a lot of things to do and is constantly on-the-go. Havré is sitting on campus studying, he is tired and broke. He suddenly becomes very hungry, what should he do now?

He only has time for something fast, as he will soon have to take the bus to his ballOAT lesson. But at the university café only there are only sweets and cakes, which unfortunately are not vegan. Havré needs a snack that gives him long-lasting energy so he can study longer and go to his dance training. What is he going to do?

Hi Havré! We have got a solution for you! Unhealthy snacks should not limit anyone’s everyday life. We offer a snack that is both good, nutritious and filling. Above all, its fast and you can eat it on-the-go … It’s a vegan instant porridge!

Vision

Heja Havre will, at first, mainly be sold in Skåne (south of Sweden). This is because the company has Skåne as a starting point, but also because we care about the local aspect of our company. We think it is important that a locally produced product is also sold locally. This is to minimize transport and make it as sustainable as possible! Despite this, we at Heja Havre see an opportunity to achieve sales nationally and within Scandinavia in a sustainable way in the future.

Heja Havre’s ambition is to grow large on the oat market and thus Heja Havre is under development and working to scale up production. After carrying out a hand-scaled production, we have learned an incredible amount. Now it’s time for us to become more large-scale, so that we can offer our customers larger volumes and more mushy snacks! We are looking for a contract manufacturer that meets Heja Havre’s requirements as well as our customers’ requirements for durability, packaging, ingredients etc. There for Heja Havre 2.0 will be launched in fall. We are working hard to reach this goal while keeping our standards and product quality.

Within 1 year from launch, our goal is to be available at at least 10 local ICA retailers in Skåne. As well as establishing a collaboration with a large online retailer, eg Mathem, Apotea, Meds etc. We also want to grow in the gym/workout industry, which we hope to be able to do by starting by being present at 3 sports facilities (gyms or similar). We also want to be available at at least 5 cafés in Skåne. Also establish 10 regular corporate customers, who subscribe to a “porridge box” that they receive every month. Finally our goal is to have a functioning E-commerce that can represent Heja Havre and what we stand for!

Within 5 years, we want to develop our range of oat-based products and be able to offer even more good vegan snacks filled with oats. Imagine small oat balls with the natural sweetness from oats, rolled in vegan chocolate. The perfect snack on-the-go and as a Saturday treat! And launch a larger family pack of instant porridge!

The possibilities are endless with oats;)

We also aim to be in 3 chains in the Swedish grocery trade. In addition to this, an on-the-go product must of course be available where people are most on the go. Thus, a goal to establish dealers such as Pressbyrån, 7/11, Statoil etc, is highly relevant. Heja Havre also wants to be available where you travel and thus wishes to be able to enjoy a hotel chain’s breakfast buffet.

Nordic Koji Co.

Nordic Koji is a food-tech company specializing in manufacturing of natural flavoring enhancer through advanced fermentation technology. Nordic Koji’s pastes are innovative food ingredients used in professional kitchens. Our mission is to support the plant-based transition with often-lacking umami flavours.

Stacky’s

Stacky’s is a reaction to the fact that the food industry seems to be stuck in a never-ending loop to create fake meat. Which is why much of the available plant-based food has become too pricy, filled with additives and doesn’t taste like meat nor good. 

Stacky’s is smarter food, made from Swedish produce without any additives. Choose from Hot & Spicy, Smokey BBQ or our well balanced Stacky’s Original.