Foodtech solutions reinforcing the food system

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.

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).

Funky Flavour

Funky Flavor aims to offer fermented products, kits, and accessories. We want to make a healthy diet exciting and fun for everyone. We don’t follow fleeting trends or use fancy technologies, we create superfoods through an 8000-year-old tradition that uses nothing but the power of nature. Our promise is tasty, natural, and nutritious products that are local, vegan, and mostly rescued.

O´Broth

With its roots in a traditional food craft, O´broth is a new modern vegetarian drinking broth that can be drunk ”on the go”, or as a complement to a varied diet. A healthy snack with a balanced taste that only contains nutrients.

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.

Gasporox AB

Gasporox has a highly skilled team most from the Division of Atomic Physics at Lund University, and since 2005 Gasporox has developed and commercialized the tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy technology for a number of applications in food and pharma.

The Gasporox laser based sensors can be integrated into inspection- and/or production lines for 100% fast, reliable and accurate gas measurements of the gas content inside the package or for leak testing.

Good Idea

Good Idea is a functional wellness drink made to taste great while helping you harness your natural energy so you can feel good all day without any sugar or caffeine.

The Green Dairy Sweden

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

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.

AppFood Technology

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

Agrodit

IO-dit provides an innovative and sustainable solution with which by capturing variables from soil and environment, customers can take decisions more easily for their crops in relation to irrigation, fertilization and sowing, among others. This saves up to 50% water consumption and increases crop productivity up to 40%, promoting sustainable food production.

Nixta Tacos

The current version of TacoFredag does not fulfill some of the consumer preferences. On top of that, a lot of effort is required to access products directly from small-scale farmers in Skåne. We are offering a home delivery box with authentic recipes from Mexico using fresh ingredients from local farms.

Our vision is to bridge the gap between small-scale farmers and consumers. We will accomplish it by reinventing the Tacofredag, from a mass produced product, to a curated experience.

Bioextrax AB

The need for cost-effective and sustainable proteins – our processes: 1. turn poultry feathers into highly digestible protein hydrolysates for feed applications and 2. generates hydrolyzed single cell protein as a co-product from production of the biobased and biodegradable polymer PHA.

Vision

To provide companies generating organic waste/by-products the opportunity to upcycle their materials, thereby contributing to a more resource efficient and sustainable value chains.

Roots of Malmö

Organic kombucha produced from whole botanical ingredients in Malmö, Sweden.

DOMO Animals AB

We are experts at developing algorithms based on computer vision and animal behaviors. We offer AI services that can turn dummy cameras into intelligent assistants that look after your animals 24/7 and interpret their body language to insight reports real-timely.

Swebol Biotech

Swebol develops, produces and sells the Quiny-concept. Swebol is a result of a long-term research collaboration between Sweden, Bolivia and the two universities: Lund University in Lund, Sweden and UMSA, San Andes University in La Paz, Bolivia.

Quiny is a product concept made from Bolivian quinoa grown by farmers from the Chonacota community south of Las Paz in Bolivia. You can find Quiny both as drinks and as instant powder.

Tamini

Our philosophy is to refine ancient recipes from the eastern Mediterranean through Nordic simplicity and natural ingredients of high quality. First up is our creamy and flavorful hummus. Under the Tamini brand, more plant-based novelties will soon be launched.

Simply NoWaste

Simply is a FoodTech company with a focus on upcycling residue products to contribute to reduce food waste.

Our vision is to contribute positively to community’s health with the products that have been overlooked and to use our resources as efficient as possible and reduce food waste so there will be still a green future for our children and the genrations to come.

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.

DiaPure

DiaPure filter material is designed for Phosphorus traps in sewage systems. DiaPure is based on a naturally porous material covered in a coating with phosphorus binding properties. The material does not break down, does not clogge and works regardless of the pH level. This results in highly reactive and long lasting material.

Our goal is that as many people as possible should purify their waste water from phosphorus regardless of whether you live in areas with a high protection area or not, because it protects nature and forms a natural cycle; what previously was waste, can be of use again.

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!

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.

Marine taste

The salty sea off the coast of Bohuslän is a perfect environment for the sea urchin, Ciona intestinalis – an anemone-like aquatic animal that is grown in the same way as mussels.

At Marine Taste, we take advantage of the lake’s fantastic properties and flavors. When it contributes, it contributes to a cleaner sea. After harvest, it becomes a delicious flavor enhancer.

Our product consists of 100 percent natural raw material – no additives. Try and discover the full-bodied taste of umami, soft marine aromas and with a distinct saltiness.

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.

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.

Tröskarehus

We are working to build a business that will process the crops from the cultivation to the customers both private individuals and entrepreneurs, through a hydrothermal process of the grain. In the next step we grind it and then we pack the flour or we crush the grain and make muesli. After the hydrothermal treatment, the body can more easily assimilate the seeds’ nutrients as minerals. The treatment also helps to make flours and groats easy to use in porridge, gruels, waffles, pancakes, pastries, soups, smoothies, bread etc.

Our vision is to increase the value of the grain by refining it locally and providing an increased nutritional content to the end user.

Ooble Innovations

Over 1 Billion plastic straws are used every single day, globally. Single use plastic is going to get banned globally in 2021, and there is a growing need for a functional and sustainable alternative. Ooble develops 100% plant-based, edible straws that are available in different flavors and nutrition profiles. So, you can sip, gulp and munch while being kind to our planet. Ooble straws make sipping into a beverage hygienic, convenient and sustainable whenever you need a straw! We are tackling this small entity that has a big impact.

Vision

Ooble aims at bridging sustainability and innovation within the food packaging industry starting with edible packaging that is desirable and viable for consumers. Using a human centric design thinking approach we are developing products that solve single-use plastic problems with an inexpensive and value-added alternative. Ooble straws are our flag ship product where you can sip on your beverage, gulp it down and munch into your straw. Our vision is to design products that are edible, sustainable and makes you go Ooooo…

Arwa FoodTech

ARWA FoodTech AB is a research-oriented company with a mission to develop nutritious and health-promoting products based on the baobab fruit, as well as giving back our know-how to the baobab countries of origin. We utilize only sustainable technologies in our processes to unlock the baobab frontiers. 

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.

Nuts Fabriken Lund

Nuts Fabriken is a Swedish company from Lund that makes healthy vegan nut butters – for the many. Their nut butters have short ingredients lists and consists of mainly NUTS and a flavor, like the Hazelnut butter with cacao & dates or the pure Pistachio butter with Himalayan salt. They are challenging the traditional spreads and are focusing on providing healthy and tasty options of nut butters.

The vision of Nuts Fabriken is to promote health by creating modern and healthy alternatives to traditional spreads. They aim to become a big player in the food industry sector.

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.

Raging Pig Co.

Making healthy, sustainable and cruelty-free cooking simple and delicious.

You probably already have all the facts on global warming, animal cruelty and health issues in place. So, how come it still seems impossible to beat the meat once and for all? For hundreds of years, our broken food system has successfully infected billions of people with the meateatism disease, leaving us disconnected and misled on a level deeper than we’re capable of grasping. The easy-to-follow “Get Off Meat” hypnosis program is your road to recovery. Get ready to reset your brain and truly break free from your addiction!

Edgy Veggie

Edgy Veggie using wheat to produce plant based meat analogues.

Our vision is to be a leading producer of wheat and gluten protein and with values such as curiosity, inclusion, simplicity and reliability we want to create products that can change the way we eat today, while it tastes good!

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.

Cirkulär

Cheese production is tremendously resource-inefficient. For every kilogram of cheese produced, the cheesemaker must process 10 liters of milk. The reason for this is that cheese is effectively a milk concentrate, whereby liquids are removed, and milk protein and fat is concentrated and formed into a curd. Consider then the fact that around 45% of all milk produced globally is used for cheese production and the massive impact of cheese on the environment becomes obvious.

Cirkulär AB will be a new player in the value chain of the dairy industry, providing a complementary raw material for dairy processing – microbially produced milk proteins for a more resource-efficient industry. Cirkulär AB and similar companies will be the new producers of milk components for the production dairy products, which will ease the pressure of current milk production on the environment.

Mr Gourmet

Mats Rodenstam runs the catering company Mr Gourmet in Siriushuset in Ystad. Together with his colleagues, he offers catering, either in his own banquet hall or at the customers’ homes.

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

Natural Edu AB

About 13% of all deaths on the planet and a huge number of casualties are caused by high blood pressure. One of the main facilitator of high blood pressure is sodium rich table slat. By replacing the sodium in the table salt with potassium we can witness phenomenal changes in the overall public health.

Indigo Salt is a naturopathic salt as a supplement with more than 70% KCl consistency. It is thought to be the most suitable alternative to replace the regular table salt for daily use. Indigo Salt is 100% organic, unrefined, and yet tastes much more naturally flavourful and smoother than any other regular table salt.

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.

MoveByBike

Precision is key. By operating in double infrastructure, we are able to get as close to your customer as fast as possible. By streamlining the delivery flow, we push costs down giving you the possibility to cut the price at checkout and leave your customer with a feeling of satisfaction from making a sustainable choice. A classic win win.

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. 

Re:meat

We’re Re:meat – Sweden’s first cultivated meat company. We’re on a mission to help save our planet by redefining how meat ends up on our plates. Why? Because food holds many of the most powerful solutions to the climate crisis. Cultivated meat has the potential to lower climate footprint compared to conventional meat with 92%. Cultivated meat is real meat – just made in a different way.

As a team we are deeply impact-driven and love food. Our core values are sustainability, affordability, and great taste – guiding us in every decision we make. We have the vision to build up local large scale production of cultivated minced meat for food businesses to significantly reduce their climate footprint.

OptiCept

With our game-changing technology, we enable forward-leaning companies all around the globe to be as efficient as possible all while ensuring a sustainable, eco-friendly, and low-carbon footprint treatment. Oh – and you’ll never have to compromise quality over quantity again. The food and plant tech of the future is here now!

Mylla Mat

Mylla Mat is linking food producers directly with consumers.

The mission is to, together with like-minded people, drive a local food revolution. We will make it easer for people to eat more locally produced food and recreate the relationship between those who eat the food and those who produce it.

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.

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.

Yelte

Providing the market with a new type of plant based drink that are both sustainable and nutritious. Most of the plant based drinks on market today are flawed in one of these two regards. Either the nutritional values are quite frankly very poor with high levels of sugars and low levels of proteins and healthy fatty acids, or the have a big negative environmental impact with de-forestation, excessive watering, lenghty transports etc. Our product is both high nutritious and highly sustainable.

Our vision is to push the boundries of the next generation of plant based sustainable foods. We want to make the sustainable choice an easy one by providing a product that is both delicious and nutritious. Consumers will no longer have to sacrifice anything when choosing a truly sustainable alternative.

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.