A community shaping the future of food

Plate Impact

Plate Impact is a Gothenburg-based SaaS company that works to help the hotel and restaurant industry in its green transformation.

We use emissions data from leading data providers in every market where we are active, and focus on building the best applications possible.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

OMG Plantbased food

We offer delicious, organic products made from healthy mung beans – food to excite the taste buds and win the hearts of conscious consumers. We succeed because of our customer-centric approach – ranging from the innovative products and efficient production methods to a distribution with an optimized network of resellers and strategic partners, both in Sweden and abroad. Oh Mungood products are available via grocery and convenience stores as well as restaurants.

We’re your curious explorer of natural and sustainable foods – crafting products of maximum flavour with minimum fuss. At Oh Mungood we believe that this world needs more than alarming statistics and rational arguments to drive the shift towards plant-based foods. And just like you, we’re ordinary people. Trying to juggle everyday life with our desire to eat sustainably, healthy and of course, tasty. All of this is reflected in Oh Mungood and the products we develop.

Veg of Lund

Veg of Lund is a Swedish company that was started in 2016 with the vision of creating plant-based climate-smart and tasty food products.

The first product is the potato drink which is now sold in Europe under the DUG® brand. Since 2020, Veg of Lund has been listed on the First North Growth Market (symbol VOLAB).

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…

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.

Birka BioStorage

Birka BioStorage holds the largest BioStorage facility in Scandinavia providing pharma and medtech industries a wide range of temperature controlled storage including climate chambers for stability testing and transport services.​

BIRKA produces dry ice in different sizes to be used for transport, freezeing processes, blastering/cleaning and more, in addition to liquid nitrogen supply.​

SHI – Svensk hampaindustri AB

CO2-emissions, conventional plantbased protein not good for the soil. A gap between farmers and the industry in Sweden regarding hemp, ie the industry choose Chinese Hemp Seeds before Swedish. None existing foodtech for hemp, The industry prefers to set up deals and buy from ONE distributor and ONE adress. The farmers needs secured contracts. Conventional farmers faced with looming pesticide prices. Hemp: rotation crop who does not require pesticides nor irrigation, absorbing up to 20 tonnes CO2/ha.

SHI HEMP-FOODTECH-FACTORY is one of the lead players on the emerging Swedish hemp market. We position ourselfes like noone else in the industry – between the farmers and the industry. We aim to be the ”to go to company” regarding B2B sales of high quality, pesticide free EU-certified industrial hemp seeds and its fractions: raw seeds, de hulled seeds, colpressed hemp seed oil, presscake & protein powder. We enable for food innovators- and functional food brands who are highly driven by sustainability.

Framtidskultur Halland

Sweden’s first nut tree nursery with expertise. We are driving a nut tree revolution. The food of the future is nuts!

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. 

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.

Sodalicious

Genuine craftsmanship directly from Trelleborg. All our flavors are both vegan, organic and are made from genuine ingredients.

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.

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.

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.

Kastbergs Gourmet Ice-Cream

Kastbergs manufactures ice-cream and sorbet is gourmet quality. The finished products is sold to professional chefs in hotels, restaurants, cafées and ice-cream stores. The Kastbergs products is preferred due to its high quality, that helps the chefs keep a high quality menu.

Kastbergs is an ambitious food company, that wants to become the leading partner of ice-cream products to the food-service industry. We believe in solid craftmanship, using the best ingredients, local if possible. Moreover, do we believe in sustainability, we have an obligation to supply as much as possible locally, reduce food waste and packing in such a way, that we come a source of inspiration for others.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Projects24.co

We believe a more sustainable industry is possible, and within reach. In order to make this happen, we need to utilize existing technologies better. Therefor we focus on industry sectors by arranging better and effective business avenues, solutions & global connections, to reach out to the right target audience.

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.

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.

En God Granne

En God Granne develops and sell business concept for locally produced food to grocery stores.

Gårdsfisk

Aquaculture is the fastest growing food sector and has been for 50 years. The challenge is that the majority of production contributes to overfishing, destroyed ecosystems and has a negative impact on wild fish. At the same time, the demand for seafood is expected to increase by 100 million tonnes to 2050. Market for fish can with can with good conscience be described as a jungle for consumers. There are several different fishing methods, several different farming methods and lots of different labels that very few know what they mean or if they really do any good. The challenge is to develop a sustainable fishfood chain.

Vision

The vision of Gårdsfisk is to integrate aquaculture with agriculture and raise robust, herbivorous and fantastically delicate fish on land, manure can end up on arable land, the water is used twice, first in fish farming and then as irrigation, we avoid eutrophication, overfishing, destroyed ecosystems and do not risk infect wild fish. So we could raise the world’s most sustainable fish.Gårdsfisk strives to be able to achieve a complete circular model in order to be able to raise fish with the absolute least possible environmental and climate impact.

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.

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).

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.

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.

Roots of Malmö

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

Yofix Probiotics

Yofix Produces Clean-Label, Waste-Free, Dairy alternatives. They answer 5 UN-defined SDGs., including reduction of Carbon footprint by 75%. It is quite hard to achieve a plant based yogurt or cheese without the chemical additives that mimic Milk unique characteristics. Yofix has managed to find the right technology (IP pending) to work this out!

The company aims to bring affordable solutions for enhancement of our healthy life style, while sustaining a healthier planet for future generations.

ConServ Sverige

More than 20Million take-away packages are used by restaurants in Sweden every year. The alternatives to plastic available today require a lot of chemicals in the manufacturing and require chemical barriers to resist hot liquids and greasy sauces. These chemicals can disintegrate and accumulate in our body as we consume take-away foods and get into our soil and water during incineration/ recycling. We propose a natural leaf-based solution with zero added chemicals.

Our vision is to remove chemicals altogether from food packaging. We strive to utilize the natural resources in its purest form to be truly sustainable and circular leaving behind nothing. The idea contributes to 4 of the 17 UN sustainability goals. We pledge to act as responsible producers with minimum resources and high energy efficiency. Through the business, we partner with Indian farmers and employ rural Indian women contributing to the economic development of marginal communities.

SunFeeds

Hunger is the world’s greatest solvable health problem. There are 17 million children who are living on the edge between life and death due to hunger. In Sweden alone 60% of the population over 65 years are at risk of being malnourished. Hunger can take on many forms and affect different people but the devastation remains great. In order to reach the UNs sustainable development goals number #2 Zero Hunger there is a need for more innovative solutions to the problem.

Vision

SunFeeds aim is to create new nutritional energy food that could fill the existing gaps in the market and facilitate it in the right way. Today there are two different SunFeeds. SunFeeds-cream is developed to meet the needs of elderly cared for in the healthcare- system. SunFeeds RUTF is aimed for children who suffer from severe malnutrition. Both products are easily packaged in a portion sized sachet with long shelf life which makes it easy to distribute and for care-personal to serve.

ConCellae

ConCellae is a deep tech company, that promotes a unique combination of thirteen different co-working beneficial bacteria, the H13microbiome, originating in honeybees and was founded by researchers A. Vásquez and T. Olofsson from a discovery made at Lund University. ConCellae has the exclusive proprietary rights of this microbiome that possess health promoting abilities and can treat infections. Therefore, ConCellae works in three different sectors; functional food, veterinary products, and medical applications, in which this unique microbiome is the core of all ConCellae’s innovations.

ConCellaes is situated in Gantofta and it produces functional food-, beverages and veterinary products and market them through its web shop at www.doktorhonung.se. Besides this, ConCellae performs consulting services in microbiology, food hygiene and safety (as HACCP plans) and gives lectures.

HPP Nordic

HPP Nordic provides manufacturers an independent partner with the relevant equipment and know-how regarding HPP treatment of various food. Thus increasing both food saftey, shelf life and taste without the use of heat or additives.

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.

WellBeMed

We develop and sell functional food products consisting of a herbal mix that can help people relax and fall asleep easier.

WellBeMed was founded based on an idea for developing healthy and well documented products that can help against lifestyle-related health problems. We are active in the area of sleep, and we develop and sell food products with lemon balm that can help people fall asleep easier. Under the brand WellBeSleep, we sell bars and shots for evening use, and we are present in Sweden and the UK.

We saw a gap in the market for tasty, healthy food products that can facilitate more sleep and a more sustainable lifestyle.

Standing behind WellBeMed is a group of acclaimed experts from the Swedish food industry and academia.

Vision

• Increase quality of life for people by contributing to solutions that relieve lifestyle-related health problems.
• Healthy and available products for all to use and that are sustainable.
• Remain a responsible business.

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.

POOW The Food Hero

POOW The Food Hero is the tool which in three easy steps motivates your child to eat more and better food. The application activates and guides the whole family from cooking the food to eating it.

Asta choklad

Asta is a sustainable vegan handmade bean to bar chocolate that is made in Southern Sweden, more precisely Höganäs. The chocolate is a single origin with perfectly fermented cocoa beans from Hacienda San Jose, a family-owned plantation in Ecuador, with a 100-year heritage. We believe in sustainability, transparency, quality and we never compromise on taste!

Our mission is to offer a vegan milk chocolate as an alternative to traditional milk chocolate. We want to create the best vegan milk chocolate without harming either people, animals or the environment. A product that is manufactured under the most ethical and sustainable conditions. Every bite is a step forward to inspire people to more sustainable actions. Empowering farmers, giving you that wow experience and doing the right thing. Let our chocolate change your view of chocolate forever!

& 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!