Sustainability, health and allergen answers could be lying in a chickpea

The chickpea is a simple and humble legume. But in the past years, we’ve seen it transformed into products like chips, frosting for cakes and much more. In Israel, a country where the chickpea reigns supreme in dishes like hummus and falafel, Innovopro is taking the chickpea to a whole new level. They call it the chickpea revolution and have … Read More

Icos Invests in NoPalm

Ede, Netherlands; January 18 – NoPalm Ingredients, a BioTech Start-up making sidestream-based microbial oil to replace palm oil as an ingredient in food, cosmetics and detergents, announced today it has raised € 1M in a first funding round. Green Creators, Future Food Fund and ICOS Capital have joined the round as well as a group of angel investors. NoPalm Ingredients … Read More

Staying immune fit: how to train the body’s defence system

The immune system is the body’s surveillance system that responds to infections. It’s our defence against the various challenges that we encounter every day, most of which are fought off without notice, reports Ruud Albers, CSO, NutriLeads… read further

Upcycled carrot

Upcycled carrot: NutriLeads targets label-friendly immunity demand with BeniCaros roll-out. 01 Oct 2021 — After six years in development, NutriLeads has unveiled its immunity-boosting upcycled carrot ingredient, now known as BeniCaros. The health ingredient has now launched in the US, while the company is working on rolling out the item in Europe for healthy adults looking for year-round immunity benefits, … Read More

Icos Capital invests in WholeFiber

Icos Capital is backing up WholeFiber’s mission to help more people take control of their diet, their health, and their quality of life by eating more prebiotic fibers. Icos’ funding will be used by WholeFiber to increase production capacity, build further sales pipeline and secure a beach head position in WholeFiber’s target markets. Read further

Icos Invests in Dutch/US Health Food Innovator, WholeFiber

Improving gut and immune health with wholesome vegetables rich in prebiotic fibers WholeFiber, a revolutionary health food innovator with roots in The Netherlands and United States, has developed a “minimal processing” production technique, yielding dried vegetable products that boost gut and metabolic health. WholeFiber’s proprietary, sustainable process results in products with beneficial physiological characteristics including a mixture of four prebiotic … Read More