Over the years, the food industry has focused mainly on commercial success. However, innovation in the sector has proliferated and has been geared towards a new type of food, where sustainability and improving our health are central to everything, changing the way we produce, prepare and distribute the products we consume. With many new ideas now being tested on the market, global venture capital investment in new food technology and innovation companies has increased 40-fold, from 670 million pounds in 2012 to 26.9 billion pounds in 2022.
It is a fact that the global food markets struggle to meet our food needs; illnesses related to eating habits are on the rise, and the devastating environmental effects of unsustainable farming and livestock processes, as well as manufacturing and production processes, coupled with structural changes in consumption models, have become apparent. We not only want to know more about what we eat, but where it comes from. As investors, we have the opportunity to proactively harness technology to transform and improve the environment we live in.
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