Last week we were thrilled to showcase the incredible potential of Optimized Foods’ technology platform and the innovative products we're creating at the “Expect Greater: From UC Davis, for the World” campaign celebration. This event provided the perfect platform to demonstrate how we’re transforming byproducts from the agriculture and food industries into nutritious, delicious, Myco-based products and ingredients—all with sustainability and a healthier future in mind. It was also a great opportunity to highlight our strong ties to, and ongoing collaboration with UC Davis and the remarkable research and talent that’s emerging from there. #innovation #sustainablefood #futureoffood
Optimized Foods
Biotechnology Research
Davis, CA 1,244 followers
We are on a mission to create healthier, more sustainable foods for the future, using the power of mycelium.
About us
Optimized Foods is harnessing the power of mycelium to create better, more sustainable foods. Using their MycoCarrier™ platform, Optimized Foods is able to convert food and agricultural waste into high-margin, healthy, and sustainable foods.
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http://www.optimizedfoods.com/
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- Industry
- Biotechnology Research
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Davis, CA
- Type
- Privately Held
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630 Pena Dr
#100
Davis, CA 95618, US
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Our Cultured Caviar was selected to be part of Growth Factory's Future of Food Recipe Challenge and last week chefs John Nunn from Mulvaney’s and Eríc Martínez from Crispin Supper Club creativity shined as they crafted two completely unique dishes, each showcasing the versatility and innovation of our product. It was amazing to see such culinary talent bring our Cultured Caviar to life in such distinct and flavorful ways. We’re excited and proud to be part of the future of food in the Sacramento region with the continued support of Growth Factory and groundbreaking chefs like these! #innovation #sustainablefood #futureoffood
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Want to see us pitch on stage to a panel of investors and a live audience? You can get a free ticket to see us do that on Tuesday, September 3rd! We'll be pitching live at the @ProVegIncubator Cohort 12 Demo Day, which is part of the annual #NewFoodConference by @ProVegInternational. Get your free ticket for the online event over on the Eventbrite page: https://lnkd.in/ddGMGv3h As well as seeing us pitch, you'll get to... -Watch our amazing fellow Cohort 12 startups do the same -See how the investors respond -Vote for your favorite startup -See who wins the Audience Award and the Judges Award -Watch the New Food Conference Investor Panel -Discover the latest in food tech -Connect with other online attendees via the chat You can find out more and check out the agenda on the Eventbrite page. We hope to see you there! #ProVegIncubator #Cohort12 #DemoDay #Investors #NewFoodConference2024
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Next week we will be attending the IFT expo in Chicago! Please come and see us in the STARTUP Pavilion booth# 4474BN and learn more about our MycoCarrier™ technology and the nutritious products and ingredients we are creating using byproducts from the ag and food industry. We hope to see you there! #IFT2024 #OptimizedFoods #FoodInnovation #Sustainability #ChicagoEvents #HYphat #CulturedCaviar
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We're thrilled to collaborate with and learn more from forward-thinking startups and industry leaders to advance our mission of creating sustainable, nutritious, and delicious food and ingredient solutions 🚀🌱 #FoodInnovation #Sustainability #ProVegIncubator https://lnkd.in/dAc-aSuu
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We're thrilled to be part of cohort 12 of the ProVeg Incubator! This week, our VP of Research & Development, Cody Yothers, is in Berlin, representing us during the program's kickoff week. #ProVegIncubator #FoodInnovation
Cultivated black sea bass, microalgae, and a novel mycelium-delivery platform all feature in our new cohort 🚀. 🤩 Our new-look #programme kicks off this week with our latest cohort, and we’re excited to share them with you! Cohort 12: here’s who they are, where they’re based, and what they do… 🐠 Atlantic Fish Co (United States): Founders Doug Grant and Trevor Ham established Atlantic Fish Co in 2022 to develop #cultivated seafood with a focus on wild-caught marine white fish such as sea bass, snapper, flounder, and grouper. In April 2024, they unveiled the “world’s first” cultivated black sea bass. 🍣 Optimized Foods (United States): Founders Minami O. Maja Segerman Nielsen, Cody Yothers, Zane Starkewolfe and Lynn Hanson, have developed a proprietary platform for #mycelium based ingredient encapsulation and stabilisation. "This allows us to tune the texture, taste, and nutritional value of alternative protein products by encapsulating fats, flavours and nutrients in our MycoCarrier™ to address a wide range of food and ingredient challenges facing the industry today.” 🧬AlProtein (Egypt/United States): Omar Zaghloul and Mohamed Almoatasem founded AlProtein to develop ingredients using #microalgae and water lentils, for use by plant-based meat and cheese manufacturers. “Our AI-powered biomanufacturing technology produces high-quality proteins at scale, replacing synthetic additives and binders, and without using any fresh water or arable land." 🐟 Fisheroo (Singapore): Founder Aaron Chua Yu Xiang is a biotechnologist by training and worked in the cultivated industry for three years. Inspired by this, he established Fisheroo to develop #enablingtechnologies for manufacturing companies to cultivate meat and seafood from cells in a more efficient and economical way. 🐈Friends & Family Pet Food Co (United States): Joshua Errett, Jonny C. and Dr Sarah Dodd co-founded Friends & Family Pet Food Company to develop a new generation of #petfood using yeast and cultivated ingredients. With a strong emphasis on nutrition, the products are designed to meet the protein requirements for both cats and dogs, containing essential amino acids and other benefits. We’re delighted to have them all on board and can’t wait to see them grow over the course of the programme 💚. 💫 We’ve revamped our programme this year to give participants more time, more coaching and more opportunities to take their business to the next level. We’ve extended the length of the programme from 12 weeks to five months. And we’ve introduced a kick-off week with all participants coming to Berlin for in-person introductions, ice-breakers, workshops, 121s, and industry events. 🔗 Find out more about them on our blog - link in the comments. Stay tuned to follow their journey over the next five months! #ProVegIncubator12 #Startups #FoodTech #AltProtein #ProVeg
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Last week was exciting and eventful! We had the privilege of participating in two great events: one hosted by MISTA and another co-hosted by Growth Factory and Blue Rise Ventures. At the latter, we were honored to contribute to a panel discussion shedding light on the significance of cooperative pilot manufacturing and effective fundraising strategies. Attendees at both events had the chance to taste burger samples made with our innovative fat encapsulation product, Hyphat™. Witnessing the overwhelmingly positive reactions and feedback reaffirmed that Hyphat undoubtedly enhances juiciness and flavor and can be an essential part of making any alt-protein or plant-based product more nutritious and delicious. 🌱 We wrapped up the week at Future Food-Tech where we made some great connections and got to showcase what drives our innovation and success, our cutting-edge MycoCarrier™ technology platform! #Sustainability #Innovation #HYphat #AltProtein #FutureOfFood #PlantBased #TasteTheFuture #MycoCarrier
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We’re at Future Food-Tech in San Francisco today and tomorrow! Please stop by our booth and talk to Lynn Hanson, Cody Yothers, and Minami O. to learn more about our MycoCarrier™ platform and how it transforms easily accessible food and agricultural byproducts into nutritious, sustainable, and high-value products and ingredients. 🌱 #sustainable #HYphat #OptimizedFoods
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We are excited to start this busy week with two tasting events today! We'll be joining Growth Factory and Blue Rise Ventures at their co-hosted event The Future of Food, Health & Medicine. Following that, we'll be heading to MISTA to attend their evening of Cocktails, Conversations & Food Tech. The attendees at both events will have the opportunity to sample our innovative fat encapsulation product, HYphat™. These events serve as an ideal segue into Future Food-Tech where we are looking forward to connecting with fellow innovators and industry that are looking for solutions like ours to change the food system! #foodinnovation #HYphat #networking 🚀
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We hope to see you at FFT this week!
Optimized Foods is harnessing the power of mycelium to make better, more sustainable foods. Its MycoCarrier Technology Platform is a versatile and tunable platform that unlocks mycelium’s potential to deliver innovations such as fats and alt protein products. Optimized Food’s first product is HyPhat - a plant-based fat ingredient that mirrors the visual and sensory properties of traditional animal-derived fats. Discover Optimized Foods in the Start-Up Arena at Future Food-Tech this week to learn more about the technology and connect with the team. It’s not too late to join the action in San Francisco. Register your summit pass here: https://bit.ly/3RzpyF8
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