2019 Food Disruption Challenge™ Future Food Disruptor of the Year™

En Solucion Inc. 
Designs innovative technology and methods to improve the efficacy, environmental impact, and expense of existing postharvest wash processes.

 

2019 IFTNEXT Future Food Disruptor of the Year™ People’s Choice

Heliponix, LLC 
Disrupts the way consumers obtain produce by converting highly perishable goods to non-perishable pods through an IoT enabled device.

2019 Finalists

Chinova Bioworks Inc.
Developed a new, natural, clean label preservative extracted from mushrooms called chitosan.

Gabanna
Develops products and ingredient solutions exploiting the East African Highland green cooking banana.

Yarok Microbio
Developed a breakthrough technology for fast detection of dangerous bacteria (E.coli, Listeria, Salmonella, etc.) for the food industry.

Round 2 Finalists

Amai Proteins 
Chinova Bioworks Inc.
En Solucion Inc.
Gabanna
Heliponix, LLC
Savormetrics
SnapDNA
Spira Inc
Treasure8
Yarok Microbio

Round 1 Semi-Finalists

Advance International, Inc.
Amai Proteins
Antithesis
Asarasi
Believe in Bambara
better juice
Chinova Bioworks Inc.
ClearMeat
Cowboy Cricket Farms
En Solución Inc.
Gabanna
Heliponix, LLC 
Kull Foods
NanoSpy, Inc. 
Persea Naturals LLC
Pulp Pantry
Redefine Meat (by Jet-Eat)
Savormetrics
ScanX Technologies
SnapDNA
Spira Inc
Spoon Guru
Sweetpot Yogurt
Treasure8
Yarok Microbio

2018 Food Disruption Challenge™ Future Food Disruptor of the Year™

Renewal Mill – a CPG and ingredient company that creates high-value superfood ingredients and foods from the $6 billion of unused fiber and starch byproducts of legumes, vegetables, and fruits produced annually. 

 

2018 IFTNEXT Future Food Disruptor of the Year™ People’s Choice

C-Fu Foods – an ingredient innovation company developing the next generation of insect-based, value-added food ingredients. The company’s goal is to support the emerging insect food sector with high quality functional ingredients that solve the technical challenges that limit the use of insects in food. 

2018 Finalists

Inductive Intelligence – a packaging technology company that makes it possible to safely and conveniently heat foods and drinks in disposable package, using the same device you use to charge your mobile phone battery. 

Nebullam – a food technology company providing new vertical farmers with High Pressure Aeroponic systems, powered by artificial intelligence. 

Rise Products – a food technology company that uses a patent-pending process to convert organic by-products into healthy, tasty, and sustainable food products, starting by turning spent barley from brewers into flour. 

Re-Nuble – an agricultural technology company that uses an inexpensive, patent-pending process to transform food waste into chemical-free, organic nutrients for both soil-based and hydroponic cultivation.