How Plantible Foods Is Unlocking the Power of Plants, IFT FIRST 2025 Trendspotting

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Entrepreneur Tony Martens shares the story of IFT 2025 pitch competition winner Plantible Foods—from the early rough days living on-site in a trailer to the company’s recent success commercializing its plant-based protein ingredient. Food Technology’s editors talk about the hot topics and trends they discovered at IFT FIRST 2025.

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Tony Martens

Tony Martens is cofounder of Plantible Foods, a maker of plant-based protein ingredients derived from an aquatic plant called Lemna (aka duckweed). He started his career as a business analyst in the Netherlands before moving to the United States and making the leap into entrepreneurship.

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