Dr. Foods and Next Meats Eye US Market Entry with Vegan Alternatives to World’s Top 3 Delicacies
Two Japanese food tech companies — Next Meats and its spinoff Dr. Foods — were finalists in the Alternative Proteins – Cultivated Meat category at the FoodNiche Summit held at Cornell Tech University in New York. At the event, they presented their sustainable versions of the world’s top three delicacies: vegan foie gras, vegan caviar, and the recently launched vegan truffle butter. In its eighth year, the FoodNiche Summit aims to bridge the gap between academic scientific discoveries and marketplace innovations, presenting an excellent expansion opportunity for Dr. Foods and Next Meats. According to the announcement, the Japanese finalists seek local distribution partners to enter the New York market with their plant-based products. “The companies would like to team up together with industry-leading American companies to …