Specialty Food Magazine is the leading publication for retailers, manufacturers and foodservice professionals in the specialty food trade. It provides news, trends and business-building insights that help readers keep their businesses competitive.
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S imple items like cooking oil made from insects and more complex food tech like drone-based precision farming are simultaneously advancing and shaking up the food industry. Many advances, like an artificial piece of fruit that will help keep apples, oranges, mangoes, and bananas from going bad on their voyage from farm to store, are making the lives of food producers easier and their businesses more lucrative. Technology like a Coke bottle that takes a selfie of its drinker, on the other hand, is proving to be a great means of making consumers' lives more entertaining. Here are eight of the most intriguing advances in food tech and how they're poised to shake up this ever-evolving industry. From the farm to the table and beyond, small start-ups and large companies alike are churning out futuristic technology that holds the promise of changing the way we produce, consume, and purchase food. BY EMILY CROWE F D TECH for the Future SUMMER 2017 55