EMEA heat winners

Congratulations to the following entrants:

• WINNER

BioMara - Develops bioactive ingredients from regenerative Scottish seaweed for functional foods and wellness applications.

• RUNNERS-UP

Clean Food Group - Produces sustainable oils and fats via non-GMO yeast fermentation using food waste, replacing palm oil in food and cosmetics.

Kokomodo - Uses cellular agriculture to produce climate-resilient cacao, offering a sustainable alternative to traditional cocoa farming.

• OTHER FINALISTS

Polysense - Provides AI-powered machine vision systems for real-time quality control in food manufacturing to reduce waste and boost efficiency.

Nutrition from Water (NXW) - Creates non-GMO, protein-rich ingredients from microalgae and aquatic organisms for affordable, sustainable nutrition.

SCO2 - Uses patented supercritical CO₂ extraction to upcycle food and agricultural waste into high-value ingredients like flavors and oils.

Kyomei - Engineers crop leaves to produce specialty proteins like myoglobin, enabling scalable plant-based meat alternatives with rich umami flavor.

Foreverland Food Sbrl - Makes cocoa-free chocolate from carob and forgotten crops, offering allergen-free, sustainable indulgence.

2nd Nature - Uses AI to upcycle food processing leftovers into clean, functional ingredients for food, wellness, and personal care products.

Grinove Materials - Converts agricultural by-products into compostable, tree-free paper biomaterials for sustainable food packaging.

Americas heat winners

Congratulations to the following entrants:

• WINNER

Hydrosome Labs -  A natural and chemical-free process that uses bubbles to improve precision fermentation production times and outputs. 

• RUNNERS-UP

Careit - Food donation and rescue software that makes it easy for businesses and institutions to donate surplus food and goods directly to local nonprofits

Marine Biologics - A platform that uses cheminformatics and traditional fermentation techniques to turn seaweed into a programmable biomass for use as a clean ingredient in food and beverages

• OTHER FINALISTS

AQUA Cultured Foods - The world’s first fish-free seafood made using fermentation, focusing on food texture improvement and taste enhancement.

Better Juice - A patented technology that reduces sugars in fruit juice by converting them into non-digestible fibres, addressing the growing demand for sugar reduction in beverages.

DProtein - A tasteless, odourless alternative protein made via yeast fermentation – with no plants or animals involved.

Future Biome - Using AI and fungi to create prebiotics that support gut health and inflammation reduction through diet.

Kresko RNAtech - Unleashing the power of dietary RNAs to enhance cellular and metabolic health.

RegenCrops - AI Helping farmers unlock higher prices and carbon credits with AI-driven sustainability certification.

Soiltech Wireless - Smart hardware and software that connects growers and processors to reduce food waste.

All twenty finalists from EMEA and Americas will advance to the final round in December, joining their counterparts from APAC for a chance to be crowned the Global Food Tech Awards 2025 world champion.