The Big Idea Food Podcast

In this episode, Andrew D Ive, talks to Stephane Chen, a co founder of Another Food Co. Stephane Chen tells how the coffee industry is a contributor and a victim of climate change. It has been calculated that, with the current global coffee activity, coffee will be extinct by 2080. He talks us through how his company will assist in making available other products which will come from nature but be...

Andrew D Ive, Founder of Big Idea Ventures, is talking to Vanessa Small, the Founder and CEO of Alcheme Bio. Alcheme Bio are pioneers in cellular flavouring. For cultivated foods to succeed, they must taste great. Alcheme Bio is making cultivated foods delicious by design.

Umami Bioworks are at the forefront of seafood production innovation, with their state of the art automated platform. They are committed to the restoration of the world´,s oceans and the planet, providing consumers with a sustainable alternativie to the overfishing of endangered sprecies, while preserving the authentic flavours .

Andrew D Ive from Bid Idea Ventures talks to Romain Chayot, the co-founder of Standing Ovation a French company that brings science together with traditional cheese making to produce animal free, lactose free, dairy cheese. Their vision was to use science to create an animal free, planet friendly, vegan cheese that is still as deliciously dairy as the real thing. They now create delicious, planet-...

Andrew D Ive talks to Tim Lennox, the CEO of Sound Eats a company who specialises in using the advances in stem cell science to produce lean fish meat without the need for sacrificing animals.

Sudhir Takes Andrew through his recent journey of setting up the company and the reasons why he is passionate about what they do. They produce dairy alternative products, intended to valorize functional, versatile algae proteins.

Genuine Taste is a cell agriculture company, focussed on creating fat without harming any animals. The company offers products that improve the taste, texture and nutrition of alternative meats by using cultivated fat.

Cultimate Foods was the idea of George Zheleznyi's. Already in the cell based arena, George realised that, unless people had an ethical reason or a health reason for not eating meat, that they would try plant based meat once and almost always, never buy a second time. George wanted to find out why this was and to find a solution to the problem so people could be converted to eating plant based mea...

David and Jarred are the founders of Thrilling Foods with their hugely successful plant based bacon, BAKON. BAKON has the traditional taste, is salt cured and smoked just like traditional bacon. It goes great on everything, still gives you that comfort associated with bacon. This product saves the Pigs and saves the Planet while still giving consumers a fantastic tasting product.

Will Milligan, Founder of Extracellular.com, talks to Andrew Ive from Big Ideas Ventures. Extracellular is based in Bristol and is the very first partner in the cellular agriculture space. They are there to help accelerate media development able to screen thousands of formulations and produce quantities for larger scale-up runs.

Harmony Baby is focussing on developing and producing baby formula that does not come from cows, nor from plants with a horrible taste and smell. Their product is over 60% comparable to a mother's milk, with a taste babies will love and will be a healthy alternative to the real thing.

Andrew spends some time talking with John and Alireza from Evolved Meats, exploring their thoughts and ideas around the space within which they are growing their business.

Yofi is a French plant based food brand founded by a vegan entrepreneur, with a goal to encourage people to switch to plant-based alternatives that are better for our health, better for the environment and better for the animals.

The Leaf Protein Company is developing protein that comes from leaves and plants, which means it is a source that is biodiverse but, most importantly, sustainable. An amazing protein ingredient for food companies to use in their products.

Mewery are the first European startup cultivating pork meat on a microalgae base. They love meat but hate the way it's done, so have decided to change that.

Talking about Collagen and Gelatin .... Jellatech are transforming the Collagen and Gelatin market by harvesting pure, high quality gelatin and collagen from cells instead of from animas.

The Very Food Company is working towards enabling chefs to switch to plant based products and cooking, seamlessly. France has a world reputation for chefs and for stunning dishes, persuading them to alter their ingredients, may be a difficult vision but it is the vision of The Very Food Co.

After realizing the negative impacts livestock farming was having on the environment Maxime and Ana set out to create a plant-based and cruelty-free cheese alternative.

MOA Foodtech is aiming to establish a new industry of sustainable foods that solves the growing global food demands without a need for arable land.

Andrew Speaks to Lilo Desserts Co-Founder Cleo Gilmour about creating a plant-based cheesecake product. Lilo Deserts is all about creating upcycled treats from unused fruits.

Andrew, founder of Big Idea Venture, talks to the CEO and co founder of Bright Biotech a company that have innovative technology to produce and supply growth factors to the R & D divisions in mediclal, environmental and agricultural sectors.

Opalia, a Canadia Company, making milk with mammary cells that tastes better than milk from cows. Opalia develop milk without the need for cows thereby reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Luyef (meaning "Clean" in the language of the Mapuche people) is a mission-driven startup aiming to solve the problems related to the inefficient use of natural resources in an overpopulated planet. Listen to Andrew and Kris discuss Luyef's animal-free and eco-friendly products, and the opportunities facing the food space.

De Novo Dairy, a South African company, that produces nature identical, animal free, proteins for optimum human nutrition. Andrew D Ive speaks with co-founder Doctor Leah Bessa.

Fisheroo is a cell-based fish company based in Singapore and we are on a mission to redefine the norms of seafood production. Listen to Andrew and Aaron talk about the challenges and advancements in the cell-based space.