{"id":852299,"date":"2025-05-30T22:12:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T03:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/30\/ai-healthier-food-alternatives-dominate-in-future-food-asia-award-top-10-finalist-list\/"},"modified":"2025-05-30T22:12:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T03:12:07","slug":"ai-healthier-food-alternatives-dominate-in-future-food-asia-award-top-10-finalist-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/30\/ai-healthier-food-alternatives-dominate-in-future-food-asia-award-top-10-finalist-list\/","title":{"rendered":"AI, healthier food alternatives dominate in Future Food Asia Award Top 10 finalist list"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><picture><source  media=\"(min-width: 1059px)\"><source  media=\"(min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 1058px)\"><source  media=\"(max-width: 768px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Future Food Asia 2025 is taking place this May in Singapore.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.foodnavigator-asia.com\/resizer\/v2\/YY72QDRUXVCC7FQI4MSWA4G2NY.png?auth=e7d8451f97da5bdafb86b50b7a46e72a365720ab915768cbddaa80be74f36918&#038;smart=true\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Future Food Asia 2025 is taking place this May in Singapore.<\/p>\n<p>(Future Food Asia)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Future Food Asia (FFA) has unveiled the top 10 list of agrifoodtech start-ups vying for the US$100,000 FFA Award, with companies presenting new AI tech and healthier food alternatives dominating the final list.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<article id=\"pn_rw\" data-clarity-region=\"article\">\n<p>Future Food Asia is an annual event organised by investment consultancy firm ID Capital in Singapore, comprising an in-depth conference on the future of food as well as the awarding of the coveted FFA Award.<\/p>\n<p>According to the firm, this year saw over 150 applicants from over 25 countries, which were vetted through by a jury to leave the top 10 finallists listed below:<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>FFA Award 2025 Top 10 finallists<\/h3>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Aquaeasy (Singapore)<\/li>\n<li>BioDefense (Singapore)<\/li>\n<li>Faunatech (India)<\/li>\n<li>TOWING Corporation (Japan)<\/li>\n<li>Verta Bioenergy (Singapore)<\/li>\n<li>Changqingtang3d (China)<\/li>\n<li>Meat the Next Company Ltd (Hong Kong)<\/li>\n<li>MODGUT (Thailand)<\/li>\n<li>Mush&#038; (South Korea)<\/li>\n<li>0calab (China)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Notably, artificial intelligence (AI) has made a big appearance in this list with Singapore\u2019s Aquaeasy and China\u2019s Changqingtang3d both leveraging expertise in this area to develop their technologies.<\/p>\n<p>This showcases the growing importance of AI in the agrifoodtech space, with wide spread use across various sectors of the industry, e.g. Aquaeasy\u2019s use in shrimp farming and Changqingtang3d\u2019s use of this to craft personalized meals for seniors in less than 10 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Healthier food alternatives were also showcased prominently in this list &#8211; Hong Kong\u2019s Meat the Next made it onboard with its TIGA Milk, the world\u2019s first tiger nut oat milk; whereas South Korea\u2019s Mush&#038; developed a proprietary mushroom mycelium platform to deliver customisable mycoprotein ingedients.<\/p>\n<p>Other examples include China\u2019s 0calab with an enzymatic process to cut sugar in fruit juices, and Thailand\u2019s MODGUT which is at the forefront of ASEAN\u2019s Microbiome-Driven Food Revolution.<\/p>\n<p>The other finallists are Singapore\u2019s BioDefense which has developed bio-based tech to extend the freshness of meat and seafood; India\u2019s Faunatech has a handheld agri diagnostic platform to detect herd diseases at an early stage; Japan\u2019s TOWING with tech to transition soil to organic fertiliser, and Singapore\u2019s Verta Bioenergy which converts chicken manure into cheaper, cleaner biomass pellets.<\/p>\n<p>All finallists will be making their pitches at the FFA event in Singapore this May 21 to 22, with an eye on the US$100,000 award.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Major themes<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>ID Capital Founder Isabelle Decitre added that this year\u2019s FFA is expected to highlight and discuss several key themes in the food sector today, from geopolitic impacts to nature-based solutions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGeopolitics is reshaping supply chains and rewriting the playbook, \u201c she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithin the agrifoodtech sector, we see biomanufacturng emerging as the next battleground per se for economic independence, and are excited to discuss what this would mean for the global food system as well as Asia\u2019s role in this shift.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also have seen alternative protein hype really overshadowing other critical innovations previously, and this year we want to broaden the lens and focus on nature-based solutions again &#8211; this means refocusing on solutions rooted in ecology and not just efficiency, as that is what it will take to restore a planet-friendly food system.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foodnavigator-asia.com\/Article\/2025\/05\/05\/ai-healthier-food-alternatives-dominate-in-future-food-asia-award-top-10-finallists-list\/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Future Food Asia 2025 is taking place this May in Singapore. (Future Food Asia) Future Food Asia (FFA) has unveiled the top 10 list of agrifoodtech start-ups vying for the US$100,000 FFA Award, with companies presenting new AI tech and healthier food alternatives dominating the final list. 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