Food

The Raging Pig Company is a Hamburg-based food tech startup specializing in the research and development of authentic pork alternatives. Its current products include a plant-based bacon and bratwurst alternative, with the goal of removing 1.5 billion pigs from the global food system. In addition to authentic alternative products, the company places strong emphasis on attention-grabbing, contemporary brand communication.

COLIPI is a climate tech spin-off from Hamburg University of Technology. Since 2021, the team has been working on producing oil alternatives to palm oil from waste carbon, such as CO₂ or organic by-products, using precision fermentation. Supported by EXIST funding from the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, eight scientists are developing climate-friendly and space-saving production processes for oils that are edible and can also be used in cosmetics, plastics, and other fields.

Plantlike. is the first circular organic company to produce exceptional food components from lion’s mane mushroom. Grown on Hamburg brewer’s spent grain, it combines local and sustainable food production with an outstandingly tasty and healthy raw material.

VANOZZA is the vegan answer to mozzarella. By combining traditional cheese-making craftsmanship with modern production methods, the food tech company creates unique, entirely plant-based cheese alternatives. VANOZZA is based on cashews and melts like conventional mozzarella. The young company brings the taste of traditional cheese to the food service sector without using any animal ingredients.

Bluu Seafood is the first company in Europe to specialize in the commercial production of cell-based fish and presented its first products in August 2022. The startup aims to produce healthy and sustainable fish products from cell cultures and make an important contribution to securing the future supply of animal protein for humankind.