New ideas. New possibilities. New foods.

Imagine if organisms and cells invisible to the naked eye could help solve some of humanity’s biggest challenges. Biomass and precision fermentation, as well as meat cultivation, offer immense potential to feed a growing population while consuming fewer natural resources. At Tetra Pak, we see these New Food processes as the next leap forward in our promise to protect what’s good: food, people and planet.

We’re collaborating with an international network of stakeholders from the public, private and academic sectors to advance innovation in New Food. Together, we are working to find answers to today’s challenges and develop complete, end-to-end solutions for bringing new products to market.

Integrated solutions

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Precision fermentation

We collaborate with you to find the right solutions – configured in the optimal and most effective way – for production of precision fermentation-derived ingredients at scale.

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Biomass fermentation

Discover a wide range of proven food and beverage processing solutions that can be adapted for reliable single-cell production at scale.

New Food guides

Navigating new food 2024

Guide: Navigating New Food 2024

Want to dig deeper into the rapidly developing New Food space? Find out more about technology, business opportunities and challenges?

Beginners guide to New Food

Guide: New Food - biomass and precision fermentation

What is driving the development of fermentation processes in New Food production, what are the business opportunities and what challenges are there to consider?

Scaling up with New Food report

Guide: Scaling up in biomass and precision fermentation

Biomass and precision fermentation offer immense potential for feeding a growing population while using fewer natural resources. Read our report

Driving New Food innovation

In recent years, precision and biomass fermentation processes have moved to the forefront of New Food production. We believe innovations like these are crucial to addressing economic, social and environmental challenges within food and beverage production. Watch this video to hear from Charles Brand, Executive Vice President of Tetra Pak Processing Solutions & Equipment, about why we have taken an active role in this space.

Driving New Food innovation

In recent years, precision and biomass fermentation processes have moved to the forefront of New Food production. We believe innovations like these are crucial to addressing economic, social and environmental challenges within food and beverage production. Watch this video to hear from Charles Brand, Executive Vice President of Tetra Pak Processing Solutions & Equipment, about why we have taken an active role in this space.

The potential of New Foods

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Getting more out of less

Efficiency challenges of protein production
To feed a growing population, we need to produce more food from a smaller caloric input. Today, we can see major efficiency challenges depending on the type of food protein. Poultry production, for example, requires 8 calories in to get 1 calorie out. Beef, meanwhile, requires a full 34 calories to produce a single calorie of beef. Plant-based alternatives already present one solution to these deficiencies. In the future, fermentation, meat cultivation and other New Food processes may further help us to meet the planet’s food needs in a more efficient way.1

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Part of a growing movement2

Joining leading industry voices
As early as 2017, Fortune Magazine declared that “fermentation is the future of food tech.” They are among a growing chorus speaking out about the potential of fermentation and other New Food processes:

“We must reinvent the future of nutrition… If we don’t create a science-based industrial agriculture revolution, we won’t be able to feed the world.” - Avi Ben Assayag, CEO, Nestlé Israel

“Fonterra's stake in Motif will help us be part of the emerging next-generation fermentation-produced nutrition sector.” - Judith Swales, Head of Global Consumer and Foodservice Business, Fonterra

“Embrace what may be the most important green technology ever. It could save us all.” - George Monbiot, The Guardian