Author: OurCrowd

[DouxMatok in Food Ingredients First] DouxMatok and Blommer partnership chips in on reduced-sugar chocolate

DouxMatok is partnering with Italy’s Hi-Food to create a suite of solutions to reduce sugar in products. DouxMatok is best known for its Incredo Sugar, a sweetener made from sugar that needs only about 40% of it to have same taste. Hi-Food makes Meltec, a semi-solid and tasteless bulking ingredient. Incredo Sugar needs something to increase its bulk in order for it to be used in place of conventional sugar, and this partnership brings those needs together. Read...

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[Alpha Tau in PR Newswire] Alpha Tau announces new research collaboration to study the potential of Alpha DaRT to enhance immune stimulation in the treatment of breast cancer

Alpha Tau Medical Ltd. (“Alpha Tau”), the developer of the innovative alpha-radiation cancer therapy Alpha DaRT™, announced today that it has signed a sponsored research agreement with investigators at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (“MD Anderson”) to evaluate potential immune stimulation by combining Alpha DaRT™ with DNA-repair inhibitors and immune checkpoint inhibitors for the treatment of breast tumors. Read...

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[Beyond Meat in CNBC] McDonald’s expands test of McPlant burger created with Beyond Meat

McDonald’s is expanding its test of the plant-based McPlant burger, created as part of its partnership with Beyond Meat. Starting Feb. 14, the fast-food giant will roll out the burger at roughly 600 locations in the San Francisco Bay and Dallas-Fort Worth areas to learn more about consumer demand for the potential menu item. The test began in November with just eight restaurants, so the chain could get a sense of how the change would impact its operations. Read...

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