Saudi Arabia’s Calo disclosed plans to extend the round to a total of $50m, with an additional $25m raise planned for Q1 2025
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Scoop: Ice cream giant to invest $21.8m in Dubai Industrial City factory
Pure Ice Cream announces frozen asset as it looks to create tub hub at Dubai Industrial City
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AB Majlis podcast: The world’s most coveted ingredient? In conversation with Truffle House’s Mihai Florescu
Truffles have long been revered as one of the most decadent and expensive ingredients in haute cuisine. But what exactly are these mysterious fungi and why do they command such astronomical prices?
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‘Future to Table’: NEOM launches sustainable food company Topian
Topian’s ‘Future to Table’ concept will introduce initiatives to revolutionise food systems
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UAE targets $10bn food industry and 20,000 new jobs
UAE announces major food and agriculture strategy as it plans 20,000 new jobs
consumer brands
Nestle boss talks liquid food and how he manages 14,000 staff in first ever interview
Yasser Abdul Malak, the Chairman and CEO of Nestlé MENA sits down for his first public interview since assuming the top job at the food giant
AI
Savour the shift: How AI is altering our palate bite by byte
With the explosion of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and tech-driven capabilities, food has morphed into more of an experience than a meal
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Future food trends: Anti-ageing ice cream, 3d printed lunch, VR dinner parties, me-gan diets and more
Deliveroo presents vision of what food will be like in 2040, complete with AI-powered meals, 3D-printed food and celebrity VR dinner guests and more
Dubai food delivery
Careem Food to pay customers AED1 for every minute deliveries are late
The promotion is valid for a limited period only
Abu Dhabi
Iconic restaurants coming to UAE under new $100m plan
The Culinary Investment Fund will help introduce iconic brands to the capital
food
Saudi Arabia set to host global food and hospitality mega-event ‘InFlavour’
The event promises to be a Michelin-star-studded menu, featuring celebrity chefs, product and industry trendsetters, and culinary pioneers
Abu Dhabi
UAE announces 2023 Ramadan food safety clampdown
UAE food safety inspectors launch hygiene and safety inspection campaign
Air India
Air India: Celebrity chef Sanjeev Kapoor slams airline meal
Sanjeev Kapoor unhappy with meal served on Air India flight, airline responds
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Qatar bans eating insects
Qatar’s Ministry of Public Health says insects are not a Halal food source
Agriculture
Global food inflation looms as drought conditions worsen
For the first time in more than 20 years, the world is facing a rare third consecutive year of the La Nina phenomenon, when the equatorial Pacific cools, causing a reaction from the atmosphere above it
Agriculture
Abu Dhabi to vaccinate its entire livestock in a nine-month long campaign
Organised by the Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority, it will target peste des petits ruminants, foot-and-mouth disease and crystalline inflammation