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Report】Foodtech Grand Prix 2023: Grand Prize Won by fabula Co.

2023/10/16

The Food Tech Grand Prix 2023 was held at the Center of Garage on Saturday, October 14, 2023, to select the winning teams for the Grand Prize and the Corporate Award.

Starting with the 2020 season, the Tech Planter will evolve its concept to "Deep Issue & Deep Tech Explorer," which will use "Deep Tech," a collection of science and technology, to solve unsolved "Deep Issues. Tech Explorer," which is a collection of science and technology to solve "Deep Issues" through "Deep Tech". We aim to encourage a global perspective from the early stage, and to accelerate new developments through collaboration with the 1371 teams (as of September 1, 2023) of Alumni and others in the overseas Tech Planter hosted by RIVERNESS. On the day of the event, the 12 Food Tech Grand Prix finalist teams, selected from among the 336 teams that applied to Tech Planter 2023, passionately presented their ideas for implementing solutions to global food-related issues by utilizing diverse technologies such as food upcycling, taste control, 3D food printing, and plant cell culture. They made passionate presentations of their ideas.

The winner of the prestigious Grand Prize was "fabula Co.
fabula Corporation gave a presentation titled "New Construction Materials Using Food Waste: Local Production for Local Consumption of Garbage. The judges all shared the belief that fabula Corporation's challenge will be accelerated by the cooperation of the judges, and the company was awarded the Grand Prize. fabula Corporation's technology will be used as a starting point to promote the reconstruction of the material cycle on the earth, aiming to bring harmony to the earth and people.

The Grand Prize winner, fabula Corporation, and the entire jury

Team Name	Theme name	winning (a prize)
RelieFood, Inc.	Realization of a world where everyone can enjoy food regardless of illness or creed	JT Prize
UBeing Inc.	Solving Food Problems with Transcutaneous Electrical Stimulation Taste Adjustment Devices	Meiji Holdings Award
Byte Bites Inc.	Realization of transferable meals that can be enjoyed by anyone, anytime, anywhere	Asahi Prize
fabula Corporation	New construction materials made from food waste: local production for local consumption of garbage	Grand Prize
cattle or horse trader	Protecting the health of living organisms through the excretion of microplastics from the body	Kirin Group Award
Helmholtz	Development of equipment to evaluate deliciousness by analyzing taste, aroma, and texture
air sugar	Sugar production from air and water	Nihon Ham Award, Real Tech Fund Award
P-SOMU	Producing the future of food through new cellular agriculture of plants	Maruha Nichiro Award
Zensorics	Breaking the poverty barrier with low-cost fluorine sensors
Food Aid	Food-based health strategies targeting microscopic abnormalities	Sigmaxis Award, Nipun Award
Up Tongue Func	Establishing Healthy Eating Habits through Regulation of Taste Receptor Cell Development	Yoshinoya Prize

Demo Day Implementation Overview

- Grand Prix name: Foodtech Grand Prix 2023
- Location: Center of Garage (1-16-3 Yokogawa, Sumida-ku, Tokyo 130-0003, Japan)
- Date: Saturday, October 14, 2023, 13:00-19:00
- Eligibility: Closed, pre-registration required (entry teams, partner companies, Superfactory Group Professional Supporters)
- Related:Foodtech Grand Prix List