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Using technology developed at Cornell University, an Indian American-led food tech startup has developed a solution to produce shelf-stable foods that don’t need freezing or refrigeration. ....
Food tech startup produces shelf-stable foods that donât need freezing or refrigeration Farther Farms, a food tech startup with Cornell roots. Its innovative sterilization technology produces shelf-stable foods that donât need freezing or refrigeration. Their first product is the worldâs first commercially available shelf-stable french fry â a major addition to an industry dominated by frozen fries first invented in the 1940s. By sidestepping cold storage, the company aims to open new markets in regions that lack refrigeration while reducing supply chain costs and carbon emissions, reports news.cornell.edu Saran and co-founder Mike Annunziata â11, MBA â17, launched Farther Farms in 2017, while enrolled in eLab, Cornellâs student startup accelerator, with the goal of developing next-generation sustainable food processing technologies. ....
Farther Farms Is Closing The French Fry Gap And Creating Food For A Global Supply Chain ROCHESTER, N.Y. (BUSINESS WIRE) Today, the French fry. Tomorrow, the global food supply chain. Farther Farms is a high-growth food technology start-up working to solve one of society’s greatest challenges: how to make food go farther. The company began with one of consumers’ favorite foods, creating the world’s first commercially-available shelf-stable, fresh-cut style French fry that’s never-frozen and ready-to-cook. Made with Farther Farms’ sustainable, carbon dioxide (CO 2)-based technology, the French fries have a 90-day shelf life at room temperature – no artificial preservatives added, and no freezing or refrigeration required. ....
John Munson/Cornell University Farther Farms has created the world’s first commercially available french fries that don’t need freezing or refrigeration, with innovative technology developed at Cornell. Startup’s sustainable tech takes food farther May 12, 2021 Expensive refrigeration was cutting into Vipul Saran’s profits. As an undergrad in India, and the third generation in his family to work in agriculture, Saran had started a new venture: exporting potatoes from western Uttar Pradesh to the Middle East. But the high cost of cold storage had become “a pinching point.” To ship $2,000 worth of potatoes to Dubai in a refrigerated container in the summer, he’d pay $3,000 – losing $1,000 in profits before the product even got to the buyer. But to ship the potatoes in the winter – when he could get away without refrigeration – cost just $96. ....
Farther Farms creates new French fry, to make food go farther Farther Farms, based in Rochester, NY, is a high-growth food technology start-up working to solve one of today’s challenges: how to make food go farther. The company started by creating the world’s first commercially-available shelf-stable, fresh-cut style French fry that’s never-frozen and ready-to-cook. The French fries, made with Farther Farms’ sustainable, carbon dioxide-based technology, have a 90-day shelf life at room temperature. This means no artificial preservatives are added, nor that freezing or refrigeration is required. Vipul Saran, co-founder and chief technology officer said: “By reducing dependency on the cold chain, we are leapfrogging a major limitation and creating new global opportunities. The sustainable, CO2-based technology we’ve developed at Farther Farms is already taking French fries farther than they’ve ever gone before – and we’re gearing up to do the same f ....