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Nature’s Fynd™ Takes No. 1 Spot on Forward Fooding’s FoodTech 500 List
Award recognizes AgriFoodTech startup and scaleup companies globally for creating a brighter future of food
CHICAGO, March 13, 2024 — Nature’s Fynd, a food company making delicious meat and dairy alternatives with Fy™, a nutritional fungi protein, won the top ranking in Foward Fooding’s FoodTech 500 List. This annual award reviews a company’s business size score, digital footprint score utilizing Forward Fooding’s proprietary algorithms and a sustainability score using a self-assessed questionnaire devised by sustainability experts from the academic world.
Nature’s Fynd, which has expanded its offerings to include Dairy-Free Fy Yogurt, in addition to its Meatless Fy Breakfast Patties and Dairy-Free Fy Cream Cheese, has continued to utilize the incredible power of fungi to create delicious food that is now available in grocery stores across the United States. Grown using a breakthrough fermentation method in Chicago, Fy Protein only uses a fraction of resources compared to traditional agriculture.
“We appreciate Forward Fooding recognizing and validating Nature’s Fynd as a company succeeding at its mission to nourish people while nurturing the planet,” said Thomas Jonas, founder and CEO, Nature’s Fynd. “We have a best-in-class team dedicated to ensuring Earth’s population has access to safe, nutritious, and sufficient food and we are committed to doing this in a way that’s gentler on our planet.”
In 2023, Nature’s Fynd ranked No. 6 on the list. This year, over 1,500 companies from 77 countries submitted entries for consideration. For more information about the FoodTech 500 list and its methodology, visit: https://forwardfooding.com/foodtech500/.
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About Nature’s Fynd
Nature’s Fynd is a Chicago-based food company creating a versatile alternative protein to nourish the world’s growing population while nurturing the planet. Born out of research conducted for NASA on microbes with origins in Yellowstone National Park, the company’s breakthrough fermentation technology grows Fy™. Fy is a new-to-the-world nutritional fungi protein that uses only a fraction of the resources required by traditional agriculture. Its Meatless Fy Breakfast Patties, Dairy-free Fy Cream Cheese, and Dairy-free Fy Yogurt are in grocery stores nationally. For more information visit www.naturesfynd.com Or follow along on TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), LinkedIn or Threads. The terms“Nature’s Fynd,”“Fy,” and“Fy Protein” are trademarks of the Company.
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