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Dec 4, 2024

Lypid Partners with Disney to Debut Adorable Plant-Based BBQ Pork Piggy Bao at Moana 2 World Premiere

Lypid Kitchen, a new brand under Lypid, proudly unveiled its first retail-ready product, the 100% plant-based BBQ Pork Piggy Bao, at Disney’s Moana 2 World Premiere in Oahu, Hawai‘i. Guests, including the stars and filmmakers of the record-breaking Walt Disney Animation Studios feature, were among the first to savor this innovative and charming bao at the exclusive event, celebrating a shared love for creativity and sustainability.

Lypid Partners with Disney to Debut Adorable Plant-Based BBQ Pork Piggy Bao at Moana 2 World Premiere

Mar 5, 2024

Lypid’s “Plant-Based Braised Pork Belly” Selected For IKEA Taiwan’s New Menu Item

Foodtech innovator Lypid’s was selected to provide ingredients for IKEA Taiwan’s "Plant-Based Braised Pork Belly Pasta"

Lypid’s “Plant-Based Braised Pork Belly” Selected For IKEA Taiwan’s New Menu Item

Feb 9, 2024

Lypid

Lypid Will Attend Pizza Expo 2024

Lypid will be showcasing product samples at booth #3205 International Pizza Expo 2024.

Lypid Will Attend Pizza Expo 2024

Sep 26, 2023

Lypid

Lypid Introduces a Quality Plant-Based Pork Belly to the US: Elevating Culinary Boundaries with Versatility

Lypid Pork Belly marked a spectacular presence at the Plant Based World Expo 2023, held in New York City on September 7-8, clinching 1st place at "The Plant Base’s Taste Challenge" under the meat category.

Lypid Introduces a Quality Plant-Based Pork Belly to the US: Elevating Culinary Boundaries with Versatility

May 31, 2023

Fast Company

There’s Such a Thing as Vegan Fat Now, and It’s Being Used to Make Pork Belly

For several years now, we’ve been able to go to grocery stores or restaurants and buy all sorts of products made from plants in imitation of products from animals. Burgers. Chicken. Sausages. Bacon. Now another product is being added to the list, and it’s even more unexpected than fake meat; you could even call it downright bizarre. Companies are working on—and already selling—plant-based fat. Yes, fat.

There’s Such a Thing as Vegan Fat Now, and It’s Being Used to Make Pork Belly

Apr 18, 2023

Lypid

Lypid Launches World’s First Plant-Based Pork Belly in the US and Asia Pacific

From Bacons to Braised Pork belly, The San Francisco-based Food Tech Captures Gourmets' Taste Buds with Plant-Based Meat With Marbling

Lypid Launches World’s First Plant-Based Pork Belly in the US and Asia Pacific

Apr 14, 2023

AGFunder

Meet the founders: Lypid tackles fat, the final frontier for alt meat

From ‘designer fats’ made by microbes to plant-based oleogels that “look and behave like animal fat,” the race is on to create the next generation of fats for meat alternatives.

Meet the founders: Lypid tackles fat, the final frontier for alt meat

Mar 30, 2023

Green Queen

Lypid Debuts Pork Belly Made With Patented PhytoFat

Taiwanese-U.S. food-tech company Lypid unveiled vegan pork belly made from its patented PhytoFat at the recent Future Food-Tech summit held in San Francisco earlier this month.

Lypid Debuts Pork Belly Made With Patented PhytoFat

Mar 23, 2023

FoodBev Media

Lypid Takes Home Multiple Awards At World Food Innovation 2023

Lypid is recognized by the well respected FoodBev Media in this year’s World Food Innovation Awards. These awards celebrate the very best companies, people and products from around the world and recognise their outstanding contribution to the food and beverage industry.

Lypid Takes Home Multiple Awards At World Food Innovation 2023

Feb 13, 2023

Lypid

Lypid Exhibits at Future Food Tech San Francisco

We’re excited to participate in this years Future Food Tech located in our HQ city of San Francisco, March 16-17. Come join us at our booth in the start-up area and sample our newest innovations first hand! Please send us a message if you’d like to schedule a meeting. Media inquiries please reach out to: info@lypid.co . Looking forward to connecting! #futurefoodtech

Lypid Exhibits at Future Food Tech San Francisco

Aug 1, 2022

Lypid

LYPID PARTNERS WITH LOUISA COFFEE TO BRING PLANT-BASED BURGER PATTIES TO OVER 500 STORES

Lypid announced its partnership with Louisa Coffee, the largest coffeehouse company in Taiwan, to serve juicy, meaty plant-based burger patties to over 500 shops nationwide.

LYPID PARTNERS WITH LOUISA COFFEE TO BRING PLANT-BASED BURGER PATTIES TO OVER 500 STORES

Mar 7, 2022

Lypid

LYPID RAISES $4 MILLION SEED ROUND FOR ANIMAL-LIKE VEGAN FATS

Lypid enters the B2B vegan-fat market with PhytoFatTM, a plant-based fat with a healthy profile and rich, authentic mouthfeel.

LYPID RAISES $4 MILLION SEED ROUND FOR ANIMAL-LIKE VEGAN FATS

Mar 7, 2022

Green Queen

Lypid Bags $4 Million In Seed Funding For Vegan Meat Fat Scale-Up Investigation

Californian food tech startup Lypid has scored $4 million in a seed funding raise to scale their vegan fat. Green Generation Fund led the round, with Big Idea Ventures and SOSV’s Indie Bio participating, amongst others. New investment will be used to, hopefully, scale and commercialise the company’s flagship fat development, PhytoFat. More data is said to be needed to fully ascertain the viability of scaling.

Lypid Bags $4 Million In Seed Funding For Vegan Meat Fat Scale-Up Investigation

Mar 3, 2022

Foodnavigator-usa

Fat… the final frontier for meat alternatives? Designer fat co Lypid raises $4m to commercialize microencapsulated vegan oils that behave like animal fat

Plant-based meat alternatives are getting 'meatier' by the day as brands reverse engineer animal products and put them back together with plants. But getting plant-based fat to behave like animal fat has been a major stumbling block for the industry, says foodtech startup Lypid, which has just raised $4m in seed funding to help commercialize its ‘PhytoFat’ platform.

Fat… the final frontier for meat alternatives? Designer fat co Lypid raises $4m to commercialize microencapsulated vegan oils that behave like animal fat

Jan 28, 2022

Green Queen

The Business Of Fat: Meet The 5 Global Startups Working To Replace Animal Derived Fat

The search of animal fat alternatives is taking off. Demand for flavourful cultivated meats, realistic plant-based options, and palm oil-free products is increasing, and in parallel, a variety of fats are being developed to cover a spectrum of needs. Below, we highlight five food tech startups focusing on the business of fat.

The Business Of Fat: Meet The 5 Global Startups Working To Replace Animal Derived Fat

Jan 3, 2022

Wattpoultry

CP Foods partners with U.S. vegan fat startup

CP Foods plans to co-develop better tasting plant-based meat with U.S. startup Lypid

CP Foods partners with U.S. vegan fat startup

Dec 23, 2021

Forbes

How Three Deep Tech Founders Are Creating World-Class Teams That Can Build The Future

Michelle Lee, PhD, is CTO of Lypid, a food tech start-up developing a natural vegan fat with a rich meaty mouthfeel that can replace animal fat. She says: “As a leader, what I care about most is whether the people I'm working with feel like they have growth, like they’re learning something in the process. Because that’s what I personally care about, learning."

How Three Deep Tech Founders Are Creating World-Class Teams That Can Build The Future

Dec 14, 2021

Vegconomist

Thai Meat Giant CP Foods Partners with San Francisco’s Lypid to Make Vegan Fat

Thai pork and poultry giant CP Foods has joined forces with US vegan fat startup Lypid. The San Francisco-based food tech develops vegan fat with an animal fat mouthfeel to increase the authenticity of plant-based meats.

Thai Meat Giant CP Foods Partners with San Francisco’s Lypid to Make Vegan Fat

Dec 13, 2021

khaosod English

CP FOODS CO-DEVELOPS PLANT-BASED MEAT WITH THE U.S. STARTUP

Charoen Pokphand Foods Public Company Limited (CP Foods) has partnered with “Lypid”, startup from the United States, to create plant-based meat that has the same taste and texture as real meat with its innovative “vegan fat”. CP Foods expects to start commercial phase of this collaboration in the next two years.

CP FOODS CO-DEVELOPS PLANT-BASED MEAT WITH THE U.S. STARTUP

Dec 4, 2021

3D Printing Media Network

ATLANT 3D Nanosystems wins Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge 2021

Among the other winning startups (not related to 3D printing but still interesting), Oxyle took second prize, with a technology that eliminates highly persistent, organic pollutants from industrial and municipal wastewaters. Lypid took third prize for developing a vegan fat that can be tuned to precise textures and melting points, mimicking animal fat.

ATLANT 3D Nanosystems wins Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge 2021
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