Chinova Bioworks recognized for food waste reduction technology
The company’s Chiber shelf-life extender is suitable for snack and bakery products.
The Canadian Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, has announced the six finalists of the Novel Technologies Streams for the Food Waste Reduction Challenge. The list includes Chinova Bioworks, which makes a clean-label shelf-life extender from mushrooms. Minister Bibeau met virtually with the finalists and learned more about their promising solutions to reduce food waste.
"We are honored to be a finalist in the Novel Technologies Streams for the Food Waste Reduction Challenge. From day one, it's been our mission to use nature to reduce food waste," says Natasha Dhayagude, CEO and co-founder of Chinova Bioworks. "As a start-up and a food preservation disruptor, Chinova's achieved a lot over the years. To reduce food waste, we will continue to study the inner properties of the white button mushroom to provide innovative and natural solutions, such as Chiber, our clean-label and sustainable shelf-life extender, to fight this growing problem."