Essence Food

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Essence Food is a Spanish foodtech company that upcycles food waste and surplus produce into nutrient-rich, ready-to-consume products using proprietary freeze-drying (lyophilization) technology, combined with AI and 3D food printing via its subsidiary Moodbytes. Founded in 2017 and headquartered near Barcelona, it operates a B2B model (own equipment, leasing, or freeze-drying-as-a-service) and has expanded to Dubai and Riyadh. It appears self-funded/accelerator-backed (Business Factory Food, Galician Food Cluster) rather than venture-backed.

Founded

2017

Founders

Total funds raised

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SectorsFoodtech, Sustainability, Circular Economy, 3D Printing Start-up MapFoodtech & Agtech › Food ingredients & manufacturing

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Founders

Marcio Edgar Jacinto Barradas

CEO and Founder

Global models 5

Outcast Foods

Canada · outcastfoods.com ↗

Upcycles surplus fruit and vegetables into dried nutrient powders and ingredients sold B2B and as consumer products, the closest match to Essence's surplus-to-dried-food model.

$30MComparable

Comet Bio

United States · cometbio.com ↗

Converts agricultural by-products into upcycled food ingredients sold to food manufacturers, a B2B upcycling model.

$30MComparable

Treasure8

United States · treasure8.com ↗

Licenses and runs proprietary drying technology as a service to turn surplus produce into shelf-stable ingredients, mirroring Essence's equipment-plus-drying-as-a-service offer.

$20MComparable

Renewal Mill

United States · www.renewalmill.com ↗

Upcycles food-processing by-products into flours and ingredients for B2B and retail customers.

$10MComparable

ReGrained

United States · www.regrained.com ↗

Uses proprietary processing technology to upcycle brewers' spent grain into ingredients and licenses the process to partners.

$5MComparable

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Funding rounds

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Published	Article
2025-04-03	How AI can be leveraged to reduce food loss, improve nutrition, and cut emissions ↗ Arab News 2025-04-03
2024-08-01	3D Essence Food (2024 Winner: Most Influential CEO Awards) ↗ CEO Monthly 2024-08-01
2023-05-10	3D Essence Food, SanLucar Frutit y Asonaman nuevas empresas asociadas AINIA Network ↗ AINIA 2023-05-10