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HIFOOD

http://www.hifood.it/
Last activity: 06.05.2025
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Founded in ’12, Hi-Food is an Italian developer and producer of innovative plant-based, natural and clean label functional food ingredients for conventional and disruptive food industry (conventional bakery, gluten free, gastronomy, sauces, fillings, dessert, ice cream, beverage, new plant-based foods).

Grown inside the University of Parma, Hi-Food has been implementing a strong R&D approach to create natural functional ingredients always without allergens, chemicals and totally animal-free, with outstanding functionalities and the best possible ration dosage/cost in use/benefits.

Mission: develop, produce and supply plant-based-clean label and high technological ingredients for the food industry.

Vision: create new ingredients by addressing today's consumer demands of Free-From, Natural, Sustainable, Clean Label Allergen free, Plant-Based, Animal free.

Well positioned to play a key role in the growing plant-based alternative market, the company provides dairy and gastronomy alternative manufacturers with natural building blocks to improve their products and their labels and a wide range of innovative clean label food ingredients.

Hi-Food is mentioned as one of the ingredients companies of the New Protein Landscape producing clean label natural plant-based food ingredients and contributing to the shaping of the future of food:
-Building alternatives to animal-based proteins has been a key trend for the last few years. Within this frame, Hi-Food has been developing new functional building blocks, fiber-based, as well as functional concentrated/isolated plant proteins.
-Well designed ingredients from natural sources with high technological effect that can significantly contribute to the development of new finished products, clean and innovative.

Aware of the fast-changing markets and technologies we are constantly striving to adapt, improve and ready to face new nature-driven challenges.
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Overview

Location
Italy, Emilia-Romagna, Parma
Employees
11-50
Founded date
2012

Mentions in press and media 6

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Apr 6, 2024Time-Travelling Milkman Revolutionizes Plant-Based Dairy with Sunflower FatDutch startup Time-travelling Milkman (TTM) has secured €850K in funding to enhance the appeal of dairy alternatives with Oleocream, a sustainable sunflower fat. Investors like Alianza Team and Oost NL are backing TTM's mission to prov...
Apr 4, 2024Time-Travelling Milkman Raises €850K to “Cream” Plant-Based Dairy with Sustainable Sunflower FatDutch startup Time-travelling Milkman (TTM) has raised €850,000 in funding to scale production and expand the market entry of Oleocream, a sunflower fat designed to replace palm and coconut oil in plant-based dairy. New investor Alianza Tea...
Nov 30, 2023HIFOOD and Alianza Team Introduce Revolutionary Fat Alternative to Tropical Oils for Better Plant-Based MeatHIFOOD and Alianza Team Europe have developed an innovative, clean-label, plant-based fat alternative to tropical oils and chemical emulsions. The companies claim that the new product improves the taste and texture of plant-based meat, allo...
Sep 14, 2021DouxMatok : and Hi-Food Partner to Deliver Great Tasting Nutritional Sugar Reduced SolutionsToday, DouxMatok (Israel/USA) and Hi-Food (Italy), two food-tech pioneers leading the development of innovative ingredients, announce a partnership to deliver a complete end-to-end nutritional solution for food manufacturers. DouxMatok’s fi...
Dec 21, 2017Cultured fish co Finless Foods aims to achieve price parity with Bluefin tuna by the end of 2019Co-founder and CEO Mike Selden told FoodNavigator-USA: “Initially, quantities will be limited, and​ we’ll be working with chefs in high-end restaurants doing some really interesting things just to spark a conversation, and get the public to...

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FAQ about HIFOOD

When was HIFOOD founded?

HIFOOD was founded in 2012.

What has the press written about HIFOOD?

Parsers VC has collected 6 articles mentioning HIFOOD, among them “Time-Travelling Milkman Revolutionizes Plant-Based Dairy with Sunflower Fat” (Apr 6, 2024) and “Time-Travelling Milkman Raises €850K to “Cream” Plant-Based Dairy with Sustainable Sunflower Fat” (Apr 4, 2024).

Is HIFOOD still active?

Yes, HIFOOD is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from May 6, 2025.