Food tech is a technology that manages the production or processing process of food by applying artificial intelligence and Internet of Things technology. Due to climate change, new eating habits, and the emergence of ESG management, the food industry has also demanded innovation, and accordingly, the food tech is attracting attention. Taking of food tech, there is a company that is brining innovation to the field: It is Incr.Edible famous for Granology.

 

An ESG food tech company Incr.Edible creates a healthy life style

Winning Trade, Industry and Energy Minister’s prize at 2023 Korea Innovative Company and Brand Awards

Incr.Edible is an ESG food tech company with the slogan ‘FOR US, FOR EARTH’ and the philosophy ‘our health is the health of the planet’. The company is helping people and the planet create healthy and sustainable food and lifestyles. Last year, Incr.Edible won the SMEs and Startups Ministerial prize at the Innovation Winner Awards. This year, it won the Trade, Industry and Energy Minister’s prize at the 2023 Korea Innovation Company and Brand Awards, proving its innovative mind and products. Introduced by the company’s meticulous hands of granologists, Granology is the nation’s first premium handmade granola brand. This product is made from carefully selected 100% plant-based superfood raw materials. It does not contain flour, butter, refined sugar, genetically modified grains, synthetic flavors, food preservatives, or artificial synthetic sweeteners. But it is made with 100% pure maple and unrefined natural sugar cane.

Following this brainchild, the company has introduced Gr + Protein Granola. In the coming years, low calorie non-sugar products and customized granola are also expected to be released in the market.

 

Healthy foods are tasteless? Nope!

The taste praised home and abroad!

Granology’s innovation is to break the stereotype that healthy food is tasteless. Incr.Edible CEO Won-ik Son says “In the past, if it was healthy, it wasn’t tasty, and if it was delicious, it wasn’t healthy. So I thought, why didn’t we innovate this?” Thus Granology, which has revolutionized both quality and taste, boasts a sweet taste and crispy texture through its own recipe. Granology has a wide range of flavors, so you can enjoy it without getting tired. Incr.Edible, the only domestic granola company, has recorded a splendid feat of successfully entering Amazon USA, and the ‘Greek Yogurt & Granola’ product sold at Starbucks Korea stores is also an OEM product produced and supplied by Incr.Edible. Granology is recognized for its outstanding product quality by Lotte Signiel Hotel and Grand Hyatt Hotel, and sold out 10,000 sets at Lotte Home Shopping ‘Choi Yu-Ra Show’, setting a new record of 4 consecutive sales. 

 

Granology obtains the nation’s first FSSC22000 in the field

Reborn as a food tech innovation company

Granology is the first granola brand in Korea to acquire FSSC22000 certification, as well as HACCP certification from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, ISO22000 food safety management system international certification, and HALAL food international certification. Incr.Edible is extending its hands to the manufacturing of alternative meat, alternative milk, alternative egg, alternative bakery, health functional food, HMR, and CMR following the technology related to commercialization of granology. The company developed a smart spreader and automatic crushing machine that increased production efficiency by more than 10 times for the first time in Korea, and of course, equipped with a mass production automation system, built an A to Z manufacturing platform solution from on/offline on/offline B2C, B2B, B2G, OEM & ODM.

The company is also collaborating with medical big data analysis companies to develop a personalized platform under the brand ‘Foodison’. CEO Son says “After all, we make money to eat good things. So from morning to evening, from age 0 to age 100, let us make people’s lives happy. We established a motto to innovate the world with our food.” The company recently established a ‘Food Tech Research Center’ and is growing into an innovative company that leads eco-friendly energy (solar heat), eco-friendly raw materials, and upcycling food.

 

▲ Incr.Edible / CEO Won-ik Son

Building a new renewable energy smart factory

Taking the lead in social contribution

Incr.Edible is the only ESG food tech in Korea equipped with an All-in-One-Stop vertical system of vegetable health alternative food, R&D, raw material sourcing, product development, solar energy renewable energy utilization ESG smart manufacturing, own distribution network, and own brand sales. The company also built a smart factory that procures all power with renewable energy through solar panels for the first time in Korea. 

As part of its social donation activities, the company donated about 500 units of 220g granola sets in 5 types, about 100 units of signature nut, and about 40 units of roasted to the Hyanglim Rehabilitation Center. Incr.Edible is an ESG food tech company that practices reducing carbon emissions, providing healthy food, eco-friendly social enterprises, responsible CSR management, and improving governance. CEO Son says “‘Great food comes from great raw materials’ is our business philosophy. We will contribute to the earth’s environment and humanity around the world by producing and supplying sustainable 100% plant-based eco-friendly products.”

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