Korea’s leading food and bio company, CJ CheilJedang, recently announced it will be joining MISTA, the invite-only food innovation platform that unites the most innovative food, food tech and ingredient companies, with a purpose of transforming the global food system to meet the needs of the future. San Francisco-based MISTA creates an environment for its members to innovate by providing access to a vast array of experts across the food system, state-of-the-art development labs and commercial kitchens to facilitate new food advances.
Said Dr. Florian Viton, Vice President, R&D Management Executive, CJ CheilJedang: “Being part of MISTA’s ecosystem in San Francisco’s Bay Area places us in prime position to leverage food innovations. By engaging like-minded partners with complementary capabilities – start-ups and other companies – we want to accelerate our pace of innovation and seed new growth engines supporting CJ CheilJedang’s global ambition.”
Added Scott May, Head of MISTA: “We are pleased to have Korea’s leading food company as part of the MISTA community. Our collaboration with CJ CheilJedang will both strengthen our global ecosystem and help CJ accelerate their innovation to market.” For more visit mistafood.com/
