Conventional meat has a high environmental footprint, while many alternatives struggle to match its taste, nutrition, cost, and kitchen performance.
R&D Focus
Hybrid meat formulation and plant-derived ingredients designed to blend directly with animal meat.
Innovative Solution
50CUT is blended with ground meat to reduce the animal-meat content while retaining familiar taste and cooking behavior.
Solution Effectiveness
The company reports about a 50% lower carbon footprint. In a South Carolina school program, reported student acceptance reached 96% for meatballs and 92% for burgers.
Investment Funding
Last Funding Stage
Undisclosed
Total Funding Amount
10.45M
Last Funding Amount
3.M
Last Funding Date
31-12-2024
Lead Investors
Viola Ventures, Lever VC, Siddhi Capital, Grow-NY, The Kitchen - FoodTech Hub
People
Founders
Idan Pereman
Shalom Daniel
About
JOYN Foods is a NY-based food-tech company that developed 50CUT, the only product in the world that seamlessly blends with real animal meat. This reduces the carbon footprint by half while improving nutrition, taste, and costs.
Products
Product
50CUT ingredient for blended burgers, meatballs, and other ground-meat products.
Star Product
50CUT – the core hybrid-meat ingredient, designed to replace part of the meat without requiring consumers to switch to a fully plant-based product.
Demo Product or Complete Product?
Commercial food ingredient; featured at the 2025 National Restaurant Association Show.
Future Plan
Investment Funding
Raised seed funding in 2023 with backing reported from Viola Ventures and Milk & Honey Ventures.
Awards and Recognitions
Awards
FABI Favorite Award (2025).
M&A and Collabs
Collab
Bareburger – launched a blended 50CUT burger.
Collab
South Carolina K–12 schools – tested blended burgers and meatballs in school meals.
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