Fermented Flavor Ingredients
The Mediterranean Food Lab develops a fermentation-based approaches to produce a natural, honest flavor solutions made from real food - simple ag-commodities and food side streams. The solutions is designed to bring satisfying, meaty, multi-layered flavor profiles to a wide range of dishes traditionally flavored with animal protein.
MFL's line of ready-to-use stocks is sold under the brand SHO; Umami-packed meat-free stocks made for professional foodservice cooks. The stocks are made by fermenting grains and legumes, containing 100% natural ingredients, with no additives, emulsifiers, colors, preservatives, or flavoring agents.
| Name | The Mediterranean Food Lab |
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| Slug | the-mediterranean-food-lab |
| Type / kind | startup |
| Crunchbase ID | the-mediterranean-food-lab |
| Source _id | agxzfmlsbGlzdHNpdGVyGAsSC05ld19Db21wYW55GICA4NPLvI8JDA |
| Status | active |
|---|---|
| Last update | 2026-05-17 |
| HQ country code | IL |
|---|---|
| HQ city | Tel Aviv-Jaffa |
| HQ address | Simtat Beit HaSho'eva, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel |
| Website | https://www.med-food-lab.com/ |
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| https://www.linkedin.com/company/68513278 |
| Total raised | $19.6M |
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| Current stage | Series A |
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