11 startups using tech to change the way we eat

A sampling of some of the tastiest—and oddest—new foods incorporating technology in various creative ways.

From a robotic chef to an edible crayon that literally draws flavor onto plates, culinary innovators are devouring new tech to sell more food. At the recent Fancy Food Show, 2,300 exhibitors from 56 countries showed off exotic snacks, meats, cheeses, and chocolates over 330,000 square feet of exhibition space in New York’s Javits Center—think six football fields of fine foods.