Israel Real Economy · 15 stories · Updated Aug 14, 2026
Lead storyA country 60% desert that imports much of its food turned thirst and hunger into export industries. Water is solved and selling; food is funded and unproven. Tnuva is Shanghai-owned. Strauss has PepsiCo in Sabra. Netafim…
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תנובה היא 77% בבעלות מדינת סין. אסם 100% שווייצרית. Sabra הפכה ל־100% אמריקאית בנובמבר 2024. מתוך החברות שממלאות את הסופרמרקט הישראלי, רק שטראוס וטרה…
A Chinese state-linked conglomerate has controlled Tnuva, Israel's dominant dairy processor, for over a decade. Its ownership structure has not been p…
A country that imports most of its food built one of the world's most ambitious alternative-protein industries — deliberately, as national strategy.
The hype money is gone. What it left behind is a clearer picture of who actually funds Israeli food-tech — and who's still standing.
It doesn't grow cells or print steaks. It brews the exact proteins found in milk — and it may be the most scalable food-tech Israel has.
Most plant-based meat lost the consumer war by competing with the cheapest thing on the shelf. Israel's biggest bet went the other way — for the steak…
