TiNDLE Foods (ex-NextGen)
Ridiculously good! Made from plants. 🌱 We’re on a mission to make saving the planet easy by creating delicious and sustainable foods from plants. Our first product, TiNDLE Chicken, is already a favorite amongst chefs globally and now available for home cooks. Tasty, versatile, and satisfying – your first bite will leave you wanting for more!
Profile
TiNDLE Foods (formerly Next Gen Foods) is a Singapore-headquartered plant-based food company focused on chicken alternatives under the TiNDLE brand, sold to chefs and home cooks worldwide. Core products are TiNDLE Chicken items (nuggets, tenders, burgers, crispy fillets, wings) built on its “Lipi™” emulsion and “TrueCut™” grounding/texture approach, using non-GMO soy and a clean-label ingredient strategy (e.g., “nine simple ingredients”). Founded in 2020; HQ/R&D in Singapore (Battery Road address reported). TiNDLE is backed by investors including Temasek/Asia Sustainable Foods Platform (returning), plus Alpha JWC, EDBI, MPL Ventures, GGV Capital, K3 Ventures, Bits x Bites, and others; Series A was $100M in early 2022 (total funding reported >$130M). By mid-2025 it was in ~1,300 US stores, expanding via Kroger banners and launching Germany private label with Aldi and TiNDLE Gourmet Chicken in EDEKA; it had reduced burn with >50% of Series A funds still in cash and was still operating in 2025–2026, though with slower growth and a focus on plant-based chicken (dairy “backburner”).
Sources#
- Tindle - Products, Competitors, Financials, Employees, Headquarters Locations — 2023-06-22
- Next Gen Foods Debuts TiNDLE in the United States and Announces a | Tindle Foods — 2022-02-15
- Alt meat’s moment of truth: TiNDLE, and an industry, recalibrate — 2025-07-16
- TiNDLE Foods: “The Desire for Clean-Label, Better-For-You Products Is No Longer a Trend, but an Essential in the Plant-Based Sector” - vegconomist - the vegan business magazine — 2025-08-15
- From record Series A to market reset: Where TiNDLE Foods—and plant-based meat—go next - AG Life Media — 2025-08-17
- Largest ever funding round for plant-based meat. Even more ridiculously | Tindle Foods — 2022-02-15
- TiNDLE: Ridiculously Good, Chicken Made from Plants | Tindle Foods — 2021-09-04
- Singapore’s Next Gen Foods targets global lead in plant-based chicken — 2022-07-15
- Industry
- Alternative proteins, Food ingredients
- Topics
- Plant-based meat, dairy & egg
- Role
- Producer — “…o cholesterol; facility and manufacturing practices emphasize traceability and allergen considerations. - Prod…”
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What they offer
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News & status 6
- 2023-2024 Latest status: The company has undergone significant operational restructuring, including staff reductions and a strategic focus on plant-based chicken, since 2023. ↗ ↗ ↗
- 2025-03-14 Pioneering the next generation of food innovation in Asia | Singapore EDBTiNDLE Foods (formerly Next Gen Foods) is a Singapore-based food-tech startup that launched a plant-based chicken brand, TiNDLE, after securing $13.2 million in seed funding in 2020 and establishing its HQ and R&D center in Singapore; the company is expanding …
- 2025-07-16 Alt meat’s moment of truth: TiNDLE, and an industry, recalibrateTiNDLE Foods (formerly Next Gen Foods) has a strong cash runway and lower burn after cuts in 2023–24, focusing on measured growth in the US and Dach markets with a plan to accelerate via strategic M&A while sidelining its plant-based dairy for now. The company …
- 2025-08-01 TiNDLE Foods: "The Desire for Clean-Label, Better-For-You Products Is No Longer a Trend, but an Essential in the Plant-Based Sector" - vegconomist - the vegan business magazineTiNDLE Foods (formerly Next Gen Foods) positions itself as a mission-driven, plant-based brand delivering chef-approved, clean-label products with simple, non-GMO ingredients and a focus on authentic texture and taste. It emphasizes sustainability, no animal …
- 2025-12-18 Livekindly Collective inks production deal with peer TindleTiNDLE Foods (formerly Next Gen Foods) is shifting toward private-label focus and European growth, with its co-manufacturer LKC handling production for TiNDLE’s partner products in the US, Germany, and UK, while TiNDLE itself pivots away from branded US …
- 2025-11-20 TiNDLE Foods Pivots Business Model to Focus on Private Label ProductsTiNDLE Foods, pivoting from consumer-facing branding to private-label manufacturing, will focus on B2B/private-label plant-based proteins in Europe (divesting U.S. operations) and invest in product development and efficiency to support retailers and restaurant …
- 2025-04-10 Plant-based meat brand Tindle adds more than 500 Kroger storesTiNDLE Foods (formerly Next Gen Foods) is expanding rapidly in retail, now in over 1,300 stores nationwide and more than 500 Kroger banners, supported by strong liquidity from a $100 million funding round and strategic retailer partnerships. Its differentiator …
Network: owners, partners, peers
Ownership & investors 13
| investor | Temasek |
| investor | Alpha JWC |
| investor | EDBI |
| investor | MPL Ventures |
| investor | GGV Capital |
| investor | K3 Ventures |
| investor | Bits x Bites |
| investor | SevenVentures |
| investor | Notable Capital |
| investor | EDB New Ventures |
| investor | NX Food |
| investor | FEBE Ventures |
| investor | Blue Horizon |
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