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4 Mins Read Artisan plant-based dairy leader Miyoko’s Creamery has secured $52 million in a Series C funding round. It comes ahead of the brand’s upcoming plant-based liquid mozzarella launch, which pours out like a sauce for pizzas. The funds will be used to expand distribution, accelerate innovation and revamp its “fan-favourite” vegan cheese and butter products. Miyoko’s […]
3 Mins Read A new ShipNaked campaign wants to fight packaging waste by asking online shopping giants like Amazon to deliver without boxes or bags.
4 Mins Read Israel’s Redefine Meat has rolled out 5 vegan meat products ahead of launching 3D-printed whole cut meat range including kebabs and sausages.
2 Mins Read Japanese food tech Next Meats is set to build a new solar-powered factory and R&D hub dedicated to alt-protein production. The new plant, to be constructed in the hometown of one of the co-founders of the brand, will boost its production capacity to meet demand. Next Meats says it will also help lower retail costs […]
3 Mins Read Berkano Foods, the New Zealand plant-based ready meal startup, is now gearing up to launch an alt-meat range. The company recently closed a crowdfunding campaign with more than NZ$30,800, which will fuel its product portfolio expansion, which also includes new frozen vegan pizzas, sauces and desserts. Berkano Foods is set to join New Zealand’s homegrown […]
4 Mins Read Beyond Meat founder and CEO Ethan Brown believes that taxing items that have high negative impacts, such as meat, is an “appealing” idea. Brown’s comments were made in a recent BBC interview, where he also shared more about Beyond’s plans to slash the price of its plant-based beef and the growing public awareness about the […]
4 Mins Read Could the healthy plant-based products you’ll be buying at supermarkets be developed with AI technology? In the not-so-soon future, most probably. Danone, one of the world’s biggest food corporations, is working with Brightseed to discover new “hidden” phytonutrients and compounds in plant crops. And Danone will use insights from this tech to expand its vegan […]
3 Mins Read Cape Town-based De Novo Dairy wants to be the first African startup using precision fermentation to make real animal-free dairy.
3 Mins Read Sustainable sneaker brand Cariuma is making waves at the world’s first-ever skateboarding Summer Olympic games in Tokyo this year.
4 Mins Read The Last Beach Cleanup has filed a lawsuit against TerraCycle, alleging the firm is misleading consumers about its recycling platform.
3 Mins Read More than 1,550 wildlife species, from marine animals to terrestrial mammals, are documented to have ingested plastic waste.
4 Mins Read Nearly 14,000 scientists and academics have signed an updated report urging for rapid and transformational action on the climate emergency.
3 Mins Read New York startup Actual Veggies has raised $2.8 million for its burgers as consumer demand for cleaner label plant-based foods rises.
3 Mins Read GoodDot has raised funding from Sixth Sense Ventures, marking the first VC investment into the Indian plant-based meat space.
4 Mins Read Millennials in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia are buying secondhand because they want to be more sustainable, according to a Carousell report.
3 Mins Read Shanghai startup Wellme is behind the new homegrown Chinese plant-based brand Berrywell and its range of chickpea-based vegan yogurt.
4 Mins Read American actress Zooey Deschanel wants to help shoppers make sustainable and healthy food choices on a new rewards app called Merryfield.
4 Mins Read Regulatory approval of cell-based meat remains the biggest obstacle for the industry, according to a new report released by Lux Research.
4 Mins Read Australian startup Harvest B has raised $4.5 million to scale its “smart ingredient system” for healthy vegan meat alternatives.
4 Mins Read Dole has partnered up with London startup Ananas Anam to repurpose its pineapple leaves into Piñatex, the vegan leather alternative.
3 Mins Read High-end coffee chain Blue Bottle has just made oatmilk the “default option” in two of its U.S. locations as part of a trial.