3 Mins Read Brandplant, a plant-based distributor for the Benelux region, is now gearing up to expand its presence across its markets in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg. The Rotterdam startup bagged funding from prominent vegan investors, including UK-based Veg Capital and Sweden’s Kale United. Brandplant has raised fresh funding from Veg Capital and Kale United to speed […]
3 Mins Read Vegan chicken brand VFC is about to launch its 100% plant-based popcorn chicken, bites and fillets across hundreds of Tesco stores in the UK.
3 Mins Read Diners across the UK will be able to taste a range of new plant-based dishes made with OmniPork, the 100% vegan pork substitute developed by Hong Kong’s OmniFoods. Rolling out at more than 20 restaurant partners, the new limited-edition dishes, from loaded “pork” fries to miso pork tan-tan noodles, will be served as part of […]
3 Mins Read UK-based alt-protein brand VFC Foods hit a major milestone this week when it announced it had launched across the US via the foodservice industry. The company’s vegan fried chick*n product will be available at participating restaurants. VFC (short for Vegan Fried Chick*n) was co-founded by UK businessman Matthew Glover, who along with his wife is […]
3 Mins Read India is set to introduce the country’s first vegan food safety standards and labelling regulations. Having formulated its draft report, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) will issue guidelines to define plant-based food products and help consumers identify the products. The FSSAI has debuted its draft for the Food Safety and Standards […]
3 Mins Read McDonald’s has just started rolling out the much anticipated McPlant burger in the UK, which for the first time will be 100% vegan. From this month, several locations in England will begin selling the plant-based patty co-developed with food tech Beyond Meat, before expanding nationwide from 2022. The world’s biggest fast food chain is now […]
4 Mins Read Just a few short years ago, it was unusual to get more than a handful of stories each week about meat analogues, dairy alternatives, and other alt foods. Nowadays, the opposite is true. In fact, there are so many developments in the alt-protein and food tech space we decided to create a weekly column that […]
5 Mins Read VFC, the vegan chicken brand co-founded by Veganuary’s Matthew Glover and chef Adam Lyons, doesn’t ever use the term “plant-based”. This is in stark contrast to the marketing approach of many alt-protein brands across the globe, which have done the opposite and favoured “plant-based” while shunning the word “vegan”. We wanted to know more about […]
3 Mins Read The one with the vegan sandwich? Deliveroo pays homage to the Friends reunion with a plant-based version of Ross’s favorite sandwich.
4 Mins Read Plant-based and cell-based startups are looking to raise $130 million through the Vevolution platform to fuel their expansion plans.
3 Mins Read Super Vegan, a plant-based chocolate brand from Brazil, has just caught the attention of vegan investors Veg Capital and Crica Wolthers.
6 Mins Read Matthew Glover, the man behind Veganuary and the new vegan chicken brand VFC, isn’t shying away from putting animals front and centre.
3 Mins Read As many as half of food delivery platform users are now purchasing vegan products, trend experts from Deliveroo and Instacart say.
4 Mins Read Plant-based meat brand Meatless Farm is providing consumers an opportunity to “grab a share of the M…F… pie” by debuting its retail investor funding round on the crowdfunding platform Crowdcube with hopes to raise GBP£5 million(approx. US$7M) in capital that will go towards product innovation and brand expansion. British-based Meatless Farm is looking to raise GBP£5 million […]
5 Mins Read In a new report on the investment case for a sustainable food system, analysts say that the plant-based food transition is “inevitable” and will bring about new opportunities for investors and businesses across the food supply chain. Released by the Credit Suisse Research Institute (CSRI), the report also identified the wider alternative protein industry, sustainable […]
4 Mins Read A new survey has found that almost three quarters of men would rather reduce their life expectancy by an entire decade than give up meat consumption, underlining the stronghold that meat-eating and masculinity continues to have over consumers as a barrier to healthier dietary change. Organisers of the Australian poll, No Meat May, hope that […]
4 Mins Read Fast food giant Burger King U.K. has launched a brand new chicken-free Vegan Royale burger and re-introduced the Plant-Based Whopper to its menus in the country. Teaming up with The Vegetarian Butcher to roll out the new items, Burger King says the move is part of its push to cater to its growing flexitarian and […]
3 Mins Read Sylven New York, the Brooklyn, New York-based female-founded sustainable luxury footwear brand, is launching its first-ever plant-based leather sneaker. Made from vegan apple and coconut leather, The Mel makes its debut on Earth Day, coinciding with the brand’s founder Casey Dworkin’s birthday and her personal journey to veganism after participating in the famous Veganuary movement […]
3 Mins Read TheVeganKind raised £3.5M (approx. US$4.8M) in its latest Series A funding round that will help the company further upscale its retail business as well as facilitate better plant-based shopping experiences for their consumers. Literacy Capital, a closed-end investment firm looking to support small businesses, funded the U.K.-based TheVeganKind(TVK) in its latest series A round. TheVeganKind […]
5 Mins Read Plant-based food retail sales in the U.S. grew double-digits to reach US$7 billion in 2020, outpacing sales of its animal counterparts for the third year in a row, according to new data. The statistics, released by the Plant Based Foods Association (PBFA) and the Good Food Institute (GFI), also showed that much of the increase […]
3 Mins Read Eat the Change, a plant-based snack startup that launched its first product, a mushroom based jerky, back in December of last year, has now unveiled a new campaign that aims to bring about positive change in the environment by encouraging consumers to make sustainable choices. Co-created by Beyond Meat chairman Seth Goldman and celebrity chef […]