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4 Mins Read The Oatly IPO is one of the most anticipated public listings of the year. We spoke to Asia Pacific alt protein investor Michal Klar of Future Food Now, an ecosystem expert we regularly collaborate with (last November, we published the first APAC Alt Protein funding stats on record together), who did a deep dive into […]
3 Mins Read Swedish oat milk giant Oatly has indicated it could be seeking a public listing in Hong Kong, shortly after registering its planned IPO on the Nasdaq stock exchange with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The Blackstone-backed company says it will pursue a Hong Kong listing in the case of any “material adverse effect” […]
4 Mins Read Beijing-based plant-based meat startup Zhenmeat is now seeking US$ 2 million in funding from global investors in order to capture the growing demand for plant-based meat alternatives in China. This follows the latest news from Silicon Valley-based Impossible Foods, who debuted two new plant-based pork products at CES in Vegas earlier this month in a […]
3 Mins Read According to intergovernmental agency World Organisation for Animal Health, the spread of the African swine fever (ASF) epidemic will wipe out a quarter of the world’s pig population. Since last year, Asia has experienced mass escalation of ASF, with the world’s largest pig producer – China – bearing the brunt of the deaths while the […]
3 Mins Read Malaysian-Hong Kong food tech startup Phuture Foods will launch a vegan pork meat alternative in Hong Kong, Singapore and other Asian destinations in the coming months. The company is eyeing the Asian market especially given the recent epidemic of African swine fever, which is causing a major pork shortage as millions of diseased pigs across […]
4 Mins Read The country that eats more pork than any other could be looking at a pork-less future. As China battles the African swine fever that has wiped out millions of pigs domestically and across the wider Asian region, the alternative meat movement has taken off. A plethora of plant-based and cellular meat startups, including both local […]
4 Mins Read Most of us might start our day with a fresh cup of coffee. The bad news for us coffee lovers is that the popular drink is pretty problematic when it comes to its social, ethical and environmental impact. Below we talk through the four biggest problems that plague the humble coffee bean, and how you […]
2 Mins Read Hong Kong’s plant-based grocery and café chain Green Common has rolled out Alpha Nuggets, a vegan take on fast food favourite chicken nuggets, across all its locations in the city. This marks another step forward in the accelerating market for plant-based meat alternatives, which have grown in popularity across the world and particularly in Asia. […]
4 Mins Read In honour of the brand’s Asian expansion, we talk to Oatly Chief Strategy Officer Tobias Nordstrom about how the company started, why oats and why Hong Kong. Oatly was founded in the 1990s. Did the founding team foresee the rise of veganism? TN: No they foresaw the broken food system rather. Back in their university […]
3 Mins Read In conjunction with World Environment Day, local coffee chain Pacific Coffee has partnered with globally revered oat milk brand, Oatly, to give Hong Kongers sustainable non-dairy alternatives that don’t harm the planet’s resources in the process and will be serving Oatly at more than 70 locations across the city to advocate big taste and little waste. […]
4 Mins Read Popular plant-based retail and deli chain Green Common has just unveiled its newest F&B concept, Kind Kitchen, a 100% vegan full-service cafe that replaces the previous OVO Cafe and Green Future Bar at its Nan Fung Place digs in Central. The brand new menu highlights a bevvy of exciting Asian dishes like vegan banh mi, vegan […]