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Anay is Green Queen's resident news reporter. Originally from India, he worked as a vegan food writer and editor in London, and is now travelling and reporting from across Asia. He's passionate about coffee, plant-based milk, cooking, eating, veganism, food tech, writing about all that, profiling people, and the Oxford comma.

Funding News

German Cell-Based Milk Startup Senara Expands to Netherlands with Govt Funding

Anay Mridul Oct 30, 2026

German food tech startup Senara, which is developing cell-based dairy, has established a hub in the Netherlands with financial backing from LIOF, the regional development agency of Limburg. Senara, a German firm developing cell-cultured…
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Funding News

IntegriCulture Bags $635,000 as Part of Series A Extension to Scale Cellular Agriculture in Japan

Anay Mridul Oct 30, 2026

Japanese cellular agriculture company IntegriCulture has raised ¥100M ($635,000) from Niigata Venture Capital as part of its projected ¥700,000 ($4.5M) Series A extension round to expand its cell-cultured meat and cosmetics programmes. …
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Alt Fats

Savor Partners with Helios AI to Help Decarbonise the Fat Industry

Anay Mridul Oct 30, 2026

Californian startup Savor, known for its carbon-derived fats, has teamed up with Helios AI to quantify the climate risks of conventional fats and oils and give its customers a clearer reason to choose its alternatives. In August, US…
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Alt Protein

Eat Just’s Vegan Liquid Egg Debuts in Sweden Via Kale Foods Partnership

Anay Mridul Oct 29, 2026

US food tech startup Eat Just has signed a distribution deal with Sweden's Kale Foods to bring its vegan Just Egg to Coop stores across the country. Eat Just, the market leader in the plant-based egg sphere, expanded the European…
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Alt Dairy

Inflation Forces Oatly to Cut 2026 Profit Outlook Despite 9% Growth in Latest Quarter

Anay Mridul Oct 29, 2026

Oatly has posted a 9.1% increase in Q3 revenue, but lowered its profit forecast for the full year due to "stronger and faster than expected" inflation in North America, where it will launch fibre oat milks in January. In a quarter that…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

TurtleTree Partners with Nizo Food Research to Advance Women’s Health with Cow-Free Lactoferrin

Anay Mridul Oct 29, 2026

Having relocated its headquarters to the Netherlands, TurtleTree has signed a research partnership with Nizo Food Research to speed up the development of its precision-fermented lactoferrin protein for women's health. Lactoferrin is…
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Alt Dairy

Formo, Those Vegan Cowboys Secure FDA GRAS Letter to Sell Cow-Free Casein in US

Anay Mridul Oct 28, 2026

European precision fermentation startups Formo and Those Vegan Cowboys have obtained a joint 'no questions' letter from the US FDA for their animal-free casein proteins. Four months after filing a joint notice confirming the Generally…
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Zero Waste

Exclusive: 2nd Nature, Kalsec Team Up to Discover Waste-Derived Natural Ingredients with AI

Anay Mridul Oct 28, 2026

Ahead of a new funding round, US startup 2nd Nature has partnered with natural food and drink company Kalsec to discover waste-derived functional ingredients using its AI platform. Ohio-based firm 2nd Nature is broadening the footprint…
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Future Food Quick Bites

Future Food Quick Bites: Burger King Royale, Vegan Chocolates & SuperYou Protein

Anay Mridul Oct 28, 2026

Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Burger King's Vegan Royale offer, The Undairy Co.'s dairy-free chocolates, and the cost of UPF labelling. New products…
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Alt Protein

Meala Triples Pea Protein Production in Europe to Replace 82,000 Eggs A Day

Anay Mridul Oct 28, 2026

Israeli food tech startup Meala has entered full-scale production of its texturising pea proteins at two sites in Europe, which will enable it to replace 1,400 tonnes of eggs a year. Aiming to help food manufacturers de-risk their egg…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

BMC Ingredients Eyes 2027 India Launch of Rhiza Mycoprotein After FSSAI Approval

Anay Mridul Oct 28, 2026

US food tech startup BMC Ingredients has secured regulatory approval to sell its Rhiza mycoprotein in India, where it plans to launch in Q2 2027. BMC Ingredients is hoping to capitalise on India's appetite for microbial proteins after…
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Future Foods

Revyve Unveils Yeast Ingredient to Enhance Alternative Proteins Amid Whey Crisis

Anay Mridul Oct 27, 2026

Dutch startup Revyve has launched a yeast protein solution to make it easier for manufacturers to choose alternative proteins over whey, and at a lower cost. Revyve, a Dutch food tech startup using microbes to produce functional…
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Alt Dairy

Andfoods Rolls Out Fermented Black Gram Whipped Cream in Singapore

Anay Mridul Oct 27, 2026

New Zealand food tech startup Andfoods has launched its dairy-free whipped cream, made from fermented black gram protein, in Singapore's foodservice channel. In Singapore, professional kitchens are now using a next-gen whipped cream…
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Alt Dairy

Hoogwegt Eyes Next-Gen Cheese & Butter After Buying Opalia’s Cell-Based Milk

Anay Mridul Oct 27, 2026

Dutch dairy giant Hoogwegt will become the first buyer of Opalia's cell-cultured whole milk next month, which it will test in cheese, butter and yoghurt products, both as a full replacement and in hybrid formulations. A year after…
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Chocolate

Planet A Foods Unveils One-Ingredient Cocoa Powder Alternative to Cut Costs & Capture GLP-1 Market

Anay Mridul Oct 27, 2026

German cocoa-free chocolate maker Planet A Foods has launched a single-ingredient Cocoa Booster powder to tackle rising costs and appeal to GLP-1 users via its high-fibre content. Planet A Foods, one of the leading startups in the…
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Cell-Based News

BSF Enterprise Rebrands Cultivated Meat Technologies As Commercial Arm Milieu.bio

Anay Mridul Oct 26, 2026

UK biotech firm BSF Enterprise has reorganised its corporate structure, making 3D Bio-Tissues its core IP and manufacturing engine and rebranding Cultivated Meat Technologies into a dedicated commercial arm called Milieu.bio. British…
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Vegan

Duke University Adds Nadura’s Plant-Based Meat Across Campus Dining Menus

Anay Mridul Oct 26, 2026

Building on its plant-forward pledge, Duke University's dining programme has partnered with Nadura Foods to introduce plant-based meat products to its menus across the campus from the Fall 2026 semester. Duke University has taken a…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Infinite Roots Adds Umami Block to Mushroom-Based Protein Lineup in Germany

Anay Mridul Oct 26, 2026

German food tech startup Infinite Roots has launched a mushroom-based Umami Block featuring 18g of protein per 100g under its MushRoots brand, just as it simultaneously advances its mycelium platform. Hamburg-based fermentation firm…
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Consumer Trends & Insights

Europeans Urge Companies to Ditch the ‘Plant-Based’ Label & Focus on Taste Instead

Anay Mridul Oct 26, 2026

The 'plant-based' label puts Europeans off and feeds into the wider backlash against processed meat alternatives, but better-tasting products can win them over, a new survey shows. A wave of research in recent years has confirmed one…
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Sugar

Oobli, Cosun Ingredients Create Sugar Replacer for Chocolate Amid Sweet Protein Expansion

Anay Mridul Oct 23, 2026

US sweet protein startup Oobli has co-developed a sugar replacement system for chocolate with Cosun Ingredients, while expanding access to its monellin ingredient and consumer-facing platform. As Americans look to cut back on sugar, US…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

India’s Dhampur Bio Organics Signs Exclusive Mycoprotein Production Deal with Planetary

Anay Mridul Oct 23, 2026

Indian sugar giant Dhampur Bio Organics has partnered with Swiss fermentation startup Planetary to produce mycoprotein products through the latter's BioBlocks platform. Months after they began exploring a tech licensing partnership to…
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