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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.

Alt Dairy

Nobell Foods: Molecular Farming Startup Rebrands as Alpine Bio, Secures 10th Patent & Targets Mozzarella Launch for 2025

Anay Mridul Apr 18, 2024

Molecular farming startup Nobell Foods, which is producing animal-free cheese from soy-derived casein proteins, has rebranded to Alpine Bio and secured a new patent for dairy proteins. San Francisco-based Nobell Foods will now operate…
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Alt Protein

Exclusive: Meatable Hosts the EU’s First Public Tasting for Cultivated Meat at Dutch HQ

Anay Mridul Apr 17, 2024

Dutch cultivated pork startup Meatable today hosted the first public tasting event for cultivated meat in the European Union, following approval from the newly formed safety assessment panel in the Netherlands. It comes ahead of its launch…
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Alt Protein

Price Parity, Job Creation & Investment: Highlights from GFI’s Alt-Protein State of the Industry Reports 2023

Anay Mridul Apr 17, 2024

Alternative protein think tank the Good Food Institute has released its annual State of the Industry series of reports, covering plant-based, cultivated and fermentation-derived proteins. Here are the key takeaways. Political resistance…
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Future Foods

Future Food Quick Bites: Nicki Minaj’s Sneakers, Mycelium Chocolate & A Vegan Cheese MVP

Anay Mridul Apr 17, 2024

In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Macalat's mycelium-derived vegan chocolate, a blended meatloaf launch,…
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Future Foods

Factory 01: Solar Foods Opens World’s First Commercial-Scale Facility to Make Protein from Air

Anay Mridul Apr 17, 2024

Finnish food tech company Solar Foods has opened the doors to its much-awaited Factory 01, which is the world's first large-scale production facility making protein from air. Months after closing an €8M Series B investment round to…
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Vegan

Fully Plant-Based: Rewe Opens First 100% Vegan Supermarket in Germany

Anay Mridul Apr 16, 2024

The Rewe Group has opened the doors to its first 100% vegan store in Germany. Called Rewe Fully Plant-Based, the new space houses more than 2,700 products, and is located on a road crossed by 90,000 pedestrians every day. Weeks after it…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Perfect Day Faces $134M Lawsuit by Manufacturing Partner for Breach of Contract & Unpaid Bills

Anay Mridul Apr 16, 2024

Californian precision fermentation pioneer Perfect Day has been sued for $134M by its Italian manufacturing partner Olon for breach of contract, fraudulent inducement, and fraudulent concealment. A leader in the precision-fermented…
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Cell-Based News

Mosa Meat Secures €40M in Funding to Expand Production and Speed Up Launch of Cultivated Meat

Anay Mridul Apr 16, 2024

Dutch cultivated meat pioneer Mosa Meat has raised €40M ($42.4M) in a new funding round to support the "next phase" of the company's growth, with a public tasting of its burger imminent ahead of its launch in Singapore. The company that…
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Alt Materials

Japan’s Spiber Raises $65M to Scale Up Production of Eco Materials Made from Fermented ‘Brewed Protein’

Anay Mridul Apr 16, 2024

Japanese eco materials startup Spiber has secured ¥10B ($65M) in funding to accelerate mass production of its fermentation-derived Brewed Protein for use in the fashion, automotive and personal care industries. In what is a major…
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Alt Dairy

Major Losses for Minor Figures, But Oat Milk Brand Now Looks to Become Profitable by 2025

Anay Mridul Apr 15, 2024

UK oat milk brand Minor Figures saw losses grow to nearly £10M last year, citing inflationary pressures and a downturn in the Asia-Pacific market – but its overall revenues jumped to £31.8M, and the company is now on the path to becoming…
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Consumer Trends & Insights

Health Remains Americans’ Key Consideration for Plant Proteins and Cultivated Meat

Anay Mridul Apr 15, 2024

As plant-based meat companies rejig their nutritional messaging and cultivated meat battles to shake off the 'lab-grown' tag and political attacks, two consumer surveys reveal that health remains a key priority for Americans when it comes…
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Future Foods

The 50CUT Burger: US Butchery Pat LaFrieda Embraces Blended Meat with Mush Foods Partnership

Anay Mridul Apr 15, 2024

US butchery Pat LaFrieda Meat Purveyors has partnered with mycelium meat startup Mush Foods to debut a burger made from the latter's 50CUT blend of mushroom root and beef. Months after announcing its move into US foodservice, New…
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Food & Nutrition

Flexitarian Diets Can Reduce Emissions & Help Meet 1.5°C Climate Goal: Study

Anay Mridul Apr 15, 2024

Certain dietary shifts can bring carbon benefits, according to a new study, which notes how plant-heavy flexitarian eating patterns can reduce greenhouse gas emissions (especially methane) and help the planet meet its 1.5°C goal. There…
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Funding News

The State of European FoodTech: Funding Declines, More Deals, Alt-Protein Wins & Promising Future

Anay Mridul Apr 12, 2024

Amid a backdrop of a fall in food tech investments globally, Europe also suffered a decline – but the number of financing deals went up, with food science and agtech funding on the rise, according to DigitalFoodLab's 2024 State of European…
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Seafood

Bluu Seafood Opens Europe’s First Cultivated Seafood Facility, Eyes Singapore Launch in 2025

Anay Mridul Apr 12, 2024

German cultivated fish startup Bluu Seafood relocated to Hamburg with the opening of a large-scale pilot plant to produce its salmon and rainbow trout, ahead of an expected launch in Singapore early next year. Bluu Seafood has opened…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

The Live Green Co Announces Breast Milk Fat & Postbiotic Ingredient Made from Precison Fermentation

Anay Mridul Apr 12, 2024

Boston-based AI food tech company The Live Green Co is tackling infant nutrition and gut health with a human breast milk fat and a postbiotic ingredient made from precision fermentation. A year after announcing its precision…
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Policy & Regulation

‘Music to Our Ears’: Meat Lobby Celebrates ‘Positive Outcomes’ for Industry at COP28

Anay Mridul Apr 12, 2024

As meat and dairy representatives turned out to COP28 in record numbers, the climate summit's promised food systems transformation policies fell short – and the livestock lobby is delighted. COP28 began with a lot of promises, but…
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Chocolate

Voyage Foods Pens Deal with Cargill to Expand Cocoa-Free Chocolate & Nut-Free Spreads

Anay Mridul Apr 11, 2024

Californian ethical pantry startup Voyage Foods has signed a commercial deal with food conglomerate Cargill to scale up the production and distribution of its cocoa-free chocolate and nut-free spreads. Cargill has announced a commercial…
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Alt Protein

French Court Suspends Government Ban on Use of Meat-Related Terms on Plant-Based Food

Anay Mridul Apr 11, 2024

France's top administrative court has suspended the government's decree to ban the use of words like 'steak' and 'ham' on plant-based meat analogues, which was approved earlier this year. The Conseil d’État has dealt a blow to the…
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Food & Nutrition

Food, Inc. 2 Sheds Light on Big Food, UPFs, Modern Slavery & Cultivated Meat – But Lacks Focus

Anay Mridul Apr 11, 2024

The sequel to the Oscar-nominated documentary from 2008, Food, Inc. 2 shows just how much power Big Ag wields on the food system, tackles solutions like cultivated meat and seaweed, and highlights the problem with workers' rights and UPFs.…
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Climate Change

Zara, H&M Linked to Illegal Deforestation & Human Rights Abuses with Brazilian Cotton Supply Chain

Anay Mridul Apr 11, 2024

Industrial cotton farming in Brazil that's sold to Asian suppliers of Zara and H&M is destroying the Cerrado savanna and violating the rights of local communities, a new investigation has revealed. Zara & H&M – two of…
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