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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.

Sugar

Prodalim Acquires Better Juice to Drive Sugar Reduction in Better-For-You Beverages

Anay Mridul May 11, 2026
Better Juice, a startup that uses microbial enzymes to turn fruit sugars into dietary fibre and non-digestible molecules, has been acquired by Dutch juice giant Prodalim. The number-one ingredient Americans want to avoid this year is,…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Oterra & Debut to Develop Precision-Fermented Alternative to Red 40 Food Dye

Anay Mridul May 8, 2026
Oterra has teamed up with Debut Bio to develop and scale a natural alternative to Red 40, a petroleum-derived food dye linked to ill health in children. The food industry's reckoning with the use of artificial dyes continues with a new…
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Alt Protein

Phytokana Lands $330M in Sales Agreements to Support Fava Bean Protein Plant

Anay Mridul May 8, 2026
Canada's Phytokana Ingredients has secured C$450M ($330M) in offtake agreements for its fava bean products, supporting its planned commercial-scale facility in Alberta. In a major vote of confidence for its fava bean products, Canadian…
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Alt Dairy

German Dairy Major Müller Scoops Up Legacy Plant-Based Milk Player Berief Food

Anay Mridul May 8, 2026
German dairy giant Müller has agreed to acquire local plant-based milk pioneer Berief Food, which will continue to operate as a largely independent unit. One of Germany's oldest plant-based food companies is changing hands to accelerate…
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Alt Dairy

Tasty Awards: Violife on Solving the ‘Tension Between Taste & Nutrition’ with Plant-Based Dairy

Anay Mridul May 8, 2026
Violife won more honours than any other brand at the 2026 Tasty Awards. Its commercial lead, Meryem Leyoussi, explains how the company is balancing taste and nutrition. Four of the 27 plant-based products that were adjudged to be on par…
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Funding News

Meatly Raises $14M to Build Europe’s Largest Cultivated Meat Facility

Anay Mridul May 7, 2026
UK startup Meatly has raised £10M ($14.1M) to establish Europe's largest cultivated meat facility in London, with pet food product launches slated for 2027. British food tech firm Meatly has secured £10M ($14.1M) in Series A funding to…
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Funding News

Naturbeads Gets €4.1M EU Funding to Replace Microplastics with Cellulose Materials

Anay Mridul May 7, 2026
UK startup Naturbeads has received a €4.1M ($4.8M) EU grant to support the construction of a new factory in Italy to produce cellulose-based alternatives to microplastics. Cellulose materials are attracting investor attention in Europe,…
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Alt Protein

Beyond Meat Endures Another Poor Quarter As It Charts New York Rollout of Protein Drinks

Anay Mridul May 7, 2026
Beyond Meat experienced a 15% decline in sales in Q1 2026, with hopes of a turnaround hinged on retail launches of its plant protein drinks and mycelium steak. After posting its worst financial year as a public company in 2025, this…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Exclusive: Eden Brew Gets US GRAS Clearance for Animal-Free Casein & Eyes Supplements Industry

Anay Mridul May 7, 2026
Australian precision fermentation startup Eden Brew has been cleared to sell its cow-free casein protein in the US, and pivoted its immediate focus to health and supplements. Just months after filing the first regulatory application for…
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Funding News

US Army Pumps $9M Into Biosphere to Produce Gas Protein for Military Rations

Anay Mridul May 6, 2026
Californian startup Biosphere has received a Department of Defense grant worth $9M to build portable bioreactors and produce gas-fermented proteins for the US Army. Despite the Trump administration's love affair with meat, it's betting…
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Future Food Quick Bites

Future Food Quick Bites: Beyond Meat x Taco Bell, Crowdfunding Galore & Marigold Protein

Anay Mridul May 6, 2026
Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Taco Bell's Beyond Meat partnership, Sproud's sales and emissions records, and a wave of crowdfunding campaigns. New…
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Policy & Regulation

Breaking: US Judge Dismisses Onego Bio’s Lawsuit Against The Every Company in Wisconsin

Anay Mridul May 6, 2026
A court in Wisconsin has thrown out Onego Bio's lawsuit against The Every Company in the state for lack of personal jurisdiction. But a parallel lawsuit between the animal-free egg startups will continue in Delaware. The patent lawsuit…
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Pets

Germany’s MicroHarvest to Deploy Microbial Protein in 15 Low-Carbon Pet Food Products

Anay Mridul May 6, 2026
German food tech startup MicroHarvest will roll out 15 new products with partners across Europe by the end of June, all fuelled by its waste-upcycled microbial protein. Climate-friendly pet food has been on the ascendance over the last…
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Cell-Based News

Japan’s Organoid Farm Scales Up Cultivated Meat Production & Teases New Facility

Anay Mridul May 5, 2026
As future food regulation progresses in Japan, local startup Organoid Farm has completed a 200-litre demo run for its cultivated beef, ahead of opening a new production plant in 2028. Japan's Organoid Farm has successfully conducted one…
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Policy & Regulation

EU Confirms 2026 Deadline for Deforestation Regulation Amid US Pressure

Anay Mridul May 5, 2026
The EU expects no further delays to the December 2026 deadline for the deforestation regulation; it suggested this a week after US policymakers urged the Commission to implement the rule in its current form. Amid mixed messaging from…
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Alt Protein

Maple Leaf Foods Revives Yves Veggie Cuisine’s Plant Proteins in Canada

Anay Mridul May 5, 2026
Legacy plant protein player Yves Veggie Cuisine is set to return to Canadian shelves a year after it was discontinued, following its acquisition by meat giant Maple Leaf Foods. One of the world's oldest plant-based meat brands is making…
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Alt Protein

Beef-Backed Bipartisan Bill Seeks to Ban ‘Meat’ from Cultivated & Plant-Based Protein Labels

Anay Mridul May 5, 2026
A group of bipartisan Congress members have reintroduced a bill that would ban the sale of plant-based and cultivated proteins in the US if they use meat-like terms on their product labels. In the 2023-24 legislative session, a group of…
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Alt Protein

US Army Issues Call to Manufacture Plant-Based Meat for Military Meals in Combat Zones

Anay Mridul May 4, 2026
The US Army has issued a bid to companies and researchers to develop technologies to manufacture alternative proteins for soldiers on the front lines. A year ahead of the introduction of vegan options in the military meals programme,…
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Chocolate

Climate-Smart & Cocoa-Free: Mars Makes Moves to Decarbonise Chocolate Portfolio

Anay Mridul May 4, 2026
Wise to the climate-damaged realities of the cocoa industry, Mars is taking major steps to decarbonise its offerings, from climate-smart farming to bean-free chocolates. The world's largest chocolate company is feeling the bite of…
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Policy & Regulation

In Amsterdam, Meat & Fossil Fuel Ads Are Now Officially Banned

Anay Mridul May 4, 2026
Amsterdam has become the world's first capital city to ban advertisements promoting meat or fossil fuels, in light of the city's targets to increase plant-based consumption and lower emissions. Billboards and metro stations in Amsterdam…
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Alt Protein

Beans & Pulses Set to Outpace Meat Sales Globally As Protein Boom Continues

Anay Mridul May 4, 2026
Volume sales of legumes like beans and pulses are predicted to outpace meat in all but one region through to 2030, with the demand for protein showing no signs of tapering off. Beans have been at the heart of food discourse over the…
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