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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.

Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Enifer Gets €24M in New Funding to Build Mycoprotein Factory That Will Feed 40,000 People Each Year

Anay Mridul May 23, 2024

Finnish biotech startup Enifer has received €24M in new investments to support the construction of a commercial-scale facility for its Pekilo mycoprotein. It expects to receive EU novel food approval by 2026. The latest set of funding…
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Zero Waste

CHOMP & TMS Founders Carla Martinesi & Krystal Lai on Tackling Food Waste in Hong Kong

Sonalie Figueiras May 22, 2024

Two food waste warriors let us in on their efforts to turn surplus food into a sustainable dining experience in a city that throws out over a million tonnes of food each year. Hong Kong may be known as Asia's World City, a melting pot…
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Future Foods

Future Food Quick Bites: Vegan Doner Kebabs, Wild Salmon & Mayor Battles

Anay Mridul May 22, 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 Revo Foods' new salmon analogue, a new vegan doner kebab, and Good…
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Climate Change

Economic Impact of Climate Change Six Times Worse Than Previously Thought: Report

Anay Mridul May 22, 2024

The global economic damage brought by climate change is six times greater than previously thought, according to a new white paper. If the world continues on its current path of consumption and planetary destruction, it will lead to…
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Climate Change

South Korea: Climate Inaction Hearing Could Set Precedent in Case Brought by Children – and An Unborn Baby

Anay Mridul May 21, 2024

South Korea's constitutional court today held its final hearing on four landmark cases brought by the public against the government's inaction on climate change. Experts say this could set a precedent. The South Korean government is…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

ScaleUp Bio Obtains Food Manufacturing Licence for Precision Fermentation in Singapore

Anay Mridul May 21, 2024

The Singapore Food Agency has granted a food production licence to ScaleUp Bio's commercial-scale facility for submerged- and precision-fermented ingredients. ScaleUp Bio has received a food manufacturing licence from Singapore's…
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Alt Protein

In Israel, Alternative Proteins Could Create 10,000 Jobs & Contribute $2.5B by 2030: Report

Anay Mridul May 21, 2024

Israel is becoming a major hotspot for alternative proteins, accounting for 10% of the sector's investments last year, and expected to net $2.5B to the national economy by 2030, according to a new report. A robust research landscape,…
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Climate Change

Shell Sold $200M Worth of ‘Phantom’ Carbon Reduction Credits That Never Happened

Anay Mridul May 21, 2024

British fossil fuel producer Shell's flagship carbon facility – built on taxpayer money – has sold over $200M worth of emissions credits for reductions that never happened. Shell, one of the world's largest oil and gas companies, has…
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Alt Protein

In Germany, Plant-Based Meat Production Rose By 17% in 2023

Anay Mridul May 20, 2024

Germany – Europe's largest vegan market – produced nearly 17% more plant-based meat last year than in 2022, according to federal data. Two months after the German Society for Nutrition updated its dietary guidelines to recommend halving…
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Cell-Based News

Vital Meat Files for UK Regulatory Approval of Cultivated Chicken, Targets 2025 Launch

Anay Mridul May 20, 2024

French startup Vital Meat has submitted a dossier to food regulators in England and Scotland for its cultivated chicken, a process that's expected to take 18 to 24 months. France's Vital Meat, which makes cultivated chicken as a B2B…
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Cell-Based News

Wanda Fish Develops Cultivated Bluefin Tuna Toro Sashimi, Plans to File Regulatory Dossiers in 2025

Anay Mridul May 20, 2024

Israeli cultivated seafood startup Wanda Fish has developed hybrid toro sashimi, the highly prized fatty cut of bluefin tuna belly, and plans to apply for regulatory approval next year. To battle overfishing, extinction threats, ocean…
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Cell-Based News

Ivy Farm Targets 2025 Cultivated Meat Launch After Deal to Produce at World’s ‘Largest’ Alt-Protein Facility

Anay Mridul May 20, 2024

UK food tech startup Ivy Farm has inked a manufacturing partnership to scale up at a new alternative protein facility in Finland. After hosting a tasting of its cultivated beef yesterday, it's aiming to launch its first sales next year. …
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Alt Protein

Analysing Impossible Foods CEO’s Bloomberg Interview, and What It Implies for Plant-Based Meat

Anay Mridul May 17, 2024

Impossible Foods CEO Peter McGuinness sat down with Bloomberg Television to talk about the struggles of plant-based meat, consumer preferences, and a potential IPO. The plant-based meat category was launched incorrectly, there are too…
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Alt Materials

Insempra Raises $20M Series A Round to Expand Precision-Fermented Lipid Production

Anay Mridul May 17, 2024

German biotech startup Insempra has closed a $20M Series A funding round to expand the production of its yeast-fermented lipids for food and cosmetics. Led by EQT Ventures, the Series A round builds on Insempra's 2021 seed funding to…
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Coffee

Nestlé Brings Plant-Based & Upcycled RTD Coffee Products to China

Anay Mridul May 17, 2024

Nestlé has introduced six new coffee lines to China, which include plant-based beverages and a first-of-its-kind upcycled innovation. Already a market leader for 36 years now, global CPG giant Nestlé has invigorated its coffee portfolio…
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Alt Dairy

The World’s Largest Dairy Company Just Launched A Plant-Based Milk Brand

Anay Mridul May 17, 2024

Lactalis Canada, a subsidiary of the French dairy giant, has introduced a new plant-based milk brand to the market, just after converting one of its facilities into a fully vegan hub. In a huge sign of the plant-based industry's…
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Policy & Regulation

Iowa Restricts Labelling & SNAP Purchases of Meat and Egg Alternatives – and Extends Tax Break for Livestock

Anay Mridul May 16, 2024

Iowa governor Kim Reynolds has just signed a bill that restricts the labelling of meat and egg alternatives, as well as excludes them from federal food assistance programmes. Plant-based and cultivated meat and eggs are now subject to…
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Cell-Based News

Simple Planet Eyes 2025 Regulatory Approval in South Korea After $8M Government Grant for Cultivated Meat

Anay Mridul May 16, 2024

Korean food tech startup Simple Planet has received ₩11B ($8.1M) for a government project to boost food security, and targets regulatory approval for its cultivated meat ingredients next year. South Koreans could be eating cultivated…
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Alt Protein

The Vegetarian Butcher to Use The Every Company’s Animal-Free Egg Whites for Plant-Based Meat

Anay Mridul May 16, 2024

Dutch plant-based meat startup The Vegetarian Butcher has teamed up with Californian precision fermentation pioneer The Every Company to use its animal-free egg whites in meat analogues. Unilever-owned The Vegetarian Butcher will make…
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Cell-Based News

Eat Just Debuts Cultivated Meat in Retail at Singapore’s Huber’s Butchery

Anay Mridul May 16, 2024

Californian cultivated meat pioneer Eat Just has hit a major milestone in the sector, debuting Good Meat chicken in the freezers of Huber's Butchery in Singapore – the first time these proteins are available in retail. You can now…
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Alt Protein

2023 State of the Marketplace: 8 Takeaways for Plant-Based Brands from PBFA’s Latest Report

Anay Mridul May 15, 2024

Health, e-commerce and almond milk are vital in a sector that shows long-term potential despite recent headwinds, according to a new report by the Plant-Based Foods Association. In spite of a rough year for sales and investment in the…
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