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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.

Policy & Regulation

JBS Lawsuit: What New York’s Case Against the World’s Biggest Meat Company Means for the Livestock Industry

Anay Mridul Apr 8, 2024

Brazilian meat giant JBS has faced plenty of lawsuits in its time – but the latest one could be the most damaging one of them all, given that it comes from a state attorney general. If the government intervention prevails, there will…
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Zero Waste

Meal Reveal: Hellmann’s Launches AI Recipe Tool to Cut Household Food Waste

Anay Mridul Apr 8, 2024

Unilever-owned mayo brand Hellmann's has rolled out an AI-enabled tool that uses an ingredient scan to produce recipes that can help households use up food and reduce waste. Launch your camera app, scan your fridge, and your phone will…
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Climate Change

Some of the Most Powerful Ad & PR Execs Have Links to Highly Polluting Industries: Report

Anay Mridul Apr 5, 2024

Half of the executives at the six largest advertising and public relations firms have connections with heavily polluting industries, according to a new investigation by climate media outlet DeSmog and marketing activism group Clean…
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Consumer Trends & Insights

Consumers Prefer Climate-Friendly Products, But Are Misled by ‘Low-Carbon’ Meat Labels Like Tyson’s Brazen Beef

Anay Mridul Apr 5, 2024

The majority of consumers would pay more for products labelled as 'climate-friendly' or 'low-carbon', but the use of these labels on beef packaging breeds misunderstanding of its true climate impact, finds a new study. In July last…
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Animal Rights

EU Commission Facing Legal Action Over Failure to Deliver Caged Farming Ban

Anay Mridul Apr 5, 2024

The EU Commission is facing legal action from a European Citizens' Initiative group after it failed to uphold a promised ban on caged farming in the region, despite overwhelming consumer support for the move. End the Cage Age, a…
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Climate Change

Carbon Majors: Fossil Fuel Emissions Have Increased Since the Paris Agreement, With State-Owned Companies in the Spotlight

Anay Mridul Apr 5, 2024

Emissions from the world's biggest fossil fuel producers were higher in the seven years after the Paris Agreement than in the same period before, with nation-states and state-owned companies responsible for a growing chunk of this figure. …
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Policy & Regulation

82% of EU Subsidies Go to Livestock Farming – Four Times More Than Plant-Based Food

Anay Mridul Apr 4, 2024

A majority of the EU's farmer subsidies through the Common Agriculture Policy go to animal agriculture, which accounts for 84% of the bloc's food emissions, undermining its climate goals for 2050. The EU aims to make Europe the first…
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Climate Change

‘A Global Tragedy’: We Waste A Billion Meals Every Day, Just as 780 Million Go Hungry Globally

Anay Mridul Apr 4, 2024

Despite more than 780 million people facing hunger around the world, over a billion household meals are thrown out every day, resulting in over $1T in economic losses, reveals a new UN report. Households are discarding preposterous…
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Alt Protein

Vow CEO George Peppou on Cultivated Quail Launch: ‘We Need to Change the Food, Not the Production Process’

Anay Mridul Apr 4, 2024

As it rolls out its first cultivated meat product following regulatory approval in Singapore, Vow CEO George Peppou speaks to Green Queen about the Forged quail parfait, the need to do things differently, and consumers' approach to novel…
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Alt Protein

Vow Earns Singapore Regulatory Approval for Cultivated Quail, Debuts Parfait at Mandala Club

Anay Mridul Apr 4, 2024

Australia's Vow has received regulatory approval for its cultivated quail in Singapore, becoming the fourth company to do so globally. It will unveil the product as part of a parfait under its Forged brand at the Mandala Club, followed by…
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Policy & Regulation

In An Open Letter to Biden, the US Congress is Asking for More Plant-Based Food

Anay Mridul Apr 3, 2024

Highlighting the climate and health benefits of vegan diets, 55 Congressional leaders in the US have penned an open letter to president Joe Biden, urging him to increase plant-based food options across all federal facilities nationwide. …
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Future Foods

Future Food Quick Bites: Oatly Jiggers, Flavoured Barista Milks & A Factory Farming Vote

Anay Mridul Apr 3, 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 flavoured barista milks, Oatly's new Jiggers, and Quorn's summer revamp.…
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Future Foods

Molecular Farming Startup Finally Foods Emerges From Stealth with Pre-Seed Funding to Develop Casein Proteins

Anay Mridul Apr 3, 2024

Israeli startup Finally Foods has emerged from stealth with a pre-seed investment from The Kitchen FoodTech Hub to develop proteins from potatoes via molecular farming, starting with casein. Established by computational biology company…
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Vegan Dining

‘It’s Not A Joke’: Pizza Hut France Adds La Vie Plant-Based Ham on All Menu Items for the Same Price

Anay Mridul Apr 3, 2024

French food tech startup La Vie has expanded its foodservice footprint via a deal with Pizza Hut France, which will see its plant-based ham be available on demand for all of the chain's menu items for 2024. When Pizza Hut France tweeted…
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Fashion

Copenhagen Fashion Week Bans Exotic Animal Skins & Feathers – Will Others Follow?

Anay Mridul Apr 2, 2024

Copenhagen Fashion Week made headlines last week after announcing it would ban exotic skins and feathers from its runways starting next year. Now, campaigners are calling on other fashion weeks to follow suit with cruelty-free policies. …
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Onego Bio Poaches $40M Series A to Launch Precision-Fermented Egg Protein in North America

Anay Mridul Apr 2, 2024

Finnish precision fermentation startup Onego Bio has closed a $40M Series A funding round to commercialise its animal-free egg protein, Bioalbumen. It expects to obtain self-affirmed GRAS status in the US soon, paving the way for its…
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Animal Rights

As Kentucky Mulls Over Ag-Gag Bill, Footage Shows Animal Cruelty at KFC Supplier Pilgrim’s Poultry Farm

Anay Mridul Apr 2, 2024

Lawmakers in Kentucky are hoping to amend a law that would effectively criminalise whistleblowing and protect industrial livestock farming companies – but a new investigation into Pilgrim's Pride chicken farms shows exactly why the…
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Alt Protein

56% of Americans Open to Trying Novel Protein Ingredients, With Some Willing to Pay Four Times More for Them

Anay Mridul Apr 2, 2024

Americans are willing to try novel proteins – including those that are plant-based, fermented or fungi-derived – with more than half happy to pay more for them than animal proteins, according to a new survey, which shines light…
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Alt Protein

CJ CheilJedang Now Sells Bibigo Plant-Based Dumplings in US Military Bases

Anay Mridul Apr 1, 2024

Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang has introduced its plant-based dumplings to grocery stores inside US military bases in South Korea, with plans to extend the range and expand in other countries too. Plant-based options for US military…
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Vegan

Dutch Brands Agree to Make Half of the Recipes on Food Packaging Meatless

Anay Mridul Apr 1, 2024

In response to campaigning by Dutch animal rights group Wakker Dier, seven brands have agreed to make at least 50% of the recipes on food packaging vegan or vegetarian. Seven CPG brands have agreed to increase plant-based and vegetarian…
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Future Foods

SuperAA: PoLoPo’s Molecular Farming Platform Turns Potatoes Into Egg Protein Factories

Anay Mridul Apr 1, 2024

As molecular farming gains steam as an alternative protein pillar, Israel's PoLoPo joins the party with a tech platform that can transform potatoes into protein-producing factories, starting with egg proteins. Your egg and potato hash…
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