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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.

Cell-Based News

Most People Who Have Tried Cultivated Meat Say They’d Eat It Again, But Taste & Price Parity Remain Key

Anay Mridul Mar 15, 2024

In a first-of-its-kind in-market study of cultivated meat, a majority of consumers who have tasted Eat Just's Good Meat chicken say they'd do it again. However, delivering on flavour and bringing down costs are the most important factors…
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Cell-Based News

Orbillion Bio Secures Funding & Reaches Scaling Milestone for Cultivated Beef Production

Anay Mridul Mar 15, 2024

Californian B2B cultivated meat producer Orbillion Bio has secured additional funding to scale up production and develop its biotech platform, which completed a 200-litre production run in September. The latest round of funding takes…
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Alt Protein

With New Red Packaging, Impossible Foods is Leaning Into the ‘Carnivorous Craveability of Meat’

Anay Mridul Mar 14, 2024

Plant-based meat leader Impossible Foods has unveiled a complete brand refresh, with striking red packaging putting flavour and nutrition front and centre of its products. A greater spotlight on taste descriptors, saturated fat and…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Lightlife Gets In On the Whole-Food Plant-Based Trend with Tempeh Mince

Anay Mridul Mar 14, 2024

One of 2024's biggest plant-based trends continues to blossom, with Lightlife Foods launching Tempeh Protein Crumbles to rival its own vegan mince range amid a larger shift towards cleaner labels. Long-standing plant protein maker…
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Climate Change

Report Says Europe Not Prepared for ‘Catastrophic’ Climate Impacts, But Fails to Highlight Livestock Farming

Anay Mridul Mar 14, 2024

The first risk assessment of the impact of climate change on Europe puts the urgency of action into sharp focus – but the lack of a spotlight on livestock farming is a huge miss. 2023 was the warmest year on record, and last month was…
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Funding News

Global Agrifood Tech Funding Down by 50% As Deals Become Smaller and Fewer

Anay Mridul Mar 14, 2024

The global agrifood tech financial landscape remains difficult, with funding in the sector down by 49.2% from 2022-23, reaching $15.6B – the lowest it has been in six years – according to a new report by AgFunder. A lot has been written…
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Alt Protein

Centers for Sustainable Protein: Bezos Earth Fund to Invest $60M for Tastier, Cheaper & Healthier Alt-Protein

Anay Mridul Mar 13, 2024

The Bezos Earth Fund has earmarked $60M to establish the Centers for Sustainable Protein, which will target tech barriers to reduce production costs, enhance taste profiles, and improve the nutritional benefits of alternative proteins. …
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Future Foods

Future Food Quick Bites: Vegan Kraft Dinner, Falafalcinis & Oat Milk Reese’s

Anay Mridul Mar 13, 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 nutrition wins for plant-based meat, a ton of alt-dairy announcements,…
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Alt Protein

Climate Quitting: This New Podcast is All About Alt-Protein Careers

Anay Mridul Mar 13, 2024

With more and more people leaving their jobs or turning down new ones because of their companies' climate actions (or lack of them), a new podcast focuses on how alternative protein careers can help people who are climate quitting. 2023…
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Alt Protein

Expo West 2024: The Most Exciting Alt-Protein & Future Food Launches

Anay Mridul Mar 13, 2024

With tens of thousands of people flocking to the Anaheim Convention Center this week for Natural Products Expo West, we look at some of the standout plant-based and future food products being unveiled at the trade show. Tuesday marked…
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Alt Protein

Singaporean Cultivated Seafood Startups Umami Bioworks and Shiok Meats Announce Merger

Anay Mridul Mar 12, 2024

In a major shift in the cultivated seafood space, Singaporean startups Umami Bioworks and Shiok Meats have announced plans to merge. Once finalised, Umami Bioworks CEO Mihir Pershad will lead the combined entity, and Shiok Meats CEO…
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Alt Protein

OMNI Unveils Lion’s Mane Mushroom Steak & Dessert Baos at Expo West

Anay Mridul Mar 12, 2024

Hong Kong-based OmniFoods is exhibiting two new products at this week's Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim, California (March 12-16): a lion's mane mushroom steak that's part of its new whole-food OMNI Garden range, and a line of…
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Policy & Regulation

Here’s What the SEC’s New Climate Disclosure Rules Really Mean

Anay Mridul Mar 12, 2024

The SEC has watered down and walked back on its proposed rules for mandatory corporate disclosures of scope 3 emissions – here's why, and what that means. As November 5 gets closer, we're seeing more and more landmark policy decisions…
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Climate Change

Artificial Intelligence Likely to Use More Energy, and Spread More Climate Misinformation

Anay Mridul Mar 12, 2024

That artificial intelligence (AI) can help solve the climate crisis is a misguided notion – instead, the tech will likely cause rises in energy use and fuel the rapid spread of climate misinformation, according to a new report. “AI…
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Policy & Regulation

Florida Will Soon Ban Cultivated Meat – Here’s How the Industry is Fighting Back

Anay Mridul Mar 11, 2024

Florida will imminently ban cultivated meat from being produced or sold within state borders, with Governor Ron DeSantis set to sign the bill that was passed in the Republican-controlled House last week. But the alternative protein…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Illinois Invests $680M in Biotech Hub to Promote Precision Fermentation

Anay Mridul Mar 11, 2024

The state of Illinois has committed $680M to the iFAB Tech Hub, which works on precision fermentation crops like soy and corn, to advance the region's biomanufacturing capabilities. The Illinois Fermentation and Agriculture…
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Climate Change

London’s Six Airports Make It the World’s Worst City for Air Pollution from Flights

Anay Mridul Mar 11, 2024

With six airports belonging to London, the UK capital is the city most exposed to air pollution from aviation globally, while Dubai International is the worst airport for climate impact. Months after all the hullabaloo of the first…
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Policy & Regulation

How the Meat Industry Tapped Into Academia to Influence Climate Policy & Avoid Scrutiny

Anay Mridul Mar 11, 2024

The meat industry's PR prowess is well-known, but a new study digs deep into the sector's reliance upon academics and universities to validate its pushback against research linking livestock farming to climate change, and influence…
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Food & Nutrition

Eat At Least 75% Plant-Based Foods, Say Germany’s New Dietary Guidelines

Anay Mridul Mar 8, 2024

The German Society for Nutrition has updated its dietary guidelines to recommend halving meat consumption, limiting dairy intake, and eating more plant-based foods – the latter should make up at least 75% of your diet. Months after…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Kynda Teams Up with The Raging Pig Co to Unveil Zero-Waste, Affordable Mycelium Meat Burgers

Anay Mridul Mar 8, 2024

German biotech startup Kynda is set to introduce a zero-waste mycelium ingredient for use in plant-based and hybrid proteins, starting with a partnership with The Raging Pig Company, which will use the Kynda-Meat to produce vegan burgers. …
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Women & Gender Rights

IWD 2024: Women-Led Plant-Based Companies Shaping the Future of Food

Anay Mridul Mar 8, 2024

Today is International Women's Day, a day all about raising visibility and awareness of women's rights, and celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. Even though the climate crisis seems too tall a…
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