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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

New Culture Earns ‘World’s First’ Self-Affirmed GRAS Status for Precision-Fermented Casein

Anay Mridul Feb 14, 2024

US precision fermentation company New Culture has obtained what it claims is the world's first self-affirmed GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe) status for animal-free casein in the US, paving the way for its market entry with Nancy…
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Future Foods

Future Food Quick Bites: Vegan Earthshot Prize, Dr. Praeger’s Turns 30 & A Neat Rebrand

Anay Mridul Feb 14, 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 Dr. Praeger's new veggie-forward offerings, Applewood Vegan's…
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Health

Supergut’s Marc Washington is Meeting The Moment: ‘We’re Very Much Here for the Ozempic Era’

Anay Mridul Feb 14, 2024

Marc Washington, CEO of superfood brand Supergut, speaks to Green Queen about riding the Ozempic wave, the importance of prebiotic fibre, boosting GLP-1, and formulating plant-based products. For Marc Washington, it was a…
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Seafood

Food Colonialism: How the Norwegian Salmon Industry is Hurting Food Security in West Africa

Anay Mridul Feb 13, 2024

A new investigation reveals the adverse effects of Norwegian farmed salmon on malnutrition, food insecurity and loss of livelihoods in West Africa. Seafood producers in Norway – the world's largest supplier of farmed salmon – are…
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Health

Why Are We Still Killing Horseshoe Crabs? An Alternative Has Existed for Decades

Anay Mridul Feb 13, 2024

The US Pharmacopeia has finally released draft guidelines to allow the use of human-made alternatives to horseshoe crab blood – a critical element in biomedical and pharmaceutical testing. After failing in 2020, can the guidance pass this…
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Alt Protein

Is Marbling the ‘Holy Grail’ for Plant-Based Steak?

Anay Mridul Feb 12, 2024

As more and more companies focus on whole-cut plant-based meats, some are relying on fat to produce highly desired marbled textures for consumers – could it be the new 'holy grail' for vegan steak? Last year, scientists at Texas…
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Chocolate

California Cultured Joins Forces with Japanese Chocolate Giant Meiji for Cell-Based Cocoa Products

Anay Mridul Feb 12, 2024

US startup California Cultured will see its cell-based cocoa incorporated in products by Japanese chocolate giant Meiji, with a 10-year commercial partnership for the former's Flavanol Cocoa Powder. West Sacramento-based food tech…
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Climate Change

New Zealand: Huge Climate Win for Maōri Leader in Case Against Dairy & Fossil Fuel Polluters

Anay Mridul Feb 10, 2024

New Zealand's Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Māori leader Mike Smith's climate case versus fossil fuel and dairy companies, which include Fonterra. In a landmark win for environmental rights, the New Zealand Supreme Court has…
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Alt Dairy

Cultured Cheddar Slices: Stockeld Dreamery Bets on Fermentation for ‘Third Wave’ of Vegan Cheese

Anay Mridul Feb 9, 2024

Swedish vegan dairy startup Stockeld Dreamery has launched fermented Cheddar slices called Melt, which it describes as part of the 'third wave' of plant-based cheese. Stockeld Dreamery is bringing fermentation to sliced cheese with its…
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Vegan

One Planet Pizza’s Joe Hill: ‘Selling A Million Vegan Pizzas Took Me By Surprise’

Anay Mridul Feb 9, 2024

One Planet Pizza co-founder Joe Hill tells Green Queen about the company's uphill battle in the face of Brexit, war and a pandemic; going on The Apprentice; his trouble with misinformation about veganism, and selling a million pizzas. …
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Future Foods

Can Microalgae Change the Way You Use Fat Forever? This Michelin-Starred Chef Thinks So

Anay Mridul Feb 9, 2024

With seed oils on the back burner and olive oil questioned for its climate impact, one company is banking on microalgae, and to convince you, it has sought the help of a three-Michelin-starred chef. We're having a fat moment. People are…
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Policy & Regulation

Meat Misinformation: How Big Beef is Funding Education Schemes to Influence Kids

Anay Mridul Feb 8, 2024

Today's kids are more vulnerable to climate change than any generation, and thus more inclined to have consumption behaviours that are kinder to the planet – the meat industry is trying to derail that by influencing the education system. …
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Climate Change

‘Crossing the Divide’: The Four Worldviews for the Future of Agriculture, and How to Combine Them

Anay Mridul Feb 8, 2024

With agriculture's impact on the climate becoming clearer than ever, there are distinct views on how best to tackle the problem and enable a healthy, affordable and sustainable food system. A new report looks at the most ideal approach. …
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Pets

Bond Pet Foods and Hill’s Pet Nutrition Reach Scaling Milestone for Precision-Fermented Proteins

Anay Mridul Feb 8, 2024

US companies Bond Pet Foods and Hill's Pet Nutrition have announced a milestone development in their partnership, trading two tonnes of precision-fermented proteins to create animal-free products for our furry friends. Colorado-based…
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Alt Protein

Mission Impossible: Alt-Meat Giant Now Serves the US Army, Marking a New Avenue for Plant-Based Food

Anay Mridul Feb 8, 2024

Military culture has always been a dominant driver of our food and cooking habits – by partnering with the US Army, can Impossible Foods bring about a new dawn for plant-based meat? Today, Spam is a cult-favourite meat product in many…
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Food & Nutrition

Unilever Targets €1.5B in GLP-1 Boosting Plant-Based Food Sales by 2025 to Help Consumers Boost Gut Health

Anay Mridul Feb 7, 2024

Can our bodies help us create a natural Ozempic effect through vegan food consumption? Unilever is banking on plant-based diets to enhance the gut microbiome and boost consumers' health. With Ozempic and Wegovy dominating conversations…
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Future Foods

Future Food Quick Bites: Valentine’s Specials, Scotch Eggs & Greek Dragons’ Den

Anay Mridul Feb 7, 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 Fortnum and Mason's cultivated scotch egg tasting, a Dragons' Den deal…
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Food & Nutrition

Yali Bio Announces ‘World’s First’ Yeast-Derived Breast Milk Fat from Precision Fermentation

Anay Mridul Feb 7, 2024

Californian startup Yali Bio has created what it claims is the world's first breast milk fat made from yeast, using precision fermentation to allow infant formulas to more closely match the nutrition provided by human milk. Yali Bio,…
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Alt Dairy

Dunkin’ Lawsuit: Is It Discriminatory to Have a Non-Dairy Milk Surcharge?

Anay Mridul Feb 6, 2024

Dunkin' is being sued for $5M under the Americans with Disabilities Act, with plaintiffs alleging that the surcharge on plant-based milk discriminates against people with lactose intolerance. Do their claims stack up? The US's…
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Alt Protein

Heura Raises €40M Series B as Startup Promises Profitability in Boost to Plant-Based Industry

Anay Mridul Feb 6, 2024

Spanish plant-based meat startup Heura has raised €40M ($43M) in a Series B round, in what is one of the largest investments in a vegan company in 2023. The company is now on the path to profitability and will look to license its tech and…
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Policy & Regulation

What the US FDA Reorganisation Means for Alternative Protein Regulation

Anay Mridul Feb 6, 2024

Sparked by the infant formula crisis, the FDA is about to undergo a major overhaul that will transform its human foods programme and regulatory affairs teams – what does this mean for alternative proteins? In February 2022, the US Food…
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