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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

Liberation Labs Gears Up for $75M Series A to Fund Facility As Industry Doubles Down on Production

Anay Mridul Oct 12, 2023

US precision fermentation protein manufacturer Liberation Labs is lining up a Series A funding round that could ink the brand as much as $75M, reports Axios. The financing will be used to build its upcoming $115M facility in Richmond,…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

French Animal-Free Dairy Startup Bon Vivant Raises €15M Seed Round for B2B Whey Protein Ingredient

Anay Mridul Oct 12, 2023

French precision fermentation company Bon Vivant, which is working on animal-free whey and casein proteins for dairy, has closed an oversubscribed €15M ($15.9M) seed round. The startup's new manufacturing facility will open by Q2 next…
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Vegan

Plant-Based Price Parity: Lidl Germany’s Own-Label Vegan Alternatives Will Now Cost the Same as Meat & Dairy

Anay Mridul Oct 12, 2023

German retailer Lidl has announced that it will be introducing price parity for the majority of its plant-based alternatives to animal-derived foods via its own-label brand Vemondo. The grocer will also place these vegan products directly…
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Alt Protein

Plant Sifu is Flying High: Hong Kong Plant-Based Pork Maker Partners with Cathay Pacific for In-Flight Meals

Anay Mridul Oct 12, 2023

Plant Sifu, Hong Kong’s first locally produced plant-based meat brand, has made impressive strides since launching in late 2021. Now, the food tech company has extended its partnership with the city’s flag carrier, Cathay Pacific, bringing…
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Seafood

Esencia Foods Debuts Europe’s First Whole-Cut Mycelium Seafood at Major German Food Show

Anay Mridul Oct 11, 2023

German alt-meat company Esencia Foods hosted Europe's first tasting of mycelium-derived seafood at the Anuga gastronomic fair in Cologne. The startup makes whole-cut whitefish like seabass and cod comprised of just two ingredients using…
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Future Foods

Future Food Quick Bites: Soaring Seafood, Buzzing Britain & Vegan Tweezer Cuisine

Anay Mridul Oct 11, 2023

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 Eleven Madison Park's Hong Kong pop-up, UK environment secretary Thérèse…
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Cell-Based News

Cultivated Bluefin Tuna Producer Wanda Fish Nets $7M in Seed Funding, Aims for 2026 Launch

Anay Mridul Oct 11, 2023

Wanda Fish, the Israeli startup making cultivated whole-cut bluefin tuna, has raised $7M in a seed funding round to accelerate production and scalability. The company is planning for regulatory approval in the US in 2025, and says it will…
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Vegan

York Pork: Heura Debuts Clean-Label Plant-Based Deli Ham Slices in Spain and France

Anay Mridul Oct 11, 2023

Spanish plant-based meat company Heura has added vegan York-style deli ham slices to its range of clean-label alternatives to conventional meat. The new 11-ingredient ham is made using the brand's patent-pending tech and will be available…
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Vegan

VFC Expands Vegan Brands Portfolio with Clive’s Purely Plants Acquisition Agreement

Anay Mridul Oct 10, 2023

Months after bailing out fellow British alt-meat brand Meatless Farm, vegan chicken maker VFC has expanded its portfolio of plant-based brands by agreeing to acquire vegan pie maker Clive's Purely Plants for an undisclosed sum. The deal is…
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Food & Nutrition

Food is Medicine Series: US Healthcare Company & Grocery Retailer to Study the Impact of Nutritious Food Availability on Health

Anay Mridul Oct 10, 2023

A week after research found that Food is Medicine (FIM) programmes could save American lives and billions of dollars in medical costs, US healthcare company Kaiser Permanente and grocery delivery startup Instacart have announced a joint…
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Future Foods

Meet the Startups Working with the Climate-Positive Alt-Protein Superfood That Grows Everywhere

Anay Mridul Oct 10, 2023

In a world increasingly ravaged by the climate crisis and food insecurity, one crop could be a solution to meeting our future nutritional, environmental and health needs. Find out more about the startups growing duckweed, the future…
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Alt Protein

Cultivated Tuna Maker Reels in $33.5M Series B, Talks Launch Plans and APAC Strategic Partnerships

Anay Mridul Oct 10, 2023

US-cultivated seafood producer BlueNalu has closed a $33.5M Series B funding round and extended partnerships with legacy seafood leaders in APAC to bring its cell-cultured bluefin tuna to market once it receives regulatory approval. …
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Big Dairy-Backed Vivici To Launch Animal-Free Dairy Whey Protein After Successful Scale-up

Anay Mridul Oct 9, 2023

Dutch B2B ingredients company Vivici has announced it has successfully scaled up its platform to produce animal-free beta-lactoglobulin – the chief whey protein found in dairy. The company hopes to earn US regulatory approval by 2024,…
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India

India’s Future Food Changemakers: How Heritage Vegan Brand Carra Got Indians to Love Dark Chocolate

Anay Mridul Oct 9, 2023

In our Indian Changemakers series, we interview brands and founders shaping the future of food in the world's most populous country. Here, we speak to Komal Khosla, founder of Delhi-based vegan craft chocolate brand Carra, about the…
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Research & Scientific Studies

Are You Vegetarian? It Might Be in Your DNA, According to A New Study

Anay Mridul Oct 9, 2023

A new study has found that being vegetarian may be linked to three genes and that the fact that some people find it challenging to stick to a meatless diet could be explained by genetics. While this is a correlation (and not causation),…
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Books

Plantasia Author Pamelia Chia: ‘Vegetables are Dynamic and Exciting – Them Being Vegan is Beside the Point’

Anay Mridul Oct 7, 2023

As she gears up to release her second cookbook, Plantasia, Singapore-born chef and food writer Pamelia Chia tells Green Queen about why she hates the term 'meat substitute', why vegetables rule, and the three things you should always have…
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Climate Change

Multi-Michelin-Starred Chef Alain Ducasse Says We Need to Eat Less Meat

Anay Mridul Oct 6, 2023

Speaking at France's inaugural Sustainable Gastronomy Summit, Monégasque chef Alain Ducasse called on the world to eat less meat. Highlighting how it would be better for both human and planetary health, the 21-Michelin-starred chef…
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Climate Change

Meet the Startup Helping UK Restaurants & Food Brands Calculate Their Carbon Emissions

Anay Mridul Oct 6, 2023

Matthew Isaacs, co-founder of UK emissions calculator and carbon labelling startup My Emissions, talks to Green Queen about the company's pivot from recipe blogs to restaurants and food manufacturers, how it measures a product or dish's…
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Alt Protein

This Changes Everything: Beyond Meat Goes All-In On Health with New Ad Campaign

Anay Mridul Oct 6, 2023

Two months after launching its farmer- and health-centric marketing drive, alt-meat giant Beyond Meat is doubling down on the health aspect of its products with its new This Changes Everything campaign. It comes a few months after its…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Back to the Future: Using Traditional Fermentation to Make Vegan Cheese Cheesier and Plant-Based Meat Meatier

Anay Mridul Oct 6, 2023

We're at a point where artificial intelligence is helping us make better food and more realistic alternatives to animal-derived proteins. But if two new studies are anything to go by, it's not new tech, but an age-old technique, that could…
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Cell-Based News

Dutch Startup Hosts Successful Cultivated Pork Tasting Event in Singapore Ahead of Planned 2024 Launch

Anay Mridul Oct 5, 2023

Following its first tasting event in May, which involved retail partners and Singapore's Economic Development Board, Dutch cultivated pork producer Meatable hosted a second such session last week for the media and stakeholders. It…
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