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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.

Alt Protein

The World’s Largest Meat Company is Building a Cultivated Protein R&D Facility

Anay Mridul Sep 27, 2023

Brazilian meat giant JBS has broken ground on a $62M cultivated meat research and development facility in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina. Billed as the largest food biotech centre in Brazil, it's scheduled to open at the end of 2024. The…
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Animal Rights

100 Billion Animals Are Slaughtered for Meat Every Year – Yet Livestock Farming Doesn’t Get Talked About in Climate Discourse

Anay Mridul Sep 27, 2023

New data shared by Our World in Data shows that approximately 94% of animals on earth live on factory farms and at least 100 billion are slaughtered each year for meat and other animal-derived products. The analysis shows these numbers…
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Policy & Regulation

Boosting Food Security: UAE Plans to Create $10B Food Sector & 20,000 Jobs – What Does It Mean for Alt-Protein?

Anay Mridul Sep 27, 2023

Two months before it hosts the UN climate summit COP28 – which is set to feature a heavy food focus – the UAE has announced a food and agriculture strategy to bolster the sector's value to $10B and create 20,000 jobs by 2025. The…
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Vegan Dining

Made in The USA: TiNDLE Launches Vegan Breakfast Sausage For Restaurants, Eyes 2024 Retail Expansion

Anay Mridul Sep 26, 2023

Singapore-headquartered TiNDLE Foods has launched a breakfast sausage in the US, its first domestically-made product. The rollout comes a day after it expanded its presence in the UK, appearing on menus at two restaurant chains and…
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Alt Protein

Exclusive: Formo Spills the Yolk on Soon-to-Launch ‘Lab-Brewed’ Egg Alternative & Why Consumers are Curious About Precision…

Anay Mridul Sep 26, 2023

German precision fermentation startup Formo will unveil its 'lab-brewed' alternative to eggs in foodservice in their home market later this year. Formo CEO Raffael Wohlgensinger and researcher Oscar Zollman Thomas speak to Green Queen…
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Seafood

‘Hybrid Could Unleash Alt-Seafood’: Vegan Fish Startup Seaspire on Indian Consumers, Launching in Foodservice and Why Retail Isn’t…

Anay Mridul Sep 26, 2023

Indian vegan seafood company Seaspire has launched in D2C channels after months of foodservice trials in major cities in its home country. The startup's co-founder Varun Gadodia tells Green Queen about India's appetite for alt-seafood,…
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Climate Change

EU Greenwashing Ban: Everything You Need to Know About the Who, the What & the When

Anay Mridul Sep 26, 2023

Last week, the EU finalised a new law designed to curb greenwashing, which will ban the use of terms like 'carbon-neutral' from product claims. Who does this affect, when does it come into effect, and what can't you say anymore? Here's…
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Vegan

EY Report Suggests Strong Growth For Plant-Based But Industry Faces Key Challenges

Anay Mridul Sep 25, 2023

A new report commissioned by plant-based body Protein Industries Canada (PIC) has found that the global vegan market shows great potential over the next decade. But while Canada's own alt-meat consumption has increased, major industry…
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Future Foods

Stone Fruit Kernel Milk: Austrian Startup Lands €12M Series A, Eyes US Launch in 2025

Anay Mridul Sep 25, 2023

Austrian food tech startup Kern Tec, which upcycles stone fruit pits into plant-based dairy alternatives, has raised €12M in a Series A funding round. The brand's co-founder Luca Fichtinger tells Green Queen that it aims to scale up…
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Alt Dairy

Gouda Riddance: Dutch Company Spins Off Dairy to Go Fully Vegan, Aims for Europe-Wide Launch by 2026

Anay Mridul Sep 25, 2023

Dutch dairy leader Boermarke, operational since 1987, has announced its intention to pivot to a fully plant-based product lineup. The decision comes after alt-dairy sales in the Netherlands grew in the last two years, as conventional milk…
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Consumer Trends & Insights

Smart Menus: How to Get Meat Eaters To Choose Plant-Based Dishes

Anay Mridul Sep 25, 2023

A new study from research group Rethink Priorities explores how different combinations of menu options influence people's choices of meat-free dishes, plant-based meals and conventional chicken and fish. Here are the key takeaways. …
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Climate Change

Global Collaboration Village: Can this Metaverse Hub Help Fight The Climate Crisis?

Anay Mridul Sep 23, 2023

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has launched the Global Collaboration Village, a metaverse hub to help craft solutions to the climate crisis. It brings together leaders from across the world virtually to address polar tipping points, which…
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Vegan

Meatless Farm Products Back at UK Supermarkets After VFC Acquisition

Anay Mridul Sep 22, 2023

Three months after the UK company was bailed out of bankruptcy by fellow British plant-based meat brand VFC, Meatless Farm products are back on UK supermarket shelves. The brand has relaunched a few of its old products alongside a new…
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Future Foods

Investors are Neglecting Food Tech, While Supply Chains Battle Global Disruption

Anay Mridul Sep 22, 2023

The median food tech venture capital deal size has declined for the first time in seven years, falling to $3M in Q2 – a 12.4% drop from 2022 – according to Pitchbook. This was also the sixth consecutive quarter of decline for…
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Consumer Trends & Insights

Climate-Conscious German Consumers Say They Want More Plant-Based Products in Supermarkets – New Poll

Anay Mridul Sep 22, 2023

Over a fifth of German consumers (21%) believe the range of plant-based alternatives to animal products available in grocery stores is too small, according to a new survey. In fact, a higher number of options would lead to 29% buying more…
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Climate Change

Carbon Offsets: A Nice Climate Fairytale That Hasn’t Panned Out

Anay Mridul Sep 21, 2023

Many businesses use carbon offsetting as a way to bring down their emissions totals and mitigate their environmental impact, but a slew of recent investigations into the practice have found that offsets are deeply flawed and not doing what…
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Animal Rights

France U-Turns on Factory Farming, Calls for Cheaper Meat

Anay Mridul Sep 21, 2023

Two weeks after proposing an unprecedented labelling ban on meat-related terms for plant-based alternatives, France is now promoting a pro-factory farming agenda by calling for the production of cheaper meat and 'taking back the market…
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Alt Protein

Plant-Powered Politics Q&A: Can Europe Shift to a Plant-Based Food System?

Anay Mridul Sep 21, 2023

Five European organisations have come together to suggest 11 measures that can unlock the region's transition towards a plant-based food system, in a new report titled Plant-Powered Politics. In conversation with Green Queen, the coalition…
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Seafood

Plant-Based Seafood: The 7 Best Vegan Shrimp Brands Making Your Po’ Boy Dreams Come True

Anay Mridul Sep 21, 2023

From Australia and Thailand to the Netherlands and the US, it's easier than ever to find plant-based, overfishing-free alternatives to shrimp. You can make your own vegan shrimp cocktail, grits with shrimp or even ceviche – the world's…
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Climate Change

Greenwashing Risk: 64% of Agrifood Companies Have No Regenerative Agriculture Targets – New Report

Anay Mridul Sep 21, 2023

While a majority of the food and retail sector's giants believe regenerative agriculture can be a solution to the climate crisis, 64% of them have not put targets in place to achieve these ambitions, according to a new study. Meanwhile,…
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Future Foods

Cell-Based Blueberries, Anyone? What is Lab-Grown Fruit, and Is It a Food Security Solution?

Anay Mridul Sep 20, 2023

With climate change threatening crop growth and food security in many places, scientists are hoping to create lab-grown fruit with usually discarded parts of fruits, like apple cores and orange peels. While the process is some years away…
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