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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 Dairy

This Startup is Making Animal-Free Creamer from Yeast to Change the Way You Drink Your Coffee

Anay Mridul Dec 13, 2023

Swiss food tech company Cultivated Biosciences has unveiled the first proof of concept for its yeast-based fermented fat, in the form of a dairy-free coffee creamer prototype. What would you say if I offered you fungus in your coffee?…
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Climate Change

COP28 Daily Digest: Everything You Need To Know in Food and Climate News – Day 12

Anay Mridul Dec 12, 2023

Welcome to Day 12 of #COP28, the final day! In Green Queen's COP28 Daily Digest, our editorial team curates the must-reads, the must-bookmarks and the must-knows from around the interwebs to help you 'skim the overwhelm'. Catch up: DAY…
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Alt Protein

Misinformation, Corporate Greed & Rising Costs: How Heather Mills’ Alt-Meat Brand VBites Fell Into Administration After 30 Years

Anay Mridul Dec 12, 2023

British vegan entrepreneur Heather Mills has announced that her legacy plant-based meat brand VBites is entering administration this week, after failing to secure funding amid rising costs. The 30-year-old company's collapse comes amid a…
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Alt Dairy

Bill Gates-Backed Nature’s Fynd Says It’s Launching The World’s First Fungi Protein Yogurts at Whole Foods

Anay Mridul Dec 12, 2023

Chicago-based food tech startup Nature's Fynd will introduce what it claims are the "world's first" fungi-based yogurts in January. Launching at Whole Foods stores across the US, this is the company's third product line, and comes just as…
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Climate Change

COP28 Daily Digest: Everything You Need To Know in Food and Climate News – Day 11

Anay Mridul Dec 11, 2023

Welcome to Day 11 of #COP28 – it's almost the end of the road. In Green Queen's COP28 Daily Digest, our editorial team curates the must-reads, the must-bookmarks and the must-knows from around the interwebs to help you 'skim the…
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Policy & Regulation

Denmark Announces First 36 Projects Receiving $8.4M As Part of Plant-Based Fund

Anay Mridul Dec 11, 2023

The Danish Foundation for Plant-Based Foods has announced the first 36 projects receiving investment as part of its $180M Plant Fund. It comes two months after it became the first country to introduce a national action plan to transition…
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Vegan Dining

Michelin Precision: Eleven Madison Park Debuts EVERY’s Yeast-Fermented Egg in One-Off Dinner

Anay Mridul Dec 11, 2023

Silicon Valley startup The EVERY Company debuted its hen-free egg made from precision fermentation at famed New York City restaurant Eleven Madison Park, which went mostly plant-based in 2021, as the centrepiece of an exclusive one-off…
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Alt Dairy

What Do Consumers Want From Vegan Cheese? Daiya Bets on Fermented Oat Cream

Anay Mridul Dec 11, 2023

Canadian brand Daiya has launched its updated vegan cheese lineup, made from a base of its oat cream and using age-old traditional fermentation techniques to mimic dairy cheese better. Nine months after announcing a…
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Climate Change

COP28 Daily Digest: Everything You Need To Know in Food and Climate News – Day 10

Anay Mridul Dec 10, 2023

Welcome to Day 10 of #COP28 – the first ever official day dedicated to food systems in the history of the summit. In Green Queen's COP28 Daily Digest, our editorial team curates the must-reads, the must-bookmarks and the must-knows from…
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Climate Change

COP28 Daily Digest: Everything You Need To Know in Food and Climate News – Day 9

Anay Mridul Dec 9, 2023

Welcome to Day 9 of #COP28. In Green Queen's COP28 Daily Digest, our editorial team curates the must-reads, the must-bookmarks and the must-knows from around the interwebs to help you 'skim the overwhelm'. Catch up: DAY 1 - DAY 2 - DAYS…
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Alt Protein

Landmark UN Report: Meat & Dairy Alternatives Can Significantly Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Anay Mridul Dec 9, 2023

In a landmark report during the COP28 summit in Dubai, the UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) has openly endorsed alternative proteins – spanning plant-based, cultivated and fermented – as a way to significantly cut emissions,…
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Climate Change

COP28 Daily Digest: Everything You Need To Know in Food and Climate News – Day 8

Anay Mridul Dec 8, 2023

Welcome to Day 8* of #COP28. In Green Queen's COP28 Daily Digest, our editorial team curates the must-reads, the must-bookmarks and the must-knows from around the interwebs to help you 'skim the overwhelm'. Catch up: DAY 1 - DAY 2 -…
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Vegan

New Research Promises Meatier, Juicier, Tastier Vegan Burgers with Clean-Label Process

Anay Mridul Dec 8, 2023

What if your vegan burgers could be juicier, meatier and less processed? Some scientists have found a way to do just that, using an enzyme that breaks down amino acids to allow burgers to retain more moisture and get rid of a lot of the…
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Vegan

‘Stop Pissing Americans Off’: Impossible Foods CEO Plans ‘Inclusive’ Rebrand to Shed ‘Woke’ Reputation

Anay Mridul Dec 8, 2023

Does plant-based meat have an image problem? Peter McGuinness, CEO of Impossible Foods – one of the largest companies in the space – believes as much. To counter the off-putting "wokeness" associated with these products and take on Big…
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Future Foods

Will the World Be Vegan by 2075? ChatGPT Thinks So

Anay Mridul Dec 8, 2023

Open AI's artificial intelligence system ChatGPT has predicted that the world will go almost entirely vegan by 2073, two years after which the animal agriculture industry becomes obsolete. It was based on a prompt by the Daily Mail, which…
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Climate Change

COP28 Daily Digest: Everything You Need To Know in Food and Climate News – Rest Day

Anay Mridul Dec 7, 2023

Welcome to the official rest day of #COP28. In Green Queen's COP28 Daily Digest, our editorial team curates the must-reads, the must-bookmarks and the must-knows from around the interwebs to help you 'skim the overwhelm'. Catch up: DAY…
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Vegan

Planet Earth III: David Attenborough Delivers Strongest Endorsement Yet for Vegan Diets

Anay Mridul Dec 7, 2023

British naturalist and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough has given his most direct endorsement of a vegan diet in the latest episode of his BBC One series, Planet Earth III. The longtime TV host highlighted the vast amount of land…
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Future Foods

From Sustainable Proteins to Food is Medicine, 6 Trends Shaping the Future of Food in 2024

Anay Mridul Dec 7, 2023

What does the future look like for food tech? French consultancy DigitalFoodLab has released its annual State of FoodTech Trends report for 2024, distilling 28 directions in six 'mega-trends', including sustainable proteins, food is…
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Chocolate

Upcycled Cacao Fruit Juice, Anyone? Investors Gave Swiss-Ghanaian Startup $15M to Scale Koa Pure

Anay Mridul Dec 7, 2023

Swiss-Ghanian startup Koa has raised $15M in Series B funding to scale up its upcycled cacao business, develop more products and intensify regenerative agriculture practices to involve over 10,000 more farmers and address the climate…
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Climate Change

COP28 Daily Digest: Everything You Need To Know in Food and Climate News – Day 7

Anay Mridul Dec 6, 2023

Welcome to Day 7 of #COP28. In Green Queen's COP28 Daily Digest, our editorial team curates the must-reads, the must-bookmarks and the must-knows from around the interwebs to help you 'skim the overwhelm'. Catch up: DAY 1 - DAY 2 - DAYS…
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Cell-Based News

Meatiply Rakes in $3.75M in Initial Seed Funding for Expansion and New Facility in 2024

Anay Mridul Dec 6, 2023

Singaporean cultivated meat company Meatiply has closed the first round of its seed funding, securing $3.75M in financing to scale up production of its hybrid products and facilitate its new R&D facility, set to open next year. A…
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