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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.

Climate Change

6 Upcoming Food Documentaries You Need to Add to Your Watchlist

Anay Mridul Sep 29, 2023

Netflix's recent Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food documentary made waves across the Internet and media for its detailed exposé of the US food system's fallacies. Where do we go from there? A whole host of upcoming…
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Alt Protein

Cluck Yeah: Rotterdam is Getting A Fully Vegan Butcher Shop This World Animal Day

Anay Mridul Sep 29, 2023

Unilever-owned plant-based meat brand The Vegetarian Butcher is opening a vegan butchery in Rotterdam, Netherlands. To be launched on World Animal Day, it marks the 13th anniversary of the company's launch. On October 4, The Vegetarian…
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Future Foods

PALM-ALT: Could This Palm Oil Alternative Be the ‘Holy Grail’ of Sustainable Baking Fats?

Anay Mridul Sep 28, 2023

A new sustainable fat by Edinburgh's Queen Margaret University (QMU) is the latest to join the fledgling palm oil alternative sector. Using food industry sidestream ingredients, PALM-ALT is said to be 70% better for the environment…
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Alt Protein

From Burger King To IHOP, Impossible Foods Does Foodservice Collabs Right

Anay Mridul Sep 28, 2023

Impossible Foods has partnered with IHOP on a range of menu items, expanding its US foodservice footprint. A leading plant-based meat company, Impossible has a knack for getting these collaborations with F&B chains just right – with…
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Plastic Pollution

This Washing Machine Filter Captures 98% of the Microplastics Released from Your Laundry

Anay Mridul Sep 28, 2023

Slovenian startup PlanetCare has launched the second iteration of its microfibre-absorbing laundry filter, which can capture 98% of all pollutants from washing machine wastewater. Now made from recycled plastic, its cartridges are…
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Vegan

8 Brands Making the Best Plant-Based Ready Meals for the Time-Strapped Consumer

Anay Mridul Sep 28, 2023

It's a fast-paced world. There's a lot to do. Cooking? Gah, who has the time? But you love food. We get it. Ready-to-eat meals are here to save you, showcasing the best of plant-based food that's ready in a jiffy. Here are the (vegan)…
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Alt Protein

In Singapore, Call It ‘Cultivated’ Meat – Not ‘Clean’ or ‘Cell-Based’

Anay Mridul Sep 27, 2023

Singaporeans prefer the term 'cultivated meat' over related terms like 'cultured' or 'cell-based', according to a new study. Moreover, researchers found that people who consider cultivated meat 'unnatural' are – perhaps counterintuitively…
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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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