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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.

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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Climate Change

Taste the ‘Carbon’ Difference: The Problem with Sainsbury’s Lower-Carbon Beef

Anay Mridul Sep 20, 2023

UK retailer Sainsbury's has launched a lower-carbon beef from its premium Taste the Difference line, a few weeks after US company Tyson Foods began retailing a USDA-approved “climate-friendly product as part of its Brazen Beef…
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Cell-Based News

This Shanghai Startup Says It’s Getting Closer To ‘Cost-Effective Mass Production of Cultivated Fish’

Anay Mridul Sep 20, 2023

Shanghai-based agtech firm CellX has announced the successful trial of its first 200-litre fish cell pilot production, marking an important step towards its industrial application of cultivated seafood products. It comes a month after the…
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Alt Protein

You Can Now Get Vegan Whole-Cut Steak Sandwiches at This Neat Burger Location in NYC

Anay Mridul Sep 19, 2023

A month after becoming the first vegan steak to land on a US steakhouse chain menu, Israeli startup Chunk Foods' whole-cut plant-based alternative is making its fast-casual debut via Leonardo DiCaprio- and Lewis Hamilton-backed chain Neat…
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Alt Protein

Meati Opens Online D2C Store with Subscription for Mycelium Steak, Chicken & New Mystery Products

Anay Mridul Sep 19, 2023

Colorado-based mycelium meat producer Meati has opened a direct-to-consumer online storefront to enable product deliveries and subscriptions for its customers. The Meati Marketplace will allow people to try its alt-meats before they hit…
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Future Foods

Shake Shack NYC Pilots Rain-Fed Sugarcane Cultured Cooking Oil for Stack Burgers and Fries

Anay Mridul Sep 19, 2023

Shake Shack has partnered with Californian startup Zero Acre Farms to trial the latter's sustainable Cultured Oil on select menu items at two locations in New York City. The pilot is part of Shake Shack's Stand for Something Good…
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Vegan

Can the Green Tuesday Cafeteria Campaign Help Vietnam Lower Its Meat Emissions?

Anay Mridul Sep 19, 2023

Non-profit organisation Vegan Outreach has expanded its Green Tuesday Initiative to Vietnam after five years in India. The programme hopes to reduce the impact of the country's diet on the environment and is in talks with over 100…
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Alt Dairy

‘No Longer An Alternative’: Why Plant-Based Dairy Leader Alpro Redesigned Its Packaging

Anay Mridul Sep 18, 2023

Alpro's brand refresh features new packaging putting the ingredients front and centre, along with taste descriptors and a bespoke font. Danone's global plant-based marketing director speaks to Green Queen about emphasising sustainability…
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Chocolate

Oat Giant Kölln Launches Vegan Muesli Range with ChoViva’s Cocoa-Free Chocolate

Anay Mridul Sep 18, 2023

German alt-chocolate brand ChoViva (formerly NoCoa/QOA) has partnered with oat cereal producer Kölln on a new range of vegan muesli that uses the former's cocoa-free chocolate. Sibling founders Sara and Maximilian Marquart tell Green Queen…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

How Sustainable is Animal-Free Dairy? We Compare Precision Fermentation LCAs

Anay Mridul Sep 18, 2023

Precision fermentation, described as the third pillar of alt-protein alongside plant-based and cultivated foods, is on the rise. There are at least 62 companies working in this space globally across the supply chain, with a big focus on…
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Climate Change

Hong Kong High School Student Creates Board Game to Highlight City’s Beach Pollution

Anay Mridul Sep 18, 2023

A high-school student has developed Beach Board Hong Kong, a Monopoly-style game that sheds light on the environmental issues faced by the island's beaches. Featuring damning pollution facts, action prompts to tackle these challenges, it's…
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Pets

Vegan Cats May Be Healthier Than Those on Meat-Based Diets, Finds New Study

Anay Mridul Sep 15, 2023

Cats on a plant-based diet could be healthier than those fed meat, with owners reporting fewer visits to the vet, reduced medication use and assessments of severe illness, and more vets describing vegan cats as healthy, according to a new…
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Drink

‘It’s a Wellness Brand’: Mother Pearl’s Po Chen Spills the Tea on Hong Kong’s First Vegan Bubble Tea Chain

Anay Mridul Sep 15, 2023

Mother Pearl, which opened in 2020 as Hong Kong's first vegan bubble tea shop, is an outlier in the space. On the heels of opening its fifth location in the city this Monday, and ahead of launching the sixth store this weekend, its founder…
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Alt Protein

US Mycelium Meat Maker Meati Lays Off 10% of Its Workforce, Shuts Down Pilot Plant

Anay Mridul Sep 15, 2023

In what is a significant restructuring move, Colorado-based mycelium meat startup Meati has cut its workforce by 10% and shuttered its pilot plant as it looks to become profitable. Meati, which had let go of 17 employees (about 5%) in…
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Future Foods

Upside Foods Announces New Commercial-Scale Cultivated Meat Plant Near Chicago, Starts with Ground Chicken

Anay Mridul Sep 14, 2023

Three months after becoming the joint-first company to gain regulatory approval for cultivated meat in the US, California-based Upside Foods has announced a new commercial-scale manufacturing plant near Chicago. The new facility will begin…
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