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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.

Seafood

Cult Food Science and Umami Bioworks Unveil World’s First Cultivated Fish Cat Food Brand

Anay Mridul Aug 22, 2023

Canadian cultivated meat innovator Cult Food Science has collaborated with Singapore-based cultured seafood producer Umami Bioworks to unveil Marina Cat, a cultivated pet food brand. It will combine Umami's cultivated red ocean snapper and…
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Alt Protein

Chinese Startup Develops World’s First Cultivated Deer Antler Stem Cell Line, Aims to File for Approval in 2024

Anay Mridul Aug 22, 2023

Chinese cultivated meat startup Jimi Biotech has developed what it claims is the world's first deer antler stem cell line, making it capable of mass-producing these cells. It comes months after it unveiled the country's first…
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Alt Protein

From Billions in Subsidies To Disinformation, Here’s How Big Meat and Dairy Are Attacking The Alt Protein Industry

Anay Mridul Aug 22, 2023

In the EU and the US, livestock farming receives about 1,000 times more funding than plant-based and cultivated meat, with the "gigantic" power of the animal agriculture industry blocking the development of sustainable proteins, finds a…
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Alt Protein

With Its Ready-To-Sell Ethical FBS Alternative, Cultivated Startup Omeat Bets On Revenue Generating B2B Arm

Anay Mridul Aug 21, 2023

Los Angeles startup Omeat, which launched in June after four years in stealth mode, has launched and already completed the first commercial sales of Plenty, its ethical and affordable alternative to fetal bovine serum (FBS). The product is…
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Vegan

Exclusive: Vegan Honey Brand MeliBio Talks Precision Fermentation, Expansion Plans & Upcoming Series A

Anay Mridul Aug 21, 2023

MeliBio co-founder and CEO Darko Mandich tells Green Queen about the company's pivot from precision-fermented to plant-based honey, its European launch, and an upcoming Series A funding round this autumn. Months after making its US…
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Alt Protein

Mycoprotein Startup Enough Raises €40M to Produce One Cow’s Worth of Protein Every 2 Minutes by 2027

Anay Mridul Aug 21, 2023

Scottish-Dutch food tech company Enough has raised €40M in Series C funding to accelerate the production of its mycoprotein product, Abunda, which is used in plant-based alternatives like chicken breast, mince and dairy. The brand aims to…
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Travel

6 Vegan & Vegetarian Food Tours Where You Can Eat Like a Local

Anay Mridul Aug 19, 2023

Sustainable travel has never been easier. Food tours are a massive part of the travel industry – and now, many cities around the world offer day-long walking experiences for vegans and vegetarians. Here are six where you can enjoy the…
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Alt Dairy

‘Unprecedented and Unnecessary’: Industry Responds To FDA’s Proposed Plant-Based Milk Labelling Guidance

Anay Mridul Aug 18, 2023

One of 919 respondents to the proposed plant-based milk labelling guidance by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Plant Based Foods Association (PBFA) submitted the largest comment – a 19-page document. Speaking to Green Queen…
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Vegan

Plant-Based Earthshot Prize? Vegan Charity & Celebrities Offer £1M & Urge Prince William to Introduce New Category

Anay Mridul Aug 18, 2023

A group of celebrities have supported an open letter by UK charity Generation Vegan (GenV), which calls for the Prince William-helmed Earthshot Prize to add a category recognising those who are advancing a shift to a plant-based food…
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Alt Protein

50% of Asia’s Protein Must be Animal-Free by 2060 To Reach Net Zero

Anay Mridul Aug 18, 2023

Countries in Southeast Asia and Asia-Pacific must increase their alt-protein production by 2030 to help mitigate the climate crisis, as animal protein and its associated emissions must peak by the end of the decade, says a new report. By…
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Future Foods

UK Food Tech Firm Raises £2.3M to Bring Fermentation-Based Palm Oil Alternative to Market

Anay Mridul Aug 17, 2023

Ahead of a Series A round next year, UK biotech firm Clean Food Group has raised £2.3M in funding to accelerate the commercialisation of its fermentation-based fat, which it describes as a sustainable replacement for palm oil. The…
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Alt Protein

South Korea’s Unlimeat Partners with Just Egg to Unveil Vegan Kimbap and Breakfast Sandwich

Anay Mridul Aug 17, 2023

South Korean plant-based meat producer Unlimeat has partnered with US vegan egg brand Just Egg to unveil products using the latter's folded egg format. The collaboration will result in a vegan kimbap, which will go on floors in Gangnam in…
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Climate Change

How Do We End Global Hunger? This Campaign Says Beans is How

Anay Mridul Aug 17, 2023

In a bid to meet the UN's second Sustainable Development Goal (SDG2) of zero hunger by 2030, one campaign is asking you to eat more beans. Its argument? Beans are cheap, long-lasting, nutritious, versatile, planet-friendly, and ubiquitous.…
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Cell-Based News

Africa’s First Cultivated Meat Startup Rebrands to Newform Foods, Aims to Ramp Up Production with Cost-Effective Platform

Anay Mridul Aug 17, 2023

South Africa's Mzansi Meat is rebranding to Newform Foods, and has developed a cost-effective bioproduction platform to accelerate production of cultivated meat. Africa's first cell-cultured meat company, Newform Foods is in early-stage…
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Green Business

New Carbon Credit Standards Guide Companies on Good Offsetting Projects

Anay Mridul Aug 16, 2023

A global initiative to boost the $2B carbon offsetting market has released guidance to help companies choose better carbon credits and introduce more transparency to the unregulated sector. With carbon offsetting demands growing to…
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Alt Dairy

Imagindairy Becomes the Third Precision Fermentation Dairy Company to Earn US GRAS Status, Opens New Headquarters

Anay Mridul Aug 16, 2023

Israeli alt-dairy maker Imagindairy has obtained self-affirmed GRAS (generally recognised as safe) status in the US, becoming only the third precision fermentation company to do so. Now, with its new headquarters, it aims to accelerate…
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Future Foods

Singapore Vegan Startup Hegg is Now in the Egg Section of Your Supermarket, After Partnering with the Island’s Leading Egg Distributor

Anay Mridul Aug 16, 2023

Singaporean vegan egg startup Hegg – a subsidiary of Howw Foods – has entered into a distributorship agreement with the nation's largest egg distributor, Dasoon. The move is designed to expand the presence of Hegg's Eggless Egg in local…
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Climate Change

In a US First, Youth Climate Activists Sued the State of Montana – and Gained a Precedent-Setting Win

Anay Mridul Aug 16, 2023

Young climate activists in Montana gained a landmark legal victory on Monday when a judge ruled that the state's fossil fuel policy was violating their constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment. The victory in the…
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Alt Dairy

Californian Startup Achieves Casein Cheese Milestone: “We Can Make 25,000 Pizzas’ Worth of Animal-Free Mozzarella”

Anay Mridul Aug 16, 2023

US animal-free cheese producer New Culture has announced that it has successfully scaled up its precision fermentation process to manufacturing levels, claiming it can now produce 25,000 pizzas' worth of cheese per batch. The San Francisco…
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Plastic Pollution

Research Shows Dead Flies Could Be Transformed into Biodegradable Plastics – But Insect Farming Poses Welfare Issues

Anay Mridul Aug 15, 2023

Scientists at Texas A&M University have found a way to turn dead black soldier flies into biodegradable plastic. Adult flies, which are said to have no competing applications (black soldier fly larvae are used in pet food, for…
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Seafood

This Startup Makes Whole-Food Plant-Based Snow Crab & Whitefish from Vegetables

Anay Mridul Aug 15, 2023

In what is a burgeoning plant-based category, vegan seafood undergoes a whole-food twist with Canadian startup Seed to Surf, which uses vegetables as its primary ingredient. Founded in 2020, the brand makes tinned snow crab and smoked…
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