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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

Bayou Best Foods Acquires BettaF!sh to Bring Plant-Based Seafood Across the Atlantic

Anay Mridul Jul 2, 2026

In a convergence of cross-Atlantic vegan seafood brands, US startup Bayou Best Foods has taken over Germany's BettaF!sh to bring its shrimp, tuna and salmon alternatives to more consumers. Two years after its establishment, Bayou Best…
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Green Business

German Plant-Based Pioneer Planethic Group Files for Self-Administration

Anay Mridul Jul 1, 2026

Germany's Planethic Group (formerly Veganz Group) has kickstarted self-administration proceedings to secure its "long-term competitiveness", a year after restructuring the business. Planethic Group, the German holding company formerly…
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Future Food Quick Bites

Future Food Quick Bites: Huel Summer, Grubby x Zoe & Meat Exhaustion Day

Anay Mridul Jul 1, 2026

Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Huel's new meal replacement drinks, Oatly's matcha collab with Lidl, and a Gen Z dietary survey in India. New products…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Gas-cquisition: Biosphere Scoops Up NovoNutrients to Strengthen Gas Fermentation Platform

Anay Mridul Jul 1, 2026

US biomanufacturing firm Biosphere has acquired fellow gas fermentation specialist NovoNutrients, a year after the latter put its assets up for sale. Fresh off a $9M Department of Defense grant for its gas fermentation technology,…
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Policy & Regulation

EU Pledges Farmer Support for Diversification to Plant-Based Crops in Upcoming Protein Plan

Anay Mridul Jul 1, 2026

Europe's farmers are calling for more support to accelerate a shift towards plant-based farming and diversify their incomes, something the agricultural commissioner has promised as part of the protein plan. The EU has vowed to help…
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Research & Scientific Studies

Exclusive: Food System Innovations Unveils $2M Lab to Speed Up Sustainable Protein Development

Anay Mridul Jun 30, 2026

US non-profit Food System Innovations has launched a Sustainable Protein Action Lab to bridge the research funding gap and help future food companies accelerate product development. To make the protein transition a success, companies…
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Vegan

Yes, Plant-Based Foods Have More Additives Than Meat & Dairy. No, That Doesn’t Make Them Unhealthy

Anay Mridul Jun 30, 2026

A new study found that plant-based alternatives contained twice as many additives as meat and dairy, but its authors – and a range of experts – say this doesn't necessarily increase health risks. Mainstream media outlets often…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Beyond Meat Debuts Mycelium Steak Filet in US Supermarkets

Anay Mridul Jun 30, 2026

Beyond Meat is finally bringing its whole-cut mycelium steak to retail shelves in the US, starting with Wegmans and H-E-B. A year after introducing its whole-cut steak in US restaurants, alternative protein pioneer Beyond Meat is…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Canada Govt Backs AI-Led Fermentation Project to Turn Food Waste Into ‘High-Value’ Ingredients

Anay Mridul Jun 30, 2026

Protein Industries Canada has funded a new project to create an AI platform that can make fermentation cheaper and more efficient, and "unlock new value" from agricultural byproducts. The Canadian government has announced its latest…
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Cell-Based News

Wildtype Launches Crowdfunding Drive to Deliver Cultivated Salmon Lox & Skincare to US Homes

Anay Mridul Jun 29, 2026

US startup Wildtype has kicked off a crowdfunding drive to begin direct-to-consumer sales of its cultivated salmon lox and launch a marine complex supplement for skincare. Wildtype, which has been selling its cultivated salmon in a…
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Funding News

The Protein Brewery Extends Series B Funding by $20.5M to Launch Mycoprotein in Europe

Anay Mridul Jun 29, 2026

Dutch food tech startup The Protein Brewery has closed an €18M ($20.5M) extension of its Series B round to expand production of its Fermotein mycoprotein and support its EU launch. Days after securing the first novel food approval for…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Portugal’s GRA Nutra Unveils Fermentation-Derived Food Dye Amid Clean-Label Wave

Anay Mridul Jun 29, 2026

Portuguese firm GRA Nutra has released a new fermentation-derived beta-carotene colour for food and beverages in the US, where clean-label dyes are all the rage. As food manufacturers race to get artificial dyes out of their supply…
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Alt Materials

From Apple to Coffee, Mushmycel Unveils Waste-Derived Mycelium Leather Accessories

Anay Mridul Jun 29, 2026

US startup Mushmycel has introduced a range of vegan leather accessories derived from waste materials like reclaimed mushrooms, coffee grounds and coconut fibres. As consumers look for sustainable alternatives to harmful fashion…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Herbalife, IIT Madras Open Plant Cell Fermentation Centre to Fuel India’s Biomanufacturing Wave

Anay Mridul Jun 26, 2026

US supplements corporation Herbalife and the Indian Institute of Technology Madras have launched a plant cell fermentation hub to advance biomanufacturing and next-gen health products. India's bid to become a global biomanufacturing hub…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Cow-Free Lactoferrin Maker FerrinX Strikes Skincare Distribution Deal with Palmer Holland

Anay Mridul Jun 26, 2026

US startup FerrinX, which makes precision-fermented lactoferrin, has signed a deal with Palmer Holland to distribute the ingredient to cosmetics and beauty brands in North America. Legacy ingredients distributor Palmer Holland has…
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Alt Fats

Perfat Technologies Unveils High-Fibre Solid Fat Alternative from Sunflower Oil

Anay Mridul Jun 26, 2026

Finnish food tech startup Perfat Technologies has launched Perfat Soft, a sunflower-oil-based oleogel that can replace butter and palm oil across a range of applications. Entering the flourishing fat-alternative space, Helsinki-based…
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Vegan

Plant-Based Milk Outpaces Dairy Growth in US Foodservice As Protein Price Gap Shrinks

Anay Mridul Jun 26, 2026

Non-dairy milk outperformed its conventional counterpart in the US foodservice sector last year, but sales of plant-based proteins fell despite a narrower price gap with meat. Plant-based alternatives are encroaching upon the market…
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Alt Protein

This Bezos-Funded Lab Wants to Use AI to Make Tastier Plant-Based Meat

Anay Mridul Jun 25, 2026

US non-profit Food System Innovations has launched an AI-led Food Intelligence Lab to create better-tasting alternative proteins with an open-source model, in an effort backed by the Bezos Earth Fund. The use of artificial intelligence…
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Alt Dairy

Exclusive: Andfoods Readies Singapore Launch of Black Gram Whipped Cream After Mars Patent Citation

Anay Mridul Jun 25, 2026

New Zealand startup Andfoods will bring its lentil-based whipped cream to Singapore in the coming weeks, shortly after its black gram protein was mentioned in a Mars patent filing. In March, confectionery giant Mars filed a patent…
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Chocolate

Cocoa-Free, No Added Sugar: Planet A Foods Unveils Healthier Chocolate Alternative

Anay Mridul Jun 25, 2026

Germany's Planet A Foods has introduced a no-added-sugar version of its cocoa-free chocolate, ChoViva, to meet the demand for "healthier indulgence". Already selling to some of the world's biggest confectionery companies, Planet A Foods…
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Alt Dairy

This Act Targets Savor’s ‘Lab-Created’ Butter – Here is the Bill Gates-Backed Startup’s Response

Anay Mridul Jun 25, 2026

A bipartisan bill from the US House of Representatives is aiming to restrict the labelling of a carbon-derived butter developed by Savor, which ascribes the measure partly to a "misunderstanding" of its technology. Congress members from…
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