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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.

Cell-Based News

Exclusive: Aleph Farms’s Cultivated Meat Matches Beef in Consumer Taste Tests

Anay Mridul Mar 26, 2026
In a blind taste test, consumers rated Aleph Farms's cultivated meat as just as good as beef on the flavour and texture scale, with half saying they'd order it in a restaurant. To get meat-eaters to bite into a steak made from cultured…
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Future Food Quick Bites

Future Food Quick Bites: Impossible x Big Boi, Oatly Strawberry Matcha & Upside Foods

Anay Mridul Mar 25, 2026
Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Impossible Foods's 404 Day party, Armored Fresh's Piilk protein shakes, and Upside Foods's cultivated meat lawsuit in…
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Alt Dairy

Tasty Awards: Maïzly is Taking on Plant-Based Dairy with A One-Size-Fits-All Corn Milk

Anay Mridul Mar 25, 2026
With a fibre-packed alternative promising to rival dairy in the coffee industry, Maïzly CEO Tim Leclercq explains why corn milk could be the next big non-dairy innovation. Four years and 120 iterations. That's what it took for Tim…
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Funding News

Italy’s Foreverland Raises $7M to Sweeten the Deal for Cocoa-Free Chocolate

Anay Mridul Mar 25, 2026
Italian food tech startup Foreverland has bagged €6M ($7M) in funding to fuel the European expansion of its cocoa-free chocolate alternative, Choruba. At the start of the year, Foreverland announced product launches featuring its…
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Funding News

Australia’s Cauldron Ferm Gets $13.25M for Continuous ‘Hyper-Fermentation’ Platform

Anay Mridul Mar 25, 2026
Australian biomanufacturing specialist Cauldron Ferm has raised $13.25M in funding to expand its "hyper-fermentation" platform with retrofitted facilities and meet government and corporate demand. Scale and cost efficiency have always…
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Alt Dairy

Exclusive: Bettani Farms CEO on Its Acquisitions & Plans to Stretch the Vegan Cheese Category

Anay Mridul Mar 24, 2026
Nearly four months after making a string of acquisitions, Bettani Farms is looking to overhaul vegan cheese with ramped-up distribution and a "high-stretch" mozzarella alternative. 2025 was a transformational year for Bettani Farms. …
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Enifer Seeks FDA Approval for Mycoprotein Powder to Unlock Large-Scale Partnerships

Anay Mridul Mar 24, 2026
Finnish startup Enifer has filed a GRAS notification to the US FDA for its Pekilo mycoprotein, marking a step towards large-scale partnerships for high-protein applications, including blended meat. To pump up the sustainable protein…
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Alt Protein

Starbucks India Taps GoodDot’s Plant Protein for New Toastie, Though Unclear Messaging Hinders Mission

Anay Mridul Mar 24, 2026
Starbucks has launched a new menu item centred on local startup GoodDot's soy and pea protein mince, extending its plant-based bet to satiate India's hunger for protein. Indians can now walk into a Starbucks store and grab a breakfast…
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Alt Protein

Beyond (Meat) On Why It Rebranded & What’s Next For Plant Protein

Anay Mridul Mar 24, 2026
Beyond Meat has rebranded to Beyond The Plant Protein Company as it expands into whole-food proteins and drinks – is the vegan pioneer having an identity crisis reflective of the times? As with many food businesses post-pandemic,…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Pureture Cleared to Sell Yeast-Derived Functional Protein in the US

Anay Mridul Mar 23, 2026
New York startup Pureture has obtained self-affirmed GRAS status to use its yeast-derived protein in food and beverage products in the US. US food tech startup Pureture can now sell its yeast-derived protein ingredient to manufacturers…
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Policy & Regulation

Alternative Proteins ‘A Major Opportunity’, Says UK Food Security Minister

Anay Mridul Mar 23, 2026
The UK's food security minister has confirmed that alternative proteins represent a "major opportunity" in the upcoming national food strategy, with a promise to accelerate novel food approvals. Just a week after the UK's food safety…
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Alt Protein

South Korea’s Samyang Foods Opens Plant-Based R&D Hub in Europe

Anay Mridul Mar 23, 2026
Instant noodle pioneer Samyang Foods has opened a research facility dedicated to plant-based food in the Netherlands, with protein and functional foods among its focus areas. The company behind Buldak ramen is looking to accelerate the…
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Funding News

Elea & Lili Bags $2.9M to Scale Microplastic-Free Material for Diapers & Farming

Anay Mridul Mar 20, 2026
Finnish startup Elea & Lili has emerged from stealth with a €2.5M ($2.9M) funding round to launch its cellulose alternative to fossil-based polymers for the hygiene and agriculture industries. Eco materials firm Elea & Lili has…
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Future Foods

Future Food-Tech San Francisco 2026: MAHA, Fermentation, AI & Regulation

Anay Mridul Mar 20, 2026
At this year's Future Food-Tech conference in San Francisco, the policy spotlight shone bright, with artificial intelligence set to play a big role in the sustainable food industry. The swashbuckling policy shifts from the Trump…
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Cell-Based News

Mewery Hits Cultivated Pork Yield Milestone Amid $8M Funding Drive

Anay Mridul Mar 20, 2026
Czech food tech startup Mewery has achieved one of the highest yield densities in the cultivated meat sector, and is now halfway through a €7M ($8M) fundraising effort. Mewery has taken a major step to move its cultivated pork from…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

As Protein Drinks Take Off, Solar Foods Unveils A Version Made with CO2

Anay Mridul Mar 19, 2026
Solar Foods has unveiled Solein Protein Drink, a new concept product for its gas protein, which contains significantly less natural sugars than animal- or plant-based counterparts. After showcasing prototypes of protein powders,…
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Alt Dairy

Asia’s Oatside Looks to Modernise A Classic with High-Protein Soy Milk Brand Nobo

Anay Mridul Mar 19, 2026
Singaporean plant-based milk leader Oatside has unveiled a new brand, Nobo, featuring two high-protein soy milks that aim to give the Asian classic a modern makeover. As the home of the original plant-based milk, Asia's centuries-old…
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Alt Protein

Ingredion Teams Up with Shiru to Advance Gut Health with AI-Discovered Novel Proteins

Anay Mridul Mar 19, 2026
Ingredient giant Ingredion has partnered with AI protein discovery platform Shiru to commercialise next-gen prebiotics for the GLP-1-fuelled era of gut health. Protein, fibre, artificial intelligence (AI), and gut health – these are…
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Alt Protein

These Are the World’s Best Plant-Based Dairy Products, According to 2,000+ Non-Vegans

Anay Mridul Mar 18, 2026
Plant-based barista milks and coffee creamers have closed the flavour gap with dairy, though the average non-dairy product still has some way to go. Price and protein wins, meanwhile, will be key to the category's future. In the US, 83%…
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Future Food Quick Bites

Future Food Quick Bites: Clean Protein Shakes, Fitgreenmind & MeatOut Day

Anay Mridul Mar 18, 2026
Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Elmhurst 1925's new protein shakes, Fitgreenmind's vegan documentary, and Japan's new cell ag communication guide. New…
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Future Foods

This AI-Led Seaweed Powder Can Replace Multiple Additives for Clean-Label Proteins

Anay Mridul Mar 18, 2026
US startup Marine Biologics has unveiled SeaTex, a seaweed powder that can stabilise proteins and bind fats to offer clean-label food and drink formulations. As concerns around ultra-processing push up the demand for clean-label…
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