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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.

Alt Fats

Melt&Marble Launches Precision-Fermented ‘Designer Fat’ for Beauty & Personal Care

Anay Mridul Jul 17, 2026
Swedish precision fermentation startup Melt&Marble has debuted Marble7, its animal-free "designer fat" for the beauty and personal care sector. Months after securing clearance for the global sale of its precision-fermented fat,…
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Climate Change

JBS, the World’s Largest Meat Company, Drops Its Net-Zero & Deforestation Goals

Anay Mridul Jul 17, 2026
In its annual sustainability report, Brazilian meat major JBS scrapped its net-zero emissions goal for 2040 and omitted mentions of its earlier target of eliminating supply chain deforestation. JBS, a meat producer that emits more…
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Cell-Based News

BioCraft Pet Nutrition Publicly Releases Safety Dossier for Cultivated Meat

Anay Mridul Jul 17, 2026
Austrian-American food tech startup BioCraft Pet Nutrition has published a publicly available regulatory dossier for cultivated meat ingredients in pet food, proposing a minimum safety disclosure standard for the industry. To advance…
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Funding News

Singapore’s Rize Raises $31M to Scale Low-Emission Rice Farming Across Asia

Anay Mridul Jul 16, 2026
Singaporean agritech startup Rize has closed a $31M Series B investment to aggressively expand sustainable, low-methane rice farming across Southeast Asia. Rize, a Singapore-based startup futureproofing rice production, has secured $31M…
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Sugar

MycoTechnology Pairs Sweet Protein Adorvia Biotechnology’s Stevia to Replace Sugar

Anay Mridul Jul 16, 2026
US food tech startup MycoTechnology has teamed up with Adorvia Biotechnology, pairing its honey truffle sweet protein with the latter's Reb M stevia to offer manufacturers a new tool for sugar reduction. With sugar reduction top of mind…
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Alt Materials

AMSilk Expands Ajinomoto Partnership for Industrial-Scale Production of Bio-Based Silk Proteins

Anay Mridul Jul 16, 2026
German biomaterials firm AMSilk has extended its collaboration with Ajinomoto Foods Europe to enable industrial-scale manufacturing of its bioengineered spider silk proteins. Three years after forming their strategic collaboration,…
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Policy & Regulation

California’s $500M School Food Budget Enables Broader Access to Plant-Based Milk & Meals

Anay Mridul Jul 16, 2026
California's 2026-27 budget includes a $500M school kitchen provision that enables educational institutions to purchase plant-based meals and milk alternatives. He may be running for president in 2028, but if his final state budget is…
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Future Food Quick Bites

Future Food Quick Bites: Wicked Kitchen, Believer Meats & Green Party

Anay Mridul Jul 15, 2026
Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Wicked Kitchen's UK return, Tetra Pak's new bioreactor, and the Green Party's plant-based policy proposal. New products…
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Funding News

EU Pumps $6.3M Into Project Using AI to Grow Cell-Based Cocoa

Anay Mridul Jul 15, 2026
The EU has invested €5.5M ($6.3M) in the Coco-AI project, which aims to use artificial intelligence to develop a plant cell culture platform to grow sustainable cocoa. As part of its Horizon Europe scheme, the EU is betting on…
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Vegan

Singapore’s Róa Brings Plant-Based, Allergen-Free Desserts to Japan with Major Partnership

Anay Mridul Jul 15, 2026
Singaporean allergen-free patisserie brand Róa is expanding its vegan cakes, cookies and treats to Japan through a partnership with Tokyo-based legacy food group Tomizawa Shouten. Róa, a premium plant-based patisserie brand from…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

The Every Company Taps ADM to Produce Animal-Free Egg Protein at Commercial Scale in US

Anay Mridul Jul 14, 2026
Californian precision fermentation leader The Every Company has partnered with ADM to expand the production of its animal-free egg white protein to the US. Weeks after extending a deal to quadruple the production of its…
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Vegan

Chunk Foods Set to Double Sales & Defy Plant-Based Meat Slowdown

Anay Mridul Jul 14, 2026
New York-based plant-based meat startup Chunk Foods expects to double its sales and reach profitability next year. Its CEO explains why demand isn’t the main problem facing this sector. Despite repeated declines in US sales of…
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Vegan

Raisio Expands Finnish Oat Facility to Fuel Plant-Based Dairy Production & Global Growth

Anay Mridul Jul 14, 2026
Finnish oat producer Raisio Group has completed a $1.7M expansion of its Nokia Mill, which produces gluten-free oats for its sister plant-based facility and international customers. Raisio Group, the parent company of Benecol and…
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Future Foods

Exclusive: Those Vegan Cowboys Launches Animal-Free Casein Protein Discovery Programme

Anay Mridul Jul 13, 2026
Dutch-Belgian precision fermentation startup Those Vegan Cowboys has established Margaret's Finest, a collaborative discovery programme to explore the potential of animal-free casein proteins. Ahead of the launch of its cow-free casein…
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Funding News

Novel Foods Expert Network Raises $650,000 to Fast-Track Regulatory Approvals in UK & Europe

Anay Mridul Jul 13, 2026
NFX UK, a dedicated network of experts backing the novel foods sector, has secured $650,000 in funding to accelerate regulatory approvals in the UK and expand its work into Europe. Just as the UK government publishes its latest set of…
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Policy & Regulation

Make Hospital Food Healthier: Trump Administration Endorses Plant Proteins Over Processed Meat

Anay Mridul Jul 13, 2026
The US Department of Health and Human Services has launched a pledge to ”make hospital food healthier”, encouraging healthcare facilities to limit processed meat and prioritise non-UPF options like plant proteins. In March, the US…
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Funding News

Chipotle’s Cultivate Next Invests in Plant-Based Regenerative Farming Startup Simpli

Anay Mridul Jul 10, 2026
Chipotle Mexican Grill's food tech venture fund, Cultivate Next, has made investments in six agrifood tech companies, including regenerative farming company Simpli. Regenerative agriculture has been in sharp focus under the Trump…
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Cell-Based News

UK Food Standards Agency Publishes New Guidance for Cultivated Meat Approvals Amid EU Uncertainty

Anay Mridul Jul 10, 2026
The UK's Food Standards Agency has published the second tranche of guidance documents for cultivated meat regulation, just as the country pursues an EU trade agreement that could jeopardise approvals. As the UK and the EU navigate a new…
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Funding News

Savor Raises $32M, Partners with AAK to Create Dairy Alternatives & Baked Goods with CO2-Derived Fats

Anay Mridul Jul 10, 2026
US alternative fat startup Savor has closed a $32M funding round, with participation from AAK, which has signed a deal to develop dairy alternatives and bakery applications with the former's carbon-derived fats. Californian food tech…
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Alt Protein

Deep Dive: What’s Driving the Consolidation Wave in Alternative Protein?

Anay Mridul Jul 9, 2026
More than 80 alternative protein startups have experienced M&As, insolvency, or closures over the last two years – and investors and founders don’t expect this consolidation trend to stop. ”I think the next generation of food…
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Alt Protein

Crespel & Deiters Strikes Deal to Scale Up Happy Plant Protein’s Dry Extrusion Tech

Anay Mridul Jul 9, 2026
German ingredient giant Crespel & Deiters has teamed up with Finland’s Happy Plant Protein to deploy its one-step dry extrusion technology at commercial scale. Happy Plant Protein, a Finnish company that produces plant proteins via…
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