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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.

Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

India’s Praj Industries Opens AI-Enabled Precision Fermentation Lab, Signs Government MoU

Anay Mridul Apr 24, 2026

Indian biotech company Praj Industries has established a new precision fermentation lab in Pune and signed an MoU with a government body to accelerate the technology's industrial scale-up. Biomanufacturing has been in sharp focus in…
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Green Business

Plant-Rich Europe: Supermarkets Urged to Shift Sales Away from Meat & Dairy

Anay Mridul Apr 24, 2026

WWF, WRI and other civil society groups are calling on Europe's supermarkets to accelerate the protein transition by increasing the ratio of plant-based food sales. European supermarkets must disclose the share of sales emanating from…
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Climate Change

Banks Are Failing on Methane Action, with $159B Provided to the Food Industry’s Largest Emitters

Anay Mridul Apr 23, 2026

The world's largest banks provide lending and bond financing totaling $159B to 15 of the largest methane-emitting food companies, according to a new analysis. The Royal Bank of Canada, Barclays, and Bank of America have the highest…
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Cell-Based News

RFK Jr Says Cultivated Meat Will ‘Have to Get Through A Lot of Scepticism’ from FDA

Anay Mridul Apr 23, 2026

US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has aired his "amplified concern" about cultivated meat, promising that these proteins would have to undergo strict FDA oversight. 2025 was a milestone year for cultivated meat in the US, with…
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Policy & Regulation

New York State Votes to Close Self-Affirmed GRAS ‘Loophole’ Ahead of FDA Move

Anay Mridul Apr 23, 2026

New York's legislators have voted in favour of a bill that would require companies to disclose ingredients they have self-affirmed as GRAS, in line with a federal move promised by Robert F Kennedy Jr. The GRAS overhaul has come early in…
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Beauty

Amyris, Wacker to Develop Precision-Fermented Ingredients for Personal Care

Anay Mridul Apr 23, 2026

German specialty chemicals company Wacker has teamed up with US biotech firm Amyris to create bio-based, sustainable personal care ingredients using precision fermentation. Weeks after expanding production capacity at its Brazilian…
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Cell-Based News

Ajinomoto Creates New Tech to Replace One of Cultivated Meat’s Most Expensive Components

Anay Mridul Apr 22, 2026

Japanese conglomerate Ajinomoto has developed a plant-derived transferrin protein alternative that can significantly lower culture media costs for cultivated meat production. In its bid to drive down the cost of producing cultivated…
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Future Food Quick Bites

Future Food Quick Bites: Ham Sammies, Vegan Burrata & Cultivated Chicken

Anay Mridul Apr 22, 2026

Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Project Eaden's vegan ham sandwich, Julienne Bruno's return, and the UK government's U-turn on novel foods. New products…
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Funding News

AuX Labs Nabs $4M to Commercialise Cheese Made from Animal-Free Milk Protein

Anay Mridul Apr 22, 2026

Canada's AuX Labs has raised $4M in funding to scale up production of its precision-fermented dairy protein and bring animal-free cheese to pizzerias and cafes. Toronto-based startup AuX Labs has secured fresh funding to commercialise…
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Alt Protein

Plant ‘n’ Beef: Germany’s Rewe Group Re-Enters Blended Meat Space with New Burger

Anay Mridul Apr 22, 2026

Rewe Group, which operates more stores than any other supermarket in Germany, has launched a blended burger with 70% beef and 30% plant-based ingredients. In another sign of blended meat's wide-reaching potential, Rewe Group has…
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Alt Protein

US Future Food Sector at ‘Critical Inflexion Point’, Stakeholders Tell Bezos Center for Sustainable Protein

Anay Mridul Apr 21, 2026

In interviews with the Bezos Center for Sustainable Protein, industry stakeholders lay out the challenges faced by the US market for alternative proteins, and the best ways to address them. Alternative proteins are at a "critical…
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Alt Protein

This CEO on Straddling the Line Between Plant-Based Meat & Whole-Food Proteins

Anay Mridul Apr 21, 2026

Mark Cuddigan, CEO of UK plant-based brand This, says the company is "very close" to achieving annual profitability and explains why it's embracing both meat alternatives and whole-food formats. The startup that made its name on wackily…
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Funding News

Cosaic Bags $6M to Replace Industrial Additives with One-Size-Fits-All Yeast Ingredient

Anay Mridul Apr 21, 2026

Swiss startup Cosaic has secured $6M in a seed extension round to scale up its yeast-derived emulsifier and advance its regulatory efforts in the US and Europe. Six months after notching a strategic partnership with Ingredion,…
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Alt Protein

Global Sales of Plant-Based Food Grew by 3% in 2025 Amid Funding Decline: GFI Report

Anay Mridul Apr 21, 2026

Alternative protein think tank the Good Food Institute has released its State of the Industry reports for 2025, covering plant-based, fermentation-derived and cultivated proteins. People across the world bought more plant-based meat and…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Korean Govt Backs University Project to Develop Precision Fermentation Toolkit

Anay Mridul Apr 21, 2026

South Korea's science ministry has selected Kookmin University's project to engineer food-grade yeast for precision fermentation in the 2026 Basic Research Program. The South Korean government has recognised precision fermentation as a…
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Alt Protein

Singapore Food Agency Publishes List of Approved Novel Foods

Anay Mridul Apr 20, 2026

The Singapore Food Agency has published its complete list of approved novel foods, including cultivated meat and fermentation-derived proteins, days before doling out another green light. Cementing its regulatory leadership for…
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Alt Protein

UK’s Gosh Doubles Down on ‘Plant Points’ Movement with Fibre-Packed Whole-Food Sausages

Anay Mridul Apr 20, 2026

British plant-based food brand Gosh has unveiled a range of Super Plants Sausages, which are made from whole foods, rich in fibre, and high in 'plant points'. Brits want minimally processed, fibre-rich, whole-food products that can help…
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Funding News

Planetary Nets $28M to Scale Full-Stack Fermentation Platform for Sustainable Proteins

Anay Mridul Apr 20, 2026

Swiss biomanufacturing startup Planetary has raised $28M in fresh funding to expand its global fermentation infrastructure and licensing platform, and diversify its alternative protein product portfolio. Months after establishing a…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Pinnacle Food Group Develops Breakthrough Process for Recombinant Breast Milk Protein at Hong Kong Lab

Anay Mridul Apr 20, 2026

Canadian biotech firm Pinnacle Food Group has developed a methanol-free precision fermentation process to manufacture recombinant human lactoferrin cost-effectively at its Hong Kong lab. Lactoferrin is the darling of the precision…
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Alt Protein

French Plant-Based Meat Leader La Vie Enters Tofu Category

Anay Mridul Apr 17, 2026

Paris-based La Vie, one of Europe's fastest-growing plant-based brands, has expanded beyond meat alternatives with a line of tofu products. The era of plant-based meat brands entering the whole-food category is still thriving, with…
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Alt Dairy

Walmart Sued for $5M Over ‘Conspicuous Labelling’ of Additives in Bettergoods Plant-Based Milk Line

Anay Mridul Apr 17, 2026

US supermarket chain Walmart has been hit with a class-action lawsuit for labelling its Bettergoods dairy-free milks as 'plant-based' despite allegedly containing inorganic or animal-derived additives. Walmart, the world's largest…
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