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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.

Vegan

Tooru to Acquire Plant-Based Milk Machine Startup Mylky for $16.2M

Anay Mridul Apr 17, 2026

UK wellness-focused investor Tooru has agreed to purchase Mylky, a Belgian company selling at-home plant-based milk machines, for £12M ($16.2M). On the back of "phenomenal growth" for its plant-based milk machines, Belgian e-commerce…
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Alt Protein

Beyond Meat Debuts Protein Drinks in NYC Retail with Big Geyser Partnership

Anay Mridul Apr 17, 2026

Beyond Meat has introduced its Beyond Immerse line of sparkling protein beverages to the retail market and has notched a partnership with New York distributor Big Geyser. Plant-based giant Beyond Meat is bringing its protein drinks to…
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Funding News

Bond Pet Foods Bags Investment from Symrise for Precision-Fermented Proteins

Anay Mridul Apr 16, 2026

US startup Bond Pet Foods has welcomed German flavour and chemicals giant Symrise as an investor, with the firms partnering to create new precision-fermented products for pet nutrition. Symrise, a global leader in flavours and…
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Cell-Based News

Is Cultivated Meat Better for the Planet? This New Study Confirms Climate Impact

Anay Mridul Apr 16, 2026

Cultivated meat is significantly more environmentally friendly than conventional animal proteins like beef or pork, according to a new peer-reviewed study. The argument for cultivated meat is undeniable on the animal rights front, but…
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Alt Protein

Happy Plant Protein to Deploy Extrustion Tech at $7M Industrial-Scale Facility in Latvia

Anay Mridul Apr 16, 2026

Finnish food tech startup Happy Plant Protein will deploy its dry extrusion technology in a first-of-its-kind facility in Latvia to process locally grown crops into high-value proteins. Helsinki-based firm Happy Plant Protein is taking…
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Chocolate

Mondelēz & Celleste Bio Unveil World’s First Cell-Based Chocolate Bars

Anay Mridul Apr 16, 2026

Mondelēz International has used Celleste Bio's cell-based cocoa butter to create nearly a dozen milk chocolate bars, a milestone moment for the cellular agriculture industry. Cell-based chocolate is no longer a pipe dream – and one of…
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Future Food Quick Bites

Future Food Quick Bites: Cultivated Pet Food, Khloe Kardashian & Nutella Peanut

Anay Mridul Apr 15, 2026

Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers cultivated pet food's Singapore debut, Khloe Kardashian's new plant protein chips, and a host of dairy-free brand campaigns.…
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Cell-Based News

Parima Gets Approval to Sell Cultivated Duck Under Gourmey Brand in Singapore

Anay Mridul Apr 15, 2026

French cultivated meat pioneer Parima, the parent company of Gourmey and Vital Meat, has obtained regulatory clearance to sell its cultivated duck in Singapore, its second such approval in six months. Parisian startup Parima has become…
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Alt Protein

New Food-Based Dietary Guidelines Drive Growth of Plant-Based Proteins in Finland

Anay Mridul Apr 15, 2026

Finland's plant-forward nutrition guidelines have spurred increased intake of whole-food proteins like tofu and legumes, with meat reduction the most popular dietary change. In November 2024, the Finnish Food Authority updated its…
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Green Business

Abillion CEO on What Went Wrong & What’s Next for the Vegan Discovery Platform

Anay Mridul Apr 15, 2026

Vikas Garg, founder and CEO of Abillion, explains why the platform was forced to shut down, and reveals it's in discussions with "investors and other parties" to explore a future for the business. Abillion, a platform that helped people…
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Funding News

Clean Food Group Nets $7M in Funding to Become World’s Largest Yeast Oil Manufacturer

Anay Mridul Apr 14, 2026

Clean Food Group has raised £4.5M ($6.1M) in new funding, alongside a £700,000 ($950,000) grant from the UK government, to expand production of its sustainable yeast-derived fats. UK biotech startup Clean Food Group has brought on new…
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Alt Fats

Checkerspot Unveils Microalgae-Based Alternative to Intensively Farmed Oils in Personal Care

Anay Mridul Apr 14, 2026

US startup Checkerspot has launched a fermentation-derived algal oil for personal care and cosmetics applications, as part of a collaboration with La Fabrique Végétale. Betting on the personal care industry's expanding embrace of…
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Cell-Based News

Bluu Reaches Industrial Production of Cultivated Fish Cells for Personal Care & Seafood

Anay Mridul Apr 14, 2026

German startup Bluu has scaled up production of its cultivated fish cells to 1,000-litre bioreactors in partnership with Dutch firm Cultivate at Scale, with the personal care sector its first target. Months after expanding its focus…
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Alt Protein

Beyond Meat Revamps Breakfast Sausage Line With Less Protein & Much Lower Saturated Fat

Anay Mridul Apr 14, 2026

Beyond Meat has reformulated its breakfast sausage lineup with avocado oil, cutting saturated fat content by 89% and, in some cases, protein by 36%. Amid its expansion into drinks and other categories, plant-based pioneer Beyond Meat…
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Alt Protein

North America Defies Global Decline in Alternative Protein Jobs in 2025

Anay Mridul Apr 13, 2026

Employment opportunities in the future food sector declined in 2025 amid shifting investment priorities and business models, though North America bucked the trend. Funding for alternative protein companies fell below the $1B mark for…
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Alt Dairy

Why Hybrid Dairy is Outperforming Plant-Based Formats in Taste Tests

Anay Mridul Apr 13, 2026

Products that blend dairy with plant-based ingredients are preferred over 100% vegan formats in taste tests, but these 'balanced proteins' lag in purchase intention. Here's how they can close the gap. After a breakout year in 2025,…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

EU Asked to Include Microbial Proteins & Fermentation in Upcoming Biotech Act

Anay Mridul Apr 13, 2026

The EU should name fermentation-derived food ingredients as a covered technology category and boost investment for scale-up in its second Biotech Act, due later this year, according to a new policy brief. As the EU faces mounting…
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Alt Protein

Beyond Substitution, Everyday Products Drive 5% Growth of Europe’s Plant-Based Market

Anay Mridul Apr 10, 2026

Europe's plant-based food market grew by 5% from 2024-25, reaching €16.3B in value as several products outpaced animal proteins – but it still makes up a fraction of the region's food and drink sales. Demand for plant-based food…
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Future Foods

Molecular Farming Pioneer Moolec Science Produces Iron-Rich Beef Protein in Pea Seeds

Anay Mridul Apr 10, 2026

Moolec Science has achieved a breakthrough in its molecular farming tech, genetically engineering pea seeds to produce bovine myoglobin, a heme-containing protein. Nearly a year after completing a merger with three other companies,…
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Alt Protein

UK’s Fastest-Growing Plant-Based Dairy Brand Enters the Protein Powder World

Anay Mridul Apr 10, 2026

Carlsberg Britvic-owned Plenish has expanded its clean-label plant-based portfolio with two pea protein powders, tapping into the UK's growing protein market. British dairy-free milk brand Plenish is building on its clean-label…
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Funding News

With New Round, Finally Foods Hits $2.6M in Funding to Grow Dairy Proteins in Potatoes with AI

Anay Mridul Apr 10, 2026

Molecular farming startup Finally Foods has closed a pre-seed funding round, bringing its total raised to $2.6M, with another $4-6M targeted to expand production of its casein-containing potatoes. Finally Foods, an Israeli startup…
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