Author

Anay Mridul 3135 posts 0 comments

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.

Future Foods

Beans, Clean Labels & Zero Waste 2.0 Star in Whole Foods Market’s 2027 Food Trends

Anay Mridul Oct 15, 2026

Whole Foods Market has released its annual food and beverage trends report, shining a light on the bean boom, ingredient minimalism, 'beautrition', zero waste 2.0, and more for 2027. From the bean renaissance to the clean-label wave,…
Read More...

Research & Scientific Studies

Can Oyster Mushrooms Unlock the Umami Potential of Tofu’s Protein-Rich Byproduct?

Anay Mridul Oct 15, 2026

Scientists at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University have developed a mycelium fermentation process to transform okara, the leftover pulp from soy milk and tofu production, into an umami-rich ingredient. At Singapore's Nanyang…
Read More...

Policy & Regulation

European Think Tank Launches Regulatory Sandbox for Novel Food Startups

Anay Mridul Oct 15, 2026

Netherlands-based think tank the Ministry of Future Affairs has established a novel food regulatory sandbox to help startups gain insight into pre-submission advice for the approval of innovations like cultivated meat. If the EU won't…
Read More...

Alt Dairy

Mycofeast Snaps Up NZ Precision-Fermented Dairy Protein Startup Daisy Lab

Anay Mridul Oct 15, 2026

New Zealand's Daisy Lab, known for its cow-free whey proteins like lactoferrin, has been acquired by UK fermentation firm Mycofeast. British fermentation specialist Mycofeast, which makes functional ingredients for human and animal…
Read More...

Future Food Quick Bites

Future Food Quick Bites: Caramel Waffle Milk, Food Waste Flavours & Blue Bottle

Anay Mridul Oct 14, 2026

Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Oddlygood's caramel-waffle milk, Rival Foods's low-sodium vegan steak, and Blue Bottle's oat milk U-turn. New products…
Read More...

Alt Protein

Beyond Meat’s Starmatter Protein Powder Gets Clean-Label Purity Award

Anay Mridul Oct 14, 2026

US plant-based giant Beyond Meat's new protein powder range, Starmatter, has earned a Purity Award from the Clean Label Project, placing it among the top third of certified products within its category. Beyond Meat is building on its…
Read More...

Policy & Regulation

WHO Partners with GFI APAC to Publish Public Health Report on Alternative Proteins

Anay Mridul Oct 14, 2026

The World Health Organization and the Good Food Institute APAC have signed a multi-year partnership to explore the role of alternative proteins in public health policies in Asia-Pacific. The planet's leading authority on public health…
Read More...

Vegan

Indian Culinary School Amps Up Plant-Based Training After Cutting Animal Products by 30%

Anay Mridul Oct 14, 2026

Students at the SRM Institute of Hotel Management in India will spend a fifth of their coursework learning to cook plant-based, with the culinary school already having reduced its use of animal products by 30%. With plant proteins…
Read More...

Alt Dairy

New Barn Organics Acquires Bam’s Buckwheat Milk Recipe to Fuel Regenerative Farming Push

Anay Mridul Oct 13, 2026

Californian startup New Barn Organics has acquired the recipe IP of Bam's buckwheat milk, together developing an alternative highlighting the ingredient's regenerative agriculture attributes. To differentiate their portfolios and…
Read More...

Cell-Based News

Higher Protein, Higher Yield: Ever After Foods, Roslin Technologies Make Cultivated Meat Breakthrough

Anay Mridul Oct 13, 2026

Food tech startups Ever After Foods and Roslin Technologies have worked together to produce structured cultivated meat tissue with dramatically higher protein concentration and record levels of productivity. Two cultivated meat startups…
Read More...

Funding News

CarbonFarm Gets $7.8M to Expand AI-Assisted Rice Decarbonisation Tech Globally

Anay Mridul Oct 13, 2026

French climate tech startup CarbonFarm has raised €7M ($7.8M) to scale its rice decarbonisation platform, which uses AI to measure and finance high-integrity projects that cut methane and water. Climate-smart rice farming is witnessing…
Read More...

Pets

Cats Like This Cultivated Meat Treat Just As Much As Chicken

Anay Mridul Oct 13, 2026

A palatability study has found that the same number of cats prefer BioCraft Pet Nutrition's cultivated mouse meat as those who choose conventional chicken. Cats can't decide what they like more: meat made from mouse cells in…
Read More...

Funding News

Scottish Govt Pumps $3.3M Into MiAlgae’s Factory to Recycle Whisky Waste Into Algal Omega-3

Anay Mridul Oct 12, 2026

University of Edinburgh spinout MiAlgae has secured £2.5M ($3.3M) from the Scottish National Investment Bank to support the construction of its facility to produce fish-free omega-3 from whisky waste. Scottish startup MiAlgae's efforts…
Read More...

Future Foods

Abu Dhabi Enables Pre-Approval Tastings of Cultivated Meat & Precision-Fermented Foods

Anay Mridul Oct 12, 2026

The Abu Dhabi government has developed a framework for companies to conduct public tastings of novel foods, such as cultivated meat and precision-fermented proteins, before securing full UAE approval. The UAE's capital has taken a major…
Read More...

Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

US Court Dismisses Onego Bio’s Animal-Free Egg IP Lawsuit Against The Every Company

Anay Mridul Oct 12, 2026

Onego Bio's patent lawsuit against The Every Company has been dismissed by a judge in Delaware, marking the end of their bitter legal spat over animal-free egg proteins. The legal dispute between the two leading precision-fermented egg…
Read More...

Alt Fats

Algiecel Opens Microalgae Facility at Novonesis Site to Scale Up Fish Oil Alternatives

Anay Mridul Oct 12, 2026

Danish biotech startup Algiecel has established an industrial-scale plant at Novonesis's facility in Kalundborg, Denmark to make microalgae-based fish oil alternatives for pet food and cosmetics. Thanks to El Niño and continued…
Read More...

Policy & Regulation

EFSA Admits Need to Boost Regulatory Expertise & Clarity for Novel Foods

Anay Mridul Oct 9, 2026

The European Food Safety Authority has highlighted the need to sustain scientific expertise and ensure regulatory clarity to avoid approval delays for novel foods like cultivated meat. The EU must strengthen its regulatory readiness…
Read More...

Alt Dairy

How Dreamfarm Defied the Vegan Cheese Hate with 45% Growth & A Flexitarian Focus

Anay Mridul Oct 9, 2026

Italian startup Dreamfarm, known for its artisanal vegan cheese, witnessed 45% year-on-year revenue growth in the first eight months of this year, flipping the script on the most-derided plant-based category. One of the longest-standing…
Read More...

Funding News

Female-Founded Bare Beans Bags $2.8M & Launches Ready-to-Eat Legumes

Anay Mridul Oct 9, 2026

US minority- and women-owned startup Bare Beans has secured $2.8M in seed funding and rolled out ready-to-eat packs of beans in the retail channel, tapping into the appetite for minimally processed proteins. The legume renaissance…
Read More...

Policy & Regulation

Canada Govt Bets on Domestic Plant Proteins to Advance Food Supply Chain

Anay Mridul Oct 8, 2026

Protein Industries Canada has inducted nine new startups into Strengthening the Canadian Supply Chain programme, each of which is focused on plant proteins. In yet another sign of Canada’s strong commitment to plant proteins, the…
Read More...

India

94% of Urban Indians Would Buy Cultivated Meat, Driven by Protein & Health Appeal

Anay Mridul Oct 8, 2026

Most consumers in urban India are willing to buy cultivated meat, viewing it as a healthy protein source, with affordability and trust critical for widespread adoption. In one of the world's largest meat-eating countries – by sheer…
Read More...

Load More Posts