Author

Anay Mridul 2204 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

Abu Dhabi to Launch Framework for Regulatory Approval of Cultivated Meat & Novel Proteins

Anay Mridul Oct 27, 2025

The UAE's capital has begun work on establishing a framework for novel food approvals aligned with best practices from international regulators. Abu Dhabi is doubling down on its promise to boost food security through future-friendly…
Read More...

Alt Protein

Dutch Food Regulator Bans Use of ‘Plant-Based Mince’ on Product Labels, Citing A 1998 Law

Anay Mridul Oct 27, 2025

Plant-based companies are no longer allowed to label ground meat products as 'mince' in the Netherlands, according to a new ruling by the government's food regulator. The Dutch government's goal to make half of the national protein…
Read More...

UPFs

Study Claims Plant-Based Diets Aren’t Nutritious If They’re Ultra-Processed – Experts Disagree

Anay Mridul Oct 27, 2025

A new study from France suggests that nutritious plant-based diets high in UPFs don't lower the risk of heart disease more than minimally processed, meat-rich diets. But experts warn it is highly misleading. Does highly processed equal…
Read More...

Funding News

Funding for Alternative Proteins Rebounds in Q3, with Europe Leading the Charge

Anay Mridul Oct 24, 2025

Following a dismal first half of 2025, funding for alternative protein startups bounced back in Q3 as investors rallied around differentiated tech and financial credibility. Plant-based and fermentation-derived proteins enjoyed a…
Read More...

Cell-Based News

Mission Barns’ Cultivated Pork to Make Supermarket Debut at Berkeley Bowl

Anay Mridul Oct 24, 2025

Californian startup Mission Barns will hold the US's first retail sale of cultivated meat on November 1, selling pork meatballs at Berkeley Bowl West. Next week, Americans can walk into a grocery store and buy cultivated meat off the…
Read More...

Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Vivici, The Every Co to Set Up Large Animal-Free Protein Factory in Abu Dhabi

Anay Mridul Oct 24, 2025

Precision fermentation startups Vivici and The Every Company have partnered with the Abu Dhabi Investment Office to establish an industrial-scale facility for their novel proteins. Animal-free dairy and egg proteins are set to be…
Read More...

Green Business

Meme Stocks & Walmart: What’s Going On with Beyond Meat’s Share Price?

Anay Mridul Oct 24, 2025

Plant-based company Beyond Meat's share price has been on a rollercoaster ride over the last week – short sellers, meme stocks, and a Walmart deal are all at play. On Thursday, October 16, Beyond Meat's share price crashed to an…
Read More...

Alt Dairy

Burger King Austria Ditches Dairy for Oatly’s Oat Milk in All Hot Drinks

Anay Mridul Oct 23, 2025

Burger King Austria has announced that all hot drinks will now be made exclusively with Oatly's Baristamatic oat milk, phasing out cow's milk while retaining the price. In a move intended to encourage the uptake of sustainable options,…
Read More...

Alt Dairy

Vegan Cheese Startup Stockeld Dreamery Shuts As Plant-Based Decline Foils Funding Plans

Anay Mridul Oct 23, 2025

Swedish-American startup Stockled Dreamery, known for its fermented vegan cheese, has shut up shop, after deciding against raising capital amid the slowing momentum for plant-based products. Stockled Dreamery, a company that sought to…
Read More...

Funding News

Exclusive: With $8M In Funding, France’s Nutropy Eyes 2027 Launch of Animal-Free Cheese

Anay Mridul Oct 23, 2025

French precision fermentation startup Nutropy has raised €7M ($8.1M) to scale up its casein proteins, targeting a launch of its "cheeseable milk" powder in 2027. The demand for dairy is rising sharply just as the number of farmers is…
Read More...

Climate Change

Global CEOs Urge Governments & Businesses to Set Ambitious Climate Policies

Anay Mridul Oct 23, 2025

The world's largest climate alliance of CEOs has called on governments and businesses to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy through ambitious environmental strategies. Current climate policies are putting the world at…
Read More...

Research & Scientific Studies

Dutch Meat Consumption Falls to Lowest Levels on Record, But Not Low Enough

Anay Mridul Oct 22, 2025

In the Netherlands, individuals ate 74.4kg of meat on average in 2024, the lowest since records began two decades ago. But experts are calling for a faster transition. Meat consumption is at its lowest point in 20 years in the…
Read More...

Alt Protein

Patent Filings for Sustainable Proteins Continue to Fall, Shows New Study

Anay Mridul Oct 22, 2025

Amid the slowdown in sales of plant-based meat and investment in alternative proteins, innovation is losing a little momentum too, according to a new patent analysis. Patent filings for plant-based and cultivated meat are mirroring the…
Read More...

Future Food Quick Bites

Future Food Quick Bites: Just Chicken, Tesco & Crowdfunding Galore

Anay Mridul Oct 22, 2025

Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Eat Just's vegan chicken, Beyond Meat's Walmart expansion, and Tesco's collab with La Vie. New products and launches …
Read More...

Alt Dairy

Bel, Standing Ovation Turn Whey Waste Into Recombinant Casein at Industrial Scale

Anay Mridul Oct 21, 2025

French dairy giant Bel Group and precision fermentation firm Standing Ovation have completed an industrial-scale production run of casein by upcycling dairy industry waste. In a global first, two French companies have developed casein –…
Read More...

Cell-Based News

Parima Set to Receive FSANZ Approval for Cultivated Duck Under Gourmey Brand by August 2026

Anay Mridul Oct 21, 2025

Food Standards Australia and New Zealand has formally accepted a dossier by French firm Parima to sell cultivated duck products, which is expected to be approved next year. Parima, a cultivated meat company formed last week, could be…
Read More...

Funding News

Fungi Funding: Matr Foods Bags $23M to Scale Up Clean-Label Mycelium Meat

Anay Mridul Oct 21, 2025

Danish food tech startup Matr Foods has raised €20M ($23M) in Series A funding for its mycelium meat alternatives, adding to the €20M debt funding it received from the EU in 2024. Copenhagen-based Matr Foods has secured fresh funding to…
Read More...

Alt Protein

Beyond Meat Launches Test Kitchen to Give At-Home Cooks a Taste of Its New Products

Anay Mridul Oct 21, 2025

Plant-based giant Beyond Meat has kicked off the Beyond Test Kitchen, releasing its clean-label Ground products and whole-cut mycelium steak to quick success. As it works to turn around its sales and eliminate its debt, US plant-based…
Read More...

Policy & Regulation

How A Former USDA Stalwart & White House Advisor is Leading the Plant-Based Fight

Anay Mridul Oct 20, 2025

Sanah Baig, who has years of experience working for the US government, explains why she chose to join the Plant Based Foods Institute, and her thoughts on the MAHA and livestock lobby. Few people know about agricultural policy in the US…
Read More...

Fashion

How Knitup is Shedding Fashion Industry Waste with A Custom Knitwear Platform

Anay Mridul Oct 20, 2025

Through its on-demand manufacturing platform, Knitup is helping clothing companies curb waste with data-driven design and rapid production timelines. The future of fashion is less. Or at least that's the promise of Knitup, a…
Read More...

Climate Change

Top Meat & Dairy Companies Emit More Greenhouse Gases Than Saudi Arabia: Study

Anay Mridul Oct 20, 2025

Combined emissions from the world's top meat and dairy producers are on par with those of the biggest fossil fuel companies, and higher than those of Saudi Arabia. This year, experts have warned that the world's 1.5°C warming limit may…
Read More...

Load More Posts