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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.

Chocolate

CSM Ingredients Unveils Carob-Based Cocoa Alternatives to Tackle Costs & Climate Crisis

Anay Mridul Nov 17, 2025

CSM Ingredients, a leading bakery industry supplier, has forayed into the cocoa-free chocolate world with a range of carob-based innovations. It was in the 1970s, during the natural food movement, that carob gained popularity as a cocoa…
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Alt Dairy

UK Vegan Cheese Brand Julienne Bruno Acquired Out of Administration by The Compleat Food Group

Anay Mridul Nov 17, 2025

Julienne Bruno, known for its dairy-free Italian cheeses, has been rescued out of insolvency by The Compleat Food Group's Harvey & Brockless. In yet another instance of consolidation in the plant-based category, British non-dairy…
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Chocolate

Three Cocoa-Free Startups Win Bühler’s New Chocolate Challenge

Anay Mridul Nov 17, 2025

Swiss manufacturing giant Bühler Group has named three winners of its New Chocolate Challenge, which aims to industrialise climate-resilient cocoa-free ingredients. Foreverland, Green Spot Technologies and Kawa Project have all won…
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Climate Change

COP30 Digest, Vol 2: Everything You Need to Know in Food & Climate News Today

Anay Mridul Nov 14, 2025

Welcome to Volume 2 of Green Queen’s #COP30 Digest. Here, our editorial team curates the must-reads, the must-bookmarks and the must-knows from around the interwebs to help you ‘skim the overwhelm’. Catch up: VOLUME 1 Headlines You…
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Policy & Regulation

Centre- & Far-Right Lawmakers Join Forces to Weaken EU’s Corporate Sustainability Rules

Anay Mridul Nov 14, 2025

In its latest move to weaken climate goals, the European Parliament has voted to scale back rules for ESG reporting, eliminating a fine for human rights and climate violations. The European Parliament has undermined its own climate…
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Food & Nutrition

‘GLP-1 is Raising the Bar’: How Danone’s Kate Farms is Embracing the Ozempic Boom

Anay Mridul Nov 14, 2025

As GLP-1 users become "more label-literate and science-minded", Danone's plant-based nutrition brand Kate Farms is busting its gut to meet the moment with "truly better-for-you" products. Ozempic has led the Make America Healthy Again…
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Green Business

Lidl GB Exceeds Healthy Food Sales Target in Shift Towards Eat-Lancet’s Planetary Health Diet

Anay Mridul Nov 13, 2025

German discount retailer Lidl has increased the sales of healthy food in the UK by 80% since 2019, two years ahead of schedule, after becoming the first supermarket to align with the Eat-Lancet Planetary Health Diet. Fibre, healthy…
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Alt Protein

Sweden’s Re:meat Rebrands to Curve to Enable Low-Cost, Large-Scale Biomanufacturing

Anay Mridul Nov 13, 2025

Swedish food tech startup Re:meat has evolved from a cultivated meat producer to a sustainable protein biomanufacturer, now called Curve. Two months after signing a deal to establish Scandinavia's first cultivated meat facility, Re:meat…
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Policy & Regulation

EU Experts Propose Plan to Create Regulatory Sandbox for Novel Foods

Anay Mridul Nov 13, 2025

The EU is losing out to other regions on the biotechnology front, thanks to an outdated novel food framework. A regulatory sandbox could reinstate its leadership. Europe is home to some of the world's most avant-garde food tech…
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Alt Protein

US Wellness Brand to Debut CO2 Protein Bars with Solar Foods’s Solein Ingredient

Anay Mridul Nov 12, 2025

Wellness company Fermenta will roll out limited-edition protein bars featuring Solar Foods' gas-fermented protein, Solein, in the US early next year. As Americans sink their teeth into everything protein, companies are scrambling to…
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Future Food Quick Bites

Future Food Quick Bites: Heura Recipe, Sunflower Seed Protein & Just Egg Sales

Anay Mridul Nov 12, 2025

Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Heura's frankfurter recipe, Eat Just's sector-leading sales, and Beyond Meat's legal victory. New products and launches …
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Japan

Japan Identifies Food Tech Priority Sector in Upcoming National Growth Strategy

Anay Mridul Nov 12, 2025

Under Japan's new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, the list of economic growth priorities includes a focus on food tech and synthetic biology. After decades of growth driven by the private sector, Japan's government is taking charge of…
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Funding News

Dutch Startup Qorium Bags $25M to Bring Lab-Grown Leather to Market

Anay Mridul Nov 12, 2025

Eco materials firm Qorium has raised €22M ($25M) in Series A funding from private investors and the Dutch government to commercialise its lab-grown leather. Qorium, a startup producing leather from cultured cow cells, has taken a major…
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Climate Change

COP30 Digest, Vol 1: Everything You Need to Know in Food & Climate News Today

Anay Mridul Nov 11, 2025

Welcome to #COP30 – watch the opening ceremony here. In our Green Queen COP30 Digest, our editorial team curates the must-reads, the must-bookmarks and the must-knows from around the web to help you ‘skim the overwhelm’. Headlines You…
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Green Business

Vegan Discovery App HappyCow Eyes ‘Reboot’ Following Team Restructuring & Acquisition

Anay Mridul Nov 11, 2025

HappyCow, a popular discovery platform for vegan and vegetarian restaurants, has changed hands. In an exclusive interview with Green Queen, its new owner lays out the company's strategy. If you're a vegan or vegetarian taking a trip,…
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Funding News

French Fermentation Firm Bags $6M to Scale Up Upcycled Cocoa Alternatives

Anay Mridul Nov 11, 2025

French startup Green Spot Technologies has raised €5M ($5.8M) to expand production of its waste-derived fermented ingredients, including cocoa alternatives under new brand Milatea. As the hunt for cocoa alternatives reaches a fever…
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Alt Protein

Beyond Meat Cuts Yearly Forecast As Sales Continue to Fall in Q3

Anay Mridul Nov 11, 2025

After weeks of stock uncertainty, Beyond Meat has posted a 13% revenue decline in Q3 2025 and has adjusted its expectations for the next quarter, too. In a rollercoaster Q3, Beyond Meat saw its sales shrink despite exceeding…
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UPFs

Seven in 10 Americans Want to Avoid UPFs, As Most Label Them A Threat to Public Health

Anay Mridul Nov 11, 2025

Most Americans believe ultra-processed foods are a significant threat to public health and are trying to avoid them, a new survey has shown. Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) "manipulate" consumers by creating a sense of disconnection…
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Alt Dairy

Israel’s Remilk & Gad Dairies Roll Out ‘The New Milk’ Range with Cow-Free Whey Protein

Anay Mridul Nov 11, 2025

Remilk has partnered with industry leader Gad Dairies to launch three animal-free milk products using its precision-fermented whey protein in cafés, restaurants and (soon) supermarkets in Israel. Two years after being cleared to sell…
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Alt Dairy

Miyoko’s Creamery Founder Raises $100,000 to Buy Back Liquidated Vegan Cheese Company

Anay Mridul Nov 10, 2025

Miyoko Schinner has mobilised over $100,000 from crowd investors to help mount a winning bid for the vegan cheese firm she founded, Miyoko's Creamery, though she calls it "highly unlikely". Three years after being forced out of the…
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Climate Change

Even Fixing Climate Change May Not Save Coffee, Chocolate & Wine: Study

Anay Mridul Nov 10, 2025

The future of coffee, cocoa and wine is already in danger thanks to climate change, and even the most advanced geoengineering interventions might not be enough to protect them. In a damning study about the extent of the climate crisis's…
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