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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.

Funding News

Danish Fermentation Startup Reduced Bags $4.7M to Turn Food Waste Into Savoury Flavours

Anay Mridul Feb 23, 2026
Copenhagen-based Reduced, which upcycles food processing waste into savoury flavour enhancers, has raised €4M ($4.7M) to expand production to industrial levels. Danish startup Reduced has closed a Series A funding round to bring its…
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Health

A New Gut Health Trend: Stop Fibremaxxing, Start Fibrelayering

Anay Mridul Feb 23, 2026
After a year dominated by fibremaxxing, nutritionists recommend turning your attention to fibrelayering, emphasising variety over volume. TikTok may have convinced you to begin fibremaxxing, an online health trend that got a rare…
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Cell-Based News

‘Lab-Grown’? ‘Cell-Cultured’? New Research Shows the Best Way to Describe Cultivated Meat

Anay Mridul Feb 20, 2026
Cultivated meat is still referred to by an array of names, from 'lab-grown' to 'cell-cultured' – a new poll spotlights the most appealing way to describe it to consumers. In a country with more regulatory approvals and more bans for…
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Alt Protein

75 Projects, Seven Pillars, €3B in Funding: How Europe Can Achieve A Sustainable Protein Transition

Anay Mridul Feb 20, 2026
A coalition of plant-based food representatives is calling for €3B in research and innovation funding to rebalance and greenify Europe's protein supply over the next decade. Europe is in desperate need of a transition towards…
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Alt Protein

Plantible Foods Wins US FDA Approval for Leaf-Based Rubisco Protein

Anay Mridul Feb 20, 2026
Harnessing the world's most abundant protein from duckweed, US startup Plantible Foods has secured a 'no questions' letter from the FDA, validating its ingredient for the food industry. Cookies made from leaves could soon be a reality…
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Green Business

Lidl Netherlands Bets On Plant-Based Foods to Achieve 2030 Healthy Food Target

Anay Mridul Feb 20, 2026
After fulfilling its 2025 target of aligning its sales with the Dutch dietary guidelines, Lidl Netherlands has set a new goal for 2030, with a focus on plant-based whole foods. Discount retailer Lidl is extending its sustainable protein…
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Cell-Based News

Cultivated Meat Outlook: 10 Leading CEOs Lay Out Their Challenges & Plans for 2026

Anay Mridul Feb 19, 2026
Cultivated meat is at a critical juncture, with investment at a seven-year low and the closure of several pioneering startups. Now, some of the leading players speak to Green Queen about their plans for 2026, and the industry's future. …
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Policy & Regulation

Poland Integrates Plant-Based Meals & Planetary Health Diet Into School Menus

Anay Mridul Feb 19, 2026
The Polish health ministry has officially published new regulations that will guarantee access to plant-based meals in schools and ramp up food waste reduction strategies. Plant-based meals will soon be the norm in Poland's schools,…
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Alt Protein

US Declares Agriculture A National Security Priority – Can Food Tech Capitalise?

Anay Mridul Feb 19, 2026
The US Departments of Agriculture and War have signed an MoU to elevate agriculture into the national security framework, with a focus on advancing novel technologies to address vulnerabilities. Food security is critical to national…
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Policy & Regulation

‘Deeply Unfair’: Beef & Dairy Receive 500 Times More EU Subsidies Than Plant-Based Proteins

Anay Mridul Feb 19, 2026
Driven by intense lobbying and the rise of the far-right, the EU spends over 500 times more money via CAP subsidies on beef and dairy than plant-based foods like legumes and nuts. Ahead of the decision-making stage of the EU's 2028-34…
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Alt Protein

Breakthrough Moment for Joyn Foods As Blended Meat Comes to School Lunches

Anay Mridul Feb 18, 2026
US startup Joyn Foods has earned K-12 approval in South Carolina, enabling it to sell its mycelium-enhanced blended meat to schools across the state. With kids' nutrition in sharp focus in the national health discourse, one…
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Alt Protein

How India’s Alternative Protein Job Market Can Solve Its Talent Shortage

Anay Mridul Feb 18, 2026
India produces nearly 250,000 biotech, food tech and engineering graduates a year, but the alternative protein industry still struggles with job-ready talent. Here's how to plug the gap. India has been pumping the accelerator on its…
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Future Food Quick Bites

Future Food Quick Bites: Beyond Bareburger, Oatly Barista & Hybrid Salmon

Anay Mridul Feb 18, 2026
Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Beyond Meat's Bareburger expansion, Crafty Counter's Whole Foods ramen collab, and One Planet Pizza's sales milestone. …
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Future Foods

‘Big Moment’: New Programme Looks to Usher in New Era for Plant Molecular Farming

Anay Mridul Feb 18, 2026
The Global Stewardship Group has launched a programme dedicated to plant molecular farming, with five startups joining as inaugural members to help bring the technology to market. One of the most promising future food technologies has…
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Chocolate

Cargill Takes A Bite Out of Cell-Based Chocolate with EU-Backed Collaboration

Anay Mridul Feb 17, 2026
Food industry giant Cargill has teamed up with Kokomodo to advance cell-based chocolate solutions, with financial support from the EU. In the face of the climate emergency, Big Chocolate continues to embrace alt-cocoa. Cargill, the…
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Alt Protein

Plant-Based Proteins ‘Back in Growth’ in UK, Says Tesco Amid Whole-Food Wave

Anay Mridul Feb 17, 2026
Vegan food is returning to growth for the first time in years in the UK, whose largest retailer credits the expanding demand for protein, fibre and whole foods behind the sales rally. Plant-based isn't dead after all. Months after…
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Funding News

Legume Lattes: Koppie Brews Up New Funding to Launch Beanless Coffee By Year-End

Anay Mridul Feb 17, 2026
Belgian food tech startup Koppie has secured additional funding and completed an industrial-scale production run of its beanless coffee products, ahead of a planned launch later this year. Would you drink "hybrid coffee"? This is a…
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Funding News

Alternative Protein Funding Down by 20% in 2025, Falling Below $1B for First Time in 7 Years

Anay Mridul Feb 17, 2026
The investment downturn in alternative proteins continued in 2025, falling by 20% and totalling under $1B for the first time since 2018. The gap between well-capitalised and struggling startups is set to continue this year. Investors'…
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Policy & Regulation

60 Minutes: RFK Jr Says FDA ‘Will Act’ on Ultra-Processed Foods GRAS Petition

Anay Mridul Feb 16, 2026
The US FDA "will act" on a petition by its former chief, which would see the GRAS status of some ultra-processed foods revoked, health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has said. But he stopped short of promising regulation on these products. …
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Policy & Regulation

Let Them Eat Steak: Food Companies Urge EU Not to Ban Meaty Names on Plant-Based Labels

Anay Mridul Feb 16, 2026
A group of 20 food companies are imploring the EU to reject a proposal that would prohibit plant-based products from using meat-like terms on their packaging, ahead of a vote next month. Beyond Meat, Quorn, The Vegetarian Butcher, Linda…
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Funding News

UK Startup Cracks $2.7M in Funding to Turn Food Waste Into Egg-Replacing Proteins

Anay Mridul Feb 16, 2026
British startup The Bland Company has raised $2.7M in pre-seed funding to build functional plant proteins from agricultural sidestreams, starting with egg replacers. The newest food tech startup to take on the egg crisis is focusing on…
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