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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.

Alt Protein

Texas’s Plant-Based Meat Labelling Law Struck Down After Court Finds It Unconstitutional

Anay Mridul Feb 6, 2026

A federal district judge has ruled that Texas's law requiring plant-based meat companies to use terms like 'meatless' violates the First Amendment and cannot be enforced. In a major win for the plant-based food industry, a federal court…
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Opinion

Opinion: Alternative Protein’s Delivery Phase – Why System Readiness is the New Bottleneck

Anay Mridul Feb 6, 2026

Ali Morpeth, co-founder of the Planeatry Alliance, suggests that alternative proteins have reached a pivotal moment, and how the food system adapts them is the next big hurdle. For much of the past decade, the alternative protein…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

‘One-Stop Shop’: Cremer Group Unveils New Brand to Power Up Next-Gen Fermentation Solutions

Anay Mridul Feb 6, 2026

German agrifood giant Cremer Group has launched FermBase, a "competence centre and one-stop shop" for fermentation feedstock and media formulations to address key biotech challenges. Cremer Group is hoping to usher in the next era of…
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Alt Protein

Govt Investment in Alternative Proteins Could Bring €111B to EU Economy Each Year

Anay Mridul Feb 6, 2026

With a mere €1.4 billion in public funding, supportive policies for alternative proteins could add €111 billion a year to the EU economy by 2040. Plant-based, fermentation-derived and cell-cultured foods can meet 10% of the EU's meat…
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Alt Protein

A Protein Smoothie Made from Leaves? Palmetto Superfoods Has You Covered

Anay Mridul Feb 5, 2026

Bay Area chain Palmetto Superfoods has introduced a new Blade Smoothie, featuring Leaft Foods's alfalfa-derived Leaf Rubisco protein and an "unmatched" amino acid profile. Californians can now walk into a store and drink a protein…
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Green Business

India’s Marico Acquires Majority Stake in Plant-Based Protein Startup Cosmix for $25M

Anay Mridul Feb 5, 2026

Indian CPG giant Marico has agreed to buy a controlling stake in Cosmix Wellness, a vegan protein and supplements brand that found national fame on Shark Tank, in a deal worth ₹226 crores ($25M). Protein continues to progress fast in…
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Alt Fats

Clean Cosmetics: Savor Confronts Beauty’s Palm Oil Problem with Carbon-Derived Fats

Anay Mridul Feb 5, 2026

US startup Savor has launched a beauty and personal care division, expanding its carbon-based fats beyond food to address the climate issues caused by the use of tropical oils in cosmetics. The ubiquitous use of palm oil in cosmetics…
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Funding News

Cambridge University Spinout Bags $5M to Scale Up Fossil-Free, Plant-Based Colours

Anay Mridul Feb 5, 2026

UK startup Sparxell has raised €4.2M ($5M) in pre-Series A funding to replace fossil-fuel-derived pigments with plant-based colours in the fashion and packaging sectors. Fossil-free pigments are painting the VC town red, with British…
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Seafood

Is Mycoprotein the Missing Ingredient in Scaling Cultivated Seafood?

Anay Mridul Feb 4, 2026

Two food tech startups are working together to use mycoprotein and 3D printing to create scalable whole-cut cultivated seafood products. Mycelium could be the key to unlocking large-scale production of cultivated fish fillets, at least…
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Funding News

Omeat Becomes Evergreen, Raises $6M to Bring Cultivated Meat to US & Singapore

Anay Mridul Feb 4, 2026

US cultivated meat startup Omeat has rebranded to Evergreen Connect and secured $6M in new funding to launch blended beef products stateside and in Singapore. Nearly three years after emerging from stealth and enduring a rollercoaster…
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Future Food Quick Bites

Future Food Quick Bites: Ikea x Tiny Chef, Oat Milk Livestream & Super Bowl Wings

Anay Mridul Feb 4, 2026

Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Ikea's Tiny Chef collab, This's financial milestone, and Kynda's new mycelium facility. New products and launches Ikea…
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Alt Protein

Can AI Help Singapore Become A ‘Regional Launchpad’ for Sustainable Proteins?

Anay Mridul Feb 4, 2026

Singapore state-owned food innovation platform Nurasa has teamed up with New Wave Biotech to help alternative proteins escape the valley of death with AI-led bioprocess optimisation. In April, Singaporean future food platform Nurasa and…
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Alt Protein

GFI President Bruce Friedrich, Author of ‘Meat’, on Protein, Politics & Plants

Anay Mridul Feb 3, 2026

To mark the release of his book, Meat, the Good Food Institute founder Bruce Friedrich talks alternative proteins, political bans, investment struggles, blended meat, and parallels with cars and the internet. The seed that sparked Bruce…
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Chocolate

From Nut Butter Cups to Popcorn, Europe Embraces Foreverland’s Cocoa-Free Chocolate

Anay Mridul Feb 3, 2026

Italian food tech startup Foreverland has expanded the availability of its cocoa-free chocolate, Choruba, through partnerships with some of Europe's leading confectionery manufacturers. Months after opening its first production…
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Alt Protein

The Tofoo Co Strengthens Plant Protein Portfolio with Acquisition of Germany’s Topas

Anay Mridul Feb 3, 2026

UK tofu leader The Tofoo Co is set to acquire German seitan producer Topas, best known for its Wheaty brand, ahead of a planned launch in Europe's largest plant-based market this year. As it sets its sights on European expansion, The…
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Climate Change

Livestock Farmers Could Earn More Money by Producing Less Meat: Study

Anay Mridul Feb 3, 2026

As meat production shrinks in the UK, livestock farmers could be more profitable if they work on improving the environment and produce less meat. The best way for meat farmers to make more money could be to produce less meat, according…
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Climate Change

Singapore University Trials Carbon-Labelled Menus to Lower Food Emissions

Anay Mridul Feb 2, 2026

The National University of Singapore has introduced carbon-labelled meals on campus menus as part of a research initiative with carbon accounting firm Zevero. In its bid to identify the most effective ways to lower food-related…
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Chocolate

How Planet A Foods is Taking Over the Chocolate World with Its Cocoa-Free Alternative

Anay Mridul Feb 2, 2026

German food tech startup Planet A Foods is leading the cocoa-free alternative race to help the chocolate industry deal with the climate crisis. It has now gone global and will soon enter the US. As chocolate collaborations go, there's…
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Research & Scientific Studies

True Cost of Meat: Factory Farming Cuts Nearly Two Years of Life

Anay Mridul Feb 2, 2026

A new Factory Farming Index suggests that industrial animal agriculture leads to a loss of 1.8 years of healthy life per person, thanks to antibiotic resistance and excessive meat consumption. Factory-farmed meat is threatening human…
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Alt Dairy

Trend Report: Is Hybrid Dairy the Bridge Plant-Based Milk Needs?

Anay Mridul Feb 2, 2026

Hybrid dairy is looking to plug the gap between dairy's climate and health issues and plant-based alternatives' taste and price challenges – can it be the near-term solutions this industry sorely needs? Milk remains the most…
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Climate Change

Sure, Beef’s Emissions Can Be Reduced – But It Can Never Be ‘Climate-Friendly’

Anay Mridul Jan 30, 2026

Low-carbon beef is a fantasy, and the only way to guarantee a reduced impact of this meat is to buy less of it, according to a new study. Livestock producers may make claims of sustainability or even carbon neutrality, but beef can…
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