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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

Meat & Milk Reach Historic Consumption Lows in Flexitarian Germany

Anay Mridul Oct 9, 2025

Meat and milk consumption has declined in Germany, while the production of plant-based proteins has doubled since 2019, spotlighting the flexitarian consumer base. Germany isn't Europe's largest market for plant-based food for no…
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Kids

With Kids’ Meals in Focus, 75% of US Parents Find Blended Meat A Healthy Fast-Food Option

Anay Mridul Oct 9, 2025

Kid-focused meals in fast-food restaurants are unhealthy and increasingly expensive, but parents believe blending meat with plants could be a real win-win. As the state of kids' meals in schools dominates headlines in the US and…
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Alt Protein

EU Parliament Backs ‘Veggie Burger’ Labelling Ban on Plant-Based Meat

Anay Mridul Oct 8, 2025

The EU Parliament today voted in favour of a ban on meat-like designations on plant-based meat product labels, paving the way for trilogue negotiations. The conservative European Parliament has voted to ban terms like 'beef', 'bacon'…
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Climate Change

Food & Climate Experts React to Landmark Eat-Lancet 2.0 Report

Anay Mridul Oct 8, 2025

As reactions pour in to the Eat-Lancet Commission's updated report on the future of food systems, calls for businesses and governments to take action appear to be a common thread. A landmark report reinforcing the potential of…
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Future Food Quick Bites

Future Food Quick Bites: American Airlines, Pizza Hut & Chickpea Chunks

Anay Mridul Oct 8, 2025

Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers American Airlines's Just Egg scramble, Chanza's chickpea protein chunks, and Pizza Hut's The Vegetarian Butcher collab. …
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Vegan

The World’s Largest Hotel Alliance is Betting on Plant-Based Dining to Slash Emissions

Anay Mridul Oct 8, 2025

Accor, Hilton, Four Seasons, Marriott International, IHG and others have teamed up with Vegan Hospitality to cut food-related emissions via plant-based dining. Some of the world's biggest hotel groups are turning to plants to curb their…
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Green Business

Lidl & Wolt Market Become First Retailers to Set Plant-Based Sales Targets in Denmark

Anay Mridul Oct 8, 2025

As part of their climate strategies, Lidl and Wolt Market have pledged to increase the share of plant-based proteins they sell in Denmark. Lidl is further extending its goal to sell more plants and less meat in its stores, announcing a…
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Green Business

Quorn Owner Posts 9% Sales Decline, But Cuts Losses by 45% Amid Foodservice Success

Anay Mridul Oct 7, 2025

Quorn parent Marlow Foods has recorded a 9% decline in sales amid weakening demand in the UK and US, but nearly halved its losses in 2024, with its foodservice offering a bright spot. One of the world's largest and foremost meat-free…
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Chocolate

Italy’s Foreverland Unveils New Factory & Yeast Protein Bar with Cocoa-Free Chocolate

Anay Mridul Oct 7, 2025

Italian food tech startup Foreverland has opened a production facility and launched a yeast protein bar featuring its cocoa-free chocolate. Foreverland is taking its carob-based chocolate alternative to new heights, setting up a new…
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Funding News

Climax Foods Rebrands to Bettani Farms & Raises $6.5M for Protein-Rich Vegan Cheese

Anay Mridul Oct 7, 2025

US artisan vegan cheesemaker Climax Foods has raised $6.5M, rebranded to Bettani Farms, and hired a new CEO in a major overhaul for the business. Climax Foods is shaking things up with a new name, a new CEO, and a new funding round for…
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Animal Rights

The US Meat & Dairy Industry is Spying on Thousands of Animal Rights Activists

Anay Mridul Oct 7, 2025

Animal Agriculture Alliance, which is funded by the US livestock industry and has a direct line to the FBI, has a database tracking the lives of 2,400 activists. Thousands of animal rights activists and prominent charities are the…
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Fashion

Stella McCartney Takes on Feather Industry with Plant-Based ‘Fevvers’

Anay Mridul Oct 6, 2025

British eco fashion pioneer Stella McCartney debuted a new collection featuring a plant-based alternative to bird feathers at Paris Fashion Week. The Spring/Summer 2026 runways in Paris introduced the world to a new kind of feather,…
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Alt Protein

This Japanese Dairy Giant is Embracing A Sustainable Protein from Alfalfa Leaves

Anay Mridul Oct 6, 2025

Tokyo-based dairy major Lacto Japan has teamed up with New Zealand startup Leaft Foods to bring its Rubisco protein to the East Asian country. A Japanese dairy giant is betting on a leaf-derived protein with an amino acid profile…
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Green Business

Can This New International Standard Transform Plant-Based Food Labelling?

Anay Mridul Oct 6, 2025

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has published a new standard for plant-based food labelling, which experts say could bolster consumer confidence. While Europe once again debates whether plant-based burgers can…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

US Startup Taps Into Menopause Market with Human-Identical Lactoferrin Capsules

Anay Mridul Oct 6, 2025

Women's wellness startup Desert Harvest has launched a new supplement featuring Helaina's precision-fermented human lactoferrin to manage menopause. US supplement brand Desert Harvest is combining its aloe vera expertise with a highly…
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Future Foods

5 Minutes with A Future Food VC: FoodLabs’s Adrian Friederich

Anay Mridul Oct 3, 2025

In our interview series, we quiz future food investors about the solutions that excite them the most, their favourite climate-forward restaurant, and what they look for in successful founders. Adrian Friederich is the Principal at…
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Alt Protein

When It Comes to Meat Alternatives, These Are the Proteins Consumers Like Best

Anay Mridul Oct 3, 2025

A new study analysed several plant-based, algae-derived and cultivated protein sources for meat alternatives to find consumers' favourite ingredients. Are you more into pea protein burgers or rice protein nuggets? Or perhaps you're more…
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Funding News

With Fresh Funding, ImpacFat Eyes 2026 Cosmetics Launch for Cultivated Fish Fat in Asia

Anay Mridul Oct 3, 2025

Singaporean startup ImpacFat has secured fresh financing to fuel its Asian commercialisation plans for cultivated omega-3 fish fat. ImpacFat, a Singapore-based biotech firm producing fish fats from cell cultures, has expanded into Japan…
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Future Foods

Richest 30% Drive 70% of Food Climate Costs: Eat-Lancet 2.0

Anay Mridul Oct 3, 2025

The Eat-Lancet Commission has released the 2.0 update to its report on the future of the food system and the Planetary Health Diet. Here are the big takeaways. Six years after releasing one of the most influential reports on the food…
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Alt Dairy

Miyoko Schinner Wants You to Get Back in the Kitchen

Anay Mridul Oct 2, 2025

Plant-based dairy pioneer Miyoko Schinner takes us behind the scenes of her new cookbook, The Vegan Creamery, which embraces fermentation to take at-home vegan cheese to the next level. A decade after her seminal plant-based dairy…
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Vegan Dining

Instagram Hype Leads Subway to Launch Planted Chicken Sandwich in Switzerland

Anay Mridul Oct 2, 2025

Fast-food giant Subway has collaborated with Swiss plant-based meat leader Planted to develop a new teriyaki sandwich in all its stores nationwide. Subway lovers in Switzerland will now be able to get their hands on vegan chicken in…
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