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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

Koa Tackles Chocolate Industry Waste with ‘World’s First’ Cacao Fruit Shots

Anay Mridul Oct 2, 2025

German startup Koa has launched three vitamin shots made from cacao fruit juice, valorising a key chocolate industry sidestream and providing additional income for farmers. Koa, a Cologne-based startup upcycling waste from chocolate…
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Climate Change

Less Than 4% of US Media Climate Coverage Mentions Meat & Dairy’s Emissions Toll: New Analysis

Anay Mridul Oct 2, 2025

An analysis of hundreds of online articles from US media shows that less than 4% mention and contextualise the role of meat in climate change. Here's why. Globally, producing meat, dairy and other animal-based foods generates up to a…
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Alt Protein

No Confusion: Plant-Based Industry Urges EU to Reject ‘Veggie Burger’ Labelling Ban

Anay Mridul Oct 1, 2025

Over 200 companies and organisations have kick-started a campaign calling on MEPs to reject the proposed ban on the use of meat-like terms on vegan product labels. A week before MEPs gather for a plenary vote to ban the use of terms…
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Future Food Quick Bites

Future Food Quick Bites: Vegan ‘Proffee’, Bread Waste Pasta & Slutty Vegan

Anay Mridul Oct 1, 2025

Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Gregorys Coffee's plant protein coffee, Wasted's upcycled pasta, and a new plant-based meat brand in Thailand. New…
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Alt Protein

Rising Meat Prices Make Plant-Based Alternatives Cheaper in the UK

Anay Mridul Oct 1, 2025

The continued price hikes for meat in the UK have created a retail environment where vegan alternatives are at parity or cheaper, according to a new report. Amid the investment and sales boom for plant-based meat at the turn of the…
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Consumer Trends & Insights

As Prices Hit Record-Highs, 60% of Americans Are Buying Less Beef

Anay Mridul Oct 1, 2025

A majority of Americans are buying less beef or giving it up altogether in response to record-breaking prices, a trend set to continue as costs continue to rise. In August, average ground beef prices reached $6.32 per lb in US cities,…
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Alt Dairy

Alpro Bets on Young Europeans Amid ‘Excellent’ Growth in Plant-Based Milk & Yoghurt Sales

Anay Mridul Sep 30, 2025

Plant-based dairy leader Alpro has witnessed sales of both its milk and yoghurt alternatives grow this year, as it focuses on young consumers and new sensory experiences. It’s been eight years since Danone acquired Alpro in a $12.5B…
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Seafood

Japanese Food Giant Addresses Soaring Tuna Prices with Cheaper Plant-Based Alternative

Anay Mridul Sep 30, 2025

Japan's Mitsui DM Sugar will launch a new brand of vegan tuna next year to tackle the rising costs of the fish and declining seafood production. The world's largest tuna consumer is facing supply challenges, and one food giant is…
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Alt Protein

Beyond Meat Stock Sinks to All-Time Low After Proposal To Wipe Off $800M of Debt

Anay Mridul Sep 30, 2025

US plant-based giant Beyond Meat has proposed an exchange offer for convertible bonds to eliminate over $800M of debt, sending its stock to a record low. Beyond Meat's shares plunged to $1.23, a 36% drop, on Monday, the lowest in its…
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Alt Fats

Ajinomoto Teams Up with Singapore’s Fattastic to Advance Plant-Based Fats

Anay Mridul Sep 30, 2025

Singapore startup Fattastic Technologies has partnered with Ajinomoto Thailand to explore applications for its healthy plant-based alternative to animal and saturated fats. A fast-emerging player in Asia's alternative fat field,…
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Alt Fats

Savor Plans Large-Scale Facility to Take on Dairy & Palm Oil with Carbon Butter

Anay Mridul Sep 29, 2025

On the heels of its first product launch, US startup Savor plans to ride the alternative fats momentum with big plans for its carbon-derived butter. In early September, over 100 Americans lined up at the patisserie of San Francisco's…
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Policy & Regulation

Study Finds ‘Crucial Gaps’ in National Dietary Guidelines on Meat & Plant-Based Proteins

Anay Mridul Sep 29, 2025

Food-based dietary guidelines set by governments don't emphasise the need to cut back on animal proteins and increase plant-based food intake, a new study shows. Government recommendations on diets have several "crucial gaps" when it…
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Fashion

Global Fashion Industry Emits Four Times More Methane Than France

Anay Mridul Sep 29, 2025

The fashion industry emits 8.3 million tonnes of methane every year, and animal-derived materials are primarily to blame. Experts say non-action would mean climate and health disasters. Leather, cashmere and cotton are pushing fashion…
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Funding News

Turkey’s Itz Nutz Raises $535,000 to Expand Cashew-Based Dairy Alternatives

Anay Mridul Sep 29, 2025

Turkish food tech startup Itz Nutz, known for its cashew yoghurts and cheeses, has bagged $535,000 in investment to develop new products and expand distribution. Looking to take its line of plant-based dairy alternatives global,…
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Alt Fats

‘From Millilitres to A Million Litres’: Clean Food Group’s Yeast Oil Production Gets Big Boost

Anay Mridul Sep 26, 2025

UK startup Clean Food Group has acquired the assets of Algal Omega 3, giving it access to a million litres of fermentation capacity to produce its yeast-derived oils. Two weeks after securing regulatory approval in multiple markets,…
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Sugar

US Startup Oobli Gets Third FDA Approval Letter to Use Sweet Proteins in Food

Anay Mridul Sep 26, 2025

Known for its novel sweet proteins, US firm Oobli has secured its third FDA approval letter to sell one of its ingredients as a sweetener for food and drink products. Californian food tech startup Oobli has received its latest 'no…
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Funding News

Approved by A Barista Champion, Indonesia’s Arummi Bags $2M to Expand Cashew Milk

Anay Mridul Sep 26, 2025

Indonesian plant-based startup Arummi has raised $2M in seed funding to expand the distribution of its cashew milk line nationally and across Southeast Asia. Arummi, a Jakarta-based producer of cashew milk, has secured $2M in financing…
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Cell-Based News

Aleph Farms CEO on Cultivated Meat Launch & Regulatory Plans for UAE & EU

Anay Mridul Sep 25, 2025

Aleph Farms CEO Didier Toubia on why the cultivated meat firm hasn't launched yet, its plans for the UAE, its ongoing fundraise, and comparisons with the dotcom bubble. It has been 21 months since Aleph Farms was approved to sell…
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Research & Scientific Studies

Revealed: How the Meat Industry Plans to Attack Planetary Health Diet with Misinformation

Anay Mridul Sep 25, 2025

Ahead of the Eat-Lancet Commission's updated report on the Planetary Health Diet, the meat industry is gearing up for a misinformation campaign to discredit the science. In 2019, the Eat-Lancet Commission released one of the most…
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Alt Fats

Animal-Free Fat Maker Nourish Ingredients Sets Up Global Commercial Hub in Netherlands

Anay Mridul Sep 25, 2025

Aussie startup Nourish Ingredients has established a global commercial hub in Leiden, Netherlands to scale its precision-fermented fats, amid an ongoing $15M fundraise. A month after being cleared to sell its animal-free meat fat in the…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Michroma, CJ CheilJedang to Scale Fermented Natural Colours, Starting with Red Dye

Anay Mridul Sep 24, 2025

Californian natural colourant startup Michroma has teamed up with South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang to scale up its fermentation-derived red dye for food and cosmetics. As artificial dyes get phased out of the food system,…
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