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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.

Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Yali Bio’s Yeast-Derived Fat Matches Breast Milk Purity Ahead of FDA GRAS Filing

Anay Mridul Sep 1, 2025

Californian firm Yali Bio has successfully produced a high-purity breast milk fat using precision fermentation, in a potential breakthrough for the baby formula market. US food tech startup Yali Bio has hit a critical milestone in its…
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Alt Protein

Vegan Finest Foods: Dutch Plant-Based Meat Brand Goes Bankrupt, Eyes Rescue Deal

Anay Mridul Sep 1, 2025

Dutch startup Vegan Finest Foods, which makes plant-based seafood, meat and sauces, has declared bankruptcy, citing softening demand and post-Covid difficulties. Vegan Finest Foods, the company behind brands like Vegan Zeastar and…
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Alt Protein

Taiwanese Legislators Call for Inclusion of Plant-Based Meat in School Meals

Anay Mridul Aug 29, 2025

Legislators and civil society groups in Taiwan are calling on the government to reform its school lunch programme, which they say stigmatises plant-based meat as processed food. Taiwan's school meal programme must be reformed to address…
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Policy & Regulation

NYC to Remove Processed Meats, Increase Plant-Based Proteins in Meal Programmes

Anay Mridul Aug 29, 2025

New York City has updated its food standards for public meal initiatives, clamping down on processed meats and requiring more plant-based proteins. As federal agencies work to define ultra-processed foods (UPFs) and face calls for a ban…
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Cell-Based News

UK Cultivated Meat Tech Firm CellRev Calls It Quits, Citing Funding Woes

Anay Mridul Aug 29, 2025

CellRev, a Newcastle-based bioprocessor of cell culture technologies, has ceased trading and appointed administrators to sell its assets. UK biotech firm CellulaREvolution (CellRev), an enzyme technology specialist for the cultivated…
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Alt Protein

Legacy Plant Protein Brand Yves Veggie Cuisine is Being Discontinued – and People are Mad

Anay Mridul Aug 28, 2025

Yves Veggie Cuisine, a 40-year-old Canadian meat-free brand, is being taken off shelves by owner Hain Celestial, sparking furore on social media. After four decades in operation, a fan-favourite brand of plant-based meat is being…
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Vegan Dining

As Philippines Embraces Plant-Based Food, Its Hotel Industry Follows Suit

Anay Mridul Aug 28, 2025

With interest in plant-based eating heightening in the Philippines, a wave of hospitality groups has committed to increasing meat-free options. In the Philippines, the hotel industry is increasingly aligning its food policies with the…
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Alt Dairy

Panther M*lk: Dairy-Free Liqueur Maker From Dragons’ Den Shuts Down

Anay Mridul Aug 28, 2025

Scottish startup Beastly Brews, which produced the oat milk liqueur Panther M*lk, has ceased trading after two supermarket listings fell through. Three years after appearing on Dragons' Den, the Glasgow-based producer of Panther M*lk, a…
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Alt Protein

Novameat Leans Into Clean-Label Demand with Plant-Based Pulled Pork & Lamb

Anay Mridul Aug 27, 2025

Spanish firm Novameat has expanded its line of pulled plant-based meats with clean-label pork and lamb alternatives for foodservice. A year after securing $19.2M in Series A funding, Novameat has introduced two new meat alternatives…
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Future Food Quick Bites

Future Food Quick Bites: Greggs Steak Bake, Coco Gauff Smoothie & Vegan Dog Treats

Anay Mridul Aug 27, 2025

Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Greggs's vegan steak bake return, Savor's carbon-based butter launch, and Coco Gauff's Naked Smoothie collab. New…
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Alt Protein

German Plant-Based Meat Like Returns to the UK with Eye on ‘Gen Z Flexitarians’

Anay Mridul Aug 27, 2025

Like, the plant protein brand owned by Livekindly Collective, is returning to UK shelves with three SKUs across all major supermarkets. Livekindly Collective is bringing back its Like brand of plant-based meat to the UK, around three…
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Cell-Based News

Inside India’s First Cultivated Chicken Competition for Chefs

Anay Mridul Aug 26, 2025

Biokraft Foods held a Great Indian Cultivated Chicken Cook-Off last week, with young chefs showcasing the future of food in the Navi Mumbai event. For the most part, cultivated meat companies have relied on chefs to flaunt the full…
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Health

Weight-Loss Boba: Could Plant-Based Microbeads Be A Natural Alternative to Ozempic?

Anay Mridul Aug 26, 2025

As Ozempic pushes food companies to reformulate their products, scientists have developed fat-trapping plant-based microbeads that could rival weight-loss drugs. While weight-loss medications like Ozempic and Wegovy continue to take…
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Cell-Based News

Cultivated Meat Can Usher In A Just Transition of Protein Systems

Anay Mridul Aug 26, 2025

Cultivated meat, plant-based proteins and regenerative agriculture can facilitate a "just transition" of the protein industry, but factory farming needs to stop, a new study shows. In the energy industry, a just transition means…
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Alt Fats

Accellta Bets on Cultivated Dairy to Solve the Alternative Fat Puzzle

Anay Mridul Aug 25, 2025

Animal fats are terrible for the planet, but most plant-based alternatives fall short. For Israeli startup Accellta, the key lies with cell-cultured dairy. With plans for an $8M and a regulatory application in the US, Israeli firm…
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Women & Gender Rights

Women’s Health Enters A New, Planet-Friendly Era, From Cycle-Syncing Proteins to Cow-Free Colustrum

Anay Mridul Aug 25, 2025

Women now comprise half of all newly launched clinical trials, and brands are meeting the moment, from vegan protein powders that sync with women's menstrual cycles to dairy-free colustrum. Women's wellness is getting a much-needed…
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Animal Rights

How A Viral Podcast Helped Raise Millions in the Fight to End Factory Farming

Anay Mridul Aug 25, 2025

Just $1 can help avert a decade of animal suffering in factory farms. One podcast episode helped raise over $2M for some of the world's leading non-profits advocating for better diets. Most of the world's meat and seafood comes from…
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Biodiversity

UK Food Companies Must Cut Back on Meat to Avoid ‘Catastrophic’ Biodiversity Loss

Anay Mridul Aug 22, 2025

Food companies in the UK must accelerate a switch to plant-based diets to fight climate change and lower the risk of biodiversity extinction, according to a new report. Global wildlife populations have shrunk by 73% in the last 50…
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Chocolate

As Climate Change Bites, Nestlé Invents New Technique to Boost Cocoa Yields

Anay Mridul Aug 22, 2025

With global cocoa stocks at record lows this year, the world's largest food company, Nestlé, has developed a novel method to utilise 30% more of the cacao plant. As the planet melts, so does the chocolate industry. Human-caused…
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UPFs

16 Brands Join Pilot Scheme to Test Verification Label for Non-Ultra-Processed Foods

Anay Mridul Aug 22, 2025

The Non-GMO Project has kicked off its pilot programme to develop a standard for non-UPF labels on food and drink products, with 16 brands participating. Amy's Kitchen, Califia Farms and Simple Mills are among 16 food and beverage firms…
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Alt Protein

In China, Nearly Half of Consumers Would Replace Meat with Cultivated Proteins

Anay Mridul Aug 21, 2025

Nearly half of citizens in China's tier 1 cities would choose cultivated meat and seafood over conventional options – but health and safety remain the main concern. As China's government ramps up support for cultivated meat, people…
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