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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 Fats

Palm Oil Alternatives Are on the Rise – Will Consumers Bite?

Anay Mridul Jul 15, 2025

As sustainable alternatives to palm oil enter the mainstream, a new survey shows that consumers view them more favourably than the conventional tropical fat. Would you eat a fat made from fermented yeast? That's a question one…
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Policy & Regulation

EU Parliament Votes to Make Biotech A Strategic Priority, Calls for An Investment Boost

Anay Mridul Jul 15, 2025

EU politicians have voted in favour of advancing the bloc's biomanufacturing and biotech prowess to promote sustainability, public health, and food security. It's a big month for biotechnology in the EU. The European Commission just…
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Vegan

Spaniards Wants to Cut Back on Meat, But ‘Bold Policy’ Action on Plant-Based Food Needed

Anay Mridul Jul 14, 2025

While a majority of Spaniards are reducing meat or open to doing so, the plant-based industry needs a "level playing field" to help them shift their eating habits. Meat is becoming unfashionable in Spain, but plant-based alternatives…
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Health

No Amount of Processed Meat is ‘Safe’ for Health, Finds Major Review

Anay Mridul Jul 14, 2025

Even small amounts of processed meats like hot dogs and bacon are associated with the risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and cancer, a new study has found. While Americans celebrated overconsumption at Nathan's Famous's annual hot…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Aldi Suisse Unveils Clean-Label Mycoprotein Chicken Filet at Price Parity with Meat

Anay Mridul Jul 14, 2025

Discount retailer Aldi Suisse has launched a cost-competitive meat-free chicken filet under its MyVay brand, using Planetary's Libre mycoprotein. Visitors to Aldi Suisse's stores can now buy a vegetarian chicken filet with four…
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Alt Materials

Mercedes-Benz Embraces Cow-Free Leather with Modern Meadow Partnership

Anay Mridul Jul 14, 2025

Animal-free leather startup Modern Meadow has signed a deal with auto giant Mercedes-Benz to develop an alternative material for its technology programme. Mercedes-Benz has become the latest carmaker to attempt to ditch conventional…
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Coffee

With Its Newest Product, Beanless Coffee Startup Prefer Takes A Leaf Out of the Blended Meat Playbook

Anay Mridul Jul 11, 2025

Singaporean food tech firm Prefer has unveiled a bean-free soluble powder positioned as a "coffee extender", in an approach reminiscent of blended meat. When it comes to decarbonising the food system, working with – not against – the…
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Future Foods

Global Survey: 75% of Consumers Still Interested in Plant-Based Meat & Dairy

Anay Mridul Jul 11, 2025

A majority of consumers globally remain interested in plant-based meat and dairy alternatives, while millennials are keenest on blended proteins. Despite the doom-and-gloom coverage of the plant-based sector, three-quarters of global…
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Alt Dairy

Butter or Crock? Dairy Industry Asks FDA to Crack Down on Plant-Based Alternative

Anay Mridul Jul 11, 2025

Milk and butter producers are calling on the US food regulator to investigate Country Crock's use of 'butter' on the packaging for its dairy-free alternative. Having already been at the receiving end of several lawsuits over the years,…
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Health

Fibermaxxing: Can the Gen Z TikTok Food Trend Put More Plants On the Plate?

Anay Mridul Jul 11, 2025

TikTokers are loading up on fibre in Gen Z's latest health trend, fibermaxxing, which has a rare seal of approval from nutritionists. It's also a big opportunity for plant-based food brands. Protein may be everywhere right now, but…
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Alt Dairy

Rewe Group, Oatly & More Ask Germany to Reduce VAT on Plant-Based Milk

Anay Mridul Jul 10, 2025

Germany still taxes plant-based milk at a rate nearly three times higher than dairy, prompting retailers and manufacturers to launch a petition demanding parity. Reduce the value-added tax on plant-based milk to the same rate as dairy…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

21st.Bio Unveils Platform for Low-Cost Production of Cow-Free Dairy Protein

Anay Mridul Jul 10, 2025

Danish firm 21st.Bio has launched a new development programme for companies to create precision-fermented alpha-lactalbumin in a cost-effective manner. To help companies expand access to a key whey protein, minus the cow and the…
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Cell-Based News

‘Meaty’ Names on Cultivated Protein Packaging Don’t Cause Confusion, Finds Study

Anay Mridul Jul 10, 2025

The use of terms like 'beef' or 'salmon' on cultivated meat packaging labels helps, rather than hinders, consumer understanding, particularly with allergenicity. Four in five Europeans are able to differentiate cultivated meat from…
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Green Business

The Tofoo Co Rides on UK’s Tofu Wave with Record Sales in 2024

Anay Mridul Jul 10, 2025

UK tofu maker The Tofoo Co recorded an 18.5% growth in revenue in 2024, hitting nearly £24M in the same year the company changed hands. Subverting the decline of the UK's meat-free market, The Tofoo Co enjoyed a milestone year with…
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Seafood

Fan Favourite: As Sales Soar, Revo Foods Brings Back Hyper-Realistic Vegan Octopus

Anay Mridul Jul 9, 2025

Austrian mycoprotein player Revo Foods has re-released its 3D-printed octopus product, The Kraken, as a permanent offering after receiving "overwhelming demand". Robin Simsa and his team get four to five messages every week about a…
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Future Foods

Future Food Quick Bites: Oshi Salmon, Apricot Kernel Chocolate & Vegan Eggs

Anay Mridul Jul 9, 2025

Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Next Level Burger's new menu, Quorn's £18M injection, and Chocolat Stella's apricot kernel milk bar. New products and…
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Policy & Regulation

‘Plant Protein Split’ Must Be Part of Mandatory Reporting on UK Food Sales, Say 200+ Organisations

Anay Mridul Jul 9, 2025

The UK government's initiative to make reporting of healthy food sales in supermarkets mandatory doesn't go far enough, experts say in a new report. British supermarkets must disclose the ratio of plant- and animal-based proteins sold,…
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Alt Protein

Aussie Plant Based Co Makes Comeback with New Products, Nine Months After Liquidation

Anay Mridul Jul 9, 2025

The Aussie Plant Based Co has re-entered the market with new vegan burgers, sausages and cheeses nine months after being acquired out of liquidation by Smart Foods. Everybody loves a good comeback story. And the plant-based sector needs…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Prime Roots: Omnivores Prefer This Netflix-Famous Startup’s Mycelium Deli Slices Over Meat

Anay Mridul Jul 8, 2025

New York-based mycelium meat brand Prime Roots has revamped its whole-cut deli lineup, with meat-eaters preferring its cold cuts over conventional meat. Prime Roots, the koji meat maker that went viral on Netflix's You Are What You Eat,…
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Alt Dairy

Now Owned by Danone, Kate Farms Targets Ozempic with High-Protein Plant-Based Nutrition Shakes

Anay Mridul Jul 8, 2025

Plant-based nutrition brand Kate Farms has launched two high-protein shakes to tackle "critical nutrition gaps" from GLP-1 use, its first product since its acquisition by Danone. Just a week after finalising its takeover by dairy giant…
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Future Foods

This is the Only Way the Food System Will Meet Its Climate Goals

Anay Mridul Jul 8, 2025

Fully replacing animal proteins with alternative sources by 2050 is now the only way to keep the food system from eating up its carbon budget, a new study has found. With our calorie and protein demand growing, the global food system…
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