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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 Dairy

New Zealand’s Boring Debuts High-Fibre Oat Milk Boosted with Yeast Protein

Anay Mridul Oct 1, 2026

Boring, New Zealand's best-selling plant-based milk brand, has launched Boring Break, a range of high-protein, high-fibre oat milks to meet evolving consumer needs. New Zealand brand Boring has joined the wave of protein- and fibre-rich…
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Policy & Regulation

This AI Toolkit Helps Food Companies Prove GRAS Status Faster Ahead of FDA Overhaul

Anay Mridul Oct 1, 2026

US scientific assessment company SciPinion has launched SciBridge, an AI-enabled toolkit that provides food producers with a method to prove their ingredients' similarity to an FDA-cleared precedent in minutes. With the US Food and Drug…
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Future Food Quick Bites

Future Food Quick Bites: The Vegetarian Butcher, Protein Chocolate & Non-Dairy Sales

Anay Mridul Sep 30, 2026

Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers The Vegetarian Butcher's burgers in the UK, another yeast protein in India, and fluctuating plant-based milk sales. New…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Gutgevity: Bactolife Launches Binding Proteins in US to Supercharge Gut Health Market

Anay Mridul Sep 30, 2026

Danish biotech startup Bactolife has teamed up with Healthgevity to bring its Helm line of binding proteins to the US, starting with a Gutgevity supplement for gut wellness. Months after securing €30M to bring its binding proteins to…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Biotech Open Platform: Danone, Michelin & Co Open €20M Precision Fermentation Facility

Anay Mridul Sep 30, 2026

France's Biotech Open Platform, established by Danone, Michelin and others with over €20M in initial funding, has opened an advanced fermentation facility to help companies scale up to industrial production. Two years after its…
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Alt Protein

Whitworths Debuts Unprocessed Walnut ‘Supermince’ in UK’s Largest Supermarket

Anay Mridul Sep 30, 2026

UK food brand Whitworths is bringing its walnut-based minced meat alternative to brick-and-mortar retail for the first time, launching four flavours at 900 Tesco stores. As the furore around ultra-processed food (UPF) continues to…
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Chocolate

Lindt-Backed Food Brewer Brings Cocoa-Free Chocolate to SBB Trains Across Switzerland

Anay Mridul Sep 29, 2026

Swiss alternative chocolate startup Food Brewer has debuted Yodel Bites, a cocoa-free chocolate bar made from yellow pea byproducts, on all SBB trains with dining cars across the country. Food Brewer, a Swiss food tech startup backed by…
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Research & Scientific Studies

How Waste Valorisation Can Create Profitable Plant-Based Businesses

Anay Mridul Sep 29, 2026

A three-year government-backed project led by the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland shows that creating value from every sidestream is crucial for plant-based companies to build a profitable business. Achieving profitability in…
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UPFs

Newsom Signs Law to Create First-of-A-Kind Non-UPF Certified Label in California

Anay Mridul Sep 29, 2026

California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a bipartisan bill that creates a non-UPF certification label for food products in the state, a first for the country. California's war on ultra-processed foods (UPFs) has reached new heights,…
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Alt Protein

Landish Unveils Five-Plant Protein Powder Featuring Plantible Foods’s Rubisco

Anay Mridul Sep 29, 2026

Canadian wellness brand Landish has launched a new protein powder combining Plantible Foods's duckweed-derived Rubisco ingredient with four other plant-based proteins. The world's most plentiful protein is making its way into the…
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Funding News

Those Vegan Cowboys Leads €1.2M Project to Make Sports Nutrition Products with Cow-Free Casein Protein

Anay Mridul Sep 28, 2026

Dutch startup Those Vegan Cowboys and partner organisations have received €1.2M from an EU-backed fund to create sports nutrition products using its precision-fermented casein protein. Those Vegan Cowboys is expanding the spectrum of…
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Policy & Regulation

New York City Expands Soy Milk Pilot in Schools After Cutting Food Emissions

Anay Mridul Sep 28, 2026

New York City has lowered its milk-related emissions in schools by 17% through a pilot that offered soy milk on the lunch line, which is set to expand to more institutions this fall. Soy milk is helping drive schools' sustainability…
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Research & Scientific Studies

No Country on Track to Meet Food System Emissions Goal for 2030, Shows UN-Backed Report

Anay Mridul Sep 28, 2026

Most of the world is moving too slowly to meet food system transformation goals, with the measure for agrifood greenhouse gas emissions exhibiting one of the largest gaps, according to a new report. The vast majority of countries will…
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Chocolate

Soufflet Malt, Eat the Truth Target Alternative Cocoa Flavours with Fermented Grains

Anay Mridul Sep 28, 2026

French malt producer Soufflet Malt and food tech platform Eat the Truth have teamed up to use fermentation to turn malt into flavours that can replace cocoa and alcohol, among other ingredients, in food and beverage products. With…
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Policy & Regulation

Irish Govt Urged to Create National Plant-Based Food Fund in Budget 2027

Anay Mridul Sep 25, 2026

The Vegan Society of Ireland has called on the national government to take inspiration from Denmark and set up a national plant-based action plan and fund in the 2027 budget. Ireland is being implored to take a leaf out of Denmark's…
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Vegan

UK’s Gosh Expands Super Plants Line with High-Fibre Veggie Burgers

Anay Mridul Sep 25, 2026

British vegan brand Gosh is building on the success of its Super Plants sausages with two fibre-packed veggie burgers high in 'plant points'. With fibre gaining ground among Brits, Gosh is adding a new suite of products to its…
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Policy & Regulation

Singapore Govt Reiterates Food Security Potential of Alternative Proteins

Anay Mridul Sep 25, 2026

Singapore moved alternative proteins out of the policy spotlight last year; now, its environment minister has now restated their importance for the city-state's long-term food security, although challenges remain. Plant-based and…
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Alt Dairy

Step Aside, Protein: Oatly Targets Europe’s Fibre Deficiency with Latest Oat Milk Range

Anay Mridul Sep 24, 2026

As competitors pump out protein-boosted non-dairy milks, Oatly holds its line on fibre, launching barista and low-calorie oat milks intended to help Europeans close the fibre gap. In 2025, Oatly warned that fibre was "coming for…
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Alt Protein

Maple Leaf Foods to Consolidate US Plant Protein Production From Three Hubs to One

Anay Mridul Sep 24, 2026

Canadian meat giant Maple Leaf Foods will close two of its plant-based protein manufacturing sites in the US, centralising production at its facility in Indianapolis instead, citing "declining volumes". Just as it revives one of the…
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Policy & Regulation

Pinggu Consensus: China Bets on AI & Policy Coordination to Transform the Future of Food

Anay Mridul Sep 24, 2026

At the World Agri-Food Innovation conference in Beijing, Chinese government officials published a declaration of six consensus objectives agreed upon by the participants to fuel the green transition of the agrifood system. China has…
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Alt Dairy

Now Part of Refresco, SunOpta Opens $35M Production Line for Plant-Based Dairy

Anay Mridul Sep 24, 2026

SunOpta, which was acquired by Refresco earlier this year, has opened a newly expanded $35M production line for its plant-based milk and creamers in Midlothian, boosting its capacity by 10%. US food producer SunOpta, known for its…
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