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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.

Cell-Based News

British Startup Multus Taps AI & Automation to Create Serum-Free Media for Cultivated Meat

Anay Mridul Jun 30, 2025

UK firm Multus Biotechnology has unveiled an animal-free media formulation for cultivated meat, allowing companies to eliminate serum from their products. To ease ethical concerns, optimise production and lower costs, British company…
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Zero Waste

Social Media Mixed Bag in Food Waste Fight: Influencers Educate Against It While Promoting Impulse Buys

Anay Mridul Jun 30, 2025

The use of social media can help reduce individuals' food waste, but it also drives impulse purchases, presenting a conundrum for businesses looking to shrink their climate footprint. Social media can both drive food waste and help…
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Cell-Based News

Gen Z Growing Appetite for Meat Extends to Cultivated Proteins Too, More So Than Other Age Groups

Anay Mridul Jun 30, 2025

While young men are driving the rise in meat consumption in the UK, they're also more open to cultivated meat than other demographics. Two in five young men in the UK are eating more meat than they did last year, and 83% of them don't…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Brazil’s Future Cow Raises R$4.85M to Scale Up Animal-Free Dairy Proteins Via Fermentation

Anay Mridul Jun 27, 2025

São Paulo-based precision fermentation startup Future Cow has secured R$4.85M ($885,000) in equity and public funding to expand its platform for animal-free whey and casein proteins. Future Cow, a Brazilian precision fermentation firm…
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Chocolate

Japanese Retailer Aeon Brings Planet A Foods’s Cocoa-Free Chocolate to Asia

Anay Mridul Jun 27, 2025

Japan's largest retailer, Aeon, has debuted a private-label biscuit SKU featuring ChoViva, a cocoa-free chocolate alternative by Planet A Foods. After establishing a foothold in Europe and the US with some of the world's largest…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Aussie Govt Programme Teams Up With All G to Scale Up Animal-Free Dairy Proteins

Anay Mridul Jun 27, 2025

In a government-backed effort, University of Queensland researchers have produced precision-fermented dairy proteins that will now be scaled up by Sydney startup All G. Powering Australia's burgeoning precision fermentation sector,…
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Future Foods

Legume is the New Coffee: Meet the Belgian Startup Making Your Latte Without the Bean

Anay Mridul Jun 27, 2025

Belgian startup Koppie, which makes a single-ingredient coffee alternative using legumes, has emerged from stealth with a pre-seed funding round. What if you could brew coffee with a different bean? Say, chickpeas? Or something more…
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Future Foods

5 Minutes with A Future Food VC: Oyster Bay Venture Capital’s Felix Leonhardt

Anay Mridul Jun 26, 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. Felix Leonhardt is a Managing Partner at…
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Alt Fats

This Company is Using AI & Fermentation to Create Deforestation-Free Fats

Anay Mridul Jun 26, 2025

Palm oil and cocoa fats are facing upheaval thanks to their climate and economic costs. For Smey, the solution lies with yeast, fermentation, and AI. You likely used palm oil at some point today. The fat is ubiquitous, present in half…
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Future Foods

Could AI Be the Solution for Cheap Cultivated Meat? This French Startup Is Betting On It

Anay Mridul Jun 26, 2025

French startup Gourmey, which is awaiting regulatory approval for cultivated meat in six markets, is betting on AI to solve the industry's greatest problem. Gourmey, the Parisian firm producing foie gras by cultivating duck cells in…
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Alt Protein

Plant-Based Startup Prot Targets India’s Protein Deficiency with Category-First Block

Anay Mridul Jun 26, 2025

Mumbai-based Prot has released Prot Block, a shelf-stable ingredient offering health-conscious Indians a new format of plant-based protein. Walk into metropolitan India right now, and you might begin wondering whether you have a protein…
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Cell-Based News

Avant’s Cultivated Marine Peptide Earns C-Label Certification in Industry-First

Anay Mridul Jun 25, 2025

Asian biotech startup Avant has received the C-Label accreditation for its ZelluGen peptide complex, a first for a non-food product. Aiming to clean up both our skin and the marine peptide industry, Avant's ZelluGen peptide complex –…
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Policy & Regulation

Make American Biotech Accelerate: Is RFK Jr’s Latest Promise Good News for Food Tech?

Anay Mridul Jun 25, 2025

US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has pledged to cut red tape and maintain the country's biotech leadership, despite the rollback of a Biden-era biomanufacturing mandate. From MAHA to MABA, the current US administration sure loves…
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Future Foods

Future Food Quick Bites: Supreme Cheddarton, Vegan Dog Food & Nestlé Layoffs

Anay Mridul Jun 25, 2025

Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Violife's protein-packed Cheddar alternative, Petaluma's plant-based dehydrated dog food, and the EU's vegan labelling war. …
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Vegan

Denny’s Add Full Vegan Breakfast to Permanent Menu at All 1,300 US Locations

Anay Mridul Jun 25, 2025

Diner-style chain Denny's has rolled out a Plant-Based Breakfast Slam at all its locations in the US, bucking the trend of the wider restaurant industry. Denny's has reiterated its commitment to plant-based food with a new dairy- and…
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Cell-Based News

Texas, America’s Largest Beef Producer, Becomes Seventh State to Ban Cultivated Meat

Anay Mridul Jun 24, 2025

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has made the state the seventh in the US to ban the sale of cultivated meat. He has also ordered an investigation into ultra-processed foods. Despite two more companies receiving regulatory approval to sell…
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Alt Protein

Plant-Based Collab: NotCo Unveils Flamin’ Hot Nuggets & Doritos Mayo

Anay Mridul Jun 24, 2025

Snack giant Doritos has teamed up with food tech startup NotCo to launch co-branded vegan products with the iconic Flamin' Hot flavour in Chile. Known for its vegan versions of iconic foodstuffs like Kraft Mac & Cheese and for…
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Beauty

Denmark’s Cellugy Gets €8M EU Funding for Fossil-Free Skincare Materials

Anay Mridul Jun 24, 2025

Danish biotech firm Cellugy has secured €8.1M via an EU grant to scale up its bio-based alternative to fossil-based skincare ingredients. To rid the cosmetics industry of its fossil fuel dependence, Danish startup Cellugy has received…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Exclusive: Mycelium Meat Startup Libre Foods Acquired by Biomanufacturer Firm Planetary

Anay Mridul Jun 24, 2025

Spanish mycelium meat firm Libre Foods has sold its brand, IP, and key assets to Swiss fermentation manufacturer Planetary. Libre Foods, the startup known for its mushroom bacon, has been acquired by Swiss biomanufacturing platform…
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Food & Nutrition

Scientists Develop Alternative to Nova Classification with ‘Nuanced’ Approach to UPFs

Anay Mridul Jun 23, 2025

Researchers have created a new scoring system to classify ultra-processed foods, describing it as a "nuanced" alternative to the existing Nova classification. It has been over 15 years since Dr Carlos Monteiro spearheaded the…
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Alt Fats

No Palm, No Problem: Food Innovators Create Non-Dairy Whipped Cream with Carbon

Anay Mridul Jun 23, 2025

Three companies have partnered on a project to create a first-of-its-kind whipping cream that does away with palm oil and relies on air, literally. US food innovators Alamance Foods and Savor have teamed up with Italy-headquartered…
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