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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 Protein

Dutch Retailer Albert Heijn Joins Blended Protein Push with Hybrid Meat & Milk Range

Anay Mridul Jun 23, 2025

Dutch supermarket Albert Heijn has introduced 15 products combining meat and dairy with plant-based ingredients in the largest such rollout of blended proteins yet. The Netherlands really is going big on blends. After Lidl and Aldi,…
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Climate Change

Agriculture: The Planet’s Biggest Resource Drain, And Our Most Untapped Solution

Anay Mridul Jun 23, 2025

A new map by RA Capital Management and the Nature Conservancy uncovers 'the true impact' of agriculture on Earth's systems, and why it's the most overlooked opportunity to improve public and planetary health. Despite the food system…
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Alt Dairy

Malaysian Startup Opens Southeast Asia’s First Innovation Hub for Plant-Based Milk

Anay Mridul Jun 20, 2025

Pure Mylk, a Malaysian plant-based dairy firm, has opened an innovation hub to help companies bring dairy-free beverages to market. Malaysia's Pure Mylk has opened The Mylky Way in Selangor, described as Southeast Asia's first dedicated…
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Alt Protein

Canada’s New School Foods Expands Into Plant-Based Beef Under New Entity

Anay Mridul Jun 20, 2025

Canadian whole-cut plant-based meat maker New School Foods has expanded its business structure and diversified from salmon to beef. Following months of aggressive expansion for its plant-based whole-cut salmon in Canada, New School…
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Cell-Based News

Cultivated Meat Firm Hoxton Farms Goes All-In On Asia’s Biomanufacturing Prowess

Anay Mridul Jun 20, 2025

British cultivated pork startup Hoxton Farms has teamed up with Japan's Mitsui Chemicals in its latest move, spotlighting Asia's biomanufacturing leadership. When it comes to cultivated meat, Europe is still playing catch-up thanks to…
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Alt Dairy

Mighty Drinks: UK Plant-Based Milk Startup Seeks Rescue Deal After Entering Administration

Anay Mridul Jun 20, 2025

British plant-based milk firm Mighty Drinks has entered administration amid rising costs and fundraising challenges, with its future now hanging on a rescue deal. Mighty Drinks, the brand that introduced pea milk to the British…
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Funding News

Rival Foods: Plant-Based Meat Startup Lands $11.5M for Clean-Label Whole Cuts

Anay Mridul Jun 19, 2025

Dutch food tech firm Rival Foods has secured €10M ($11.5M) in funding to scale up its suite of whole-cut plant-based meats, which contain minimal ingredients and high amounts of protein. If there are three things consumers want from…
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Cell-Based News

Exclusive: Clever Carnivore Plans 2026 Cultivated Pork Launch with Industry-First $0.07/L Media Cost

Anay Mridul Jun 19, 2025

US food tech startup Clever Carnivore has achieved industry-leading cost reductions for its cultivated pork, which it hopes to begin selling in the country next year. As companies scramble to lower the production costs of cultivated…
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Cell-Based News

Vow Makes History As First Startup to Serve Cultivated Meat at Australian Restaurants

Anay Mridul Jun 19, 2025

Sydney-based Vow received regulatory approval to sell cultivated meat in Australia and New Zealand, which will begin appearing on restaurant menus in the coming weeks. Australians will soon be able to order cultivated meat from…
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Climate Change

Belém Declaration: UN Members Urged to Develop Plant-Based Action Plans by COP32

Anay Mridul Jun 18, 2025

Regional government leaders, activists and stakeholders have signed a declaration calling on UN member states to create national plans to promote healthy and sustainable diets. With the spotlight shining brightly on COP30 host Brazil's…
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Seafood

Juicy Marbles x Revo Foods: Can CPG Brand Collabs Revive Plant-Based Meat Sector?

Anay Mridul Jun 18, 2025

Slovenian plant-based meat maker Juicy Marbles has teamed up with Austrian mycoprotein firm Revo Foods to launch a whole-cut cod alternative tailored for the US market. Meat and seafood alternatives may have suffered a 7% fall in sales…
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Future Foods

EU Backs 16 Future Food Startups Tackling Climate Crisis

Anay Mridul Jun 18, 2025

The EU has extended its track record of investing in climate-smart food tech startups amid rising inflation and environmental threats in the region. EIT Food's RisingFoodStars, an EU-backed programme to help agrifood tech startups scale…
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Future Foods

Future Food Quick Bites: Protein Lattes, Food Tech Hubs & Tempeh Innovation

Anay Mridul Jun 18, 2025

Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers a host of protein lattes, Better Nature's tempeh rollouts, and Meatable's presentation at a Wall Street Journal forum. …
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Future Foods

This Startup Got $4.6M To Turn Food Waste & Fungi Into Plant-Based Meat Flavourings

Anay Mridul Jun 17, 2025

France's Fungu'it has secured €4M ($4.6M) in funding to scale its technology that turns food waste into natural flavours for meat and cocoa alternatives. Using fungi fermentation to transform agricultural byproducts into natural…
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Alt Protein

Israeli Startup ‘Redefines’ Plant-Based Meat with 90% Less Saturated Fat

Anay Mridul Jun 17, 2025

Israeli 3D-printed meat maker Redefine Meat has introduced a new product line with dramatic reductions in saturated fat and methylcellulose use. To capture Europeans' interest in the category, Redefine Meat has unveiled a new class of…
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Alt Fats

What is Epogee, the Novel Fat Maker Sparking UPF Controversy & A Protein Bar War?

Anay Mridul Jun 16, 2025

Shortly after acquiring low-calorie fat maker Epogee, David Protein is being sued by other snack brands for allegedly monopolising the ultra-processed ingredient derived from a seed oil. What was supposed to be a celebratory week for…
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Food & Nutrition

Israeli Startup Unveils AI-Powered ‘Natural’ GLP-1 Peptide to Rival Ozempic

Anay Mridul Jun 16, 2025

As Americans embrace Ozempic and food-as-medicine innovations, a new startup has created a bioactive peptide to activate the body's GLP-1 hormone. Can a bioactive peptide revolutionise a food industry already shaken up by the Ozempic…
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Climate Change

This Project is Helping Brazilian Ranchers Switch to Plant-Based Farming

Anay Mridul Jun 16, 2025

Food awareness organisation ProVeg Brazil has kicked off the Cultiva Project, an initiative to help livestock farmers transition to plant-based farming. An age-old gripe about the calls to diversify our protein sources is how it will…
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Research & Scientific Studies

Vegetarians Tend to Be More Nonconformist, Less Benevolent Than Meat-Eaters: Study

Anay Mridul Jun 16, 2025

A two-country study shows that people who don't eat meat place less emphasis on building personal relationships and independent thinking and success are key tenets of their social values. Vegetarians have a different worldview from…
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Fashion

Pangaia Debuts Activewear Collection with Bio-Based Nylon & Mostly Fossil-Free Elastane

Anay Mridul Jun 13, 2025

British material science company Pangaia has debuted 365 Seamless Activewear, a five-piece collection featuring bio-based nylon and an elastane alternative with 98% renewable resources. To reduce the clothing industry's reliance on…
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Alt Protein

An Impossible Burger Blended with Beef? CEO Hints at Move Amid Category Struggles

Anay Mridul Jun 13, 2025

Impossible Foods CEO Peter McGuinness has suggested that the plant-based giant could enter the blended meat space to entice more flexitarians. In 2024, nearly every American household that bought a vegan burger also purchased…
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