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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

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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Cell-Based News

Meatable Acquires Cultivated Meat Platform from Uncommon Bio, Which Turns to Therapeutics

Anay Mridul Aug 21, 2025

Dutch food tech startup Meatable has acquired UK-based Uncommon Bio's cultivated meat platform and key staff, as the latter shifts focus to therapeutics. As it works to secure regulatory approval in multiple markets, Dutch cultivated…
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Health

In the Netherlands, Plant-Based Meat Products Are Getting Healthier

Anay Mridul Aug 21, 2025

The number of vegan meat alternatives meeting the Netherlands's national nutrition guidelines has tripled in the last two years, a new study has found. Despite fears that ultra-processing makes plant-based meat bad for you, these…
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Beauty

Asian Startups Team Up to Create Cosmetics from Cultivated Fish Cells

Anay Mridul Aug 21, 2025

Japan's IntegriCulture and Singapore's Umami Bioworks have joined forces to leverage their cellular agriculture expertise and develop novel cosmetics from cultured fish cells. Ahead of Japan's inaugural Cellular Agriculture Week, one of…
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Green Business

Lidl Extends Plant-Based Promise with Label to Spotlight Healthy & Sustainable Food

Anay Mridul Aug 20, 2025

Lidl GB is building on its plant-based targets with a new Live Well logo for private-label products that align with the Planetary Health Diet. Further extending its food sustainability leadership, Lidl has created a new label designed…
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Alt Protein

UK Plant-Based Brand Grubby Brings Back Allplants’s Frozen Ready Meals

Anay Mridul Aug 20, 2025

British vegan meal kit startup Grubby has introduced its debut frozen ready meal range, bringing back the Allplants recipes it acquired earlier this year. UK meal delivery firm Grubby has brought back the vegan ready meal range of…
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Future Food Quick Bites

Future Food Quick Bites: Cultivated Pork Debut, QuornPro & Cheaper Oat Milk

Anay Mridul Aug 20, 2025

Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Mission Barns's cultivated pork launch, Quorn's new foodservice range, and a cocoa-free chocolate cheesecake. New…
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UPFs

Nutrition & Sensory Perceptions Promote Overeating Far More Than UPFs, Shows Study

Anay Mridul Aug 20, 2025

New research from the UK shows that ultra-processed foods (UPFs) may not be the real culprit behind overeating, calling for a more nuanced approach to processing and nutrition. Already this month, the American Heart Association has…
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Alt Protein

Hot Dog Summer: Oscar Mayer Combines Meat & Plant-Based Wieners in Flexitarian-Targeting Packs

Anay Mridul Aug 19, 2025

Chicago-based meat giant Oscar Mayer, a subsidiary of Kraft Heinz, has launched the EveryBun Pack, combining its meat and vegan hot dogs in the same packaging without cross-contamination. While many companies are leaning into the…
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