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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.

Funding News

Modern Baker, the Startup Behind Superloaf, Nabs $3.4M to Make Healthy UPFs

Anay Mridul Jul 28, 2025

On a mission to make healthy ultra-processed foods, UK startup Modern Baker has secured £2.5M ($3.4M) in a Series A funding round. While the furore around ultra-processed foods (UPFs) remains at fever pitch, one British startup is…
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Future Foods

Israel’s PoLoPo Targets High-Protein Potato Chips with Molecular Farming Platform

Anay Mridul Jul 28, 2025

Israeli molecular farming startup has pivoted its business model to develop high-protein potatoes for the chip industry. Tel Aviv-based food tech firm PoLoPo is aiming to disrupt the $53B potato chip industry and meet the protein moment…
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Animal Rights

These Animal Welfare NGOs Put 150 Hackers in A Room. These Are the AI Tools They Built

Anay Mridul Jul 25, 2025

In a hackathon hosted by AI-for-good organisations Electric Sheep and Open Paws, around 150 coders came up with compassionate tools for animal justice. What do you get when you put 150 young hackers in a room to develop tech-led…
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Cell-Based News

Believer Meats Earns FDA Approval & Completes World’s Largest Factory for Cultivated Meat

Anay Mridul Jul 25, 2025

Israeli food tech firm Believer Meats has secured US FDA approval for its cultivated meat, and completed the construction of its manufacturing facility. Believer Meats has become the fifth cultivated meat startup to secure regulatory…
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Zero Waste

This AI-Led 3D Printer Turns Food Waste Into Everyday Objects

Anay Mridul Jul 25, 2025

Two MIT graduates have developed an AI-powered 3D printer that converts household food waste into functional objects like cup holders, coasters, and decorative items. What if you could use your espresso grounds to make a coaster for…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Beyond Meat Debuts Whole-Cut Mycelium Steak Filet at US Restaurants

Anay Mridul Jul 25, 2025

US plant-based giant Beyond Meat has launched its hotly anticipated mycelium steak at New York City's Ladybird and all BOA Steakhouse locations. Beyond Meat is going beyond plants for its latest product launch, turning to fungi in a bid…
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Cell-Based News

Mission Barns Completes USDA Approval to Clear the Way for Cultivated Pork Fat Launch

Anay Mridul Jul 24, 2025

US food tech startup Mission Barns has secured the USDA greenlight for its cultivated pork fat, paving the way for its launch into Sprouts and restaurant group Fiorella this quarter. While states continue to ban cultivated meat, at the…
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Alt Dairy

Oatly Bets on Lookbook & Opens Strategic Review to Tackle Q2 Slowdown in US & China

Anay Mridul Jul 24, 2025

Oat milk leader Oatly has revised its full-year guidance after sales dropped in the US and China, where it is mulling a potential restructuring. Swedish plant-based milk giant Oatly continued to struggle in the US and Greater China in…
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Eco Packaging

Notpla Debuts Plastic-Free Drinks Carrier at England v France Rugby Match

Anay Mridul Jul 24, 2025

Seaweed packaging pioneer Notpla piloted a rugby-ball-inspired sustainable drinks carrier at last month's match between England XIV and France XIV. While England and France's rugby players battled it out at Twickenham's Allianz Stadium…
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Future Food Quick Bites

Future Food Quick Bites: Oatly Matcha, Mycoprotein Mince & A Vegan Football Kit

Anay Mridul Jul 23, 2025

Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Oatly's new matcha latte, Revo Foods's clean-label mince, and Lactalis Canada's plant-based exit. New products and…
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Chocolate

Win-Win Raises $4M for Cocoa-Free Chocolate & Notches Martin Braun-Gruppe Collab

Anay Mridul Jul 23, 2025

London-based food tech startup Win-Win has raised £3M ($4M) in funding for its cocoa-free chocolate, and partnered with German bakery giant Martin Braun-Gruppe for two coating products. British cocoa-free chocolate firm Win-Win has…
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Future Foods

Can This New Partnership Meet Asia-Pacific’s Cellular Agriculture Potential?

Anay Mridul Jul 23, 2025

The APAC Society for Cellular Agriculture and Cellular Agriculture Australia have teamed up to advance the Asia-Pacific future food industry. To boost the Asia-Pacific market for cultivated meat and fermentation-derived food…
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Alt Protein

Reduce, Remix, Replace: German Govt Must Support Alternative Proteins, Say Scientists

Anay Mridul Jul 23, 2025

Scientists advising the German government have called for greater support of alternative proteins in a new report, recommending over 50 policy measures. Coining the 'three Rs' of protein diversification is a new report by Germany's…
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Future Foods

GEA Opens $20M Centre to Scale Up Alternative Proteins in the US

Anay Mridul Jul 22, 2025

German engineering firm GEA has opened its New Food Application and Technology Center in the US with a $20M investment to scale up alternative protein production. To boost alternative proteins like animal-free dairy and cultivated meat,…
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Alt Protein

Gas Protein Startup NovoNutrients to Sell Assets, Citing Investment Challenges

Anay Mridul Jul 22, 2025

Californian gas fermentation firm NovoNutrients, which makes proteins from gases, is selling its assets a year after raising $18M in funding. The "shifting investment climate" around food tech has pushed another alternative protein…
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Funding News

Estonian Govt Pumps $1.1M in Äio to Scale Up Yeast-Based Palm Oil Alternative for Cosmetics

Anay Mridul Jul 22, 2025

Estonian startup Äio has secured €1M ($1.1M) in a government grant to speed up the development of its yeast-derived sustainable fat alternative, specifically for use in cosmetics. With the EU set to ban the import of products featuring…
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Climate Change

New IPES Report Calls for Fossil Fuel Phaseout From Food Industry, Misses Key Solutions

Anay Mridul Jul 22, 2025

A new report argues that we need to get fossil fuels out of our food system. It doesn't go far enough – to truly combat climate change, we must limit livestock-linked land use and support alternative proteins. Globally, 40% of all…
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Food & Nutrition

Brightseed’s AI Tool Uncovers 530 Health-Promoting Compounds in California Almonds

Anay Mridul Jul 21, 2025

In a partnership with the Almond Board of California, AI nutrient discovery firm Brightseed has uncovered 530 phytochemicals in the nuts, including six seen for the first time. Almonds may be way more beneficial than previously thought,…
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Health

Should Vegans Pay Lower Health Insurance Premiums?

Anay Mridul Jul 21, 2025

Plant-based diets are linked to better health outcomes, so should vegans be entitled to better insurance rates too? A frequent criticism of vegan diets is that they're too expensive. Meat and dairy alternatives tend to be costlier than…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Researchers Recreate Key Milk Protein for Game-Changing Animal-Free Cheese

Anay Mridul Jul 21, 2025

Scientists in Denmark have found the solution to a key issue holding back precision-fermented casein proteins, paving the way for more realistic animal-free cheese. With climate change threatening dairy yields amid growing demand for…
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Climate Change

Could Trump Deliver ‘Rare Win’ for Meat & the Climate with US Beef Exports?

Anay Mridul Jul 18, 2025

Increasing US exports of beef can help lower the industry's emissions across the globe, but protectionist barriers and tariffs must be overcome first. By displacing China's imports of South American beef with its own, the US could help…
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