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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.

Vegan Dining

Celeb-Backed Vegan Burger Chain Neat Shuts Final UK Sites After Series of Global Closures

Anay Mridul Apr 22, 2025

Neat, the vegan burger chain backed by Sir Lewis Hamilton & Leonardo DiCaprio, has shut its remaining UK locations, after a spate of closures over the last 18 months. Popular plant-based fast-food chain Neat has closed its two…
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Climate Change

Can You Trust A ‘Climate Neutral’ Label? Clif Bar Lawsuit Puts Food Marketing on Trial

Anay Mridul Apr 22, 2025

Confectionery giant Mondelēz International is facing a major lawsuit alleging that it falsely claims climate neutrality on Clif Bars, pushing offsets into further scrutiny. As false marketing lawsuits on food companies continue to…
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Alt Protein

Ozempic Maker Pumps $7.6M in AI Project to Make Non-UPF Plant-Based Meat

Anay Mridul Apr 21, 2025

Danish pharma giant Novo Nordisk has provided a grant worth 50 million kroner ($7.6M) to the University of Copenhagen to develop less processed plant-based proteins. As meat alternatives continue to be scrutinised for their level of…
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Cell-Based News

Govt-Backed Report Shows How Finland Can Build A €1B Future Food Economy

Anay Mridul Apr 21, 2025

Finland is well-placed to become a cellular agriculture leader, with its export potential set to reach €1B in the next decade – but funding and regulation challenges must be addressed. In a decade's time, cultivated meat, cell-based…
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Alt Protein

Loma Linda’s 135-Year Vegan Legacy Faces Uncertainty with Bankruptcy Filing

Anay Mridul Apr 21, 2025

Atlantic Natural Foods, the plant-based company behind Loma Linda and Tuno, has filed for bankruptcy months after withdrawing from a takeover deal by Above Food. In the latest example of the financial challenges facing the plant-based…
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Cell-Based News

Could This Be the Holy Grail of Cultivated Meat?

Anay Mridul Apr 21, 2025

Researchers in Japan say they've reached a "breakthrough" in tissue engineering that could open up "transformative opportunities" for cultivated meat production. To solve one of cultivated meat's biggest challenges, scientists have…
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Alt Dairy

Animal-Free Dairy Startup Perfect Day Accused of Misleading Consumers in New Lawsuit

Anay Mridul Apr 18, 2025

US food tech startup Perfect Day has been hit with a false marketing lawsuit for its FDA-approved, animal-free dairy whey protein. Months after ending its lawsuit with a co-manufacturing partner, Californian precision fermentation…
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Climate Change

Americans Know Beef is Bad for the Planet, And They Want Their Leaders to Talk About It

Anay Mridul Apr 18, 2025

Over half of Americans identify beef as the most polluting food, and many are open to eating plant-based, but they need policy changes to support the shift. This story is part of The 89 Percent Project, an initiative of the…
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Food & Nutrition

Swiss Government 2025 Nutrition Strategy: More Plants, Less Food Waste

Anay Mridul Apr 18, 2025

The Swiss government has published its nutrition strategy for the next eight years, expanding the focus to sustainability, plant-based diets and food waste. Swiss citizens are eating too much meat, animal fat, sugar and salt, and very…
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Future Foods

EU Climate Agency: Alternative Proteins Are Inevitable for Future Food Security

Anay Mridul Apr 18, 2025

What will the food system look like in 2050? According to the EU, meat will give way to plants and novel proteins, no matter how things end up. The EU's production and consumption patterns require "fundamental changes" to reach its…
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Funding News

Europe Is Now A Global Food Tech Leader, As Sustainable Protein Investments Soar

Anay Mridul Apr 17, 2025

European future food startups saw a 25% boost in funding in 2024, making the region a global leader in the space – but economic uncertainty is keeping investors cautious this year. While US tariffs keep business leaders and investors on…
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Future Foods

5 Minutes with A Future Food VC: Solvable Syndicate’s Steve Simitzis

Anay Mridul Apr 17, 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. Steve Simitzis is a Partner at Solvable…
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Alt Materials

This US Startup Debuted Sustainable Diapers That Decompose, Thanks to Fungi

Anay Mridul Apr 17, 2025

US startup Hiro Technologies has unveiled MycoDigestible Diapers, which come with plastic-eating fungi that break the material down in landfill. What can mycelium not do? It can feed humans, stand in for leather, turn into sustainable…
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Alt Protein

The Best Way Forward for Plant-Based? Stop Copying Meat, Says One Startup

Anay Mridul Apr 16, 2025

With sales of meat analogues continuing to drop, some plant-based companies are moving away from replication and betting on new product formats. Revo Foods is one of them. “The plant-based industry had a dogma that if you replicate meat…
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Alt Dairy

French Startup to Create Recombinant Milk Proteins from Bel Group’s Whey Waste

Anay Mridul Apr 16, 2025

Bel Group France has partnered with portfolio company Standing Ovation to upcycle its whey waste to produce precision-fermented casein proteins. What if waste from cow's milk could help create next-generation dairy products? That's…
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Alt Protein

Future Food Quick Bites: This Isn’t Ravioli, Jaguar Land Rover & Earthshot Prize

Anay Mridul Apr 16, 2025

Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers This's pasta partnership with Ugo Foods Group, Starday's $11M Series A round, and a nomination for the Earthshot Prize. …
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Consumer Trends & Insights

In A Worrying Sign for Food Tech, Americans Trust Authenticity Over Science to Identify ‘Truth’

Anay Mridul Apr 16, 2025

US consumers value authenticity over science in their beliefs around food and agriculture, with a majority seeking truth as "simple, safe and familiar", a new survey has found. How do you define truth when it comes to the food system…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

US Grants Patent for Mycoprotein Startup to Turn Potato Waste Into Sustainable Meat

Anay Mridul Apr 15, 2025

Food tech startup The Better Meat Co has received its sixth patent in the US, which covers a method to produce mycelium proteins using potato waste as a feedstock. As it ramps up production and mobilises capital to enter its next growth…
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Cell-Based News

India Inches Closer to Cultivated Meat as Biokraft Foods Prepares Regulatory Filing

Anay Mridul Apr 15, 2025

Mumbai-based food tech startup Biokraft Foods has debuted cultured seafood prototypes in collaboration with the government, and will apply for regulatory approval for cultivated chicken this summer. Cultivated meat is inching closer to…
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Alt Dairy

Kraft Heinz Bets on Plant-Based Dessert Demand with Jell-O Oat Milk Chocolate Pudding

Anay Mridul Apr 15, 2025

Kraft Heinz has launched the first ready-to-eat vegan offering under its iconic Jell-O brand, a dairy-free version of its chocolate pudding. Packaged food giant Kraft Heinz is for the first time diving into plant-based desserts,…
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Alt Protein

Eat Just to Launch Mung Bean Egg in Europe with Vegan Food Group Deal

Anay Mridul Apr 15, 2025

Eat Just is bringing its bestselling vegan egg to Europe after striking a distribution deal with Vegan Food Group, which is investing £11.5M ($15.2M) to ramp up production at its sites. Just Egg – the pioneering vegan egg alternative…
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