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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.

Climate Change

Governments Spreading Misinformation to Fuel Climate Denial & Inaction: Study

Anay Mridul Jul 3, 2025

Governments and corporations have intentionally spread climate misinformation to block environmental action and diminish public trust, with Donald Trump identified as a key influencer. Conspiracy theories and misleading information are…
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Coffee

Singaporean Bean-Free Coffee Startup Nabs Major Ice Cream Collab

Anay Mridul Jul 3, 2025

Melvados, a gourmet retailer in Singapore, has launched a co-branded Coconut Latte ice cream without dairy or coffee, using local startup Prefer's beanless alternative instead. Singaporeans can get their hands on Asia's first ice cream…
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Policy & Regulation

Is Denmark’s EU Presidency A New Dawn for the Plant-Based Transition?

Anay Mridul Jul 3, 2025

As Denmark kicks off its EU Council presidency, it is spearheading efforts to shift the bloc towards a plant-based food system. For years now, diplomacy has thwarted the EU's climate ambitions, whether that's to do with redirecting…
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Vegan

Most Americans Think Plant-Based Diets Are Too Expensive. They’re Wrong

Anay Mridul Jul 3, 2025

A new survey shows that a majority of US consumers believe vegan diets are more costly than the Standard American Diet, despite meat being the highest source of spending for 70% of them. Talk about veganism in a social setting, and…
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Seafood

Plant-Based Seafood Needs A Protein & Omega-3 Boost, Finds Nutritional Review

Anay Mridul Jul 2, 2025

While most vegan seafood products qualify as a source of protein, on average, they still lag behind conventional fish, according to a new review. While many flexitarians turn to seafood in their bid to cut back on meat, the adoption of…
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Vegan Dining

Malaysia’s Largest Coffee Chain Goes Big On Plants with Green Rebel Partnership

Anay Mridul Jul 2, 2025

Zus Coffee, now Malaysia's largest coffee chain, has launched a vegan menu with Southeast Asian plant-based meat startup Green Rebel Foods at over 200 locations. With a fifth of Malaysians looking to cut back on meat, its largest coffee…
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Future Foods

Future Food Quick Bites: Protein Coffee, Beyond Meat x Lacrosse & Plant-Based Pakistan

Anay Mridul Jul 2, 2025

Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Chike Nutrition's plant protein coffees, a sunflower seed meat alternative, and US physicians' letter to the government. …
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Alt Protein

Veganz Eyes Turnaround with Launch of Mililk FoodTech & $35M Sale of OrbiFarm

Anay Mridul Jul 2, 2025

Germany's Veganz Group has established Mililk FoodTech to unlock hidden business value following a 34% drop in sales last year, and will sell its OrbiFarm subsidiary for €30M ($35M). Following three years of revenue decline, German…
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Green Business

Atlantic Natural Foods Agrees to Potential Sale of Loma Linda, Tuno to Filipino Food Giant

Anay Mridul Jul 1, 2025

Atlantic Natural Foods, the company behind Loma Linda and Tuno, has signed an asset purchase agreement with Philippines-based Century Pacific Food. Two months after declaring bankruptcy, US legacy plant-based meat player Atlantic…
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Climate Change

Global Banks Cut Factory Farming Investments By Half in 2024, But Sustainability Funding Lags

Anay Mridul Jul 1, 2025

While the world's leading finance institutions significantly divested from industrial animal agriculture last year, factory farming still received five times more funding than sustainable systems. International banks' financial support…
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Kids

Plant-Based Diets Can Support Healthy Growth in Children Finds Multi-Study Review

Anay Mridul Jul 1, 2025

A new review suggests that well-planned plant-based diets are safe and healthy for kids, if they're carefully planned and supplemented to prevent nutrient deficiencies. Can kids be vegan and healthy? According to a major review of 27…
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Future Foods

Could the EU’s Biotech Act Finally Break the Novel Food Approval Deadlock?

Anay Mridul Jun 30, 2025

In a potentially big win for cultivated meat and precision fermentation, the EU is set to publish a document outlining its push to overhaul and fast-track novel food approval. Novel food approval could receive a boost under a new…
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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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