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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

5 Minutes with A Future Food VC: Solvable Syndicate’s Daniel Skavén Ruben

Anay Mridul Mar 7, 2025

In our new 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. Daniel Skavén Ruben is the Founding…
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Alt Protein

Two Sessions: Why China is Betting on Alternative Proteins in Its Annual Political Summit

Anay Mridul Mar 7, 2025

China's annual Two Sessions summit is underway, and two documents released in the lead-up indicate drummed-up government support for alternative proteins. As political leaders from across China convene at the annual Two Sessions summit,…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Solar Foods: Finland Govt Pumps $10.6M in Startup to Build Giant Gas Protein Factory

Anay Mridul Mar 6, 2025

Finnish gas fermentation firm Solar Foods has received €10M ($10.6M) in funding from Business Finland to help build Factory 02, which would produce 12,000 tons of Solein protein annually. To accelerate the development of its…
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Green Business

‘A True Asset’: Allplants Meals to Return As Fellow Vegan Brand Grubby Acquires Recipe IP

Anay Mridul Mar 6, 2025

British vegan meal kit startup Grubby has bought the recipe IP of ready-meal brand Allplants, aiming to relaunch the latter's products shortly after its brand assets were acquired by Deliciously Ella's founders. The revival of popular…
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Funding News

Healthy Snack Startup GoodSam Foods CEO on $9M Funding: RFK Jr Fails to Grasp Regenerative Farming

Anay Mridul Mar 6, 2025

A recognition of its regenerative agriculture and farmer-centric model, US food startup GoodSam Foods has raised $9M in Series A funding to expand its range of healthy snacks. Regenerative agriculture may be in the spotlight thanks to…
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Alt Protein

Impossible Foods Steaks Its Claim with ‘Meatiest’ Plant-Based Product Yet

Anay Mridul Mar 5, 2025

US plant-based leader Impossible Foods has unveiled its first new product of 2025, Steak Bites, which it describes as its "meatiest" innovation. Joining the ranks of its fellow meat-free innovators, Impossible Foods has introduced its…
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Policy & Regulation

Make America Cheap Again: How Trump’s Tariffs Will Impact Food Tech & Alternative Protein

Anay Mridul Mar 5, 2025

Food prices are skyrocketing in the US, and President Donald Trump's tariffs on its neighbours and China could make it harder to access alternative proteins when they're needed more than ever. The continued discourse against…
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Future Foods

Future Food Quick Bites: Expo West, Tom Brady & Lidl Vegan Meat

Anay Mridul Mar 5, 2025

Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers a range of product showcases at Expo West, Valsoia's new gelato lines, and Lidl's upgraded meat alternatives. New…
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Alt Protein

The Cost of Climate Change: 6 Foods You Love Are About to Get More Expensive

Anay Mridul Mar 5, 2025

Climate change is already disrupting food supplies across the world, causing shortages and raising prices for consumers – here are six staples under threat. For those who find it sexy, your morning mocha could be in trouble. Or if,…
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Health

‘Deeply Problematic’: Nutritionists Slam Ozempic Maker’s Efforts to Revise Ultra-Processed Food Classification

Anay Mridul Mar 4, 2025

Over 90 nutrition scientists have hit back at a research project funded by Ozempic maker Novo Nordisk, which aims to develop a new classification for ultra-processed food. The ultra-processed food (UPF) wars are heating up, and this…
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Pets

Dog Food Made from Fermented Gas Protein Lands on European Shelves

Anay Mridul Mar 4, 2025

German pet food maker Marsapet has rolled out a kibble product for dogs using Calysta's fermentation-derived FeedKind protein. Would you feed your dog carbon and microbes? If you're in Europe, you now can, thanks to a partnership…
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Books

The Vibrant Hong Kong Table’s Christine Wong: ‘Don’t Just Replace Meat – Eat More Vegetables’

Anay Mridul Mar 4, 2025

Christine Wong, author of plant-based cookbook The Vibrant Hong Kong Table, talks about our meat-eating culture, vegan alternatives, and marrying tradition with future-forward cooking. With roots in one of the world's most meat-eating…
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Vegan Dining

Most Restaurants Fail to Offer Diners Healthy Meat-Free Options, Finds Study

Anay Mridul Mar 4, 2025

A large chunk of restaurants – particularly those that serve meat – don't offer healthy plant-based meals, according to a new study. In places like the US, Europe and Australia, seeing a vegan-friendly dish on restaurant menus is…
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Alt Dairy

Whole Moon: Can Meat & Protein Usher In A New Era for Coconut Milk?

Anay Mridul Mar 3, 2025

An upstart brand on the alt-dairy block, New Moon has introduced what it says is the plant-based category's first milk made from whole coconut meat. Positioning it as a category-first, New York-based brand Whole Moon has unveiled a…
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Seafood

With Salmon Under Threat, Canada Pumps $5M into Plant-Based Seafood

Anay Mridul Mar 3, 2025

The Canadian government has pumped C$5M in funding for plant-based seafood startup Konscious Foods, amid rising threats to British Columbia's salmon trade. Konscious Foods, the vegan seafood startup founded by Yves Potvin (of Gardein…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Italian AI Startup Brews $10M to Turn Microbes Into Affordable Animal-Free Proteins

Anay Mridul Mar 3, 2025

Italian startup Arsenale Bioyards has raised €9.5M ($9.8M) to scale up its AI-led precision fermentation process and lower biomanufacturing costs by 90%. Arsenale Bioyards, an industrial biotech firm based in Milan, has closed a €9.5M…
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Food & Nutrition

FoodTech World Cup 2025: Nestlé & Givaudan Back Global Accelerator for Future Nutrition Startups

Anay Mridul Mar 3, 2025

Food tech community FoodHack is back with the second edition of the FoodTech World Cup, launched in collaboration with Nestlé and Givaudan, with a special focus on nutrition. Whether it's brands targeting gut health amid the GLP-1 wave,…
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Pets

Shark Tank Vegan Pet Food Startup Wild Earth Files for Bankruptcy, Founder Says ‘It’s Not the End’

Anay Mridul Feb 28, 2025

Vegan pet food startup Wild Earth, which shot to fame after landing a Shark Tank deal with Mark Cuban, has filed for bankruptcy. But co-founder Ryan Bethencourt says it's not the end of the brand's story. Wild Earth, one of the leading…
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Eco Lifestyle

Glass Bottles, Tomato Skins & Desert Crops: How Boca Became the Middle East’s Most Sustainable Restaurant

Anay Mridul Feb 28, 2025

In a decade, Omar Shihab and his team at Boca have pioneered how restaurants approach sustainability, championing local produce from a historically barren region. "In a way, we're living the future today," says Omar Shihab. He is the…
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Zero Waste

ReFED’s Sara Burnett: ‘GLP-1 Drugs & AI Will Have Profound Impacts on US Food Waste’

Anay Mridul Feb 28, 2025

Sara Burnett, executive director of non-profit ReFED, talks food waste in the US, state bans, and the "profound impact" of AI and Ozempic. Food waste in the US has reached a four-year high, reaching 73.9 million tonnes – or 31% of the…
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Climate Change

Study: Livestock Agriculture Named the Leading Cause of Climate Change

Anay Mridul Feb 28, 2025

Using updated greenhouse gas metrics, a new study suggests that animal agriculture is the leading cause of climate change. As the US Department of Agriculture is hit with lawsuits from farmers over its decision to remove references to…
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