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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.

Food & Nutrition

New Alliance Takes Aim at Seed Oils with Certification Label, But Experts Warn of Misinformation

Anay Mridul May 19, 2025

The Seed Oil Free Alliance has rolled out a certification label for products that eschew these fats, building on growing discontent around seed oils and amid a resurgence of tallow. The battle against seed oils has been taken up a notch…
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Policy & Regulation

Casey Means As Surgeon General: Could the Wellness Influencer Be Good for Food Tech?

Anay Mridul May 16, 2025

Wellness influencer and Levels co-founder Casey Means is in line to become the next Surgeon General of the US. A divisive figure across the aisle, what could her appointment mean for food tech? Championed by Donald Trump and Robert F…
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Future Foods

5 Minutes with A Future Food VC: Nordic Foodtech VC’s Louise Heiberg

Anay Mridul May 16, 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. Louise Heiberg is the Investment Director…
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Climate Change

Green Gender Gap: 62% of Women Vote for Climate vs 37% of Men, with Gen Z Males Least Likely to Care

Anay Mridul May 16, 2025

There's a growing gender gap in the fight against climate change in the US, with women much more likely to vote with environmental issues in mind than men. In the US, 62% of women list 'climate change' or 'clean air, clean water, and…
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Cell-Based News

Dutch Startup Mosa Meat Files for UK Regulatory Approval of Cultivated Beef Fat

Anay Mridul May 16, 2025

Dutch cultivated meat startup Mosa Meat has filed for regulatory approval in the UK, where it's part of a government support scheme and teased its first burger all those years ago. Twelve years after unveiling the world's first…
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Alt Protein

Balanced Proteins: Omnivores Prefer These Blended Products Over 100% Meat

Anay Mridul May 15, 2025

Blended meat could be a viable solution to accelerate the protein transition, and a new taste test has found several brands that meat-eaters prefer over conventional meat. In the US, plant-based meat alternatives have been losing some…
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Alt Dairy

Oatly Is the World’s First ‘Climate Solutions’ Beverage Company – What Does That Mean?

Anay Mridul May 15, 2025

Swedish oat milk giant Oatly has become the first food and beverage firm to be certified as a climate solutions company, with a new sustainability plan that puts Big Dairy's inaction in the spotlight. Regenerative agriculture, clean…
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Alt Dairy

Muu: Thai Animal-Free Dairy Startup Muu Bags Investment by Southeast Asian VC A2D Ventures

Anay Mridul May 15, 2025

Bangkok-based Muu has secured a strategic investment from VCs and a Japanese food conglomerate to advance its precision-fermented dairy proteins. As Thailand's alternative protein ecosystem gears itself up for primetime, its first…
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Alt Protein

Malak Al Tawouk Taps UAE’s Healthy Food Boom with Plant-Based Chicken Launch

Anay Mridul May 15, 2025

Lebanese fast-casual chain Malak Al Tawouk has partnered with plant-based meat brand Switch Foods to add vegan chicken items to its UAE menu. Malak Al Tawouk, a 30-year-old fast-casual chain with dozens of restaurants globally, is now…
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Climate Change

80% of America’s Most Popular Media Shows Have Spread Climate Misinformation, Shows Analysis

Anay Mridul May 14, 2025

From Joe Rogan to Jordan Peterson, most of the US's most popular 'new media' figures have spread false or misleading information about climate change. A third of Americans now listen to a podcast at least once a week, and about one in…
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Future Foods

Future Food Quick Bites: Massive Attack, Blonde Chocolate & A Price Freeze

Anay Mridul May 14, 2025

Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Massive Attack's vegan concert, Beleaf's plant-based meat price freeze, and the FDA's labelling guidelines. New products…
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Vegan Dining

Plant-Based Restaurants Are Shutting Down – This ‘Vegan McDonald’s’ Wants to Be the Exception

Anay Mridul May 14, 2025

Backed by the likes of Mike Tyson and Future, vegan fast-food chain Mr Charlie's is opening 18 locations in Arizona, despite widespread restaurant closures in the US. Here's why. It's never been easy to own a hospitality business; for…
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Climate Change

Brazil Beef Intake Must Reduce by Up to 94% to Meet Emissions Target, Says Study

Anay Mridul May 14, 2025

Home to some of the world's largest meat companies, COP30 host Brazil's beef industry is emitting more than twice the greenhouse gas limit outlined by the Paris Agreement. As it prepares to host the annual UN climate summit later this…
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Alt Protein

Brits & Germans Look to Cut Back on Meat & Eat More Plants

Anay Mridul May 13, 2025

More than two in five consumers in Europe's two largest plant-based markets want to eat less meat or are already doing so, a new poll has found. Half of adults in the UK and Germany want to change their diets by either reducing meat or…
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Alt Dairy

Swedish Farmers Take 10% Stake in Pea Milk Startup Sproud

Anay Mridul May 13, 2025

Swedish agrifood company Lantmännen has become a part-owner of Malmö-based pea milk maker Sproud, as part of its larger pea protein push. On the back of another year of sales growth, Swedish plant-based milk startup Sproud has gained…
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Funding News

Spain’s Plant-Based Meat Leader Bags €20M EU Bank Investment & Promises Q4 Profitability

Anay Mridul May 13, 2025

Spanish food tech startup Heura Foods has received a €20M ($22.2M) loan from the European Investment Bank to move beyond plant-based meat, and expects to become profitable by the end of this year. Sustained sales and product innovation…
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Health

More Plants, Less Meat Key to Longer Lives, Show Major Harvard & Sydney U. Studies

Anay Mridul May 13, 2025

Yet more evidence has emerged that diets rich in plant-based whole foods and low in meat are the key to longevity. Plant-rich diets will help you age better and live longer, according to two major studies that spotlight the ill health…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

This NZ Startup’s Animal-Free Bovine Lactoferrin Has A Higher Yield Than Cow’s Milk

Anay Mridul May 12, 2025

Auckland-based food tech startup Daisy Lab has achieved a high-yielding recombinant bovine lactoferrin that surpasses the protein's concentration in cow's milk. Daisy Lab, a precision fermentation startup making cow-free whey proteins,…
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Alt Dairy

Danone Acquires Plant-Based Infant Formula Maker Kate Farms

Anay Mridul May 12, 2025

French dairy giant Danone is expanding its infant formula empire after agreeing to buy a majority stake in US plant-based company Kate Farms. Already the world's second-largest formula maker, Danone is looking to expand its US footprint…
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Alt Dairy

Animal-Free Whey Startup ‘Sidesteps’ Potential Tariff Concerns with US Manufacturing Deal

Anay Mridul May 12, 2025

To avoid any potential blowback from the tariff war, Dutch startup Vivici has struck a co-manufacturing deal to produce its precision-fermented whey proteins at Liberation Labs's upcoming facility. The uncertainty surrounding President…
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Cell-Based News

Scientists Create ‘Game-Changing’ Cultivated Meat Tech That Could Feed Astronauts in Space

Anay Mridul May 12, 2025

University of Edinburgh scientists have developed a pig fat cell line that promises efficient, scalable and consistent cultivated meat production, with the potential of going past the exosphere. Could astronauts enjoy a cultivated bacon…
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