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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.

Pets

Climate-Smart Pet Food M&A: Prefera Acquires British Startup The Pack

Anay Mridul May 2, 2025

The Pack, a British startup making alternative proteins for pet food, has been acquired by Prefera Petfood, a premium manufacturer founded by industry veterans. London-based alternative pet food maker The Pack has sold its brand to…
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Alt Dairy

How Much Sugar Is in Your Oat Milk? UK Set to Tax Plant-Based Drinks

Anay Mridul May 2, 2025

The UK government is planning to remove the exemption for sweetened dairy and plant-based milk from its sugar tax – what does this mean for non-dairy alternatives? Sweetened oat and almond milk could now carry the same levy as Pepsi and…
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Alt Protein

Beyond Meat Brings Back Fan Favourite: Unbreaded Chicken Pieces

Anay Mridul May 1, 2025

Beyond Meat has launched plant-based Chicken Pieces at Kroger stores across the US, marking a new iteration of its first-ever product, and the return of a fan favourite. At the behest of its fans, plant-based giant Beyond Meat has…
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Alt Protein

Eat Just’s Single-Ingredient Protein Powder Doubles As An Egg Replacer

Anay Mridul May 1, 2025

Eat Just has added a new single-ingredient protein powder to its portfolio, made from the same mung bean base as its Just Egg. The company says the product has more protein than "anything else on the market". As sales of Just Egg hike…
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Alt Dairy

Oatly Posts Second-Best Earnings Since IPO, But Misinformation & Tariff Threats Loom

Anay Mridul May 1, 2025

Swedish oat milk leader Oatly has slashed its losses by 73% and reaffirmed its guidance to become profitable this year, although health misinformation and the trade war could complicate things. Oatly has recorded its second-best quarter…
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Future Foods

5 Minutes with A Future Food VC: Earlybird’s Christian Nagel

Anay Mridul May 1, 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. Christian Nagel is a Co-Founder and Partner…
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Cell-Based News

California’s BlueNalu Bets on Premium Sushi & Price Parity with Cultivated Bluefin Toro

Anay Mridul Apr 30, 2025

US cultivated seafood startup BlueNalu is targeting an initial launch of its bluefin tuna in California and has cemented partnerships to take the product global. A highly prized sushi delicacy made from cultured tuna cells could soon be…
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Future Foods

Emirati Scientists Create Wheat Variety with ‘Record-Breaking’ 19% Protein

Anay Mridul Apr 30, 2025

At Sharjah's Mleiha Wheat Farm, agricultural experts have developed a variety of the grain with 19.3% native protein content, potentially boosting the nation's food security and exports. Home to an extreme climate, scarce water…
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Future Foods

Future Food Quick Bites: Gordon Ramsay x Flora, Hyper Oat Milk & Vegan School Meals

Anay Mridul Apr 30, 2025

Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Gordon Ramsay's partnership with Becel, a new vegan egg in Italy, and Spain's plant-based school meal decree. New…
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Alt Protein

The 6 Types of Plant-Based Meat Consumers, and How Brands Can Attract Them

Anay Mridul Apr 30, 2025

The "addressable market" for plant-based meat and dairy in the US is large, with potential consumers largely omnivores. What does it say about the industry's future? Some 71% of Americans say they're likely to eat products like vegan…
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Alt Dairy

Plant-Based Milk Brands Are Going All-In On Replicating Dairy – Will Consumers Sip?

Anay Mridul Apr 29, 2025

A wave of 'not milks' is on the rise, attempting to replicate dairy instead of merely replacing it, but previous efforts have seen mixed success. From Japan to the US, plant-based milk brands are hoping to tackle the resurgence of dairy…
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Alt Protein

Global Plant-Based Sales Up By 5% in 2024 Despite US Setback: New Report

Anay Mridul Apr 29, 2025

The Good Food Institute, an alternative protein think tank, has released its latest State of the Industry series of reports for 2024. Here's how plant-based, fermentation-derived and cultivated proteins fared in 2024. While investment…
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Alt Protein

From Zero-Dairy Casein to Beanless Coffee: Rudy Yoo’s Plan to Reinvent the Food Industry

Anay Mridul Apr 29, 2025

Rudy Yoo, co-founder of Armored Fresh and Pureture, has big plans for the future food industry, featuring yeast-based casein, barley-derived coffee, and clean-label, complete plant proteins. How does a five-ingredient, sugar-free,…
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Climate Change

Without Regulation, You Can Only Cancel Out 10% of Your Individual Carbon Footprint

Anay Mridul Apr 29, 2025

Even the most impactful climate actions will only help you cut a tenth of your emissions reduction potential – the rest depends on systemic change and collective action. Going car-free, lowering air travel, installing solar power at…
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Vegan Dining

Only Half of US Caterers Have Commitments to Shift to Climate-Smart Proteins

Anay Mridul Apr 28, 2025

While most foodservice companies have outlined climate commitments that involve a protein shift, only some caterers are walking the talk, finds new analysis. Only half of the US's leading foodservice providers have commitments to reduce…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Fermentation Can Futureproof the EU Food System – But Only With Regulatory Reform

Anay Mridul Apr 28, 2025

Fermentation has transformative potential for the future of the EU's agrifood system – but industry leaders say they need regulatory and financial support from policymakers. The EU must build its modern fermentation capacity to…
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Cell-Based News

Florida’s Attempt to Dismiss Cultivated Meat Lawsuit Denied by Judge

Anay Mridul Apr 28, 2025

Upside Foods has been handed an initial legal victory after a judge denied Florida's request to dismiss the lawsuit against its cultivated meat ban. The lawsuit against Florida's ban on cultivated meat is going ahead, after a judge…
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Alt Fats

Shiru Hits Commercial Scale With AI-Derived Structured Fat Ingredient

Anay Mridul Apr 28, 2025

AI protein discovery platform Shiru is producing its animal-free fat ingredient at commercial scale- CEO Jasmine Hume calls it a "turning point" for the food industry. In a major milestone for the future food industry, a plant-based…
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Future Foods

Biotech Meets the Final Frontier: A Micro-Lab for Microbial Proteins in Space

Anay Mridul Apr 25, 2025

Scientists have launched a miniature lab into Earth's orbit, which contains microbes designed to produce proteins in space. Space may be the final frontier, but could it also be the solution to Earth's food security problems? It's a…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Solar Foods: Your Future Protein Powder Will Be Made From Air

Anay Mridul Apr 25, 2025

Finland's Solar Foods has developed a protein shake to help you pump your macros. The kicker? The ready-to-mix powder ditches dairy for CO2. As it prepares to enter the US market, Finnish food tech firm Solar Foods is targeting a food…
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Alt Protein

Planting Change: Beyond Meat Links Beef to Big Tobacco in New Documentary

Anay Mridul Apr 25, 2025

As one of the world's largest plant-based meat companies, Beyond Meat hits back at the livestock industry with a new documentary short. Is beef just the new tobacco? That's one of the central claims in a new short film by Beyond…
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