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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.

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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Alt Protein

Plant-Based Struggles: Unilever, Nestlé & Monde Nissin Reassess Meat-Free Ambitions

Anay Mridul Feb 27, 2025

Unilever's struggle to sell The Vegetarian Butcher and Nestlé and Monde Nissin's slowing meat alternative sales are bad news for the plant-based market. In the span of seven months, the CEOs of Nestlé, Monde Nissin, and Unilever have…
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Funding News

5 Minutes with A Future Food VC: PeakBridge’s Nadav Berger

Anay Mridul Feb 27, 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. Nadav Berger is a Founding General…
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Alt Protein

Beyond Meat to Suspend China Operations, Cut 9% of Its Workforce As Q4 Earnings Improve

Anay Mridul Feb 27, 2025

Beyond Meat is making cutbacks and suspending its China business after revenues jumped in Q4, with the plant-based leader taking aim at regenerative agriculture. Californian plant-based pioneer Beyond Meat will lay off 9% of its global…
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Green Business

Rewe Group Unveils Plant Protein Strategy, Calls for Policy Reform

Anay Mridul Feb 27, 2025

German retailer Rewe Group has developed a protein strategy to increase its share of plant-based sales and has called for a shift in policies to encourage investment in the sector. While investors and Big Food are turning their backs on…
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Alt Protein

Explainer: Why Climate Change Experts Are Asking the UK Govt to Replace Meat with Plant-Based Alternatives

Anay Mridul Feb 26, 2025

Brits need to drastically reduce their meat and dairy consumption to help the country meet its climate goals, and experts say plant-based and alternative proteins are the key to this shift. Sunday roasts will need a major makeover if…
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Future Foods

Future Food Quick Bites: Vegan Magnum, Airline Ramen & Dairy-Free Popcorn

Anay Mridul Feb 26, 2025

Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Magnum's revamped vegan recipe, Heura's new Tex-Mex Chunks, and a cultivated seafood tasting in Japan. New products and…
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Climate Change

Could Replacing Palm Oil Make Deforestation Worse?

Anay Mridul Feb 26, 2025

A new study suggests that replacing palm oil with conventional vegetable oils could have unintended climate consequences. So what's the ultimate sustainable fat solution? Tasteless, odourless, inexpensive, and present in half of all…
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Alt Protein

Cautious, Excited: US Future Food Leaders React to RFK Jr Confirmation as Health Secretary

Anay Mridul Feb 26, 2025

With Robert F Kennedy Jr becoming the new Health and Human Services Secretary, alternative protein leaders exhibit optimism, as well as caution. Stakeholders in the alternative protein ecosystem are largely optimistic about the…
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Food & Nutrition

With UPFs Under Fire, Investors Bet $7M on Actual Veggies After Revenues Double

Anay Mridul Feb 25, 2025

Can Actual Veggies be the antidote to ultra-processed foods? It's what investors are hoping for, pumping $7M in funding for the New York startup. New York-based CPG firm Actual Veggies has gained $7M in a Series A funding round after…
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Cell-Based News

Aleph Farms: Cultivated Meat Startup Hits Funding Woes, Adjusts Valuation to ‘Reflect Market Conditions’

Anay Mridul Feb 25, 2025

Israel's Aleph Farms, a pioneer of cultivated meat, has lowered its valuation by 73% in its upcoming funding round; the firm says adapting to "changing market conditions" is necessary. As food tech companies feel the pinch,…
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Alt Dairy

Vivici: Big Dairy-Backed Startup Raises $34M for Animal-Free Whey Proteins

Anay Mridul Feb 25, 2025

Dutch precision fermentation startup Vivici has closed a €32.5M ($33.7M) funding round to scale production and introduce new animal-free dairy proteins. A year after obtaining regulatory clearance in the US, Dutch animal-free dairy…
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Cell-Based News

Study From Beef-Loving Brazil Suggests Regional Disparities Shape Cultivated Meat Consumer Attitudes

Anay Mridul Feb 25, 2025

How do regional differences and economic disparities affect interest in cultivated meat in the world's largest beef exporter? Brazil is the world's largest beef exporter, second-largest meat producer, and third-largest consumer of beef…
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Alt Dairy

PKN: As Americans Sour on Plant-Based Milk, This Brand is Turning to the Country’s Only Native Nut

Anay Mridul Feb 24, 2025

Dairy is making a comeback in the US, with sales of whole milk outpacing plant-based alternatives. Can pecans turn things around? The almond may be America's favourite nut – especially when it comes to milking it – but its…
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