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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.

Vegan Dining

Plants on the Map: The 5 Vegan Michelin Star Restaurants Around the World

Anay Mridul Feb 24, 2025

From London to New York City, five vegan restaurants possess Michelin stars – here's what you need to know. Who says high-end can't be climate-conscious and ethical? Across the world, more and more restaurants are greenifying their…
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Vegan

Protein Politics: An ‘Anti-Vegan Backlash’ Is Brewing. Why?

Anay Mridul Feb 24, 2025

Some headline writers and critics suggest an "anti-vegan backlash" is growing – protein and politics are key factors, but these narratives are missing the point. Veganism is dead, long live veganism! This month, the Daily Telegraph…
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Cell-Based News

In Some US States, Efforts to Ban Lab-Grown Meat Hit A Snag

Anay Mridul Feb 21, 2025

As anti-cultivated-meat legislation heats up in the US, Nebraska and South Dakota's efforts to ban these proteins are facing opposition from some policymakers – and farmers. For Americans in government office, it's almost become…
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Alt Dairy

Rice-Based Casein? This Japanese Startup Says It’s Cracked the Grain

Anay Mridul Feb 21, 2025

Tokyo-based food tech startup Kinish has raised ¥120M ($800,000) to grow "real deal" milk protein in rice grains through molecular farming. Japanese rice may be best known for its sushi, but one local startup wants to use the ingredient…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Can Yeast Protein Solve The Egg Crisis? This Startup Is Betting On It

Anay Mridul Feb 21, 2025

Dutch food tech startup Revyve is tripling its capacity to keep up with growing demand for its upcycled yeast protein, which can replace eggs in various applications. As the food industry scrambles to find a solution to the egg crisis –…
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Policy & Regulation

EU Directs Member States to Cut Food by 30%, But Climate Experts Lament ‘Weak Ambition’

Anay Mridul Feb 21, 2025

The EU has set legally binding targets for all countries to reduce food waste by up to 30% in a revision of the waste framework directive, but climate groups say the target is not enough. Lawmakers in the EU reached a provisional…
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Alt Dairy

Dotsie Bausch is Changing the World – Or At Least the Price of Your Oat Milk Latte

Anay Mridul Feb 20, 2025

Plant-powered Olympian Dotsie Bausch has been fiercely advocating for coffee companies to remove the non-dairy milk surcharge – now, Tim Hortons and Dunkin' have become the latest chains to drop the levy. It was a one-on-one meeting…
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Policy & Regulation

Explainer: ‘Death of Farm to Fork’ – What Does EU Agrifood Vision Meant For Plant-Based Proteins?

Anay Mridul Feb 20, 2025

The EU has published its much-anticipated food and farming vision, raising alarm bells among climate experts and ignoring calls for a shift to plant-based proteins. "A near-total failure." "Very timid." "Tunnel vision." "The death of…
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Funding News

5 Minutes with A Future Food VC: Alwyn Capital’s Heather Courtney

Anay Mridul Feb 20, 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. Heather Courtney is a General Partner…
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Cell-Based News

Bühler & Israeli Cultivated Meat Co Joins Forces To Solve Industry Bioreactor Problem

Anay Mridul Feb 19, 2025

Israel's Ever After Foods has partnered with Swiss manufacturing giant Bühler Group to produce cultivated meat at a mass scale with much smaller equipment. Extending its sustainable protein push, Bühler Group has teamed up with an…
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Future Foods

Future Food Quick Bites: Vegan Dubai Chocolate, Impossible BrewDog & Non-Dairy Liqueurs

Anay Mridul Feb 19, 2025

Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers NotCo's Dubai chocolate, BrewDog's collaboration with Impossible Foods, and new products at Expo West. New products and…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

AI Startup Gets $15.4M from EU Fund For Sustainable Proteins Made From Food Waste

Anay Mridul Feb 19, 2025

Spanish AI-powered fermentation startup MOA Foodtech has received €14.8M ($15.4M) from the European Innovation Council to transform agricultural waste into high-value ingredients. Turning waste into functional foods using artificial…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

German Poultry Giant Backs Mycelium Meat Startup in €3M Funding Round

Anay Mridul Feb 19, 2025

German food tech startup Kynda has raised €3M in seed funding to expand production of its mycoprotein-based meat made from upcycled food waste. Fuelling its drive to make sustainable protein from food waste, German startup Kynda has…
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Alt Protein

Gen Alpha Embraces Alternative Proteins – But Will Kids Actually Eat Them?

Anay Mridul Feb 19, 2025

The world's most populous generation, Gen Alpha, thinks future foods like plant-based and cultivated meat are "inevitable" – though first impressions matter. By the end of the decade, Gen Alpha will have a spending power worth $12…
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Alt Protein

Sustainable Shawarma: The Brands Pioneering The Gulf’s Plant-Based Meat Industry

Anay Mridul Feb 18, 2025

As more Brits, Europeans and Americans cool on meat alternatives, one region is making gains on the protein transition – can homegrown brands in the Gulf cater to local demand for plant-based meat? While some consumers in the West are…
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Alt Protein

$2 Cultivated Pork? Fork & Good on First Sales, Funding and the Future of FDA

Anay Mridul Feb 18, 2025

Niya Gupta, co-founder and CEO of Fork & Good, on what separates the startup from other cultivated meat players, earning its first revenue, and its regulatory plans. It was just only in January 2024 that, in an Irish pub in Davos,…
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Vegan

Most Consumers Hungry for Plant-Based Food, But High Prices Keep Them Away

Anay Mridul Feb 18, 2025

Interest in eating more plant-based food is growing across the Global South, with high prices the biggest obstacle to increased consumption, according to a new study. More than two-thirds (68%) of consumers across the world want to eat…
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Green Business

Blackbird Foods: Ahimsa Companies Continues Vegan Acquisition Spree with Frozen Pizza Maker

Anay Mridul Feb 17, 2025

New York-based Blackbird Foods has been acquired by Ahimsa Companies, a holding company with several sustainable protein startups in its roster. Frozen plant-based food maker Blackbird Foods has been acquired by Ahimsa Companies, an…
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Future Foods

Chicken-Free Moment: Eat Just Sees Sales Boom Amidst ‘Great American Egg Shortage’

Anay Mridul Feb 17, 2025

Eat Just CEO Josh Tetrick says soaring egg prices have driven up demand for its mung-bean-derived Just Egg, with sales hikes unlike what the firm has seen in the past. Eggs have never been more expensive in the US. According to consumer…
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Beauty

This Bio-Based Moisturiser Uses Cellulose & Fermentation to Take on Fossil Fuels in Skincare

Anay Mridul Feb 17, 2025

With demand for clean beauty on the rise, two startups have co-developed a fossil-free moisturiser that benefits the skin and the planet. Fossil fuels are all over our skins – more than 70% of cosmetics contain petroleum-based…
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Cell-Based News

Aussie Government Invests in Cultivated Meat Startup with A$100K Grant

Anay Mridul Feb 17, 2025

Magic Valley, a Melbourne-based producer of cultivated meat, has received A$100,000 in government funding to scale up production and drive down costs. Aussie food tech startup Magic Valley has secured A$100,000 ($62,800) from the…
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