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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.

Future Foods

RFK Jr Confirmation: Food Tech Winners & Losers

Anay Mridul Feb 14, 2025
Donald Trump's pick for Health & Human Services Secretary has been confirmed. From cultivated meat to methane vaccines, how will food tech fare over the next four years? It took a while, but Donald Trump got his man. Robert F…
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Sugar

GLP-1 Boom Fuels Sugar Shift As Oobli Lands $18M For Sweet Proteins

Anay Mridul Feb 14, 2025
US food tech firm Oobli has raised $18M and partnered with global ingredients supplier Ingredion to co-develop better-for-you sugar alternatives with sweet proteins. As Americans turn their backs on sugar in the Ozempic era, one startup…
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Green Business

Sustainability NGO Gets 175+ Food Companies to Commit to Responsible Sourcing in Asia

Anay Mridul Feb 14, 2025
More than 175 food businesses across Asia have committed to improving their sourcing policies in light of sustainability and animal welfare, supported by a US non-profit. A total of 83 food companies committed to implementing improved…
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Funding News

5 Minutes with A Future Food VC: Mudcake’s Anna Ottosson

Anay Mridul Feb 13, 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. Anna Ottosson is a Founding Partner at…
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Alt Protein

Allplants: Deliciously Ella Founders Rescue Vegan Ready-Meal Brand in Anti-UPF Push

Anay Mridul Feb 13, 2025
Months after securing an exit for Deliciously Ella, founders Ella and Matthew Mills have acquired vegan ready-meal leader Allplants out of administration under their revamped Plants brand. Less than three months after it entered…
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Consumer Trends & Insights

The 50/50 Solution: Could Blended Proteins Win Over Meat Lovers?

Anay Mridul Feb 13, 2025
Consumers are cutting back on meat due to health concerns, but plant-based alternatives fail to meet their taste expectations – a new study says blended proteins could offer a balance. Flavour, nutrition and affordability have long been…
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Alt Dairy

This AI-Led Startup is Growing Dairy Proteins in Potatoes

Anay Mridul Feb 12, 2025
Israel's Finally Foods has announced its first field trial for potatoes containing casein, less than a year after the molecular farming startup launched. In what it describes as "record time", AI-driven molecular farming startup Finally…
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Cell-Based News

Cultivated Pork Maker Goes Beyond Meat with Animal-Free Leather Collab

Anay Mridul Feb 12, 2025
Dutch cultivated pork pioneer Meatable broadens its horizons beyond food through a partnership with animal-free leather maker Pelagen. As it awaits the go-ahead from regulators in Singapore, cultivated meat startup Meatable already has…
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Future Foods

Future Food Quick Bites: Beyond x NBA, Corn Milk & Carbon Crackers

Anay Mridul Feb 12, 2025
Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Beyond Meat's new products and cookbook, the US's first corn milk brand, and a cultivated seafood tasting. New products…
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Future Foods

Trend Report: As Egg Prices Skyrocket, Dozens of Startups Are Hatching Chicken-Free Protein Solutions

Anay Mridul Feb 12, 2025
With egg prices returning to sky-high levels in the US, it brings a major opportunity for plant-based and fermentation-derived alternatives. Can these companies capitalise on the moment? You know things are serious when Waffle House…
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Consumer Trends & Insights

Health First, Planet Second: New Data Shows Sustainability Slipping Down European Food Priorities

Anay Mridul Feb 11, 2025
The number of Europeans who say they eat sustainably has dropped to 46%, despite calls for the bloc's citizens to cut back on meat and dairy. Over the last year, several countries in Europe have revised their national dietary guidelines…
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Funding News

Food & Climate Tech Funding: Trends, Challenges & Opportunities

Anay Mridul Feb 11, 2025
Food and climate tech investors remained cautious with their cash in 2024, as funding for alternative protein dipped, investments failed to align with emissions impact, and women founders were sidelined yet again. The venture sector is…
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Vegan Dining

Plates London: UK Gets Its First 100% Vegan Michelin-Starred Restaurant

Anay Mridul Feb 11, 2025
Among the 22 new one-star UK restaurants in the 2025 Michelin Guide, Plates London stands out as the country's first 100% vegan eatery to receive the honour. Barbecued maitake mushrooms, a raw cacao gateau, and a mung bean and urad dal…
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Alt Protein

Can Vegan Pioneer Miyoko Schinner Shake Up the Food System with UC Berkeley Plant-Based Course?

Anay Mridul Feb 10, 2025
After revolutionising vegan cheese, Miyoko Schinner is leveraging her decades-long experience to teach everything plant-based at all nine University of California campuses. Longtime animal rights activist, vegan dairy entrepreneur and…
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Funding News

‘Climate Risk is Financial Risk’: Banks Financing Big Meat & Dairy Face Billions in Losses

Anay Mridul Feb 10, 2025
Driven by climate-related disruptions, America's largest banks face financial risks of up to $9.3B from their investment in livestock agriculture. By lending money to some of the world's biggest meat and dairy companies, US banks aren't…
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Future Foods

Meet the Startup Making Free-From, Climate-Conscious, Plant-Based Milk for Babies

Anay Mridul Feb 10, 2025
Grow with Iris co-founder Amy Langfield explains why she created a free-from, plant-based milk for toddlers, and details her conquest to develop an all-conquering infant formula. Amy Langfield was an art teacher when her newborn…
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Alt Protein

Climate-Smart Pet Food Startup Bags £75K Investment on Dragons’ Den

Anay Mridul Feb 7, 2025
The founders of London-based startup Omni – which makes plant-based pet food – bagged £75,000 from two investors on Dragons' Den UK last night. Plant-based food continues to succeed on the small screen, with dog food maker Omni becoming…
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Eco Living

From Enthusiasts to Anxious Inactives, Meet the Four Types of Sustainable Consumers

Anay Mridul Feb 7, 2025
Are you an enthusiast, a minimalist, or an anxious inactive? A new report categorises consumers into four broad segments based on their sustainability attitudes. Cost of living and corporate 'greenhushing' – i.e., when companies…
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Funding News

Plant-Based Sector Central to Canada’s Food Tech Economy – But Funding Gap & Trump Tariffs Threaten Progress

Anay Mridul Feb 7, 2025
Unlike its rivals, Canada's agrifood tech sector is built on public investment, which leaves a "venture capital gap" – and Trump tariffs threaten to further complicate things. Plant proteins, functional foods, and food waste solutions…
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Alt Protein

‘Lowest Price Ever’: Meat-Free Startup Debuts Ultra-Realistic Marbled Lamb with 34g of Protein

Anay Mridul Feb 7, 2025
Juicy Marbles, known for its plant-based whole cuts, has released Meaty Meat, a high-protein, high-fibre lamb analogue in the US. Slovenian plant-based meat maker Juicy Marbles is building on its North American launch with a new marbled…
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Alt Protein

UK Govt Has Poured £75M Into Sustainable Proteins – But Job is Only Half Done

Anay Mridul Feb 6, 2025
The UK is no longer at risk of falling behind other countries in the protein transition, thanks to a collective outlay of £75M in future food innovation. But more can be done in the upcoming food strategy. As the Labour government…
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