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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

Swiss Food Giants Open Facility for Cultivated Meat, Animal-Free Dairy & More

Anay Mridul Dec 9, 2024

Migros, Givaudan, and Bühler Group have opened The Cultured Hub, a biotech facility to speed and scale up the production of cellular agriculture foods. Three years after announcing the partnership, some of Switzerland's largest food…
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Cell-Based News

India Hosts First Public Tasting for Cultivated Meat in Bid for 2025 Launch

Anay Mridul Dec 9, 2024

Mumbai-based startup Biokraft Foods hosted India's first formal tasting of cultivated meat last week, presenting a hybrid chicken it hopes to launch next year. Amid a welcoming biotech environment and increasing regulatory clarity,…
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Climate Change

From the Impossible Burger to A Carbon Ranch, Film Spotlights Pat Brown’s Bid to Save the Planet

Anay Mridul Dec 9, 2024

Impossible Foods founder Pat Brown is the subject of a recent episode of the Wild Hope documentary, which details his dedication to fighting climate change, and his new Carbon Ranch. After decades spent in labs, Pat Brown is taking to…
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Chocolate

Planet A Foods Bags $30M Investment to Take Cocoa-Free Chocolate Global

Anay Mridul Dec 6, 2024

German food tech player Planet A Foods, which makes cocoa-free chocolate, has raised $30M in a Series B funding round to expand across Europe, the US and Asia. To take its cocoa-free chocolate business to the next level, Planet A Foods…
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Green Business

Product Scanning App Yuka Now Lets Users Complain to Companies About Problematic Ingredients

Anay Mridul Dec 6, 2024

Popular product scanning app Yuka has rolled out a new feature that allows users to hold food companies accountable for questionable ingredients. For years, Parisian startup Yuka has been a platform for consumer transparency and…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

How Mushrooms Can Turn Food Waste Into Proteins, Vitamins & Packaging

Anay Mridul Dec 6, 2024

An EU-funded research project is exploring how supermarket mushrooms and agricultural waste can be turned into proteins, vitamins and bio-based materials. Combining mushrooms, food waste, fermentation and artificial intelligence can…
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Alt Protein

Vegan Fat Startup & Disney Team Up to Serve ‘Piggy Baos’ at Moana 2 World Premiere

Anay Mridul Dec 5, 2024

Californian food tech startup Lypid has debuted its consumer brand via a partnership with Disney, serving vegan pork baos at the Moana 2 premiere in Hawai'i. At the world premiere of Disney's latest record-breaking film, Moana 2, Pua…
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Alt Protein

Aleph Farms Files for Regulatory Approval in Thailand, Eyes 2026 Launch of Cultivated Beef

Anay Mridul Dec 5, 2024

Israeli startup Aleph Farms has submitted the first application for cultivated meat in Thailand, and expects regulatory clearance by mid-2026. As far as regulatory progress for alternative protein goes, 2024 has been bookended by…
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Green Business

UK Supermarkets ‘Way Off Track’ on Zero-Deforestation Food Goal, Warns WWF

Anay Mridul Dec 5, 2024

Food waste has increased in British retailers, which are selling twice as much animal protein than needed and off track on the zero-deforestation goal for 2025, according to a new report. Supermarkets in the UK are lagging behind…
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Chocolate

Figs in Blankets: Oat Milk Chocolate Wins Festive Competition by Amazon & The King’s Trust

Anay Mridul Dec 5, 2024

British brand H!P has designed an oat milk chocolate based on the winning submission in a festive competition run by Amazon and The King's Trust. The kicker is a surprise ingredient. Chocolate-covered bacon may be a modern American…
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Alt Protein

No Longer A Has-Bean: Scientists Hail Legumes As the Best Meat & Dairy Alternatives

Anay Mridul Dec 4, 2024

Beans and peas are the best-performing alternatives to meat and milk when it comes to health, environmental and cost benefits, a new analysis has found. 2024 has been a seminal year in global history. More people voted in elections than…
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Future Foods

Future Food Quick Bites: Indian Vegan Nuggets, Airline Sushi & Non-Dairy Grilled Cheese

Anay Mridul Dec 4, 2024

In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers a vegan nugget campaign with Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli, Japan…
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Alt Dairy

In A U-Turn, UK Court Bans Use of ‘Milk’ on Oatly & Other Plant-Based Dairy Labels

Anay Mridul Dec 4, 2024

A UK court has dealt a blow to Oatly by ruling that 'milk' should not be used on plant-based products, in what is a big win for Big Dairy. A year after Oatly won the legal right to keep using the term 'milk' in its marketing, an appeals…
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Cell-Based News

Is Cultivated Meat Vegan? Not According to The Vegan Society

Anay Mridul Dec 4, 2024

Cultivated meat is real meat "developed without slaughter", but it isn't vegan, according to the organisation that coined the term. As cultivated meat continues its journey of consumer and regulatory acceptance, one question looms large…
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Funding News

Perfect Day, Every Co, Liberation Labs Among Final Winners of US Govt Biomanufacturing Grants

Anay Mridul Dec 3, 2024

Precision fermentation startups dominate the final round of the US Department of Defense's first phase of biomanufacturing grants, which will go towards building new facilities in the country. The US government is betting big on…
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Food & Nutrition

In New Dietary Guidelines, Finland Becomes Latest Country to Promote Shift to Plant-Based Foods

Anay Mridul Dec 3, 2024

To improve public and planetary health, Finland has encouraged a transition from meat-heavy diets to plant-based proteins in its revised dietary guidelines. Months after Norway championed "mostly plant-based" eating habits in its…
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Green Business

What Are Employers & Jobseekers Looking for in Alternative Protein Careers?

Anay Mridul Dec 3, 2024

A new analysis of job posts in the alternative protein sector shows what kind of roles are most popular, where people want to relocate to, and the disconnect with remote work. With the right investment, the alternative protein industry…
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Climate Change

World Court Opens Landmark Climate Change Case As Vulnerable Nations Rue COP29 Finance Deal

Anay Mridul Dec 2, 2024

The UN's top court will today begin historic hearings on countries' legal obligations to combat climate change and the consequences of their inaction. A week after countries at COP29 agreed to a climate finance deal that left vulnerable…
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Climate Change

Risk of Extreme Heat Stress ‘Very High’ for Footballers at 2026 Fifa World Cup

Anay Mridul Dec 2, 2024

Footballers face a "very high risk of extreme heat stress" at most of the stadiums that will host the 2026 Fifa World Cup in North America, a new analysis has warned. 2022 was the first time the world's premier football tournament was…
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Vegan Grocery Shopping

Tesco Goes Big on Whole Foods As Veg-Led Meals Make Up 40% of Plant-Based Sales

Anay Mridul Dec 2, 2024

At Tesco, vegetable-centric dishes take precedence over those featuring vegan meat alternatives, with the former accounting for 40% of the supermarket's plant-based sales. On Whole Foods Market's annual trends report for 2024, the…
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Health

Replacing Meat & Dairy with A Low-Fat Vegan Diet Can Reduce Postmenopausal Hot Flashes by 92%

Anay Mridul Dec 2, 2024

A plant-based diet low in fat can reduce hot flashes and weight in postmenopausal women much more effectively than animal proteins. Replacing meat, dairy and eggs with plant-based foods – regardless of whether they're classed as healthy…
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