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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

Aussie Startup Inks Deal to Make & Distribute Animal-Free Fat in China

Anay Mridul Nov 15, 2024

Canberra-based Nourish Ingredients has partnered with Chinese fermentation specialist Cabio Biotech to produce and distribute its precision-fermented fat alternative. Highlighting American fears of falling behind China in the biotech…
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Climate Change

Elon Musk Says Beef Has No Impact on Climate Change, Fuelling Pro-Meat Rhetoric Under Trump

Anay Mridul Nov 15, 2024

The world's richest man and Donald Trump's "first friend" has disregarded the impact of beef on climate change, hinting at a red meat renaissance in the US. What do you get if you elect a McDonald's fanatic who also happens to be a…
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Alt Dairy

‘Best in Class’: DSM-Firmenich Unveils Two Flavour Innovations to Bridge the Plant-Based Dairy Gap

Anay Mridul Nov 14, 2024

Industry giant DSM-Firmenich has developed innovations that mask off-notes and replicate the creamy taste and texture of milk in plant-based alternatives. Say what you will about the plant-based industry – sales have dropped, consumers…
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Alt Protein

Cultivated Meat for Pet Food ‘Significantly Better’ for the Planet Than Beef

Anay Mridul Nov 14, 2024

Pet food with cultivated meat instead of beef fares far better for the planet and its resources, according to a new life-cycle assessment. As it works to commercialise cultivated pet food, Czech biotech startup Bene Meat Technologies…
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Pets

Dogs Can’t Get Enough of Cultivated Meat, Feeding Trials Show

Anay Mridul Nov 14, 2024

In feeding trials, half of dogs fed Meatly's cultivated chicken kept licking the bowl after finishing, and a majority enjoyed it more than their regular diet. Months after receiving regulatory clearance in the UK, Meatly – the…
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Future Foods

Shiru Raises $16M to Expand AI Protein Discovery Platform Across Industries

Anay Mridul Nov 14, 2024

Artificial intelligence startup Shiru has closed a $16M Series B round to broaden its ingredient portfolio and expand its protein discovery marketplace. Months after launching an AI-powered protein discovery platform for companies,…
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Beauty

Clean Beauty: Asian Biotech Company Launches Ethical Skincare Ingredients Made From Cultivated Marine Cells

Anay Mridul Nov 13, 2024

Southeast Asian marine biotech company Avant has rolled out a range of skincare actives made by cultivated fish cells. To modernise and futureproof the ways we currently produce peptides, cellular agriculture startup Avant has unveiled…
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Future Foods

Future Food Quick Bites: Vegan Tiramisu, Dave Chang & A Political Breakfast

Anay Mridul Nov 13, 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 tiramisu collection in Hong Kong, Dave Chang's cultivated meat…
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Cell-Based News

Israeli Startup Announces ‘Record-Breaking’ Development to Make Cultivated Seafood Affordable

Anay Mridul Nov 13, 2024

Rehovot-based Forsea Foods has recorded the highest level of cell density in the cultivated meat and seafood industry, helping it achieve costs lower than conventional eel meat. As it prepares to launch cultivated unagi in Japan in…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Korean Startup Debuts Fermentation-Derived Marbled Wagyu Steak Ahead of US & Europe Launch

Anay Mridul Nov 13, 2024

South Korea's Millennial Flavor Town, a startup born out of a restaurant, has unveiled a marbled steak and shredded beef products made from traditional fermentation. Rivalling the growing crop of whole-cut meat alternative producers,…
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Climate Change

COP29 Digest, Vol 1: Everything You Need to Know in Food and Climate News Today

Anay Mridul Nov 12, 2024

Welcome to #COP29 – watch the opening ceremony here. In our Green Queen COP29 Digest, our editorial team curates the must-reads, the must-bookmarks and the must-knows from around the interwebs to help you ‘skim the overwhelm’. It’s…
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Fashion

Vegan Uggs Are A Step Forward for Animal Rights, But Are They Truly Sustainable?

Anay Mridul Nov 12, 2024

Uggs has released a long-awaited line of vegan shoes and socks with New York's Collina Strada but as with many animal-free alternatives to conventional materials, the plastic waste cost remains high. After years of calls from consumers…
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Funding News

Banks Are Retreating from ESG, But They Play A Key Role in Bridging the Nature Finance Gap

Anay Mridul Nov 12, 2024

As banks and investment funds move away from ESG policies, JP Morgan Chase's biodiversity head says funding nature-based solutions is key. It has been over six months since America's four biggest banks left a framework that assessed the…
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Zero Waste

In Japan, Older Households Waste Twice As Much Food As Younger Populations

Anay Mridul Nov 12, 2024

A new study in Japan reveals the link between food waste and an ageing population, and how educational initiatives can help buck this trend. Japan is among the top food waste producers globally, split nearly equally between households…
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Food & Nutrition

Smaller Portions Prove to Be the Best Way to Reduce Meat Consumption

Anay Mridul Nov 11, 2024

Reducing portion sizes has been the most effective strategy to reduce meat intake in the UK, a new study has found. Meat consumption fell to its lowest levels in the UK last year, driven by the cost-of-living crisis and a growing…
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Climate Change

UK Food Industry Leaders Draw Up Plan Suggesting a 20% Reduction in Meat & Dairy Consumption Needed to Achieve Net Zero

Anay Mridul Nov 11, 2024

Reaching the UK food system's climate goals isn't possible without a reduction in red meat and dairy consumption, industry leaders say in a new report. Food sector leaders in the UK have come together to produce a net-zero transition…
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Vegan Grocery Shopping

5 Takeaways From the First Six Months of Rewe’s Fully Plant-Based Supermarket in Germany

Anay Mridul Nov 8, 2024

It's been six months since German retailer Rewe opened Voll Pflanzlich, a fully vegan supermarket in Berlin. Here are the company's major learnings. There have been a number of progress markers for Rewe, the German retail giant, and its…
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Alt Protein

Price Hikes Work as Beyond Meat Returns to Revenue Growth for the First Time Since 2022

Anay Mridul Nov 7, 2024

Beyond Meat posted revenue growth for the first time in two years in Q3, buoyed by higher prices and a strong performance in Germany. It also teased its new mycelium steak. After losing year-on-year revenue for nine quarters in a row,…
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Policy & Regulation

Incoming EU Ag Chief Admits Plant Proteins Need Ramping Up – But for Livestock Feed

Anay Mridul Nov 7, 2024

Soon to be the EU's farming commissioner, Christophe Hansen has called meat "part of a balanced diet", but admitted that we're "massively underproducing" plant proteins – not in the way you think, though. In three weeks, Christophe…
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Funding News

Billionaires Are the ‘Ultimate Beneficiaries’ of the EU’s Planet-Harming Farm Subsidies, Research Finds

Anay Mridul Nov 7, 2024

Some of Europe's richest are the "ultimate beneficiaries" linked to €3.3B of the EU's farm subsidies, a new investigation shows. What do the inventor of the Dyson vacuum cleaner, the owner of the Wolverhampton Wanderers, a former prime…
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Plastic Pollution

What Donald Trump’s Election Victory Means for Food Tech in the US

Anay Mridul Nov 6, 2024

Donald J. Trump is president-elect again. Based on his track record and policy proposals, his election promises a rocky period for the US food tech sector. America has just elected a climate change denier as president. In his first…
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