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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.

Policy & Regulation

In Latest Setback to Green Deal, EU Proposes 12-Month Delay to Anti-Deforestation Law

Anay Mridul Oct 4, 2024

The EU is considering a year-long delay to its landmark anti-deforestation law after facing calls from governments and companies alike. In the latest episode in the EU's long-running tussle over environmental policies, the bloc is now…
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Zero Waste

Nestlé, Tesco, Sainsbury’s Join Call to Make Food Waste Reporting Mandatory

Anay Mridul Oct 4, 2024

It should be mandatory for food producers in the UK to disclose how much goes to waste, a group of food businesses have told the environment secretary. With around 11% of Brits going hungry every year, the potential to address food…
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Alt Dairy

Vegan Dairy Queen Miyoko Schinner Is Teaching A Homemade Plant-Based Cheese Masterclass

Anay Mridul Oct 4, 2024

Miyoko Schinner, a pioneer of the plant-based dairy space, is the latest instructor to teach a course at online learning platform Meet The Vegans. Months before the launch of her seventh cookbook, Miyoko Schinner is back doing what she…
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Seafood

Austrian Vegan Seafood Startup Opens ‘World’s Largest’ 3D-Printed Food Factory

Anay Mridul Oct 3, 2024

Revo Foods has opened what it says is the world's largest factory dedicated to 3D-printed food, rolling out an updated whole-cut mycelium salmon fillet as the facility's first product. Austrian alternative protein startup Revo Foods has…
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Plastic Pollution

Tesco, Sainsbury’s ‘Misled’ Consumers By Burning Most of the Soft Plastic They Pledged to Recycle

Anay Mridul Oct 3, 2024

The take-back schemes run by UK supermarkets to recycle soft plastics have misled consumers, with 70% of this waste being burned instead, an investigation has found. Tesco and Sainsbury's – the UK's two largest retailers – are being…
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Alt Protein

Heura Goes Beyond Meat with Healthier Plant-Based Cheese & Pasta to Take On UPF Label

Anay Mridul Oct 3, 2024

Spanish plant-based pioneer Heura is expanding its technology to offer nutrient-dense cold cuts, cheese, and pasta, in a bid to move past the ultra-processed food label. It may account for a quarter of Spain's plant-based meat market,…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Queensland Govt Backs Cauldron Ferm’s Efforts to Build APAC’s Largest Precision Fermentation Facility

Anay Mridul Oct 2, 2024

Australian fermentation specialist Cauldron Ferm has received financial support from the Queensland government to build a first-of-its-kind precision fermentation contract manufacturing plant. The state of Queensland is exhibiting its…
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Seafood

Umami Bioworks Inks Deal to Introduce Cultivated Seafood in South Korea

Anay Mridul Oct 2, 2024

Singaporean cultivated seafood pioneer Umami Bioworks has teamed up with two biotech firms to set up a production line and path to market entry in South Korea. With cultivated meat progressing rapidly in South Korea – thanks to the…
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Future Foods

Future Food Quick Bites: Dairy-Free Mozzarella Sticks, Vegan Wetherspoons & Indian Cultivated Meat

Anay Mridul Oct 2, 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 Sunday Supper's plant-based mozzarella sticks, M&S's new vegan…
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Cell-Based News

US Republicans Fear China’s Biotech Revolution – Are They Finally Embracing Cultivated Meat?

Anay Mridul Oct 2, 2024

China's potential biotech dominance – especially its progress with cultivated meat – has spurred Republicans to call for US action to ensure "continued leadership". What would it take for a Republican to support cultivated meat? …
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Chocolate

Choruba & the Chocolate Factory: Italy’s Foreverland Bites Into €3.4M for New Cocoa-Free Chocolate Products

Anay Mridul Oct 1, 2024

Cocoa-free chocolate maker Foreverland has raised €3.4M ($3.76M) in a seed funding round to open its first production facility for its carob-based Choruba alternative. Puglia-based startup Foreverland has got investors' tastebuds…
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Future Foods

LanzaTech Expands Gas Fermentation Tech to Recycle Waste Carbon Into Protein, Partners with US Military

Anay Mridul Oct 1, 2024

Synbio firm LanzaTech has extended its carbon recycling operations to human food applications with a new protein, and teamed up with the US military on a joint project. A company that turns waste carbon emissions into high-value…
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Alt Dairy

Those Vegan Cowboys Unveils Animal-Free Casein for Meltier, Stretchier Cheese

Anay Mridul Oct 1, 2024

Dutch-Belgian food tech startup Those Vegan Cowboys has debuted its precision-fermented casein protein, with plans to launch animal-free cheese in 2025. Animal-free casein is having a moment. From new startups pushing the envelope with…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Kinoko-Tech Inks Deal to Roll Out Fungi Products in Australia, From Zero-Waste Burgers to Mycelium Muesli Bars

Anay Mridul Oct 1, 2024

Israel's Kinoko-Tech has partnered with Australia's Metaphor Foods to commercialise a range of mycelium protein products – including sausages, flapjacks and chips – down under. How would you like some fungi in your morning granola…
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Alt Protein

US Think Tank Bets On Japan’s Protein Transition with New Tokyo Office

Anay Mridul Oct 1, 2024

To meet Japan's alternative protein potential, the Good Food Institute has opened an office in the country just as a new prime minister is sworn in. The Good Food Institute (GFI) has opened a new office in Japan, banking on the…
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Climate Change

Sweden, the Origin of ‘Flight Shame’, Scraps Aviation Tax – Despite Rise in Emissions

Anay Mridul Sep 30, 2024

The Swedish government has announced that it is abolishing the flight tax it introduced in 2018 to combat aviation emissions, in a move welcomed by the industry and heavily criticised by climate activists. Greta Thunberg has been let…
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Climate Change

How Food Companies Should Report & Reduce Their Emissions with Better Progress Markers for Investors

Anay Mridul Sep 30, 2024

Are corporate climate actions on par with their emissions targets and disclosures? A new report explores this very question. Food companies are making some progress on reducing their greenhouse gas footprints, but they’re slow to…
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Alt Protein

The Raging Pig Co Attracts Investment to Expand Vegan Pork Products & Launch Mycelium Meat

Anay Mridul Sep 30, 2024

German meat analogue maker The Raging Pig Company has closed a seed funding round ahead of its move into mycelium protein. As it gears up to enter the mycelium market, vegan pork startup The Raging Pig Company has secured an undisclosed…
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Alt Protein

Ahead of Opening World’s Largest Cultivated Meat Factory, Believer Meats Taps GEA to Drive Down Costs

Anay Mridul Sep 30, 2024

Israel's Believer Meats has joined forces with German engineering firm GEA to help scale up production of cultivated meat, ahead of opening the industry's largest facility next year. Early next year, the world's largest manufacturing…
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Alt Protein

Despite Declines, Plant-Based Meat is Selling Better Than It Did Pre-Pandemic

Anay Mridul Sep 27, 2024

Retail sales of plant-based meat have been shrinking, but they're still higher than pre-pandemic levels. Opportunities lie in price cuts and bundling these analogues with fresh produce. In 2023, sales of vegan meat and seafood fell by…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Estonia’s Äio Secures €6.1M for Demo Facility to Turn Sawdust Into Palm Oil & Animal Fat Alternatives

Anay Mridul Sep 27, 2024

Estonian startup Äio has closed a €6.1M ($6.8M) funding round to build a facility for its fermentation-derived alternatives to palm oil and animal fats. Transforming agricultural and woodworking waste into oils to replace planet-harming…
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