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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.

Alt Protein

Amid NHS Blended Meat Deal, Sales Hit 6-Year Low for Quorn Maker Marlow Foods

Anay Mridul Sep 27, 2024

Marlow Foods, the parent company of Quorn and Cauldron Foods, saw pre-tax losses surpass £60M in 2023, four times higher than the year before. As the wider meat analogue category struggles, the company behind the UK's leading meat-free…
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Future Foods

Researchers Are Using Baker’s Yeast to Turn Carbon Dioxide Into Protein & Folate

Anay Mridul Sep 26, 2024

Scientists have discovered a way to turn gases into yeast that contains more protein than beef and enough folate to meet your daily requirements. What if acetate and carbon dioxide could help you meet your daily nutritional needs? …
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Climate Change

Big Oil Has Spent $5.6B in Global ‘Sportswashing’ Sponsorship Deals: Report

Anay Mridul Sep 26, 2024

Fossil fuel companies are spending billions on sponsorship deals with some of the world's biggest sports entities in an attempt to 'sportswash' their role in climate change. Manchester United's new part-owners Ineos, FIFA's primary…
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Climate Change

Qarbotech Gains $1.5M to Expand Photosynthesis Enhancing Tech Across Southeast Asia

Anay Mridul Sep 26, 2024

Malaysian climate tech startup Qarbotech has secured $1.5M in a seed extension round to help plants absorb carbon dioxide and increase yields by 60%. What if farmers could add something to their crops that would capture more sunlight,…
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Policy & Regulation

Tyson Foods Faces Greenwashing Lawsuit Over ‘Climate-Smart’ Brazen Beef

Anay Mridul Sep 26, 2024

US meat giant Tyson Foods has been sued by an environmental group for misleading consumers about the sustainability credentials of its "climate-smart" Brazen Beef. Tyson Foods, America's largest beef producer, is being accused of…
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Alt Protein

How Rebellyous Foods’s New Mock 2 Platform Makes Cost-Competitive Plant-Based Meat

Anay Mridul Sep 25, 2024

Seattle startup Rebellyous Foods has unveiled its Mock 2 Production System, which reduces the cost of manufacturing plant-based meat to reach parity with animal proteins. In February 2023, Rebellyous Foods closed a $9.4M Series B…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Helaina Raises $45M to Launch Effera Human Lactoferrin with Kroma Wellness, Mitsubishi & More

Anay Mridul Sep 25, 2024

US startup Helaina has closed a $45M Series B round to commercialise Effera Human Lactoferrin, its breast milk equivalent protein, in the US later this year. Helaina, the New York-based firm making breast milk alternatives with…
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Future Foods

Future Food Quick Bites: Slutty Vegas, Impossible Chicken Salads & A Vegan Cream Liqueur

Anay Mridul Sep 25, 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 Upside Foods' tasting event at a taqueria, Japan Airlines' sweet protein…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Israel’s DairyX Foods Unveils ‘Self-Assembling’ Animal-Free Casein Micelles, Eyes 2027 US Launch

Anay Mridul Sep 25, 2024

Israeli startup DairyX Foods has developed a method to make precision-fermented casein proteins that self-assemble into micelles. To deliver stretchy, melty cheese and firmer, creamier yoghurt free from cows, DairyX Foods has come upon…
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Eco Packaging

Seaweed Packaging: Notpla Closes £20M Series A Extension to Fuel US Expansion & Sell 100 Million Plastic-Free Units

Anay Mridul Sep 25, 2024

UK seaweed packaging startup Notpla has closed a £20M ($26.8M) Series A extension to expand to the US and replace 100 million single-use plastic items by 2026. Notpla, the London-based maker of sustainable packaging, has snapped up £20M…
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Alt Protein

Mushroom Innovator Fable Foods Opens Its Spores to Blended Meat – Here’s Why

Anay Mridul Sep 24, 2024

Fable Foods co-founder and CEO Michael Fox explains why the company has decided to work with meat producers on blended applications. Climate Week NYC is coinciding with a new era for blended meat, with a major taste test revealing that…
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Funding News

Plant-Based Food Offers Far Better Returns on Climate Investment Than EVs or Green Energy: Study

Anay Mridul Sep 24, 2024

Investing in a plant-based food system offers much greater emissions cuts per dollar than renewable energy or electric vehicles, shows a new report. If governments and investors put the same amount of money into plant-based food as they…
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Future Foods

Americans Like Blended Meat Burgers & Nuggets More Than Their Bestselling 100% Animal Counterparts

Anay Mridul Sep 24, 2024

In a comprehensive survey about blended meat, Americans were found to prefer half-meat, half-plant burgers and nuggets more than the market-leading, fully animal-derived products. People prefer the taste of blended meat over most…
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Alt Dairy

DIY Dairy: 7 Brands Making Oat Milk Powders for At-Home Use

Anay Mridul Sep 24, 2024

A host of brands are innovating with oat milk powders in multiple flavours to cut packaging waste and offer personalisation – here are seven of the best. Oat milk has quickly become the darling of the plant-based milk space, which…
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Vegan

90% of Patients Satisfied with NYC’s Plant-Based Hospital Meals Scheme

Anay Mridul Sep 23, 2024

New York City's Health + Hospitals scheme for plant-based meals has received overwhelming support from patients and led to reduced food costs and emissions. Half of all patients in New York City's public hospitals chose to eat vegan…
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Vegan

Australia’s vEEF Rolls Out Plant-Based Beef Mince and Sausages Cheaper Than Meat

Anay Mridul Sep 23, 2024

In Australia, vEEF has introduced a new range of meat analogues that are priced lower than animal-derived meat, keying into consumer trends. Nearly a year after its merger with Love Buds, vEEF is rolling out a new range of plant-based…
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Zero Waste

Climate Experts Develop Methodology for Food Banks to Measure & Reduce Methane Emissions

Anay Mridul Sep 23, 2024

By diverting food waste, each food bank prevents as many emissions as 900 cars for a year, according to a new methodology designed to curb methane emissions. The food system has a methane problem. The greenhouse gas has contributed…
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Cell-Based News

India’s Health Minister Calls for Regulatory Reform of Novel Foods to Meet ‘Evolving Consumer Preferences’

Anay Mridul Sep 23, 2024

At a food safety summit in New Delhi, India's health minister JP Nadda underscored the importance of building a regulatory framework for novel foods like cultivated meat. The Indian government's support for alternative proteins…
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Alt Protein

Forma Foods Unveils ‘Chaotic’ 3D Printing Tech for Michelin-Starred Vegan Beef

Anay Mridul Sep 20, 2024

Mexico's Forma Foods is making whole-cut plant-based meat using a 3D printing technique that has impressed Michelin-starred chefs. What started as a bioprinting firm in 2017 has turned into a full-fledged food tech startup, leveraging…
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Chocolate

Treets Taps ChoViva’s Cocoa-Free Chocolate for New Vegan Peanut Dragées

Anay Mridul Sep 20, 2024

Planet A Foods has partnered with Katjes International to launch a cocoa-free, plant-based version of the famous Treets peanut dragées. Katjes International is bringing out a cocoa- and dairy-free version of Treets Peanuts, thanks to a…
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Funding News

Mycelium Innovator Ecovative Raises $28M to Propel MyBacon Growth & Launch Eco-Leather

Anay Mridul Sep 20, 2024

New York-based Ecovative has secured $28M in a growth equity round to expand its mycelium-based MyBacon product and introduce new sustainable leather materials. To advance its food and fashion innovations, US mycelium startup Ecovative…
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