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We INFORM. We INSPIRE. We EMPOWER. Founded by serial entrepreneur Sonalie Figueiras in 2011, Green Queen is an award-winning sustainability & impact media platform advocating for social & environmental change in Asia. Our mission is to shift consumer behaviour through our authentic, original and ground-breaking content.

Alt Protein

90% Plants: Momentum Foods Says Its Hybrid Meat Can Create a More Sustainable Food System

Green Queen Team Apr 24, 2023

Saba Fazeli, the first R&D engineer at Beyond Meat, has launched Momentum Foods, a new brand focused on blended meat products — mixing plant-based meat with conventional. Momentum Foods’ first products, which will be sold under the…
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Alt Materials

This Lululemon T-Shirt is Made From Nylon Sourced From Plants

Green Queen Team Apr 24, 2023

Activewear giant Lululemon has announced the launch of a shirt made from what it describes as plant-based nylon in partnership with sustainable materials firm Genomatica. The new t-shirts, which come in styles for men and women, are in…
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Alt Protein

TiNDLE Plant-Based Chicken Expands Into 350 Morrisons Stores Across the U.K.

Green Queen Team Apr 21, 2023

As Singapore's plant-based chicken brand TiNDLE continues its rapid global expansion, the Next Gen Foods' brand announces a new placement. The Next Gen Foods brand TiNDLE is expanding its presence in the U.K. by rolling out its vegan…
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Alt Protein

UPSIDE Foods Announces Cultivated Chicken Sandwiches, Sausage, and Dumplings As It Waits for Regulatory Approval

Green Queen Team Apr 21, 2023

California-based UPSIDE Foods has announced a new range of cultivated ground meat products and a breakthrough in chicken cell lines. With its "No Questions" letter from the FDA last year, USPIDE Foods is closer than ever to regulatory…
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Hong Kong

EcoDrive Hong Kong Launches Third “Enough Plastic” Campaign To Tackle Single-Use Plastic Waste

Green Queen Team Apr 21, 2023

Hong Kong non-profit EcoDrive Hong Kong announces third Enough Plastic campaign to raise awareness about the city's plastic waste problem. EcoDrive Hong Kong, a non-profit organization committed to promoting sustainability and reducing…
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Biodiversity

Restoring These 9 Wild Animals Population Could Sequester Enough CO2 To Meet The Paris Goals

Green Queen Team Apr 20, 2023

Gray wolves, elephants, wildebeests, and sea otters are a few of the species that can help keep global warming below 1.5 degrees C. By Gabriela Aoun Angueira As the world increasingly turns toward natural climate solutions like…
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Health

Replacing Meat With Fruits and Grains Reduces Type-2 Diabetes Risk, Study Finds

Green Queen Team Apr 20, 2023

A recent study found a plant-based diet can reduce the risk of type-2 diabetes when it replaces conventional processed or red meat. The research, published in the journal Scientific Reports, investigated whether replacing processed and…
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Alt Protein

Aleph Farms Launches Cultivated Petit Steak Under Its New ‘Aleph Cuts’ Label

Green Queen Team Apr 20, 2023

Israel-based Aleph Farms has launched its first product brand, Aleph Cuts, and its first product under the new label, a cultivated Petit Steak. As the cultivated meat sector continues its trajectory toward widespread regulatory…
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Alt Protein

EniferBio Raises €11M in a Series A Funding Round for Its Novel Mycoprotein

Green Queen Team Apr 19, 2023

EniferBio has raised €11M Series A funding round for its fungal mycoprotein made from the by-products of food and agricultural processes. EniferBio says its fresh funding was led by the Dutch aquaculture investment fund Aqua-Spark and…
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Alt Protein

Motif FoodWorks Debuts Its First DTC Vegan Burgers

Green Queen Team Apr 19, 2023

Boston-based Motif FoodWorks has announced a limited-edition release of its debut product: the Motif BeefWorks plant-based burger patties. Motif, which operates predominantly as a B2B, says it has been sampling the burgers to restaurant…
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Alt Protein

£12 Million U.K. Research Hub to Scale Cultivated Meat and Precision Fermentation

Green Queen Team Apr 18, 2023

Last week, the U.K. government made its largest investment to date into sustainable protein — £12 million for the creation of a research center aimed at helping British scientists and companies scale up cultivated meat. The new Cellular…
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Alt Protein

Karana Announces Global Expansion for Sustainable Jackfruit Meat: ‘Simply No Better Crop’

Green Queen Team Apr 18, 2023

Singapore-based start-up Karana is aiming to make jackfruit a staple global food by scaling up the supply of this regenerative crop over the next two decades. And its recent ten-fold growth over the last two years shows the brand is well…
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Climate Change

How to Pass a Meat Tax: Start Small And Make It About Animal Welfare, Study Finds

Green Queen Team Apr 17, 2023

A recent study aimed to investigate whether consumers are more likely to support a meat tax to improve animal welfare or to mitigate climate change. The study, published in the journal Nature Food, was conducted in Germany, where…
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Alt Protein

ADM And Believer Meats Partner To Expand Cultivated Meat Industry

Green Queen Team Apr 17, 2023

A new protein partnership aims to widen the protein ecosystem by expanding meat alternative offerings. Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), a global conventional protein leader, and Israel's Believer Meats, a cultivated meat pioneer, have…
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Vegan

‘Chocolate Siblings’ Launch Nocoa Cocoa-Free Sustainable Chocolate Line in Germany

Green Queen Team Apr 14, 2023

In a partnership with German online retailer Confiserie Seidl, Planet A Foods has launched Nocoa, its first sustainable chocolate line. Nocoa is tapping into the chocolate successor market, made without cacao and instead from natural,…
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Climate Change

Food Waste Makes Up 50% of Global Food Emissions, Study Finds

Green Queen Team Apr 14, 2023

A study published last month found greenhouse gases resulting from food waste contribute to nearly half of all global food system emissions. The study, published in the journal Nature Food, looked at the loss and waste of 54 different…
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Vegan

The Vegetarian Butcher Taps Michelin Chefs for Its First Cookbook

Green Queen Team Apr 13, 2023

The Vegetarian Butcher, the Unilever-owned Dutch plant-based meat brand, has launched its first cookbook “New Meat.” The new cookbook builds on the success of the Vegetarian Butcher's offerings since it launched in 2010. "New Meat"…
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Alt Materials

Melibio’s Bee-Free Mellody Honey Makes Its Retail Debut at Eleven Madison

Green Queen Team Apr 13, 2023

Melibio's Mellody plant-based honey is making its direct-to-consumer debut via chef Daniel Humm's Eleven Madison Home store in New York City. Following up from its debut at the Natural Products Expo in Anaheim, California, last month,…
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Alt Dairy

Food Industry Is ‘Leaning In’ to Alternative Proteins, Good Food Institute Reports

Green Queen Team Apr 12, 2023

Three new reports from the nonprofit The Good Food Institute detail a shifting landscape across the global food system as the plant-based, precision fermentation, and cultivated meat sectors show significant growth and widespread…
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Alt Dairy

$8 Billion U.S. Plant-Based Food Sector Shows ‘Momentum and Resilience’, PBFA Report Finds

Green Queen Team Apr 11, 2023

In its State of the Marketplace 2022 Summary Report, the Plant Based Foods Association takes a deep dive into the category and identifies key trends ahead. Despite inflation over the last year and lackluster sales for several…
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Alt Dairy

Dairy-Free Products Drive the Plant-Based Category, But They Have A Retention Problem, Survey Finds

Green Queen Team Apr 11, 2023

A new report finds that while the demand for dairy-free options continues to rise, consumers aren't sold on the options. More than 80 percent of consumers surveyed by Olam Food Ingredients (OFI) said they use plant-based products at…
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