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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.

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Media Giant SevenVentures Invests in Next Gen Foods to Promote TiNDLE Across Germany

Green Queen Team Jun 26, 2023

Next Gen Foods, the food tech startup behind the popular plant-based chicken brand TiNDLE, has announced a high-value media-for-equity deal with SevenVentures, the investment arm of ProSiebenSat.1, Germany's largest media and digital…
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As It Readies for a Series A, Green Rebel Expands In Asia, Including 364 Starbucks In Malaysia

Green Queen Team Jun 26, 2023

Indonesian food-tech startup Green Rebel is broadening its presence across the Asia-Pacific, establishing partnerships with top quick service restaurants including Starbucks Malaysia and Nando’s Singapore, as it gears up for a series A…
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Cultivated Startup Omeat Emerges From Stealth Mode With $40 Million to Build Its ‘Bridge to the Future’

Green Queen Team Jun 22, 2023

California-based cultivated meat start-up Omeat, has emerged from stealth mode after four years. The company says its innovative technology dramatically cuts costs and can be scaled to meet the global demand for various types of animal…
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Remilk Adds 3 Board Members from Danone, PepsiCo, and Nestlé to Further Its ‘Transformative Vision’

Green Queen Team Jun 22, 2023

Tel Aviv-based Remilk, leading producer of precision fermentation dairy, has announced the appointment of three food industry executives to its Board of Directors. Alicia Enciso, Nestle USA's ex-CMO, Floris Wesseling, the former…
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Research & Scientific Studies

Why Nitrates and Nitrites in Processed Meats are Harmful, But Those in Vegetables Aren’t

Green Queen Team Jun 22, 2023

By Richard Hoffman Many of us know that we should steer away from processed meats and eat more vegetables if we want to be healthier and lower our chances of developing certain types of cancers. While there are many reasons processed…
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VFC Bails Out Fellow U.K. Vegan Meat Brand Meatless Farm: ‘We Are Delighted’

Green Queen Team Jun 22, 2023

In a major development for the failing plant-based meat company Meatless Farm, U.K.-based VFC Foods has announced the purchase of the other Yorkshire-based plant-based company, in a deal worth £12 million in sales. The Meatless Farm…
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Impossible Foods Debuts the Indulgent Burger: ‘To Better Meet Consumers Where They Are’

Green Queen Team Jun 22, 2023

Impossible Foods has announced the Impossible Indulgent Burger, a premium version of the original Impossible Burger promising to be juicier and meatier than its predecessor. The new Impossible Indulgent Burger caters to consumers who…
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Breaking: Upside Foods, Eat Just Earn First USDA Approval To Sell Cultivated Meat in The U.S.: ‘A Giant Step Forward’

Green Queen Team Jun 22, 2023

Leading cultivated meat manufacturers, Eat Just and Upside Foods, have completed the pre-market regulatory review process for cultivated chicken, becoming the first U.S. companies to earn the clearance for sale. The USDA has granted…
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6 Key Insights from GFI APAC’s Cultivated Meat Industry Survey

Green Queen Team Jun 21, 2023

A recent survey conducted by the think tank GFI APAC looks at the primary challenges the cultivated meat industry is facing when it comes to acquiring commercially viable cell lines. The survey's insights were extracted from responses…
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Pioneering Plant-Based Collaboration: More Foods Joins Forces with Osem-Nestlé Group

Green Queen Team Jun 21, 2023

Prominent Israeli plant-based food-tech company More Foods has announced a strategic partnership with Tivol, a branch of the Osem-Nestlé Group. This inaugural alliance for Tivol with a food-tech startup signifies a commitment to…
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Adamo Foods Secures £1.5M in Fresh Funding for Its Mycelium Meat

Green Queen Team Jun 20, 2023

With the goal of revolutionizing the alt market, Adamo Foods has secured £1.5m in fresh funding, earmarked for introducing its mycelium-based steak to the mainstream consumer. U.K.-based Adamo Foods says it is harnessing innovation to…
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CellX, China’s Most Funded Cellular Agriculture Startup Lands $6.5M in Series A+ Round

Green Queen Team Jun 20, 2023

China's cultivated meat front-runner, CellX, has successfully procured $6.5M in a Series A+ funding round. Shanghai-based CellX's new funding comes by way of a collection of strategic investors. The funding propels CellX toward the…
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A Joint Venture Between APAC-SCA and JACA Will Boost Japan’s Cellular Agriculture Industry

Green Queen Team Jun 19, 2023

The Asia-Pacific Society for Cellular Agriculture (APAC-SCA) and the Japan Association for Cellular Agriculture (JACA) have solidified a partnership through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The new MoU aims to boost the growth of…
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New Research Dishes On Ways Restaurants Can Increase Orders of Lower Emission Foods

Green Queen Team Jun 19, 2023

A new meta-analysis explores how restaurants can get patrons to order lower-emission food. In a climate increasingly fraught with urgency, the microscope is on consumer behaviors, particularly food choices, which generate about 34…
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Alt Materials

The World’s First Gelato Made Out Of Captured Carbon Debuts in Singapore

Green Queen Team Jun 16, 2023

Singaporeans will have a chance to try the world's first gelato made from air at the restaurant Fico. Developed by Finnish food tech company Solar Foods, the new dessert is made using ingredients derived from air. Last September,…
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Filipino Plant-Based Startup WTH Foods Introduces Microalgae-Based Vegan Seafood Products

Green Queen Team Jun 16, 2023

WTH Foods is expanding its presence in both the European and Southeast Asian markets with a new range of low-sodium, clean-label plant-based seafood products. Known for its popular Umani brand of plant-based meat alternatives that…
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With Help From Jaguar Land Rover, Uncaged Innovations Raises $2 Million for Bio-Based Leather

Green Queen Team Jun 15, 2023

Uncaged Innovations, a biomaterials startup focused on sustainable leather alternatives, has raised $2 million in a Pre-Seed funding round. Uncaged's funding comes from investors, including InMotion Ventures, Jaguar Land Rover's (JLR)…
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Breaking: Upside Foods, Eat Just Earn USDA Label Approval for Cultivated Meat: ‘A Major Step Forward’

Green Queen Team Jun 15, 2023

California's Upside Foods earns USDA label approval for its cultivated meat just days after Eat Just earned the same clearance for its cultivated chicken, bringing cell-based meat one step closer to American plates. The label approval…
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Renewal Mill Secures Initial Series A Funding for Diverted Food Waste Flour Blends

Green Queen Team Jun 14, 2023

The upcycled food innovator, Renewal Mill, has successfully secured the initial phase of its Series A funding round. The undisclosed financing round was led by Beyond Impact Advisors and ICA Fund. In the upcoming months, Renewal…
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Impossible Foods’ New Ads Will Make You Want to Switch Up Your Meat

Green Queen Team Jun 14, 2023

It's the Summer of Impossible according to a stellar new ad campaign for Impossible Foods from Terry Crews' Super Serious creative agency. No one wants summer to end and Impossible Foods is making that known even before the season is…
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Climax Foods Debuts ‘World’s First’ Plant Casein: ‘One of the Most Important Scientific Breakthroughs’

Green Queen Team Jun 13, 2023

AI food tech startup, the Bay-Area-based Climax Foods Inc., has debuted what it says is the world's first plant-based ingredient that mimics the functionality, flavor, texture, melt, and stretch of the dairy protein casein. The new…
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