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Sally Ho is Green Queen's former resident writer and lead reporter. Passionate about the environment, social issues and health, she is always looking into the latest climate stories in Hong Kong and beyond. A long-time vegan, she also hopes to promote healthy and plant-based lifestyle choices in Asia. Sally has a background in Politics and International Relations from her studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Alt Protein

This Startup Helps Brands Make Realistic Whole-Cut Vegan Meat

Sally Ho Sep 15, 2021

Based in Israel, Alfred’s FoodTech has developed a new production platform dedicated to manufacturing whole-cut meat alternatives.
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Alt Protein

Plant-Based Meat Gets Own Section At Indian Retail Chain Nature’s Basket

Sally Ho Sep 15, 2021

Plant-based meat is now a separate category on Nature’s Basket, a leading retail chain and online grocery platform in India.
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Animal-Free Cheese Maker Change Foods Establishes Silicon Valley Operations To ‘Scale World-Class Food Tech’

Sally Ho Sep 14, 2021

Change Foods, the precision fermentation dairy startup born in Australia, has just moved into BioCube San Jose, the Silicon Valley life science incubator and former home of Impossible Foods. Speaking to Green Queen Media, the food tech’s…
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Vegan

Jakarta Opens World’s First Brick-and-Mortar Vegan Dining and Cloud Kitchen Collaborative Space

Sally Ho Sep 14, 2021

Jakarta has just welcomed a new dedicated plant-based collaborative space with vegan cloud kitchens. Opened by local startup Mad Grass, the new space in the Indonesian capital claims to be the first-of-its-kind in the world, featuring a…
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Alt Protein

Givaudan Doubles Down On Alternative Proteins With New Zurich Hub

Sally Ho Sep 14, 2021

Givaudan, the world’s biggest flavour and fragrance corporation, has placed alternative proteins at the centre of its growth strategy in the years ahead. Opening a new Protein Hub at its flagship Zurich Innovation Centre this week, the…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Formo Eyes Animal-Free Mozzarella and Ricotta After Record $50M Series A

Sally Ho Sep 14, 2021

Formo, the precision fermentation cheese company based in Berlin, has just closed a record-breaking $50 million Series A round, representing the largest to date within the European food tech industry. The startup says that the funds will…
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Alt Protein

Argentina’s Vegan Protein Startup Tomorrow Foods Gets $3M For LatAm Expansion

Sally Ho Sep 14, 2021

Tomorrow Foods, an Argentinian plant-based startup, has raised $3 million in a new funding round. On the heels of its vegan burger launch, the food tech says it will use the capital to double down on R&D to expand its product…
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Alt Materials

Oslo Startup Secures Funds For Fungi Food and Materials Solutions

Sally Ho Sep 14, 2021

NoMy has announced the closing of a seed funding round to accelerate its fungi-powered sustainable solutions. Based in Oslo, the Norwegian startup uses fungal mycelium to develop alternatives for everything from food to materials, such as…
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Alt Protein

TiNDLE Vegan Chicken Makes Middle East Debut At 20 UAE Restaurants

Sally Ho Sep 13, 2021

TiNDLE, the plant-based chicken brand launched by Singapore’s Next Gen Foods, has just rolled out in the UAE for the first time. Debuting on menus across 8 restaurant brands with nearly 20 outlets across Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Fujairah, it…
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Funding News

World’s First Vegan ETF Outperforms S&P For Second Consecutive Year

Sally Ho Sep 13, 2021

The US Vegan Climate ETF, the world’s first and only vegan exchange traded fund to date, has celebrated two years of its launch. For the second consecutive year, the fund has outperformed the S&P 500 Index, demonstrating the profit…
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India

India To Introduce Its First Vegan Food Safety and Labelling Standards

Sally Ho Sep 13, 2021

India is set to introduce the country’s first vegan food safety standards and labelling regulations. Having formulated its draft report, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) will issue guidelines to define plant-based…
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Alt Protein

This Brooklyn Startup Makes Vegan Mozzarella For Pizzerias. Now It’s Going For More Cheese.

Sally Ho Sep 13, 2021

Numu, a plant-based cheese startup based in Brooklyn, New York, has just closed its Series A funding round. The food tech is behind the vegan mozzarella made for foodservice, currently served across pizzerias in New York. Now, fuelled with…
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Climate Change

No Time Left For ‘Incremental’ Climate Action, Warns Leaked IPCC Report

Sally Ho Sep 13, 2021

Our planet has no time left for “incremental change” to avert climate disaster, says a leaked draft of the upcoming IPCC report.
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Vegan

How Upcycled Mushrooms Could Help Make Beer Vegan-Friendly

Sally Ho Sep 12, 2021

It’s not common knowledge, but not all beers out there are vegan. Some brands use finings in the brewing process that are derived from animals, making the final product not 100% free from animal byproducts and therefore unsuitable for…
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Alt Protein

This Vegan Pet Food Startup Wants Dogs To Thrive On Plant Power

Sally Ho Sep 11, 2021

Many pet owners believe that their dogs are naturally carnivores. But the truth is, dogs are omnivores and they can thrive on a plant-based diet. That’s the reason why British veterinarian Dr. Guy Sandelowsky decided to start Omni, an…
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Alt Protein

McDonald’s Launches First 100% Vegan McPlant Burger In The UK

Sally Ho Sep 10, 2021

McDonald’s has just started rolling out the much anticipated McPlant burger in the UK, which for the first time will be 100% vegan. From this month, several locations in England will begin selling the plant-based patty co-developed with…
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Alt Protein

Bollywood Stars Launch Vegan Meat Brand On Ganesh Chaturthi Festival

Sally Ho Sep 10, 2021

Imagine Meats, the vegan meat brand created by Bollywood celebrity couple Riteish and Genelia Deshmukh, has just launched in Mumbai. Available online and in retail locations across the city, the range includes plant-based chicken, mutton,…
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Vegan Dining

Michelin-Starred Chef Alain Ducasse Opens New ‘95% Plant-Based’ Restaurant

Sally Ho Sep 10, 2021

Chef Alain Ducasse, the famous Monégasque chef behind the three-Michelin-starred restaurant The Dorchester, has just opened a brand new restaurant in Paris. This time, the renowned chef is doing something different. Unlike his previous…
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Animal Rights

Mexico Bans Animal Testing For Cosmetics In First For North America

Sally Ho Sep 10, 2021

Mexico has officially passed a ban on animal testing for cosmetics, becoming the first country within North America to do so.
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Research & Scientific Studies

5 Meat and Dairy Firms Produce More Emissions Than Big Oil, New ‘Meat Atlas’ Shows

Sally Ho Sep 10, 2021

Just five meat and dairy firms are responsible for more emissions than oil giants like Exxon and BP, the new Meat Atlas 2021 report finds.
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Future Foods

Future Food-Tech To Bring Industry Heavyweights To Table On Sustainable Nutrition

Sally Ho Sep 10, 2021

Bringing together 700 executives and food experts, the upcoming Future Food-Tech Summit will showcase the latest in sustainable nutrition.
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