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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 Bioidentical Vegan Gelatin To Go ‘Head-To-Head’ With Animal Collagen

Sally Ho Jun 25, 2021

Provenance Bio wants to disrupt the global collagen industry with its biomimetic version of gelatin, made without the use of a single animal.
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Research & Scientific Studies

U.N. Scientists: Climate and Biodiversity Must Be Crises Solved Together

Sally Ho Jun 25, 2021

Leading U.N. biodiversity and climate crises experts say we must approach both issues together—we can’t solve one without the other.
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Research & Scientific Studies

Over 70% of Consumers Want Animal-Free Dairy Cheese, Study Shows

Sally Ho Jun 24, 2021

More than 7 in 10 consumers are willing to try and buy novel animal-free cheese products, a new consumer acceptance study has found. These products are made from precision fermentation, which allows the replication of real dairy proteins…
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Renewables

New $1 Billion Global IKEA-Rockefeller Platform To Fight Climate Change With Clean Energy

Sally Ho Jun 24, 2021

IKEA and Rockefeller foundations have set up a new billion-dollar clean energy initiative to fight energy poverty and climate change.
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Zero Waste

Mono Launches First 100% Zero-Waste Vegan Skincare Pastilles To End Beauty Packaging

Sally Ho Jun 24, 2021

Zero-waste vegan beauty brand Mono Skincare has debuted what it claims is the world’s first dissolvable skincare pastille.
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Nature’s Fynd Gets FDA GRAS Approval For Its Yellowstone Park Fungi Protein ‘Fy’

Sally Ho Jun 24, 2021

Nature’s Fynd has received a "no questions" letter from the FDA, giving it the go-ahead to use Fy Protein in food products.
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Alt Protein

TiNDLE Vegan Chicken Launches In 16 Hong Kong Restaurants Including Michelin Starred Bo Innovation

Sally Ho Jun 23, 2021

TiNDLE, the vegan chicken brand by Singapore's Next Gen, has launched in restaurants across Hong Kong including Michelin-starred Bo Innovation.
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Alt Protein

This Startup Makes Vegan Meat From Algae. And It’s Backed By A Government Grant.

Sally Ho Jun 23, 2021

Geb Impact Technology is making vegan meat from algae. And with a new grant from the Hong Kong government, it's scaling up.
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Alt Materials

Next-Gen Sustainable Materials To Follow Alt Protein, Become $2.2 Billion Industry By 2026, Predicts New Report

Sally Ho Jun 23, 2021

New research from nonprofit MII estimates next-gen sustainable materials will make up 3% of the global materials market of US$70 billion.
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Food & Nutrition

500,000 African Farmers Are About to Get ‘Sensorless’ Water-Saving Irrigation Systems

Sally Ho Jun 23, 2021

SupPlant's $10 million in funding will bring water-saving irrigation tools to more than 500,000 Kenyan farmers.
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Alt Protein

This Australian Senator Wants to Ban Vegan ‘Meat’ Labeling. The Industry Isn’t Having It.

Sally Ho Jun 22, 2021

Australia's vegan meat industry is pushing back against a senator aiming to block labelling terms like "meaty" on plant-based products.
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Cell-Based News

Japan’s CulNet Consortium: New Open Innovation Platform For Cell-Based Meat & Materials

Sally Ho Jun 22, 2021

Japanese cultivated protein startup IntegriCulture recently launched its CulNet Consortium, an open innovation platform dedicated to cellular agriculture. With twelve companies on board, the platform aims to accelerate and scale cell-based…
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Consumer Trends & Insights

Cell-Based Meat Market To Reach $25 Billion By 2030, Says McKinsey Report

Sally Ho Jun 22, 2021

Cultivated meat could balloon to a US$25 billion global industry by the end of the decade, predicts a new report by analysts at McKinsey & Co. The report estimates the trajectory that the cell-based protein industry will take in the…
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Alt Protein

Burger King Singapore Just Launched a Plant-Based Whopper After ‘Many Requests From Local Fans’

Sally Ho Jun 22, 2021

Burger King Singapore has added the plant-based Whopper to its menus islandwide in partnership with The Vegetarian Butcher.
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Alt Protein

Singapore University To Offer Asia Pacific’s First Alt Protein Course

Sally Ho Jun 21, 2021

Asia’s first-ever alternative protein university course has landed in Singapore. For the upcoming 2021-2022 academic year starting in August, undergraduate students at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) will be able to join a new…
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Food & Nutrition

Farm-To-Table Pioneer Alice Waters Delivers Slow Food Manifesto In New Book

Sally Ho Jun 21, 2021

Alice Waters makes an impassioned call for eating the slow food way in her new book, 'We Are What We Eat'.
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Research & Scientific Studies

Study: Half Of Cosmetics In U.S. Contain Toxic PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’

Sally Ho Jun 21, 2021

Toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS have been detected in half of all U.S. cosmetics samples in a new Notre Dame University study.
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Vegan

Luxury Chocolatier La Maison Du Chocolat Launches Its First Vegan Collection

Sally Ho Jun 17, 2021

French luxury chocolate brand La Maison du Chocolat has just introduced its first vegan chocolate fruity ganaches.
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Health

Core One Labs To Patent Biosynthesised Psilocybin For Medical Psychedelic Market

Sally Ho Jun 17, 2021

Core One Labs is patenting its proprietary biosynthesis production method for psilocybin—magic mushrooms—for medicinal purposes.
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Research & Scientific Studies

Junk Food Makes Up Nearly 20% Calories Consumed By U.S. Children, Study Finds

Sally Ho Jun 17, 2021

Researchers say that more needs to be done to stop unhealthy junk food choices for kids to alleviate obesity rates and create healthy habits.
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Alt Materials

Cambridge Spinoff Xampla To Launch Plastic-Free Sachets & Capsules Made From ‘Vegan Spider Silk’

Sally Ho Jun 17, 2021

Xampla, the University of Cambridge spin-off startup, will soon introduce compostable plastic-free sachets and capsules made using a new “vegan spider silk” material. The new polymer material, which is plant-based, scalable and…
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