Coffee

At the forefront of the global future food ecosystem, Green Queen founding editor Sonalie Figueiras sets out the most important trends to watch every year. Here are her predictions for 2026. As the Green Queen editor-in-chief, part of…
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Starbucks India is targeting the country's protein boom with a new line of cold foams made with SuperYou's yeast protein, which is available across all its 500 stores nationwide. First it was McDonald's, then came Starbucks. The world's…
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The Cultured Hub, a biotech facility run by Swiss food industry giants, has expanded its service to include plant cell culture technology for coffee, cocoa and citrus. Swiss biotech plant The Cultured Hub is broadening its horizons with…
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The future food industry has seen plenty of victories this year, spanning regulatory approvals, supermarket pledges, and women's wellness. Here are the 10 biggest wins for food tech in 2025. 1) Cultivated meat approvals accelerated …
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Solar Foods has teased Solein Cream as one of many applications for its gas-derived protein, with a three-ingredient solution that could solve the bottlenecks for non-dairy products. An emulsion of water, oil, and carbon could usher in…
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The future of coffee, cocoa and wine is already in danger thanks to climate change, and even the most advanced geoengineering interventions might not be enough to protect them. In a damning study about the extent of the climate crisis's…
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Japanese food conglomerate Ajinomoto has introduced beverages using Prefer's beanless coffee and Solar Foods's Solein gas protein in Singapore. An iced latte with coffee made without beans, milk without cows, and protein produced from…
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Starbucks Coffee is rolling out Protein Lattes and Cold Foam across the US and Canada this month, but its use of whey powder is in direct contradiction to its climate goals. The world's largest coffee company is blending two popular…
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Singapore startup Prefer has raised $4.2M in funding to expand its bean-free coffee and cocoa globally, and announced partnerships with Ajinomoto and The Coffee Ferm. Taking its upcycled, fermentation-derived alternatives to coffee and…
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With plant-based milk now a mainstream option for coffee drinks, a team of researchers analysed the sensory performance of various nut milks in search of the best latte. Walk into a coffee shop in most tier 1 and 2 cities globally…
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Singaporean food tech firm Prefer has unveiled a bean-free soluble powder positioned as a "coffee extender", in an approach reminiscent of blended meat. When it comes to decarbonising the food system, working with – not against – the…
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Melvados, a gourmet retailer in Singapore, has launched a co-branded Coconut Latte ice cream without dairy or coffee, using local startup Prefer's beanless alternative instead. Singaporeans can get their hands on Asia's first ice cream…
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Belgian startup Koppie, which makes a single-ingredient coffee alternative using legumes, has emerged from stealth with a pre-seed funding round. What if you could brew coffee with a different bean? Say, chickpeas? Or something more…
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I love coffee. I drink it every day. It’s part of my culture, my mornings, my memories. But behind each cup is a fragile system, and that system is breaking. Coffee and cocoa are daily rituals for many of us, but behind every cup or…
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US startup Compound Foods has expanded its tech platform to help food companies replace at-risk commodities like coffee and chocolate with bean-free alternatives. Coffee and chocolate may go well together, but things are not going all…
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As cocoa and coffee prices reach record highs, one startup is turning waste from the world's favourite drink into its favourite sweet treat. What if your hot chocolate was made from coffee waste? As the world's largest producer of…
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Plant-powered Olympian Dotsie Bausch has been fiercely advocating for coffee companies to remove the non-dairy milk surcharge – now, Tim Hortons and Dunkin' have become the latest chains to drop the levy. It was a one-on-one meeting…
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Nestlé has partnered with Oatly to unveil a limited-edition Nespresso blend tailored specifically for the latter's barista oat milk. In an effort to boost its barista oat milk, Swedish giant Oatly has teamed up with Nestlé to create…
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Seattle startup Atomo Coffee has raised $7.8M in Series B funding to ramp up sales of its 50:50 beanless coffee blend via international partnerships. A leader in the bean-free coffee space, Atomo has secured $7.8M from investors in its…
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A tech investor asked me what the bright areas in food tech are, and here's what I said. This will be my fifth set of food tech predictions. I started in 2021 with alternative proteins, then went broader. Here’s 2024’s list, and 2023…
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Californian food tech startup Minus Coffee has debuted a new beanless instant oat milk latte with calibrated caffeine, L-theanine and pea protein to support women's health. As the demand for functional drinks expands, women-led startup…
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