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Skinny Butcher Nails Two Trends In One With ‘Stranger Things’ And Vegan Chicken Nuggets
Ahead of the Stranger Things season four premiere, Detroit’s Skinny Butcher has announced it has rolled out show-themed plant-based chicken nuggets in nationwide Walmart stores. The Crazy Crispy Chick’n Nuggets are the latest in a long!-->…
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Mayonnaise Giant Kewpie Unveils Plant-Based Egg Line
Kewpie, known for its range of egg-based mayonnaise products which your local sushi joint slathers all over your California roll, has announced its new plant-based egg range. The Japanese manufacturer has unveiled Hobotama, which!-->…
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Heura Launches Good Rebel Tech To ‘Redefine Plant-Based Food Manufacturing’
Barcelona-based Heura has announced a new approach to plant-based food production. Good Rebel Tech (G.R.T.) is a new platform created to develop what the company describes as sustainable micro and macronutrient-rich foods in order to!-->…
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Leo To Lewis: Let’s Go For Vegan Burger Domination
Lewis Hamilton’s Neat Burger chain is branching out, stateside. The vegan fast-food startup has announced that following a pop-up location this month, it is opening a permanent Manhattan location. To date, Neat Burger is solely!-->…
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UMass Becomes First US College To Start Carbon Labelling Cafeteria Meals
UMass Amherst will now include carbon footprint information on its menus. The move comes as part of wider commitments to reach carbon neutrality by 2032. The Boston college will become the first in the U.S. to measure and highlight the!-->…
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Indonesia Locks Down Palm Oil Exports As Global Food Prices Soar
In a move to secure food for the domestic market, Indonesia is halting palm oil exports as the war in Ukraine drives global food prices up.
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The How and Why of Carbon Labelling: Q+A w/ Just Salad’s Chief Sustainability Officer
As we've covered before, Just Salad is not your typical fast casual food chain. From introducing a 'Zero Foodprint' menu to boost regenerative farming to launching the first plastic-free anti-food waste meal kit brand, the salad bowl!-->…
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Vegan Spam Returns To McDonald’s, This Time With Less Salt
McDonald’s is serving OmniPork Luncheon meat, affectionately called ‘vegan Spam’, in its Hong Kong restaurants again. First introduced in late 2020, as part of the breakfast menu, it was rolled out through 280 locations, plus additional!-->…
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Launching a Food Startup? You’ll Want To Think About These Five Climate Consumer Trends
A new Earth Day study looked at the impact of food choices on the climate crisis and how far consumers are willing to adapt their buying habits and the overarching message is that the vast majority of consumers are still not that aware!-->…
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This Seattle Nugget Company Says It Can Beat The Price Of Animal Meat Thanks To Automation
Seattle’s Rebellyous Foods has produced restaurant-quality vegan chicken nuggets that are equal in price to meat thanks to proprietary technology, dubbed the Mock 1S. The company says it took three years to get to what they describe a!-->…
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Gerber Launches Carbon Neutral Plant-Based Toddler Food Range
Early years nutrition giant Gerber has launched a new all plant-based range. Plant-tastic is a selection of organic pouches, snacks and meals made using only plant protein sources. The move comes after Gerber announced in 2021 that it will!-->…
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Lupini Beans Are The Secret To Perfect Vegan Ice Cream, Says Wicked Kitchen
Wicked Kitchen has unveiled a range of plant-based ice creams and frozen novelties powered by lupini beans. The brand says it has used the protein powerhouse in a way that no other ice cream manufacturer has, to date. The result is!-->…
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From Rooftop Gardens to Microgreens: Hong Kong’s Urban Farming Pioneers
A metropolis of skyscrapers, frenetic sidewalks and dazzling nightlife, Hong Kong's thriving economy has always fallen short on one thing - food security. The city is dangerously dependent on food import; a shocking 90 percent of the total!-->…
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Hundreds Of US Colleges And Universities Set To Embrace Plant-Based Cafeteria Menus
Food service provider Sodexo has pledged to cut its carbon footprint by 34 percent, by 2025. In a bid to expedite the process, it plans to turn 42 percent of its menus across colleges and universities plant-based. Hundreds of U.S.!-->…
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Motif FoodWorks Doubles Down On Impossible Foods Patent Infringement Denial With New Petition
The legal battle between Motif FoodWorks and Impossible Foods is intensifying. The former has just announced it has filed a petition to challenge the validity of the patent at the centre of the contentious case.
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Agriculture and Climate Change Linked to 50% Decline in Key Insect Populations
Human-caused climate change and agriculture are wiping out the planet's bug populations, specifically key pollinators. And scientists say there's reason to be concerned.
Less than half a century ago, a ride through rural areas would see!-->!-->!-->…
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Nowadays Scoops $7 Million For Plant-Based Chicken Scaling
San Francisco startup Nowadays has closed an oversubscribed $7 million seed round. Led by Stray Dog Capital, with meat processing operation Standard Meat Co, VegInvest Trust, FoodHack, and others participating, the round will support!-->…
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TiNDLE Chicken Launches in the U.K. Following Record-Breaking Series A Raise
Singapore’s Next Gen Foods has announced it is bringing its TiNDLE brand of vegan chicken to the U.K. Starting this month, the plant-based poultry alternative will be available through 11 restaurants and groups, covering 50 locations!-->…
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ADM To Increase Alt-Protein Production Capacity With Through Expansion And New Facility Construction
Chicago’s nutrition giant, ADM, has announced plans to invest $300 million in itself in order to increase production capacity at its Illinois plant. Alongside, its new state-of-the-art ‘Protein Innovation Center’ will be opened, also in!-->…
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Antibiotic-Free Meat? Not So Fast. New Study Finds Widespread Labeling Inaccuracies.
Public concern over antibiotic use in livestock production has led to a market boom for animals raised without antibiotics (RWA) such as certified organic. But there are loopholes there, too, and new findings published in the journal!-->…
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New Zealand Officials Wanted ‘Plant-Based Diets’ Removed From IPCC Climate Action Plan Summary
New Zealand Government officials allegedly took action to dilute Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report recommendations. Official records demonstrate that representatives made the case for replacing a recommendation of!-->…
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