Food & Nutrition

Vegan dairy pioneer Miyoko’s Creamery has announced it is launching a YouTube cooking channel designed to showcase the versatility of its flagship dairy-free butter product. The channel will feature a variety of shows with hosts ranging…
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Just a few short years ago, it was unusual to get more than a handful of stories each week about meat analogues, dairy alternatives, and other alt and/or vegan foods. Nowadays, the opposite is true. In fact, there are so many developments…
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Craving healthy, wholesome plant-based meals but always short on time? Or perhaps you’ve been feeling a little uninspired with your own vegan meals and could do with a little help. Whether you’re just plant-curious or a dedicated…
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When people think of desserts, cakes, ice cream, and pastries usually come to mind. But in Hong Kong, we’re blessed with delicious traditional Cantonese desserts that are known as tong sui (糖水), meaning “sugar water”, which can be served…
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Chef Janice Wong wants to bring Singapore its first-ever tree-to-bar chocolate made with locally grown cacao. Most of the world’s cocoa is produced in just two countries: the Ivory Coast and Ghana. But now, the city-state of…
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Driven by rising awareness of sustainability and health, consumers all over the world are turning to alternative proteins. But no other market will compare to Asia when it comes to the surging demand for vegan meat in the years ahead.…
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Nuritas, a biotech company developing plant-based peptides, has closed its $45 million Series B round. The company, which lists Bono and The Edge of U2 fame among its key backers, says the financing will accelerate its global expansion and…
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SaladStop, the Singapore-headquartered salad chain with locations across Asia, has just closed its Series B with $8.8 million. The restaurant, which serves up Beyond Meat on its plant-forward menu, says the funding will fuel its expansion…
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Older adults who consume a vegan diet take 58% fewer medications than meat-eaters, finds a new study. The research, which compared the dietary patterns and the number of pills seniors take regularly, also found that plant-based diets were…
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As world leaders gathered at COP26 to draw up plans to tackle climate change, one big thing was missing from the agenda: food. With the global food system accounting for nearly a third of emissions, experts say that bringing food and…
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The number of Brits eating and drinking plant-based alternatives nearly doubled over a 10-year period, from 6.7% to 13.1%, new research finds. Those numbers indicate that plant-based alternatives are likely to play an important role in…
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With climate change rising to the top of the global agenda, many of us are hearing about sustainable agriculture as one of the key solutions. Words like regenerative farming and permaculture are being used everywhere, in speeches from…
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McDonald’s famous Double Big Mac burger has the same climate impact as driving 24 kilometres in a car, a new analysis has found. The report, which examined the fast food giant’s menu in the UK using a carbon calculator, also showed that…
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The taste and smell of your morning coffee could be very different in a few years from now. In fact, it has probably undergone slight changes already due to climate change. In a new study, researchers found that shifting climate conditions…
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Brazil-based alt-meat startup Future Farm has closed a $58 million round of Series C funding to make its plant-based meat analogues more widely available and also add new products to its roster. BTG and Rage Capital co-led the round, which…
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While the plant-based industry has experienced extraordinary growth that shows little signs of any slowing down, legal issues could soon pose an obstacle. The warning from law experts, made during a recent talk at SupplySide West in Las…
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The Plant-based Food Alliance UK has just launched with founding members Alpro, Oatly, Upfield, The Vegan Society and ProVeg UK.
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This week in food tech news, Switzerland's Migros launches a plant-based hardboiled egg and PETA launches a campaign aimed at the COP26 menu.
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Leading health experts say there is a “fundamental need” to “rapidly evolve” towards plant-based and other alternative protein.
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COP26 is set to take place in Glasgow next month and attendees will feast on a sustainable menu featuring plant-based, local seasonal food.
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Cocoa-free fermented chocolate maker QOA has raised $6 million in seed funding to build out a pilot production facility.
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