India

Bengaluru-based food startup Vegolution launches ready-to-eat tempeh products with the brand ‘Hello Tempayy’, developed from fermenting soybeans thus offering healthy and tasteful plant-based protein food for Indian consumers. …
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Global coffee chain Starbucks recently announced that it will be introducing Swedish food tech Oatly's dairy milk alternative made from oats at all its outlets across India, in order to offer consumers more plant-based options. Oatly…
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In a recent announcement, Hindustan Unilever (HUL) plans to achieve 100% plastic waste collection this calendar year meaning that it will collect and process more plastic packaging waste than the company's own plastic usage. …
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Salman Khan, the famous Indian film actor, producer and television personality, has encouraged people to switch to plant-based meat alternatives. Speaking on the popular Indian reality television series Bigg Boss, Khan told the estimated…
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According to a recent report, the second-hand clothing market will reach US$51 billion within 5 years and will overtake the fashion market by 2028 as used clothing is increasingly finding value in the hearts of consumers, particularly with…
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Bengaluru-based startup Tinge offers a range of cruelty-free and vegan cosmetics along with options of customising products as well as refilling the empty ones in an effort to provide sustainable, animal-free and zero-waste beauty choices…
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In an excerpt from a new book ‘BUSINESS UNUSUAL: Enterprises paving the way to Zero Waste,’ Beryl Tranco tells the story of how a leisure trip to London in 2016 introduced Bittu John Kalungal, an MTech Aeronautical Engineering graduate, to…
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Proeon, an Indian startup focused on plant-based protein ingredients, has been selected to join Scrum Ventures’ sustainable food global accelerator program. As part of the Food Tech Studio – Bites! program, Proeon will be connected…
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Mumbai based startup Blue Tribe Foods recently launched plant-based ‘chicken’ nuggets that claim to replicate the taste, texture, and look of real chicken nuggets in an effort to provide Indian consumers with guilt-free foods while…
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After launching India’s first homegrown brand of “hyper-realistic” plant-based meats late last year, Upstablish Food Technologies is now ramping up its presence across the country with new product launches and retail expansion plans in the…
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Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT-D) Professor Kavya Dashora of Centre for Rural Development and Technology recently won the first prize for developing a plant-based egg alternative made from lentils that has the same cooking…
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Domino’s Pizza, operated by foodservice giant Jubilant FoodWorks in India, has launched a pizza with plant-based meat toppings. Available at all Domino’s locations across the major cities Delhi NCR, Mumbai and Bangalore, the move marks the…
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ClearMeat, India’s first cell-based protein startup, has announced that it has filed to patent its proprietary technology used to develop its cultivated minced chicken. The news comes shortly after the food tech completed a pilot trial of…
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Indian foodtech company Naka Foods, is known amongst health-conscious Indians for their 4pm spirulina snack bars. Today, the young startup is on a mission to address the limitations of the existing food system by providing sustainable and…
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Chirag Sabunani of Supplant Foods is deploying material science expertise to create unique plant ingredients, and taking a deeper look at food formulation with novel products like chickpea flour, and understanding how texture plays a key…
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Indian plant-based startup GoodDot is taking its line of animal-free alternative meat products and vegan meals global, forging distribution partnerships across the Middle East, North America, Asia and Africa. GoodDot is set to launch in…
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India's first cell-based meat startup ClearMeat is set to pilot its first product, cultivated chicken mince, and has already reached price parity with its animal-based counterpart, marking a major feat for any alternative protein food tech…
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Earlier this month, the Global Grad Show kicked off in Dubai for the sixth year to showcase 100 graduate projects from around the world that are designed to bring solutions to some of the biggest environmental and socio-economic issues,…
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Indian plant-based startup Upstablish Food Technologies has just launched the country’s first line of “hyper-realistic” plant-based meats under its brand Greenest. The range consists of high-protein plant-based alternatives to kebabs and…
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By: Malavika Vyawahare The Indian embassy in Madagascar went solar to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on October 2, becoming the first Indian embassy to embrace renewable energy. An 8 KW solar power plant was…
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The Good Food Institute India (GFI India), a nonprofit organisation supporting India’s burgeoning alternative protein ecosystem, recently hosted its Smart Protein Summit to great fanfare. Several key announcements were made during the…
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