Interviews

HappyVore is now the top-selling plant-based meat brand in France, surpassing Nestlé's Garden Gourmet. Its co-founder and CEO, Guillaume Dubois, explains how it got here. The French are eating less meat, and more plants – and one…
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Oatly's hotly anticipated cold foam barista milk is officially invading coffee shops, heralding a new era for non-dairy versions of the viral topping. I feel like a failure. As a chronically online, coffee-obsessed Gen Zer who spends…
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Violife won more honours than any other brand at the 2026 Tasty Awards. Its commercial lead, Meryem Leyoussi, explains how the company is balancing taste and nutrition. Four of the 27 plant-based products that were adjudged to be on par…
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Australian precision fermentation startup Eden Brew has been cleared to sell its cow-free casein protein in the US, and pivoted its immediate focus to health and supplements. Just months after filing the first regulatory application for…
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US startup Friends & Family Pet Food is rolling out 12 cultivated meat products for cats and dogs in Singapore retail, ahead of a fresh $1.1M funding drive. Singaporeans can now buy cultivated meat for their furry friends. …
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Australian Plant Proteins has launched Nothing Else, a D2C brand of clean-label protein isolate powders, citing consumers' growing appetite for protein among the GLP-1 boom. A year after being rescued out of insolvency, Australian Plant…
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Mark Cuddigan, CEO of UK plant-based brand This, says the company is "very close" to achieving annual profitability and explains why it's embracing both meat alternatives and whole-food formats. The startup that made its name on wackily…
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Vikas Garg, founder and CEO of Abillion, explains why the platform was forced to shut down, and reveals it's in discussions with "investors and other parties" to explore a future for the business. Abillion, a platform that helped people…
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Molecular farming startup Finally Foods has closed a pre-seed funding round, bringing its total raised to $2.6M, with another $4-6M targeted to expand production of its casein-containing potatoes. Finally Foods, an Israeli startup…
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A plant-based protein yoghurt that matches its dairy counterpart? Only Cocojune's coconut alternative fits this description in US taste tests, and the company explains why. As sales of plant-based dairy go, yoghurts are only behind milk…
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Having partnered with some of the world's largest ingredient companies, Kokomodo is seeking clearance to sell its cell-based cacao by next year, paving the way for its use across a range of products. Kokomodo is advancing its path to…
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Plant Ahead's Jeffrey Strah makes the case for why the company can transform the dairy-free mozzarella category with a product that's "unlike anything" he's seen in his 47 years in the cheese industry. At the 2026 Tasty Awards by…
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With a fibre-packed alternative promising to rival dairy in the coffee industry, Maïzly CEO Tim Leclercq explains why corn milk could be the next big non-dairy innovation. Four years and 120 iterations. That's what it took for Tim…
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Nearly four months after making a string of acquisitions, Bettani Farms is looking to overhaul vegan cheese with ramped-up distribution and a "high-stretch" mozzarella alternative. 2025 was a transformational year for Bettani Farms. …
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Reagenics Research produces protein inside potatoes via plant cell culture, and studies show its low methionine content can help build muscle and slow ageing. Could the spud be the key to longevity? Globally, up to 60% of people say…
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Australian startup Magic Valley has launched Rogue Pet, a brand of cultivated meat treats for dogs, to generate early revenue. The first drop of products has sold out within a week. As it advances its cultivated pork platform for…
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Healthier Comforts has rolled out an animal-free egg white protein powder in the US, which features The Every Company's precision-fermented OvoPro ingredient, the company has confirmed to Green Queen. Armed with the third-largest…
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French precision fermentation startup Verley has raised €32M ($37.6M) in Series A funding to scale up and commercialise its cow-free, functional whey proteins in the US this year. Months after receiving approval from the US Food and…
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Cultivated meat is at a critical juncture, with investment at a seven-year low and the closure of several pioneering startups. Now, some of the leading players speak to Green Queen about their plans for 2026, and the industry's future. …
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To mark the release of his book, Meat, the Good Food Institute founder Bruce Friedrich talks alternative proteins, political bans, investment struggles, blended meat, and parallels with cars and the internet. The seed that sparked Bruce…
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German food tech startup Planet A Foods is leading the cocoa-free alternative race to help the chocolate industry deal with the climate crisis. It has now gone global and will soon enter the US. As chocolate collaborations go, there's…
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