Vegan

Swedish oat milk giant Oatly built on a successful 2025 with 15.6% hike in revenues in Q1 2026, recording its first period of growth in North America in more than a year. Oatly's Gen Z-targeting, taste-first playbook is "beginning to…
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Californian dairy-free brand Kite Hill has introduced a first-of-its-kind cream cheese alternative with twice the protein of its dairy counterparts. US plant-based food company Kite Hill is diving into the protein rush with a non-dairy…
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Private-label brands make up 82% of processed meat sales in the UK, but only 15% of plant-based alternatives – and retailers risk losing out on billions if they don't promote protein diversification. British supermarkets could…
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Swiss startup SentiaNova has emerged from stealth with a pre-processing technology that removes off-flavours from plant proteins in a bid to tackle one of the industry's most common complaints. Addressing the taste barrier that plagues…
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Indian supplements brand Immunosciences has introduced a plant-based protein powder that it claims is the category's "lightest" product, thanks to an enzyme blend that boosts digestibility. India's $1.6B plant-based protein market…
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eLong Hotel Technology, which operates over 3,000 hotels and has 35 million loyalty members in China, has pledged to make 50% of its menu items plant-based within three years. China's hospitality industry is complementing the…
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Meat prices in Germany have risen by 25% since 2021, even as vegan alternatives have become 8% cheaper, according to a new analysis. Lowering meat consumption to align with the national dietary guidelines could help German households…
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Annamari Jukkola, co-founder and CEO of Finnish dairy-free company Mö Foods, explains why the plant-based movement must embrace the "post-vegan" era. For more than a decade, 'vegan' was one of the most potent words in food.  It…
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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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WWF, WRI and other civil society groups are calling on Europe's supermarkets to accelerate the protein transition by increasing the ratio of plant-based food sales. European supermarkets must disclose the share of sales emanating from…
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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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British plant-based food brand Gosh has unveiled a range of Super Plants Sausages, which are made from whole foods, rich in fibre, and high in 'plant points'. Brits want minimally processed, fibre-rich, whole-food products that can help…
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Paris-based La Vie, one of Europe's fastest-growing plant-based brands, has expanded beyond meat alternatives with a line of tofu products. The era of plant-based meat brands entering the whole-food category is still thriving, with…
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UK wellness-focused investor Tooru has agreed to purchase Mylky, a Belgian company selling at-home plant-based milk machines, for £12M ($16.2M). On the back of "phenomenal growth" for its plant-based milk machines, Belgian e-commerce…
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Beyond Meat has introduced its Beyond Immerse line of sparkling protein beverages to the retail market and has notched a partnership with New York distributor Big Geyser. Plant-based giant Beyond Meat is bringing its protein drinks to…
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Finnish food tech startup Happy Plant Protein will deploy its dry extrusion technology in a first-of-its-kind facility in Latvia to process locally grown crops into high-value proteins. Helsinki-based firm Happy Plant Protein is taking…
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Finland's plant-forward nutrition guidelines have spurred increased intake of whole-food proteins like tofu and legumes, with meat reduction the most popular dietary change. In November 2024, the Finnish Food Authority updated its…
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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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Beyond Meat has reformulated its breakfast sausage lineup with avocado oil, cutting saturated fat content by 89% and, in some cases, protein by 36%. Amid its expansion into drinks and other categories, plant-based pioneer Beyond Meat…
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Europe's plant-based food market grew by 5% from 2024-25, reaching €16.3B in value as several products outpaced animal proteins – but it still makes up a fraction of the region's food and drink sales. Demand for plant-based food…
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Replacing processed meat with plant-based analogues – even if they're ultra-processed – has been found to increase fibre and reduce saturated fat intake in two new UK studies. The outcry over the omnipresence of ultra-processed…
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