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Replacing Meat with Plant-Based Food Leads to Weight Loss in People with Type 1 Diabetes
For people with type 1 diabetes, switching from animal products to plant-based foods is an effective strategy for weight loss.
While vegan alternatives to animal products are often labelled as unhealthy due to their classification as!-->!-->!-->…
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Green Rebel x 7-Eleven Philippines: Southeast Asian Startup Expands Meat-Free Meals to 2,000+ Stores
Indonesian plant-based meat pioneer Green Rebel Foods has rolled out two products at 7-Eleven Philippines, both as retail offerings and as part of in-store meals.
While sales of meat alternatives are falling in certain markets, global!-->!-->!-->…
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Italian Vegan Cheesemaker Sends Cows on Vacation in New Milan Marketing Push
Italian plant-based cheese startup Dreamfarm flooded the streets of Milan with tourists featuring cow masks as part of a new marketing campaign.
The Milanese were amused last Wednesday.
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This Brazilian Startup Is Taking on Amazon Deforestation with Nut Milk
Tackling monoculture and deforestation in the Amazon, Cuíca is using Brazilian chestnuts to make a plant-based milk that spotlights Indigenous communities.
Based in São Paulo, food tech startup Cuíca has introduced a whole chestnut milk!-->!-->!-->…
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What Do 2025’s Investment Trends So Far Tell Us About Alternative Proteins?
After a decline in alternative protein investments in 2024, funding further fell by 28% in Q1 2025 compared to the same period a year ago. Analysts blame AI, high costs, and low sales.
There's no other way to put it: 2024 was a bleak!-->!-->!-->…
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More Plants, Better Seafood: Novotel Debuts Climate-Conscious Menus at All 600 Hotels
At all 600 Novotel hotels, Accor Group has pledged to ban 350 endangered fish species as part of its responsible seafood policy, and set a goal to make menus more plant-forward.
One of the world's largest hotel chains has made two major!-->!-->!-->…
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Future Food Quick Bites: Quorn x Tom Cruise, Impossible Chicken & Cultivated Meat at Indy 500
Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Impossible Foods' new vegan chicken, Quorn's Mission: Impossible collab, and a new kind of tempeh.
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Bee-Free Honey Startup MeliBio Acquired by Switzerland’s FoodYoung Labs
Californian food tech startup MeliBio, known for its plant-based Mellody honey, has been acquired by Swiss innovation hub FoodYoung Labs.
US bee-free honey startup MeliBio has been snapped up by FoodYoung Labs, a Swiss venture studio!-->!-->!-->…
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Swap: French Plant-Based Chicken Startup Replaces CEO, Seeks Emergency Funding
The co-founder of French plant-based chicken startup Swap (ex-Umiami) has been forced to step down as CEO amid weak sales, with the firm reportedly needing $10M by the end of this year.
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Vegan Pet Food ‘Most Effective’ Measure to Tackle Climate Footprint of Dogs & Cats
A new review suggests that pets have a significant climate footprint, and the best way to lower their impact is to feed them nutritionally sound plant-based food.
Globally, a tenth of all meat is consumed by cats and dogs, a share that!-->!-->!-->…
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Tofu Emerges As Bright Spot in Embattled US Plant-Based Category
US sales of plant-based food fell by 4% and 5% in retail and foodservice last year, respectively, but they held steady above the $8B mark for the third year in a row.
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Trend Report: Oat Milk Brands Go Beyond the Latte in New Era for the Non-Dairy Alternative
Oat milk continues to rise in popularity globally, thanks to its flavour and climate benefits – but it is so much more than simply another non-dairy alternative now.
Despite what was perceived as a bad year for the category, oat milk,!-->!-->!-->…
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Future Food Quick Bites: Oatly x Chris Parnell, Vegan Nutella & Forbes 30 Under 30
Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Nutella Plant-Based's UK launch, Oatly's collab with Chris Parnell, and Nestlé's new biotech centre.
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Beyond Meat, Quorn & 50+ UK Companies Are Giving Meat-Free Eating A Makeover
More than 50 brands, organisations, and restaurants have come together for a first-of-its-kind Meat Free Made Easy campaign.
In the UK, half of adults want to change the way they eat, either by adding more plants to their diet, or!-->!-->!-->…
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Greek Yogurt Leader Chobani Acquires Plant-Based Meal Startup Daily Harvest
US dairy giant Chobani has acquired plant-based startup Daily Harvest as part of a move into the frozen ready meal category.
Known for its whole-food plant-based bowls and smoothies, New York startup Daily Harvest has been acquired by!-->!-->!-->…
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Future Food Quick Bites: Massive Attack, Blonde Chocolate & A Price Freeze
Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Massive Attack's vegan concert, Beleaf's plant-based meat price freeze, and the FDA's labelling guidelines.
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Plant-Based Restaurants Are Shutting Down – This ‘Vegan McDonald’s’ Wants to Be the Exception
Backed by the likes of Mike Tyson and Future, vegan fast-food chain Mr Charlie's is opening 18 locations in Arizona, despite widespread restaurant closures in the US. Here's why.
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Brits & Germans Look to Cut Back on Meat & Eat More Plants
More than two in five consumers in Europe's two largest plant-based markets want to eat less meat or are already doing so, a new poll has found.
Half of adults in the UK and Germany want to change their diets by either reducing meat or!-->!-->!-->…
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Spain’s Plant-Based Meat Leader Bags €20M EU Bank Investment & Promises Q4 Profitability
Spanish food tech startup Heura Foods has received a €20M ($22.2M) loan from the European Investment Bank to move beyond plant-based meat, and expects to become profitable by the end of this year.
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More Plants, Less Meat Key to Longer Lives, Show Major Harvard & Sydney U. Studies
Yet more evidence has emerged that diets rich in plant-based whole foods and low in meat are the key to longevity.
Plant-rich diets will help you age better and live longer, according to two major studies that spotlight the ill health!-->!-->!-->…
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Tesco Admits Plant-Based Meat Target Is ‘Highly Unlikely’ Amid Changing UK Diets
The UK's largest retailer is not on track to meet its goal of increasing plant-based meat sales by 300% by this year, as consumers show an appetite for vegetables, beans, and tofu instead.
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