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Spanish Vegan Meat Giant Heura Announces €20 Million Bridge Funding
Backed by NBA player Ricky Rubio and footballers Sergi Busquets and Sergi Roberto, Barcelona-based Heura says it's gearing up for what will be one of the biggest Series B funding rounds for the vegan meat sector in 2023.
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Looking To Start a Future Food Startup? Singapore’s Protein Innovation Centre Is The Launchpad You Need
With its world-class innovation centre, a Scale It Up Innovation Challenge, and pioneering protein aeration technology, leading machinery maker Bühler is helping global meat substitute startups supercharge their production and scaling!-->…
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Thailand Just Got Its First Vegan Cheese Factory
Beginning early next year, Swees Plant Based Foods Co., a Thai-based dairy-free cheese startup, will begin production in the country's first vegan cheese factory.
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Beyond Meat Cuts 19% of Workforce As Sales Lag
In an expected move as sales continue to miss targets, U.S.-based Beyond Meat has announced layoffs affecting 200 employees including their recently suspended COO.
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Faba Is Redefining Vegan Meal Subscription for Singapore
The newly launched Singapore-based, Faba, says its vegan meal subscription service delivers the best of plant-based meals classic and new-world.
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India’s Licious Adds Veggie Chicken and Lamb As It Moves to Take Over the Category
Licious, the Temasek-backed Indian meat company, has announced the launch of UnCrave, its first foray into vegetarian meat.
The new launch will see Licious work directly with consumers on the UnCrave products, focusing on Delhi, Mumbai,!-->!-->!-->…
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Forget Recent Sales, Widespread Vegan Meat Adoption Is Inevitable, Says Report
New analysis suggests alternative protein and vegan meat is in the early phase of an "S" adoption curve. And by the next decade, there will likely be a tipping point.
The new findings come as plant-based meat sales have waned; a recent!-->!-->!-->…
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Vegan Meat Leader Impossible Foods Lays Off 6% of Staff Despite Steady Growth. What’s Next?
Impossible Foods, the Bay Area vegan meat brand behind Burger King's Impossible Whopper, says it recently laid off six percent of its workforce. Is it a sign of more cuts or more growth ahead?
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What Is Vegan Cheese? Everything to Know And 10 Brands You Need to Try
Vegan cheese has become something of a scapegoat—often cited as the reason people won't go plant-based. But is it really bad? A lot has changed in the dairy-free cheese world in recent years, and now, food tech companies are creating!-->…
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These 16 Food Tech Startups Are Revolutionising India’s Food Ecosystem
These 19 food startups are leading India’s emerging alternative protein space, developing 100% plant-based and cell-based alternatives.
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‘It’s Scary For Businesses To Take Risks’: Britty Mann of Planted Society on Vegan Menu Activism
This November, the City of Austin's Office of Sustainability is launching a month-long plant-based restaurant campaign and it's all thanks to Britty Mann. Green Queen's Sonalie Figueiras talks to the Austin, Texas-based food educator and!-->…
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Asia’s First Dairy-Free Festival Is a Signal of the APAC Market Potential
Last month, Jakarta held Asia's very first dairy-free festival and alternative milk latte art competition in a strong showing of the category potential across the region.
Organized by the Jakarta Vegan Guide, the Generasi Dairy-Free!-->!-->!-->…
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Woody Harrelson Helps Wicked Kitchen ‘Push Boundaries’ In $20 Million Bridge Round
Wicked Kitchen, the plant-based empire that started out of the U.K. supermarket chain Tesco, has secured $20 million in bridge funding, including a convertible note from actor Woody Harrelson.
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Anina Turns Food Waste Into Sustainable Plant-Based Ready-Meals
Israeli food tech start-up Anina is using upcycled vegetables to create ready meal "pods" that use up imperfect vegetables for healthy plant-based meals.
About 33 percent of the world's food is wasted every year—close to 1.3 billion!-->!-->!-->…
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WNWN Launches Cacao and Palm Oil-Free Daim-Style Candy Bars
From the first company to make chocolate without both cacao and palm oil, WNWN has introduced its second product, called the Waim! Bar—a knock-off of the popular European Mondelez Daim bar.
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‘Adoption Will Take Decades But Macro Fundamentals Won’t Change’ – TiNDLE’s CEO Talks Future Of Plant-Based Meat
Beyond Meat's nosedive, lukewarm growth, mediocre products? We unpack the plant-based meat industry with the CEO of global alt meat startup TiNDLE.
Just a little over two years old, vegan chicken maker TiNDLE is often held up as one of!-->!-->!-->…
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After 40 Years, Dairy-Free Pioneer Tofutti Adds ‘Vegan’ to Its Labels
Legacy dairy-free brand Toffuti has announced its first rebrand in decades with one notable upgrade: the labels now includes the words 'vegan' and 'plant-based.'
To the vegan-versed consumer, Tofutti's new black and red packaging looks!-->!-->!-->…
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They’ve Got Beef: Beyond Meat Vs. Impossible Foods Burger Showdown: What’s The Difference?
Arguably, no two food tech companies have played a bigger role in making it seem possible for the planet to go plant-based than California-based rivals Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods. Both companies manufacture animal-free burger patties!-->…
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New Report: How Asia Came to Dominate Plant-Based Meat Industry IP
A new report published by the researchers at Roots Analysis details how the intellectual property for plant-based meat has grown more than three times over the last decade, jumping from 2,388 in 2012 to 7,126 this year. And leading the!-->…
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Q+A w/ Benedict Lim of OATSIDE, Asia’s First Full-Stack Oat Milk Startup
How did OATSIDE become one of Asia's fastest growing oat milk companies? CEO & creator Benedict Lim talks to Green Queen's Sonalie Figueiras about why malty milk matters and more.
In less than two years, self-described 'full-stack'!-->!-->!-->…
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Rival Foods Raises a €6 Million Series A to Improve on Plant-Based Meat Development
Rival Foods, the Wageningen University & Research spinoff working since 2019 to replicate animal meat with plants, has announced the closing of a €6 million Series A funding round.
PeakBridge and Roquette Ventures led the funding!-->!-->!-->…
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