Meet The Woman Fighting Single-Use Plastic In Hollywood
Sheila Morovati, founder and president of non-profit Habits of Waste is on a mission. She wants to prevent the continued use of single-use plastic in the media and take representation of the material out of the limelight. By denormalising!-->…
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Världsklok: IKEA Launches Plant-Based Mince That Can Be Used Like Conventional Ground Beef
Famous for its build-it-yourself furniture, Ikea U.S. has now launched a plant-based cooking staple for make-at-home meals. ‘Världsklok’, translating to “world wise”, is a pea protein mince that can be used to create meatballs and burgers!-->…
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Voyage Foods: The Company Making Chocolate, Peanut Butter And Coffee Without Cacao, Peanuts or Labour Scandals
Budding Californian CPG Voyage Foods has emerged from stealth development to announce the successful reverse engineering of certain favourite foods. The food tech is focussed on reproducing items considered unsustainable, allergen-heavy or!-->…
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Agromatic Nutrifoods Enters The Plant-Based Meat Space With New LetzVez Brand
Indian foodtech Agromatic Nutrifoods is looking to broaden its portfolio of products. One of the country’s leading sellers of spices, it has revealed a new plant-based meat brand, dubbed LetzVez. Initial launch will see six high-protein!-->…
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Super Bowl LVI Ads Alluded to Climate Change A Lot, But Were They a Win for the Planet?
Super Bowl LVI viewers saw the most ads in the game's history to address climate change. But were they a victory for the planet or not?
We’ll be talking about Super Bowl LVI for decades for lots of reasons, if for no other than this!-->!-->!-->…
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Vegan Baby Food Brand Tiny Organics Builds On Baby-Led Weaning With Veggie Finger Foods
US-based baby food brand Tiny Organics has expanded its range of whole veggies-forward finger foods for children. Tiny Beginnings represents the first non-pureed line of baby food aimed at eaters as young as four months. The range features!-->…
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Unilever’s Research Says Plant-Based Diet Is Healthier and More Sustainable
Multinational food giant Unilever has released a new report that encourages consumers to switch to a plant-based diet. The report is explicit in its findings that plant-based foods offer better sustainability metrics and health benefits!-->…
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It Had Meatless Burgers for Years, Now A&W Put a Vegan Option In All 1,000 Locations
A&W Canada has unveiled its first vegan burger. The limited-edition Jalapeño Lime Beyond Meat burger is plant-based as standard, not vegan-adaptable, as previous vegetarian launches have been. All of its more than 1,000 restaurants in!-->…
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They Pledged to Go Net-Zero. Then They Funded Big Coal.
A new report finds that some of the world's leading financial institutions pledged to go net-zero but then underwrote more than $1.5 trillion in debts for the coal industry over the last two years.
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Plant B Launches New Lupin-Based Liquid Vegan Egg Alternative
Hamburg-based Plant B has announced the upcoming launch of its lupin-based liquid egg product across Germany after 15 months of development. The company says its has mapped out and replicated the functionality and structure of conventional!-->…
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Australian Retailer Woolworths Doubles Down On Alt-Protein Investment With Multi-Million Funding For All G Foods
Australian retailer Woolworths' venture capital fund W23 is backing plant-based meat startups, injecting new funding into Sydney-based All G Foods. The amount remains undisclosed but adds to a $16 million seed round in September last year.!-->…
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Is The Future Of Fried Calamari Mycoprotein? This Foodtech Startup Says Yes
Chicago’s Aqua Cultured Foods has announced the successful development of its initial commercial product: mycoprotein squid. Using microbial fermentation technology, the company has created plant-based calamari "fries." Mycoprotein has!-->…
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The Week In Plant Based: Whole30 Goes Vegan, Egg Alternatives From Plant B & Ogg Plus Plastic Negative Packaging
Travel 'round the world each week with Green Queen as we round up the latest new from plant-based food and bev companies. This week, US wellness brand Whole30 has a new development on the vegan front. Elsewhere, egg alternatives are!-->…
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Chile’s New Single-Use Plastic Ban Sets a New Bar for Global Waste Initiatives
Now in effect across Chile, a single-use plastic ban on cutlery and straws is the beginning of the country's shift to a full environmental mandate aimed at removing plastic from its waste stream.
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A Plant-Based Diet Can Add 10 Years To Your Life, New Study Finds
Decreasing meat intake in favour of legumes, whole grains, and nuts could add a decade to life expectancy, according to a new study. The research, published in the PLOS Medicine journal, looked at the impact of sustained dietary!-->…
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Animal-Free Dairy Startup Change Foods Closes Record $12 Million Seed Extension To Disrupt Cheese
Australian-Californian animal-free dairy startup Change Foods has secured $12 million in a seed extension fundraising round, bringing the company's total company seed funding to more than $15.3 million. This represents a first for the!-->…
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From 0 to 130M in 16 months: TiNDLE’s Andre Menezes Is Taking On The World’s Most Consumed Meat And So Far, He’s Winning
Andre Menezes is the co-founder and CEO of Next Gen Foods, maker of vegan chicken TiNDLE, currently served at over 200 restaurants across six international cities. Today, the company announced a record-breaking $100 million Series A, the!-->…
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TiNDLE Raises Record $100M Series A For Plant-Based Chicken Ahead Of US Nationwide Launch
Singaporean plant based meat startup Next Gen Foods has secured a record breaking $100 million, the largest single Series A investment in the sector to date, following its two-part $30M seed last July. The company's vegan chicken TiNDLE,!-->…
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Ovolo Hotels’ 2nd Meat-Free Year: ‘We Have Decided to Go the Full 100 Percent’
Ovolo Hotels is making a menu change. Across its chain of 12 hotels throughout Hong Kong, Bali, and Australia, it's removing meat from its restaurant menus for the second year in a row.
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Splendid Spoon Scoops $12 Million For Subscription Plant-Based Meal Delivery Expansion
Plant-based meal subscription player Splendid Spoon has announced a successful Series B funding round totalling $12 million led by Nicoya, with Danone Manifesto Ventures, Torch Capital and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian all!-->…
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Clothing Retailers Are Looking To Capitalise On Growing Popularity Of Secondhand Shopping
Used clothing sales are expected to reach $77 billion by 2025. The figure is predicted to be directly impacted by popular resale sites and apps. Retailers have identified the surge in resale activities and are looking to cash-in with!-->…
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