Jakarta Opens World’s First Brick-and-Mortar Vegan Dining and Cloud Kitchen Collaborative Space
Jakarta has just welcomed a new dedicated plant-based collaborative space with vegan cloud kitchens. Opened by local startup Mad Grass, the new space in the Indonesian capital claims to be the first-of-its-kind in the world, featuring a!-->…
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Givaudan Doubles Down On Alternative Proteins With New Zurich Hub
Givaudan, the world’s biggest flavour and fragrance corporation, has placed alternative proteins at the centre of its growth strategy in the years ahead. Opening a new Protein Hub at its flagship Zurich Innovation Centre this week, the!-->…
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Formo Eyes Animal-Free Mozzarella and Ricotta After Record $50M Series A
Formo, the precision fermentation cheese company based in Berlin, has just closed a record-breaking $50 million Series A round, representing the largest to date within the European food tech industry. The startup says that the funds will!-->…
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Argentina’s Vegan Protein Startup Tomorrow Foods Gets $3M For LatAm Expansion
Tomorrow Foods, an Argentinian plant-based startup, has raised $3 million in a new funding round. On the heels of its vegan burger launch, the food tech says it will use the capital to double down on R&D to expand its product!-->…
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Oslo Startup Secures Funds For Fungi Food and Materials Solutions
NoMy has announced the closing of a seed funding round to accelerate its fungi-powered sustainable solutions. Based in Oslo, the Norwegian startup uses fungal mycelium to develop alternatives for everything from food to materials, such as!-->…
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TiNDLE Vegan Chicken Makes Middle East Debut At 20 UAE Restaurants
TiNDLE, the plant-based chicken brand launched by Singapore’s Next Gen Foods, has just rolled out in the UAE for the first time. Debuting on menus across 8 restaurant brands with nearly 20 outlets across Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Fujairah, it!-->…
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World’s First Vegan ETF Outperforms S&P For Second Consecutive Year
The US Vegan Climate ETF, the world’s first and only vegan exchange traded fund to date, has celebrated two years of its launch. For the second consecutive year, the fund has outperformed the S&P 500 Index, demonstrating the profit!-->…
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India To Introduce Its First Vegan Food Safety and Labelling Standards
India is set to introduce the country’s first vegan food safety standards and labelling regulations. Having formulated its draft report, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) will issue guidelines to define plant-based!-->…
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This Brooklyn Startup Makes Vegan Mozzarella For Pizzerias. Now It’s Going For More Cheese.
Numu, a plant-based cheese startup based in Brooklyn, New York, has just closed its Series A funding round. The food tech is behind the vegan mozzarella made for foodservice, currently served across pizzerias in New York. Now, fuelled with!-->…
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No Time Left For ‘Incremental’ Climate Action, Warns Leaked IPCC Report
Our planet has no time left for “incremental change” to avert climate disaster, says a leaked draft of the upcoming IPCC report.
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Reusable Containers Aren’t Always Better For The Environment Than Disposable Ones: New Research
By: Alejandro Gallego Schmid, Adisa Azapagic & Joan Manuel F. Mendoza
We are facing a waste crisis, with landfills across the world at full capacity and mountains of “recycled” waste dumped in developing!-->!-->!-->…
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How Upcycled Mushrooms Could Help Make Beer Vegan-Friendly
It’s not common knowledge, but not all beers out there are vegan. Some brands use finings in the brewing process that are derived from animals, making the final product not 100% free from animal byproducts and therefore unsuitable for!-->…
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This Vegan Pet Food Startup Wants Dogs To Thrive On Plant Power
Many pet owners believe that their dogs are naturally carnivores. But the truth is, dogs are omnivores and they can thrive on a plant-based diet. That’s the reason why British veterinarian Dr. Guy Sandelowsky decided to start Omni, an!-->…
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Vegan Pet Food Pioneer Wild Earth Raises $23M, Announces Cell-Based Meat Products
Plant-based dog food company Wild Earth has secured $23 million in a new Series A Plus funding round and plans to launch new cat and dog foods in 2022 — including cell-based beef, chicken and seafood products.
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McDonald’s Launches First 100% Vegan McPlant Burger In The UK
McDonald’s has just started rolling out the much anticipated McPlant burger in the UK, which for the first time will be 100% vegan. From this month, several locations in England will begin selling the plant-based patty co-developed with!-->…
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Bollywood Stars Launch Vegan Meat Brand On Ganesh Chaturthi Festival
Imagine Meats, the vegan meat brand created by Bollywood celebrity couple Riteish and Genelia Deshmukh, has just launched in Mumbai. Available online and in retail locations across the city, the range includes plant-based chicken, mutton,!-->…
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Michelin-Starred Chef Alain Ducasse Opens New ‘95% Plant-Based’ Restaurant
Chef Alain Ducasse, the famous Monégasque chef behind the three-Michelin-starred restaurant The Dorchester, has just opened a brand new restaurant in Paris. This time, the renowned chef is doing something different. Unlike his previous!-->…
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Mexico Bans Animal Testing For Cosmetics In First For North America
Mexico has officially passed a ban on animal testing for cosmetics, becoming the first country within North America to do so.
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5 Meat and Dairy Firms Produce More Emissions Than Big Oil, New ‘Meat Atlas’ Shows
Just five meat and dairy firms are responsible for more emissions than oil giants like Exxon and BP, the new Meat Atlas 2021 report finds.
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Future Food-Tech To Bring Industry Heavyweights To Table On Sustainable Nutrition
Bringing together 700 executives and food experts, the upcoming Future Food-Tech Summit will showcase the latest in sustainable nutrition.
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This Aussie Startup Is Launching Vegan Meat. Now It’s Got $16M To Develop Animal-Free Milk.
Australian startup All G Foods just bagged $16 million in seed funding ahead of its vegan meat launch. Now, it's developing animal-free dairy.
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