Change Foods Closes Oversubscribed US$875K Pre-Seed Round For Animal-Free Cheese Made By Precision Fermentation
Change Foods is on a mission to create the dairy products that consumers love, but without the environmental, ethical and health issues associated with traditional dairy production. Unlike many non-dairy alternatives made from plants,!-->…
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M&S Launches Innovation Hub To Develop Plant-Based Foods & Plastic-Free Packaging Solutions
British retailer M&S will be opening an Innovation Hub to house its new “specialist team” focused on developing food solutions, including plant-based proteins and plastic-free packaging materials. It comes amid a wave of announcements!-->…
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Nuteese: Yoga Teacher Turned Raw Chef Launches Vegan Cheese Brand In Hong Kong
Born in Lebanon and spending most of her life in Canada after moving there in her teenage years, former yoga teacher Amy Elkhoury never imagined she would be starting a plant-based cheese brand in the bustling city of Hong Kong. But launch!-->…
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Middle East:Burger King Brings Plant-Based Rebel Whopper To Dubai
Burger King has brought its Rebel Whopper made with The Vegetarian Butcher’s plant-based patties to Dubai, after rolling out the new meatless option across 25 countries in Europe last year and adding vegan chicken nuggets to menus in!-->…
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Meatless, Alcohol-Free & Flight-Shaming ‘Zillennials’ Will Take Over The World, Report Says
Gen Zs or “Zillennials” are on track to overtake the famous millennial cohort and are set to transform the way business and investing is done with their flight-shaming, plant-based and zero-alcohol habits. Analysts in a new Bank of America!-->…
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Oil & Gas Firms Agree On U.N. Emissions Reporting Amid Pressure To Decarbonise Global Energy System
Oil and gas majors have just committed to a new framework to monitor, report and reduce their methane emissions in a move aimed at tackling “ one of the biggest and most solvable contributors to the climate crisis”. The!-->…
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Animal Testing In China: The Road To Market For Cruelty-Free Beauty Brands
Clean Beauty Columnist Allie Rooke talks you through everything you need to know about entering the China beauty market without testing on animals. She also shares updates on the latest regulatory changes and offers up her view on whether!-->…
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Impossible Pork Named To Time Magazine’s ‘100 Best Inventions Of 2020’ List
Silicon Valley food tech Impossible Foods’ plant-based pork has just been named one of the best inventions of the year on Time Magazine’s prestigious annual list. Impossible Pork debuted earlier this year at a major tech trade show held in!-->…
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Australia’s Alt Protein Sector Poised For Exceptional Growth Thanks To Homegrown Superstars
Australia is no exception to the global plant-based trend in recent years, with the movement only picking up pace since the coronavirus pandemic with consumers increasingly shifting away from conventional meat amid headlines of!-->…
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Indian Cell-Based Food Tech ClearMeat To Trial Cultivated Minced Chicken At Price Parity
India's first cell-based meat startup ClearMeat is set to pilot its first product, cultivated chicken mince, and has already reached price parity with its animal-based counterpart, marking a major feat for any alternative protein food tech!-->…
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H&M Circular: Textile Recycling Startup Renewcell Lands Multi-Year Agreement With Fashion Group
H&M Group has just announced an expansion of its partnership with Swedish textile recycling startup Renewcell as it strives to become more circular. As part of the multi-year agreement, Renewcell will supply the fast fashion giant with!-->…
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Canada’s The Very Good Food Company Goes Public In The U.S., Marking 2nd Plant-Based IPO
The Very Good Food Company, the parent group of Canadian plant-based meat brand The Very Good Butchers, has been approved for trading in the U.S. after its first IPO on the Canadian Stock Exchange (CSE) earlier in June this year. It will!-->…
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Singapore’s Shiok Meats Debuts World’s First Cell-Based Lobster Meat Prototype
Shiok Meats has just unveiled the world’s first cell-based lobster meat. In an exclusive tasting event, the Singapore cultivated seafood food tech showcased its newly developed crustacean-free product in a range of dishes alongside their!-->…
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Burger King Launches V2food’s Plant-Based Whopper In Philippines
Fast food giant Burger King has just partnered up with Australian food tech v2food to launch a new plant-based whopper to its menu in the Philippines. Firstly landing on the menus of Metro Manila and Luzon locations, the collaboration will!-->…
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OmniPork Luncheon Lands In Singapore Ahead January 2021 Green Common Store Launch
Hong Kong-based Green Monday has announced that it has launched its famous OmniPork Luncheon, the world’s first plant-based version of Spam, and OmniPork Strips to Singapore. It will be available on menus of partnering restaurants and at!-->…
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From Singapore To Spain: Deliveroo Sees Double Digit Growth In Vegan Orders Globally, Over 100% In Hong Kong & U.K.
Deliveroo, one of the world’s biggest food delivery platforms, has just revealed its latest statistics that show a massive surge in plant-based food orders. In the last twelve months alone, the platform has seen vegan orders increase by a!-->…
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World’s First Vegan Fashion Library & Showroom Opens In Los Angeles
Los Angeles recently welcomed the Vegan Fashion Library, the world’s first showroom and boutique dedicated to supporting ethical vegan designers. Developed by the Vegan Fashion Week as a solution to the social distancing restrictions amid!-->…
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Philippines Declares Moratorium On New Coal Power Projects Amid Renewable Energy Push
The Philippines has declared a moratorium on new coal power plants, which could mean the scrapping of new coal projects that have yet to be approved by the government. The move, which has been widely welcomed by environmental campaigners,!-->…
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Hong Kong’s Avant Meats Debuts Asia’s First Cultivated Fish Fillet
Hong Kong-based cell-based food tech Avant Meats has just unveiled its cultivated fish fillet in a regional first. The cultured fish fillet grown by the startup has been showcased in a cooking demonstration led by the city’s renowned!-->…
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Hero Protein: Shanghai’s New Plant-Based Meat & Seafood Startup Attracting China-Focused Investors
While China’s plant-based meat industry is still in its early days, there are a growing number of homegrown startups rising to develop alternative proteins that are tailored to the local market, and Hero Protein is the latest to join the!-->…
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Chinese KFC-Rival Dicos Rolls Out Starfield’s Plant-Based Chicken Nationwide
Chinese fast food giant Dicos, famous for its fried chicken, has just announced a new partnership with homegrown plant-based food tech Starfield to add plant-based chicken burgers to its menu nationwide. Boasting over 2,500 locations in!-->…
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