New data from leading food service distributor Sodexo shows ten percent of all meals sold through its U.K. and Ireland sites in 2022 were vegan or vegetarian. The number of plant-based meals sold through Sodexo's nearly 500 U.K. client…
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Notes From the Frontlines of the Sustainable Food Movement - a new opinion column by Irina Gerry Critics say plant-based burgers aren't a health food and are a false solution in the fight to reduce food emissions. Are they right? …
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Heura, the Spanish vegan meat giant, is now available in the leading U.K. supermarket chain Waitrose. It's been a big year for Barcelona-based Heura, the fastest-growing plant-based food tech startup in Europe. It kicked off 2022 with a…
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There are so many reasons to adopt a plant-based diet, whether it is to reduce your carbon footprint, save animals or for your health. But going plant-based doesn’t mean that you have to miss out on a delicious Christmas dinner. Here are…
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Plant-based dog food brand The Pack has closed an £835,000 Seed funding round. The Seed funding round for the U.K. based pet food brand was led by Scelta Mycofriends B.V., Veg Capital, Kale United, Akoleo and Silicon Valley VC Accel, as…
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We dive into some of the headlines that topped plant-based alternative protein space, from vegan labelling wars to never-seen-before product launches. Here’s what the plant-based sector brought for us in 2022. 1. Plant-based milk…
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Singapore is getting its first plant-based mee pok in a partnership between the new Ha Li Fa brand, Eat, Plant, Love, and Bib Gourmand LiXin Teochew Fishball Noodles. A popular Chinese noodle dish, mee pok is one of many Asian dishes…
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A new food hall concept from the company behind Ikea spotlights local, plant-based cuisine with a focus on regenerative agriculture. Swedish home furnishings giant Ikea has not been shy about its sustainability commitments. It's made…
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Mumbai-based Another Foods says its new plant-based chicken is made specifically for food service to support the demands across the hospitality and restaurant industries. Another Foods says it worked with hospitality and food service…
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Not every alt protein cream cheese is made equal and that’s a great thing! If you poll every one of your friends on what their favorite cream cheese is, you will not get anywhere near consensus. There’s an array of choices on the market…
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With $1 million in assistance from the Australian Government's Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre, Harvest B has opened the first facility dedicated to plant-based meat ingredients in Australia. The new Sydney-based facility will be…
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Seafood is a fast-growing niche of the alternative protein sector. With that is a sub-niche of unbelievably realistic plant-based whole-cut products. Made using 100 percent vegan ingredients, these substitutes for fish and seafood claim to…
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Black Sheep Foods, the Bay Area plant-based food tech company working to create vegan lamb meat with proprietary patent-pending technology has closed a $12.3 million Series A funding round. Black Sheep's funding was led by Unovis,…
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New plant-based items come to Nestlé as it eyes market opportunities around the globe. Sales for multinational food giant Nestlé grew by more than three percent in 2021 to more than $94 billion USD. One of the food giant's biggest…
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A recent study claimed that women who follow a plant-based diet were 33 percent more likely to fracture a hip than omnivores. But the European Food Information Council (EUFIC) says there's more to consider when assessing the risk.…
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New research shows a significantly decreased risk of colorectal cancer for men who eat a predominately plant-based diet. The connection between diet and cancer risk for men is clear, says new research published in the journal BMC…
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In a recent analysis of nutritional profiles of plant-based meat and conventional, the food-focused think tank the Good Food Institute underscores the benefits of plant-based protein over the alternative. “No matter which way you…
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Following the first-ever dairy-free festival in Jakarta, Indonesia-based Green Rebel Foods has launched into the plant-based dairy category. Green Rebel is a leading producer of plant-based protein across Southeast Asia. Its new…
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BioFluff, the San Francisco-based company producing plant-based fur, has closed a pre-seed funding round of $500,000, with funding from SOSV/IndieBio fund, Joyance partners, and Ataraxia Partners Limited, among others. Fur made from…
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Vecan Foods has launched its plant-based meals in India to fill a gap in the market. The company, founded by two moms, Mahima Gupta and Guneet Kaur, is out to help flexitarian consumers embrace healthier eating with homestyle meals. …
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Food tech startup Equii has closed a $6 million seed funding round for its proprietary microbial protein-based bread. Is this a new frontier for plant-based food? The seed funding round was led by Khosla Ventures, which also supported…
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