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Anay is Green Queen's resident news reporter. Originally from India, he worked as a vegan food writer and editor in London, and is now travelling and reporting from across Asia. He's passionate about coffee, plant-based milk, cooking, eating, veganism, food tech, writing about all that, profiling people, and the Oxford comma.

Future Foods

This Startup Got $4.6M To Turn Food Waste & Fungi Into Plant-Based Meat Flavourings

Anay Mridul Jun 17, 2025

France's Fungu'it has secured €4M ($4.6M) in funding to scale its technology that turns food waste into natural flavours for meat and cocoa alternatives. Using fungi fermentation to transform agricultural byproducts into natural…
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Alt Protein

Israeli Startup ‘Redefines’ Plant-Based Meat with 90% Less Saturated Fat

Anay Mridul Jun 17, 2025

Israeli 3D-printed meat maker Redefine Meat has introduced a new product line with dramatic reductions in saturated fat and methylcellulose use. To capture Europeans' interest in the category, Redefine Meat has unveiled a new class of…
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Alt Fats

What is Epogee, the Novel Fat Maker Sparking UPF Controversy & A Protein Bar War?

Anay Mridul Jun 16, 2025

Shortly after acquiring low-calorie fat maker Epogee, David Protein is being sued by other snack brands for allegedly monopolising the ultra-processed ingredient derived from a seed oil. What was supposed to be a celebratory week for…
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Food & Nutrition

Israeli Startup Unveils AI-Powered ‘Natural’ GLP-1 Peptide to Rival Ozempic

Anay Mridul Jun 16, 2025

As Americans embrace Ozempic and food-as-medicine innovations, a new startup has created a bioactive peptide to activate the body's GLP-1 hormone. Can a bioactive peptide revolutionise a food industry already shaken up by the Ozempic…
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Climate Change

This Project is Helping Brazilian Ranchers Switch to Plant-Based Farming

Anay Mridul Jun 16, 2025

Food awareness organisation ProVeg Brazil has kicked off the Cultiva Project, an initiative to help livestock farmers transition to plant-based farming. An age-old gripe about the calls to diversify our protein sources is how it will…
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Research & Scientific Studies

Vegetarians Tend to Be More Nonconformist, Less Benevolent Than Meat-Eaters: Study

Anay Mridul Jun 16, 2025

A two-country study shows that people who don't eat meat place less emphasis on building personal relationships and independent thinking and success are key tenets of their social values. Vegetarians have a different worldview from…
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Fashion

Pangaia Debuts Activewear Collection with Bio-Based Nylon & Mostly Fossil-Free Elastane

Anay Mridul Jun 13, 2025

British material science company Pangaia has debuted 365 Seamless Activewear, a five-piece collection featuring bio-based nylon and an elastane alternative with 98% renewable resources. To reduce the clothing industry's reliance on…
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Alt Protein

An Impossible Burger Blended with Beef? CEO Hints at Move Amid Category Struggles

Anay Mridul Jun 13, 2025

Impossible Foods CEO Peter McGuinness has suggested that the plant-based giant could enter the blended meat space to entice more flexitarians. In 2024, nearly every American household that bought a vegan burger also purchased…
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UPFs

US FDA to Develop Definition of Ultra-Processed Foods

Anay Mridul Jun 12, 2025

The regulation of ultra-processed foods has been the talk of US food policy ever since Robert F Kennedy Jr took office – the FDA will soon weigh in. The conversation surrounding ultra-processed foods (UPFs) in the US is about to be…
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Future Foods

5 Minutes with A Future Food VC: Future Food Fund’s Silla Scheepens

Anay Mridul Jun 12, 2025

In our interview series, we quiz future food investors about the solutions that excite them the most, their favourite climate-forward restaurant, and what they look for in successful founders. Silla Scheepens is a General Partner at…
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China

V-March Interview: Meet the Team Behind the Campaign That Helps Chinese People Go Vegan

Anay Mridul Jun 12, 2025

When it comes to plant-based diets, the V-March campaign says Chinese consumers are motivated primarily by health and food trends. With China's protein consumption surpassing that of the US, and a majority of it coming from plants, the…
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Zero Waste

Tastewise Raises $50M to Scale AI Platform That Helps Food Companies Cut Waste

Anay Mridul Jun 12, 2025

Tastewise has secured $50M in a Series B round to scale its AI platform for food companies across the globe, part of which includes tackling food waste. Already working with some of the world's largest food and beverage companies,…
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Alt Protein

Cheap Private-Label Products Drive 2% Growth of Plant-Based Sales in Europe

Anay Mridul Jun 11, 2025

Retail sales of plant-based food in Europe grew by 2% in 2024, thanks in large part to inexpensive private-label offerings from supermarkets. Over the last year, a wave of retailers in Europe has pledged to increase the share of plant…
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Cell-Based News

Everyone Who Tasted Cultivated Meat Opposed A Ban, Finds Tufts Study

Anay Mridul Jun 11, 2025

A study of Upside Foods' cultivated meat tasting shows what consumers want from these proteins and what they don't want from their lawmakers. On June 27, 2024, a California company took a stand against the state of Florida. Upside…
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Future Foods

Future Food Quick Bites: Oatly Lookbook, Kraft Heinz NotCo & McDonald’s Jackfruit Burger

Anay Mridul Jun 11, 2025

Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Oatly's recipe lookbook, Villareal CF's tofu seminar, and People Magazine's plant-based awards. New products and launches…
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UPFs

The 20 Things Plant-Based Brands Should Know About Ultra-Processed Foods

Anay Mridul Jun 11, 2025

UPFs have become public enemy number one, and the plant-based meat sector has been caught in the media crossfire. Here's everything CPG brands and founders need to know. There are many explanations for why plant-based meat isn't selling…
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Alt Dairy

The Rise of Hybrid Dairy: Can It Follow in Blended Meat’s Footsteps?

Anay Mridul Jun 10, 2025

From Kerry's Smug Dairy lineup to a new Dutch-Danish range of 'hybrid milks', could blending cow's milk with plant-based ingredients be a winning solution? At Amsterdam's World of Private Label International Trade Show this week, two…
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Cell-Based News

Regulatory Approvals for Cultivated Meat Will Bring Investors Back, Predicts Simple Planet CEO

Anay Mridul Jun 10, 2025

Along with its upcoming fundraise, Simple Planet is about to submit dossiers in South Korea and Singapore for regulatory approval – a feat its CEO says will make cultivated meat resurgent. Despite continued declines in funding and…
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Zero Waste

Top Hong Kong Chefs Team Up with HKU, Food Waste App to Unveil Sustainable Cookbook

Anay Mridul Jun 10, 2025

The University of Hong Kong, sustainability charity Green Hospitality, and food-saving app Chomp, have launched a cookbook to tackle food waste in the city. From cucumber peel and tofu tzatziki to overripe tomato miso soup, a new…
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Cell-Based News

Cultivated Meat Study: Media Coverage Shapes Regulatory Progress, May Have Caused Approval ‘Slowdown’

Anay Mridul Jun 10, 2025

Researchers have uncovered eight themes that prevailed in the media coverage of the USDA's first two approvals of cultivated meat in 2023, which had implications. Is cultivated meat 'real meat'? Does it pose any benefits? Is it an…
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Alt Dairy

Else Nutrition CEO Slams US FDA for ‘Unacceptable’ & ‘Outdated’ Regulation of Dairy-Free Baby Formula

Anay Mridul Jun 9, 2025

In an op-ed published in the Washington Times, Else Nutrition CEO Hamutal Yitzhak urged the FDA to modernise its regulation of plant-based infant formula amid RFK Jr's Operation Stork Speed. The US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA)…
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