2022

Better Bite Ventures, a venture capital firm with a focus on backing early stage Asia Pacific (APAC) startups in the alternative protein sector, has announced the launch of a $15 million fund. Better Bite's mission is to support…
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Barcelona’s Novameat, which focuses on plant-based whole cut meats, has announced the closing of a successful pre-Series A funding round, with $6 million raised in a round led by Praesidium. In addition, Unovis Asset Management, Rubio…
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U.S. alt-meat startup Meati Foods recently announced it was taking pre-orders for its mycelium meat products. Chicken Cutlets and Crispy Cutlets were made available via direct-to-consumer pre-sales with all available items being allocated…
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Cultivated eggs will be commercially available before the end of the year, says Fiction Foods, a subsidiary of Cult Food Science. “It’s not a fake egg, but a whole new culinary experience, that is made from a single-cell organism called…
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One of Europe's largest farmers unions has reared up against the growing plant-based meat sector. Ireland's Ulster Farmers Union (UFU) has called for a blanket ban on terms it considers ‘meat-related’, in relation to animal-free products.…
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New research has revealed that despite a global rise in commitments to take climate action, $1.8 trillion is being spent every year to prop up industries that are contributing to environmental damage. Subsidies are given in the form of…
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Plant-based meat butcher Love Handle has opened in late January in Singapore's Chinatown neighbourhood. The vegan concept store sells a range of alternative meats, condiments, and plant-based dairy—and is the first of its kind in Asia. The…
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The latest bid to bring sustainability to the fashion industry comes from Alchemie Technology, a British textile dyeing operation that has developed waterless processing tech, alongside smart finishing procedures. Both significantly reduce…
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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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. Twenty-eight non-profit organizations…
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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' 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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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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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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