2023

Have we consumed our way to a climate crisis? Our entire economy is based on growth indicators and well, not all growth is good. That’s the underlying message of the degrowth movement—a term used to encapsulate political, social, and…
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Our resident vegan food reviewer tastes frozen vegan ready-meal brand Sunday Supper and shares her honest feedback. I felt I was letting down my Italian heritage when I went from vegetarian to vegan. As a vegetarian, I could still eat…
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A recent survey conducted by the think tank GFI APAC looks at the primary challenges the cultivated meat industry is facing when it comes to acquiring commercially viable cell lines. The survey's insights were extracted from responses…
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Prominent Israeli plant-based food-tech company More Foods has announced a strategic partnership with Tivol, a branch of the Osem-Nestlé Group. This inaugural alliance for Tivol with a food-tech startup signifies a commitment to…
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Which vegan eggs are the best? We put nine leading options to the test. It’s crazy to think that just a decade ago, there were no animal-free alternatives to chicken eggs. If you went vegan, it meant saying goodbye to eating, cooking,…
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Dunkin' is an institution. If you love all things bready, fried and covered in sprinkles, but struggle to find vegan options, you're in luck. Vegan donut shops are indeed a thing, and they rival the donut king. The following companies…
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With the goal of revolutionizing the alt market, Adamo Foods has secured £1.5m in fresh funding, earmarked for introducing its mycelium-based steak to the mainstream consumer. U.K.-based Adamo Foods says it is harnessing innovation to…
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China's cultivated meat front-runner, CellX, has successfully procured $6.5M in a Series A+ funding round. Shanghai-based CellX's new funding comes by way of a collection of strategic investors. The funding propels CellX toward the…
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To achieve long-term success, alternative protein companies need to better leverage consumer psychology and the behavioral science around instant and future rewards. In the fast-growing alternative protein sector, companies are…
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These are the tried and tested vegan meat products my toddler loves and will eat up with no argument. It's an added bonus that the rest of the house loves them as well. In an ideal world, we would all be eating a whole food plant-based…
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Shanghai is surprisingly full of great vegan eats! While Buddhist-inspired vegetarian food has long been a cradle of Shanghainese food culture, the city has seen more new modern plant-based offerings appear of late. From high-end…
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The Asia-Pacific Society for Cellular Agriculture (APAC-SCA) and the Japan Association for Cellular Agriculture (JACA) have solidified a partnership through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The new MoU aims to boost the growth of…
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A new meta-analysis explores how restaurants can get patrons to order lower-emission food. In a climate increasingly fraught with urgency, the microscope is on consumer behaviors, particularly food choices, which generate about 34…
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Just a few short years ago, finding a great vegan butter that cooked, tasted, and spread like the real thing seemed like an impossible ask. But things have certainly changed. Fortunately, a range of new brands has taken on the task of…
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As consumers become increasingly conscious of their fashion choices, the industry is scrambling to switch to more animal-free and vegan leather to retain their share in the quickly shifting market. According to a recent report, the…
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Singaporeans will have a chance to try the world's first gelato made from air at the restaurant Fico. Developed by Finnish food tech company Solar Foods, the new dessert is made using ingredients derived from air. Last September,…
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WTH Foods is expanding its presence in both the European and Southeast Asian markets with a new range of low-sodium, clean-label plant-based seafood products. Known for its popular Umani brand of plant-based meat alternatives that…
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Looking to do your part to fight food waste? You can do a lot without ever leaving home. Here's how. Our world is facing an unprecedented food waste crisis, which is contributing more than 10 percent of global carbon emissions that…
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An astounding one-third of all the world's food is wasted, which amounts to $1 trillion in losses. A rising number of clever food brands across the globe are doing their part to divert food waste from dumpsters or landfills by creating…
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Uncaged Innovations, a biomaterials startup focused on sustainable leather alternatives, has raised $2 million in a Pre-Seed funding round. Uncaged's funding comes from investors, including InMotion Ventures, Jaguar Land Rover's (JLR)…
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On a Twitter thread (where all intellectual conversations begin, naturellement) where fellow food writer Clarissa Wei lamented the fact that so little has been written in English about East Asian soybean-based sauces, I chimed in with…
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