2023

UK vegan pizzeria Purezza has acquired a majority stake in London-based vegan cheesemonger La Fauxmagerie in a merger, with the former looking after the plant-based cheese brand's sales. Purezza head of sales Mitch Lee speaks to Green…
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A group of 36 inaugural members have joined Future Ocean Foods, a global association to help advance the alternative seafood sector, across the plant-based, cultivated and fermentation verticals. Founder Marissa Bronfman speaks to Green…
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CEO and co-founder of Californian hybrid meat company SciFi Foods Joshua March on alt meat price parity, why he's all in on combining plant proteins with cultivated meat instead of conventional, and consumers' disregard for industry terms.…
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A new report shows that the world’s governments, despite the targets they set for themselves in the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, are failing to sufficiently reduce fuel production and consumption. By WhoWhatWhy Staff, WhoWhatWhy …
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Shanghai-based cellular agriculture startup CellX, known for cultivated meat, has ventured into mycelium fermentation to expand its portfolio of sustainable proteins. The company plans to use fermented proteins in meat and dairy…
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Meat and dairy producers as well as governments are championing GWP*, a new metric to measure methane emissions that would enable them to understate their emissions impact and avoid climate action, according to a new report by the Changing…
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Green Queen talks to Californian biotech startup Triplebar's CEO Maria Cho about how the company's product design engine helps make precision fermentation and cultivated meat proteins more scalable and more affordable on a shortened…
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Impossible Foods has announced that its Beef Lite alternative has been certified by the American Heart Association’s (AHA) Heart-Check Food Certification Program, becoming just the second plant-based meat company to have an accredited…
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There have been a host of developments in the cultivated pet food sector of late, headlined by Czech startup Bene Meat Technologies officially listing its feed on the EU feed register, which it says clears it for sale. Prague-based…
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The Prince William-helmed Earthshot Prize has pledged to increase its focus on plant-based solutions after successful campaigning from UK charity Generation V (GenV), which wrote an open letter co-signed by 23 celebrities asking to add a…
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Hidden costs in the global food system amount to $12.7T a year according to a new report by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Covering 154 countries, The State of Food and Agriculture found that 70% of the costs are…
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A new 10-country survey has found that 51% of Europeans are eating less meat annually, with health being the biggest reason for the decrease in consumption. However, taste and price are the largest detractors of plant-based intake for…
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Nūmi, a French startup making breast milk from cell-cultured mammary glands, has raised €3M in pre-seed funding to expand its R&D and recruit new scientists. It plans to file for regulatory approval in the US first, followed by Europe…
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In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers a host of plant-based dairy news, a bunch of awards and a Chilean vegan…
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Italian vegan cheese startup Dreamfarm has closed a funding round of €5M aimed at building a production hub for its patented process to make a healthier plant-based cheese alternative. Its fermented almond mozzarella and spreadable cheese…
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Weeks after opening its D2C online marketplace, Colorado-based mycelium meat startup Meati has expanded its line of meat alternatives with new vegan chicken nuggets and spiced takes on its existing steaks and cutlets. The brand has also…
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Matthew Kenney, the vegan author and celebrity chef behind Plant Food + Wine, is expanding his empire to China with food halls inspired by his Plant City F&B concept, with the help of global scale-up firm The Wellness Agency. The…
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Ahead of what's billed as the first-ever Veganic Summit (November 10-12), which will focus on organic plant-based farming that eschews the use of chemical fertilisers and manure, the event's co-founder Meg Kelly talks to Green Queen about…
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Greenhouse gas emissions from the world's 20 largest meat and dairy producers increased by 3.28% in the last year, according to new analysis from the investor network FAIRR Initiative. The findings come just as global leaders prepare for a…
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A new report backed by major actors in Asia's agrifood system including Singapore global investment company Temasek is calling for urgent climate action from industry stakeholders across the region to invest in tech and back existing…
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A year after announcing its carbon labelling partnership with research firm HowGood, catering company Chartwells Higher Education has revealed that there has been an increase in students looking for climate-friendly meals in US…
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