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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

2024 Wrapped: The Top 10 Food Tech Wins of the Year

Anay Mridul Dec 27, 2024

It has been a milestone year for the future food industry, with regulatory approvals, big partnerships, and major court rulings. These are (in chronological order) the 10 biggest wins for food tech in 2024. Vow goes to market with…
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Future Foods

U2-Backed Startup Nets $42M in Series C Funding for AI-Led Vegan Peptide Platform

Anay Mridul Dec 27, 2024

Irish startup Nuritas has closed a $42M Series C investment round to scale up its AI-powered discovery platform for plant-based peptides. In its bid to greenify the peptide industry and improve public health, Dublin-based biotech firm…
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Health

WHO Calls for Regulatory Support to Make Pharma Sector More Climate-Friendly

Anay Mridul Dec 27, 2024

In its bid to reduce the climate footprint of the medical industry, the World Health Organization has issued a call for action to fuel sustainability in the pharmaceutical sector. New standards, a digital transformation and more…
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Food & Nutrition

How Can the EU Ensure Its Farmers Win in the Sustainable Food Transition?

Anay Mridul Dec 26, 2024

The EU is in dire need of a food system shift towards alternative proteins – but all stakeholders agree that farmers need to be at the centre of the transition. In September, farmer groups, agricultural lobbies, and climate…
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Policy & Regulation

The Better Butchers Teams Up With Student-Led Cultivated Fat Startup to Produce Hybrid Meat

Anay Mridul Dec 26, 2024

Meat analogue maker The Better Butchers has signed a letter of intent with Genuine Taste, a student-founded cultivated fat startup, to develop hybrid meat. Ahead of its impending acquisition by Canadian cellular agriculture group Cult…
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Future Foods

Future Food Quick Bites: Mufasa’s Impossible Nuggets, Wow Burger India & Vegan Sneakers

Anay Mridul Dec 25, 2024

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 Impossible Foods's Mufasa Lion King appearance, new Veganuary products,…
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Alt Protein

Tofu, Tempeh & Alt-Milk Take the Reins As UK Sales of Plant-Based Meat Slide

Anay Mridul Dec 24, 2024

Brits are buying fewer meat alternatives out of a fear of ultra-processing, which has made traditional proteins like tofu and tempeh the darlings of the UK plant-based industry. In March, the UK's biggest supermarket made a prediction…
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Alt Protein

Climate Tech Startup Absorbs $5.2M for Sunlight-Fed ‘Carbon-Negative’ Proteins

Anay Mridul Dec 24, 2024

Arborea has closed a €5M ($5.2M) investment round to build a facility for its Biosolar Leaf system, which industrialises photosynthesis to create high-value microalgae proteins. Anglo-Portuguese startup Arborea is building a…
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Food & Nutrition

FDA Updates Criteria for ‘Healthy’ Claim on Food Labels to Help America Eat Better

Anay Mridul Dec 24, 2024

The US Food and Drug Administration has updated the labelling requirements for companies to market their foods as 'healthy' for the first time in 30 years. To combat the "ever-growing epidemic of preventable diet-related chronic…
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Consumer Trends & Insights

Legumes Take Centre Stage in France, Where Rising Prices & Nutrition Concerns Drive Dietary Change

Anay Mridul Dec 23, 2024

French consumers are eating more legumes, vegetables, and vegan meat and dairy – but concerns about prices and health are major barriers to the latter. Veggie burgers have been at the centre of a fierce debate in France, where…
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Alt Protein

Loma Linda Maker Pulls Out of Acquisition Deal with Above Food, Citing Inflation & Covid-19 Disruptions

Anay Mridul Dec 23, 2024

Atlantic Natural Foods, the parent company of Loma Linda and Tuno, has terminated an agreement to be acquired by fellow plant protein maker Above Food. Three years after first announcing the deal, Canadian plant-based ingredients…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

EU-Funded Project to Create Upcycled, Whole-Food Plant-Based Meat to Take on UPFs

Anay Mridul Dec 23, 2024

Sustain-a-bite, a project funded by the EU and Switzerland, aims to develop minimally processed plant-based products from whole grains and food waste. As ultra-processed food (UPF) takes over people's apprehension about the way they…
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Vegan

Why the Portugal Government Voted to Create A National Plant-Based Strategy

Anay Mridul Dec 21, 2024

The Portuguese government has committed to developing a national plant-based action plan as part of its climate strategy. Here's how it happened. Already considered one of the most vegan-friendly countries in the world, Portugal is…
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Future Foods

Ingredients Giant Tate & Lyle Strikes Deal to Develop Next-Gen Plant-Based Sweeteners

Anay Mridul Dec 20, 2024

Tate & Lyle has collaborated with BioHarvest Sciences to develop plant-based sweeteners that are better for human and planetary health. British ingredients giant Tate & Lyle – which manufactures the sugar substitute Splenda –…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Onego Bio Files GRAS Notice to FDA to Sell Animal-Free Egg Protein in US

Anay Mridul Dec 20, 2024

Finnish food tech startup Onego Bio has submitted a formal notice to the FDA, asserting the safety of Bioalbumen, its precision-fermented egg protein. Onego Bio is targeting the US as the first market for its recombinant egg protein,…
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Vegan

Vegans More Likely to Face Contempt & Harm Than Meat-Eaters – How Should Brands Respond?

Anay Mridul Dec 20, 2024

A new study shows that meat-eaters recognise that vegans are health- and environmentally conscious, but also view them with fear and contempt. There seems to be a sort of emotional rivalry between people who eat meat and those who…
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Vegan

Grace Dent: ‘Part-Time’ Vegan Food Critic Replaces Gregg Wallace on Celebrity MasterChef

Anay Mridul Dec 19, 2024

Grace Dent, the Guardian food critic who describes herself as mostly vegan, will replace Gregg Wallace on Celebrity MasterChef UK. MasterChef is getting its first vegan judge – almost. Food critic Grace Dent is replacing long-time…
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Alt Dairy

Oatly Shuts Singapore Factory As Part of Asset-Light Strategy, Affecting A Total of 59 Employees

Anay Mridul Dec 19, 2024

Swedish oat milk giant Oatly has announced the closure of its production facility in Singapore, a move that will see a total of 59 workers laid off. In its latest move to streamline operations and reach profitability, Oatly has…
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Alt Dairy

All G Achieves Self-Affirmed GRAS Status for Animal-Free Lactoferrin in US

Anay Mridul Dec 19, 2024

Australian biotech startup All G has received a second regulatory approval for its precison-fermented bovine lactoferrin in a month – this time in the US. Just weeks after becoming the first company to be cleared to sell cow-free…
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Climate Change

Climate, Food, Health & Economic Crises Are Interlinked – What’s the Best Path Forward?

Anay Mridul Dec 19, 2024

A major UN report calls out governments for ignoring the connections between biodiversity, water, food, health and climate change – and suggests how best to address these crises. Environmental, social and economic crises like…
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