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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.

Climate Change

COP29 Digest, Vol 3: Everything You Need to Know in Food and Climate News Today

Anay Mridul Nov 19, 2024

Welcome to Volume 3 of Green Queen's #COP29 Digest. Here, our editorial team curates the must-reads, the must-bookmarks and the must-knows from around the interwebs to help you ‘skim the overwhelm’. Catch up: VOLUME 1 – VOLUME 2 …
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Alt Dairy

Oatly Whips Up Cake & Custard Giveaway with UK Rapper Giggs

Anay Mridul Nov 19, 2024

Swedish oat milk giant Oatly has teamed up with British rapper Giggs for a limited-edition drop of dairy-free cake and custard kits. A ceramic plate, a steel spoon, a textile napkin, and some custard – all are on the table in a giveaway…
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Cell-Based News

Israeli Cultivated Meat Pioneer Reveals How It Can Produce Chicken At $12 Per Pound

Anay Mridul Nov 19, 2024

Israeli startup SuperMeat has revealed how it can cut production costs of its cultivated chicken to under $12 per pound, on par with conventional poultry. Just shy of its nine-year anniversary, Israeli food tech startup SuperMeat has…
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Future Foods

Duckweed Protein Pioneer Plantible Foods Grows Budget with $30M Investment

Anay Mridul Nov 18, 2024

California's Plantible Foods has closed a $30M Series B round to expand production of its duckweed-derived Rubi Protein. Among the constantly evolving search for nutritionally sound, climate-friendly, palate-appealing foods, a wave of…
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Alt Protein

Japanese Cell Ag Specialist Develops Cultivated Meat Starter Kit for Startups & Researchers

Anay Mridul Nov 18, 2024

Tokyo-based startup Integriculture has launched a starter kit to drive innovation and accelerate R&D in the cultivated meat sector. In a bid to make cultivated meat prototyping easier, Japan's IntegriCulture has created a starter…
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Seafood

HealthyGirl Kitchen: Why the Internet’s Most Famous Vegan Influencer Invested in A Plant-Based Salmon Startup

Anay Mridul Nov 18, 2024

Danielle Brown, the face behind HealthyGirl Kitchen, tells Green Queen why she chose to invest in vegan seafood company Oshi. Plant-based seafood startup Oshi, which makes a whole-cut salmon alternative, is tapping the world's…
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Alt Protein

Impossible Foods Inches Closer to EU Launch As Regulator Deems GMO Protein Safe

Anay Mridul Nov 18, 2024

After a years-long deadlock, Impossible Foods has received a positive safety assessment by the EU for its genetically modified heme ingredient. Europeans could be eating the Impossible Burger soon, with the California-based company…
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Climate Change

COP29 Digest, Vol 2: Everything You Need to Know in Food and Climate News Today

Anay Mridul Nov 16, 2024

Welcome to Volume 2 of Green Queen's #COP29 Digest. Here, our editorial team curates the must-reads, the must-bookmarks and the must-knows from around the interwebs to help you ‘skim the overwhelm’. Catch up: VOLUME 1 Headlines You…
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Climate Change

Modest Cuts in Beef Production Can Remove 3 Years’ Worth of Fossil Fuel Emissions

Anay Mridul Nov 15, 2024

Scientists suggest that if rich countries make small reductions in meat production, the climate benefits would be massive. While scientific consensus calls for sharp reductions in livestock farming to lower emissions and battle climate…
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Future Foods

Aussie Startup Inks Deal to Make & Distribute Animal-Free Fat in China

Anay Mridul Nov 15, 2024

Canberra-based Nourish Ingredients has partnered with Chinese fermentation specialist Cabio Biotech to produce and distribute its precision-fermented fat alternative. Highlighting American fears of falling behind China in the biotech…
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Climate Change

Elon Musk Says Beef Has No Impact on Climate Change, Fuelling Pro-Meat Rhetoric Under Trump

Anay Mridul Nov 15, 2024

The world's richest man and Donald Trump's "first friend" has disregarded the impact of beef on climate change, hinting at a red meat renaissance in the US. What do you get if you elect a McDonald's fanatic who also happens to be a…
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Alt Dairy

‘Best in Class’: DSM-Firmenich Unveils Two Flavour Innovations to Bridge the Plant-Based Dairy Gap

Anay Mridul Nov 14, 2024

Industry giant DSM-Firmenich has developed innovations that mask off-notes and replicate the creamy taste and texture of milk in plant-based alternatives. Say what you will about the plant-based industry – sales have dropped, consumers…
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Alt Protein

Cultivated Meat for Pet Food ‘Significantly Better’ for the Planet Than Beef

Anay Mridul Nov 14, 2024

Pet food with cultivated meat instead of beef fares far better for the planet and its resources, according to a new life-cycle assessment. As it works to commercialise cultivated pet food, Czech biotech startup Bene Meat Technologies…
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Pets

Dogs Can’t Get Enough of Cultivated Meat, Feeding Trials Show

Anay Mridul Nov 14, 2024

In feeding trials, half of dogs fed Meatly's cultivated chicken kept licking the bowl after finishing, and a majority enjoyed it more than their regular diet. Months after receiving regulatory clearance in the UK, Meatly – the…
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Future Foods

Shiru Raises $16M to Expand AI Protein Discovery Platform Across Industries

Anay Mridul Nov 14, 2024

Artificial intelligence startup Shiru has closed a $16M Series B round to broaden its ingredient portfolio and expand its protein discovery marketplace. Months after launching an AI-powered protein discovery platform for companies,…
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Beauty

Clean Beauty: Asian Biotech Company Launches Ethical Skincare Ingredients Made From Cultivated Marine Cells

Anay Mridul Nov 13, 2024

Southeast Asian marine biotech company Avant has rolled out a range of skincare actives made by cultivated fish cells. To modernise and futureproof the ways we currently produce peptides, cellular agriculture startup Avant has unveiled…
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Future Foods

Future Food Quick Bites: Vegan Tiramisu, Dave Chang & A Political Breakfast

Anay Mridul Nov 13, 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 a vegan tiramisu collection in Hong Kong, Dave Chang's cultivated meat…
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Cell-Based News

Israeli Startup Announces ‘Record-Breaking’ Development to Make Cultivated Seafood Affordable

Anay Mridul Nov 13, 2024

Rehovot-based Forsea Foods has recorded the highest level of cell density in the cultivated meat and seafood industry, helping it achieve costs lower than conventional eel meat. As it prepares to launch cultivated unagi in Japan in…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Korean Startup Debuts Fermentation-Derived Marbled Wagyu Steak Ahead of US & Europe Launch

Anay Mridul Nov 13, 2024

South Korea's Millennial Flavor Town, a startup born out of a restaurant, has unveiled a marbled steak and shredded beef products made from traditional fermentation. Rivalling the growing crop of whole-cut meat alternative producers,…
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Climate Change

COP29 Digest, Vol 1: Everything You Need to Know in Food and Climate News Today

Anay Mridul Nov 12, 2024

Welcome to #COP29 – watch the opening ceremony here. In our Green Queen COP29 Digest, our editorial team curates the must-reads, the must-bookmarks and the must-knows from around the interwebs to help you ‘skim the overwhelm’. It’s…
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Fashion

Vegan Uggs Are A Step Forward for Animal Rights, But Are They Truly Sustainable?

Anay Mridul Nov 12, 2024

Uggs has released a long-awaited line of vegan shoes and socks with New York's Collina Strada but as with many animal-free alternatives to conventional materials, the plastic waste cost remains high. After years of calls from consumers…
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