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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.

Beauty

This Biodiversity-Positive Sunscreen Nourishes Coral Reefs While Protecting Your Skin

Anay Mridul Jun 20, 2024

Skincare brand Stream2Sea and scientists from the University of Derby have developed a sunscreen that feeds and nourishes coral reefs. Sunscreen has become a political issue. From "anti-SPF conspiracy theorists" denouncing their…
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Green Finance

European Food Tech Startups Overtook the US to Attract $2B in Investments in 2023

Anay Mridul Jun 19, 2024

Climate-focused food tech companies in Europe raised $2B last year, making up 58% of global investment in the sector and surpassing the US for the first time. European food tech startups focused on climate change solutions attracted $2B…
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Cell-Based News

Ever After Foods Raises $10M for Scale-Up Platform That Make Cultivated Meat 90% Cheaper

Anay Mridul Jun 19, 2024

Israeli biotech firm Ever After Foods has secured $10M to accelerate the growth of its bioreactor platform that allows cultivated meat producers to scale up manufacturing while driving down costs. Ever After Foods has received $10M from…
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Alt Protein

Future Food Quick Bites: Cinnamon Miyoko’s, Vegan Euro 2024 & Fighting Florida

Anay Mridul Jun 19, 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 Upside Foods' cultivated meat tasting in Florida, a fermented sweetener…
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Alt Protein

THIS Receives £20M Series C Investment to Launch New Plant-Based Meat Offerings

Anay Mridul Jun 19, 2024

UK plant-based meat startup THIS has raised £20M ($25.4M) in a Series C funding round to expand its product range and drive profitability on its core offerings. THIS, the London-based producer of meat analogues, has closed a £20M Series…
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Animal Rights

Eating Lower-Carbon Meats is Actually Worse for Animal Welfare. The Solution? Eat Less Meat

Anay Mridul Jun 18, 2024

While swapping beef for chicken may lower your impact on the climate, it also means killing more poorly treated animals. The key to balancing the tradeoff is to just eat less meat. During COP28, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization…
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Climate Change

COP29 Host Azerbaijan Never Had a Free Press, and It’s Only Getting Worse

Anay Mridul Jun 18, 2024

Months before it hosts this year's UN climate summit, Azerbaijan is being criticised for its crackdown on journalists, exacerbating an already appalling record of press censorship. 2024 may be a year where climate change is on the…
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Climate Change

‘Mad Men’: UN Chief Called for A Ban on Fossil Fuel Advertising – But Media Companies Remain Mostly Silent

Anay Mridul Jun 17, 2024

In a speech last week, the UN secretary general implored countries and media companies to stop fossil fuel advertising – but is the warning falling on deaf ears? "Climate change is the mother of all stealth taxes paid by everyday people…
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Vegan

9 of the Best Asian Instant Ramen Noodles That Are Accidentally Vegan

Anay Mridul Jun 17, 2024

Sometimes, all you want to do is boil some noodles and call it a day – here are nine of the best instant ramen products that just happen to be vegan. Like Maisie Peters, I could have noodles for breakfast. In fact, I've done so…
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Health

Fermy: Landish Foods, Every Co Debut Coffee & Matcha Mixes with Animal-Free Egg White Protein

Anay Mridul Jun 15, 2024

Canadian vegan wellness company Landish Foods has partnered with animal-free egg protein startup The Every Company to launch a new line of beverage mixes. Landish Foods and The Every Co have unveiled a new line of ready-to-mix protein…
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Health

Those Headlines Linking Plant-Based Meat to Heart Disease are Deliberately Misleading

Anay Mridul Jun 14, 2024

A series of headlines have been knocking plant-based meat for causing heart disease, but these are deliberate misinterpretations to discredit the industry further. Did you hear that plant-based meat can now apparently kill you? That…
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Alt Dairy

Vegan McFlurry: McDonald’s Rolls Out Dairy-Free Ice Cream in the UK

Anay Mridul Jun 14, 2024

McDonald's is trialling a new line of dairy-free ice creams in select UK restaurants, with a potential nationwide launch slated for 2025. Another vegan McFlurry is here – sort of. McDonald's has just launched the Scoop, a dairy-free…
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Climate Change

‘Betrayal’: Swiss Parliament Rejects European Court’s Landmark Climate Change Ruling

Anay Mridul Jun 14, 2024

Lawmakers in Switzerland have voted to disregard a human rights ruling in favour of senior female climate activists, with a particularly reprehensible stance taken by the parliament's largest party. In a surprising move, Swiss…
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Fermentation-Based Alt Protein

Judge Rules in Favour of The Better Meat Co in IP Dispute Against Meati

Anay Mridul Jun 13, 2024

The IP case between mycelium meat makers Meati and The Better Meat Co has drawn to a close, after a judge ruled largely in favour of the latter, reports AgFunderNews. California's The Better Meat Co and Colorado-based Meati have ended…
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Alt Protein

When Told About the Benefits, Almost Everybody in China Would Eat More Plant-Based Foods

Anay Mridul Jun 13, 2024

New research shows that health is the priority for Chinese consumers when it comes to plant-based food – and the more they know about the benefits, the more they'll eat it. When you inform people in China about the benefits of a vegan…
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Climate Change

In 4 Years, Renewable Energy Has Yielded $250B in Health & Climate Benefits in the US

Anay Mridul Jun 13, 2024

The increasing use of wind and solar energy in the US is driving massive economic benefits and emission reductions in the US, according to a new study. Lower emissions, better air quality, and greater health benefits – these are the…
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Alt Protein

Abu Dhabi Announces Alternative Protein Economic Cluster to Boost Food Security

Anay Mridul Jun 12, 2024

The crown prince of Abu Dhabi has approved a new economic cluster for novel foods and alternative proteins to tackle food insecurity and water shortages. Abu Dhabi has launched the AgriFood Growth and Water Abundance (AGWA) hub, an…
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Alt Protein

Future Food Quick Bites: DoD v Cattlemen, Non-Dairy Footballers & Vegan in the Bronx

Anay Mridul Jun 12, 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 Alpro's collaboration with Peter Crouch, a new alternative protein jobs…
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Alt Protein

This Competitive Hot Dog Eater Endorsed Impossible Foods – Now He’s Kicked Out of Nathan’s Famous Contest

Anay Mridul Jun 12, 2024

Competitive eater Joey Chestnut has been banned from participating in this year's hot dog eating contest by Nathan's Famous over a commercial deal with plant-based meat maker Impossible Foods. Joey Chestnut, who has won 16 of the last…
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Health

Doctors Urge UK Government to Retract ‘Misleading’ Campaign Asking Brits to Eat Meat & Dairy

Anay Mridul Jun 11, 2024

A group of healthcare organisations are asking the UK government to withdraw a campaign that they say spreads misinformation about the benefits of eating meat and dairy. As restaurants, retailers and consumers prepared for Veganuary…
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Food & Nutrition

Planetary Health Diet Linked to 30% Lower Risk of Premature Death & 29% Fewer Emissions

Anay Mridul Jun 11, 2024

The first large-scale study to analyse the effects of the Planetary Health Diet has found a lower risk of premature death and a lighter impact on the climate. Eating a primarily whole-food plant-based diet has tremendous benefits for…
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