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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.

Vegan

UK Plant-Based Meat Player THIS Launches Vegan Chicken Thighs

Anay Mridul May 6, 2024

UK plant-based meat challenger brand THIS is launching the country's first nationally distributed vegan chicken thighs, starting with Tesco next week. THIS, the cult-favourite plant-based meat brand, is rolling out a first-to-market…
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Vegan Grocery Shopping

Walmart’s Largest Private Label Launch in 20 Years is All About Plant-Based, Free-From & Better-for-You

Anay Mridul May 6, 2024

Walmart has launched Bettergoods, a private-label brand that focuses on trend-forward, chef-inspired foods traversing better-for-you and free-from products that don't cost the earth. High culinary quality, chef-inspired, free-from and…
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Covering Climate Now

Companies Are Asking Workers to Come Back to Work – Who’s Going to Look at the Carbon Emissions?

Anay Mridul May 4, 2024

Return-to-office mandates could be getting in the way of companies' climate goals. By Kate Yoder When office workers stopped working in offices in 2020, trading their cubicles for living room couches during COVID-19 lockdowns, many…
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Policy & Regulation

Singapore PM Namechecks ‘Novel Food’ in Promising Job Sectors in May Day Speech

Anay Mridul May 3, 2024

In one of his final major speeches, outgoing Singapore prime minister Lee Hsien Loong mentioned "novel food biotechnologies" as a promising job prospect – it's a nod to the country's food tech pedigree. In two weeks' time, Lee…
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Alt Protein

Nurasa Opens Food Tech Innovation Centre in Singapore to Make Better Alternative Proteins, Quicker

Anay Mridul May 3, 2024

Singaporean sustainable food production platform Nurasa has opened a Food Tech Innovation Centre to help alternative protein companies scale up production and enhance flavour and nutrition. Nurasa, the sustainable food innovation…
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Vegan Dining

Protein Sustainability Scorecard: Which Foodservice Companies Are the Most Planet-Friendly?

Anay Mridul May 3, 2024

In the US, some caterers are ramping up their response to climate change, while others are employing greenwashing tactics – a new scorecard ranks the country's foodservice sector on sustainability goals. Is your caterer really…
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Climate Change

This World Press Freedom Day, Climate Journalism is More Important Than Ever

Anay Mridul May 3, 2024

As climate change wreaks havoc in a year when half the world will vote, the importance of environmental journalism and a free press cannot be understated. "2024 should be the year of the climate election." That proclamation by Mark…
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Alt Dairy

Stephen Colbert Highlights Climax Foods’ Good Food Award Snafu On The Late Show

Anay Mridul May 2, 2024

The Late Show featured vegan cheesemaker Climax Foods on its show last night, where Stephen Colbert tried its cheese, and highlighted the controversial Good Food Awards saga. First it was a mammoth meatball. Now it's vegan blue cheese. …
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Cell-Based News

Mewery Establishes Stable Cell Line to Scale Up Cultivated Pork Production Ahead of Pilot Plant Opening

Anay Mridul May 2, 2024

Czech startup Mewery has achieved a breakthrough in its tech to produce cultivated meat, establishing a stable cell line to enable scalability. Mewery has formed a stable cell line in the development process for its cultivated pork, a…
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Cell-Based News

Florida Officially Bans Cultivated Meat as Governor Mocks World Economic Forum

Anay Mridul May 2, 2024

Florida governor Ron DeSantis has signed a bill to ban the sale and production of cultivated meat in the state, in a news conference that poked fun at the World Economic Forum. The alternative protein industry says it's "reckless" and…
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Green Finance

Oatly Cuts Losses and Exceeds Revenue Expectations in Positive Start to 2024

Anay Mridul May 2, 2024

After taking measures to turn its losses around, Oatly's quarterly losses have narrowed by 39% from the previous year, and revenue swelled by 1.8% in a performance exceeding analysts' expectations. A strategic reset in China, expanded…
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Cell-Based News

South Korea Inaugurates Regulation-Free Special Zone for Cultivated Meat Development

Anay Mridul May 1, 2024

The South Korean government has created a special zone designed for the development of cultivated foods, which will exempt companies from certain regulatory hurdles to help them commercialise their products. South Korea has taken a…
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Alt Protein

Shiru Unveils AI-Led Protein Marketplace and Discovery Marketplace

Anay Mridul May 1, 2024

Artificial intelligence startup Shiru has today launched the "world's first" protein discovery platform, allowing companies to find and buy sustainable proteins for product development. As the world of protein expands, with innovators…
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Future Foods

Future Food Quick Bites: Cultivated Quail, MasterChef Pros & A Cheese Debacle

Anay Mridul May 1, 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 Vow's Tippling Club collab, US bans on cultivated meat, and a climate…
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Climate Change

Climate Change Representation in Popular Movies Is Low, But It’s On the Rise and More Profitable

Anay Mridul Apr 30, 2024

Only 9.6% of films over the last decade passed the Climate Reality Check, though these doubled in the latter half of this period and were more profitable, according to a new report. Glass Onion, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Tenet, Marriage…
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Green Finance

Impossible Foods Weighs Up ‘Liquidity Event’, Including Possible IPO or Sale in 2-3 Years

Anay Mridul Apr 30, 2024

Impossible Foods is considering a "liquidity event" that could see the plant-based meat giant raise more capital, go public or even be sold to another company in the next few years. As plant-based meat fights back after a difficult…
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Zero Waste

Taste of Zero Waste: Hilton Introduces Waste-Free Menus at 4 UK Hotels

Anay Mridul Apr 30, 2024

Hilton has rolled out zero-waste menus at four of its hotels in the UK as part of its ESG strategy, alongside a low-waste menu at nearly 20 additional sites. On Stop Food Waste Day (April 24), Hilton launched zero-waste menus at…
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Health

Supergut Quadruples Sales & Expands Retail Presence with Nationwide GNC Deals

Anay Mridul Apr 29, 2024

Supergut, an emerging leader in the GLP-1 food space, is rolling out its superfood products at breakneck speed in US retail, after quadrupling sales over the last six months. Your Erewhon smoothie could now help you control your…
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Alt Protein

B2B Pivots, APAC Growth & Plant-Based 2.0: ProVeg on Alt-Protein’s ‘Correction Phase’ & Trends for 2024

Anay Mridul Apr 29, 2024

Amid investor pressure, sales declines and negative media coverage, the alternative protein sector is navigating a "correction phase", but there is cause for optimism, according to ProVeg International. We've all seen the headlines.…
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Food & Nutrition

Brits are Less Aware and Less Concerned About UPFs Than Europeans: Survey

Anay Mridul Apr 29, 2024

People in the UK are less likely to be aware or worried about ultra-processed foods than their EU counterparts, and also consume more of these products, according to a pan-European survey. Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are everywhere…
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Research & Scientific Studies

India’s Rich Pollute the Planet Eight Times More Than the Poorest: Study

Anay Mridul Apr 29, 2024

The discrepancy between spending on food and luxury products by the rich and the less affluent in India is correlated to the climate impact too, with wealthier citizens accounting for a much larger environmental footprint. There's a…
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