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Zhenmeat: China ‘Impossible Foods’ Launches Meat Alternative Products Made From Plant Protein & Fungus
Zhenmeat, a new Chinese food-tech startup, brings plant-based meat analogs tailored to Chinese cuisines, from dimsum to stuffed peppers to mooncakes. The Beijing-based company launches their plant-protein and fungus based meat alternative!-->…
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Blockchain Marketplace VeganNation Raises US $10 Million For Global Launch
Plant-based web and mobile marketplace app VeganNation just announced it has raised US$10 million in funding from private investors and will officially launch internationally. The aim of the platform is to connect vegan businesses,!-->…
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Green Queen Travels: Where To Eat Vegan Food In Bangkok
We love how vegan-friendly Bangkok’s food scene is, and so will you, after you give these places a visit. Our list of plant-based dishes to enjoy from traditional classics such as pad thai, tom yum and durian ice cream to globally inspired!-->…
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Global Race For Plant Food Innovation As Consumer Demand Continues To Skyrocket
Consumer demand for plant-based proteins has accelerated, and manufacturers are now racing to compete in what is quickly becoming a highly competitive market. There is little sign of slowdown: companies are focused on innovating quality!-->…
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Starbucks Debuts Stand Alone Teavana Concept Stores in Hong Kong Amidst Health & Green Push
Starbucks has recently launched Teavana-forward outlets in Hong Kong this summer, featuring open designs, botanical touches and brand new flavours. This comes alongside a number of green initiatives that the coffee-chain giant have also!-->…
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Plant-Based Review App abillionveg Announces US$2 Million Seed Funding Round
Singapore-based review app abillionveg announced a seed funding round of US$2 million in funding, which is globally, the largest seed fund round for a plant-based startup in 2019. This follows other record-breaking funding news in the!-->…
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Hong Kong Meat & Dairy Consumption On The Rise Despite UN Warnings
In the wake of our current biodiversity and climate crisis, which is putting the future of food, health and the environment under severe threat, Hong Kongers are still consuming meat and dairy at a higher rate than ever before. Comparative!-->…
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K11 Art Install x Free Burgers: Butchers Club Debuts Impossible Burger
Another noteworthy addition to Hong Kong’s plant-based burger scene, the Butchers Club has launched a new Impossible burger in all its Hong Kong locations. To celebrate the launch of this collaboration, Impossible Foods and The Butchers!-->…
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Omnipork Partners With Iconic Hong Kong Restaurant Tsui Wah
Starting this August, dishes featuring Omnipork are now available across all of Tsui Wah’s 28 branches. The Hong Kong restaurant chain, which is an integral part of the city’s local cha-chaan-teng culture, will use the all-purpose!-->…
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Meal Delivery Startup NOSH Launches New Plant-Based Brand With Impossible Foods
Hong Kong meal delivery startup NOSH has recently announced the launch of a rebranded corporate-focused delivery brand called Spoonful available now in their home territory and launching in Singapore next month. In exciting!-->…
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Australia’s Zero Waste Retailer The Source Bulk Foods Lands in Singapore
Australia’s largest bulk foods and zero-waste retailer, The Source Bulk Foods, has just unveiled its first Singaporean outlet located in Cluny Court. The new packaging-free destination will be stocked with over 350 pantry staples,!-->…
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Urgent Global Food System Overhaul Needed To Avoid Climate Disaster Says Leaked UN Report
A leaked draft report by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reveals that keeping global temperatures down cannot be done without a total transformation in our current food production and land management!-->…
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By 2040, Majority Of Meat Will Come From Plants & Labs, With Asia Driving Demand
The majority of the meat that people will be eating in 2040 will not come from slaughtered animals, but will instead be laboratory-grown “clean” meat or are plant-based meat alternatives, according to a newly published report. Greater!-->…
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Singaporean Vegan Start-Up Wins Big At 2019 Asia Food Innovation Awards
Amongst the winners and finalists announced at the recent Asia Food Innovation Awards ceremony were a number of innovative plant-based food technology and sustainable packaging companies from the region including a Singaporean vegan cheese!-->…
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Plant-Based Milk Company Oatly Tackles China’s Growing Demand for Dairy
Oatly, the Swedish plant-based milk alternative made from milled oats that has taken Hong Kong by storm - it is now regularly served up in the city’s two largest coffee chains Starbucks and Pacific Coffee - is expanding into mainland!-->…
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Bite For What’s Right: I Started A Vegan Chocolate Company & Here’s What I Learned
Can a zero-profit activist vegan chocolate startup intent on price accessibility and uber-transparency convince the masses to change their snacking habits AND rally other would-be vegan entrepreneurs to take the plunge? Bite Society!-->…
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INTERVIEW: Beyond Meat VP Marketing Will Schafer About How To Start A Plant-Based Burger Revolution
The Story of The (Plant-Based) Burger That Changed The World
Green Queen Editor-in-Chief Sonalie Figueiras sat down with Will Schafer, VP of Marketing for Beyond Meat, during his recent trip to Hong Kong in May 2019 to discuss how the!-->!-->!-->…
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Katy Perry & JAY-Z-Backed Impossible Foods Sales Raises US$ 300 Million Series E While Sales Triple in Asia
Days after the record-shattering Beyond Meat IPO, plant-based meat maker & food industry disruptor Impossible Foods announced that it had raised US$ 300 million in a star-studded Series E round, with the incoming funds to be used!-->!-->!-->…
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Fishing Net of Lies? Why Blockchain Can’t Prevent Food Fraud
There’s been a lot of hopeful but misguided information about how blockchain is supposed to help with making food supply chains more traceable and eliminate food fraud. This one about a WWF-backed fish blockchain is a good!-->…
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David Yeung: 5 Reasons Why Asia’s Food System Is About To Be Massively Disrupted By Plant-Based Protein
Being an investor and the Asian distribution partner of Beyond Meat since its early days, I have the honour of having a front-row seat on their epic IPO. There is no doubt the record-shattering listing of BYND sent shockwaves around!-->…
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Vegan Burger Maker Beyond Meat Goes Public & Breaks World Records, Biggest Popping IPO Since 2000
Wall Street vastly underestimated the demand for the IPO of Beyond Meat, the world's first vegan meat alternative to list on the US Stock Market. Originally priced at US$ 25, the BYND shares almost tripled during trading hours, reaching a!-->…
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