Research & Scientific Studies

An EU-funded research project is exploring how supermarket mushrooms and agricultural waste can be turned into proteins, vitamins and bio-based materials. Combining mushrooms, food waste, fermentation and artificial intelligence can…
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Food waste has increased in British retailers, which are selling twice as much animal protein than needed and off track on the zero-deforestation goal for 2025, according to a new report. Supermarkets in the UK are lagging behind…
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Beans and peas are the best-performing alternatives to meat and milk when it comes to health, environmental and cost benefits, a new analysis has found. 2024 has been a seminal year in global history. More people voted in elections than…
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Footballers face a "very high risk of extreme heat stress" at most of the stadiums that will host the 2026 Fifa World Cup in North America, a new analysis has warned. 2022 was the first time the world's premier football tournament was…
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A plant-based diet low in fat can reduce hot flashes and weight in postmenopausal women much more effectively than animal proteins. Replacing meat, dairy and eggs with plant-based foods – regardless of whether they're classed as healthy…
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Experts at Wageningen University argue that livestock numbers need to be reduced while a transition to plant-based diets should be welcomed by the EU. Every year, academics from Wageningen University & Research (WUR), the EU's top…
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When it comes to health, plant-based analogues to meat and dairy have similar or better nutritional profiles, an 11-country study reveals. Vegan burgers, sausages and bacon are better for health than conventional meat, while dairy…
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Funding for alternative proteins has grown by 85% this year in Asia-Pacific, mirroring a larger sector-wide recovery, a new AgFunder report shows. Asia-Pacific's agrifood tech sector is showing "remarkable" signs of recovery after two…
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Patents for plant-based meat declined for the first time in a decade in 2022, while innovation in cultivated meat slowed too. In the US, sales of plant-based meat alternatives dipped by 26% between 2021 and 2023, reflecting a wider…
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Welcome to the final edition 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…
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A new study explores how we can transfer sugar intake from our diets into making products beneficial to the climate. In the last 30 years, the number of people with diabetes has doubled (making up 12% of the adult population), and 95%…
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Scientists at Stanford University suggest that machine learning and mechanical testing can deliver data that can speed up the development of better vegan meat alternatives. Sandpaper, a brain sectioning knife, and super glue. This…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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A new study in Japan reveals the link between food waste and an ageing population, and how educational initiatives can help buck this trend. Japan is among the top food waste producers globally, split nearly equally between households…
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Reducing portion sizes has been the most effective strategy to reduce meat intake in the UK, a new study has found. Meat consumption fell to its lowest levels in the UK last year, driven by the cost-of-living crisis and a growing…
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Reaching the UK food system's climate goals isn't possible without a reduction in red meat and dairy consumption, industry leaders say in a new report. Food sector leaders in the UK have come together to produce a net-zero transition…
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