Vegan

London-based food tech startup Julienne Bruno has raised £5 million in a seed round, bringing its total funding to more than £6 million for its dairy-free cheese made from soy milk. Funding for the fresh round was led by Cherry…
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Famed for being a plant-based paradise, Taipei has no shortage of excellent vegetarian dining options. With a penchant for innovative culinary prowess, fresh vegetables and a strong Buddhist tradition, the city of Azaleas (that's their…
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MeliBio's novel vegan honey will launch in Europe next year through organic food producer Narayan Foods. Melibio's honey will see its retail launch in European stores next year; Narayan's products are available in more than 75,000…
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Following the first-ever dairy-free festival in Jakarta, Indonesia-based Green Rebel Foods has launched into the plant-based dairy category. Green Rebel is a leading producer of plant-based protein across Southeast Asia. Its new…
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Asian alternative meat maker OmniFoods has debuted a new patented technology, dubbed OmniNano™️ Vegan Fat, that will provide the juiciness that consumers expect from animal meat and power a new line of vegan beef, chicken and pork…
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BioFluff, the San Francisco-based company producing plant-based fur, has closed a pre-seed funding round of $500,000, with funding from SOSV/IndieBio fund, Joyance partners, and Ataraxia Partners Limited, among others. Fur made from…
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Portland-based Thrilling Foods says it has earned a patent for its 'world's first' fat-streaked vegan 'bakon'. Patents are rare in the plant-based meat category, says Thrilling Foods, but the young company's "protein-bound fat" streaks…
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Juicy Marbles, the plant-based meat brand known for its whole-cut steak, says its newest product, a whole-cut loin, is the 'biggest, most insulting piece of plant muscle ever conceived.' The new Juicy Marbles loin was launched in…
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Beyond Meat scores a European win with retail placement in 1,600 German supermarket locations. Despite recent layoffs and cooling sales in the U.S. across the vegan sector, Europe's demand for plant-based food continues. It's good news…
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The Plant Based Seafood Company has partnered with foodservice giant Sysco for the distribution of its Mind Blown vegan crab cakes. The Virginia-based Plant Based Seafood Company says its vegan crab cakes will soon be available across…
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VEG3, a New Zealand-based company, has announced the release of what they describe as the "world’s first artificial intelligence marketing assistant for vegans". In the future, will AI tools replace content writers? The AI-powered…
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The new feature documentary I Could Never Go Vegan explores common myths and arguments surrounding the vegan diet. Attaching its name to one of the more common statements heard when the topic comes up, I Could Never Go Vegan is an…
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Impossible Foods will retain the patent rights on its novel heme ingredient used for its vegan beef and pork, says the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. But it's not the end to its battle with Motif FoodWorks. Earlier this year, Impossible…
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November 1st marks World Vegan Day and the start of World Vegan Month, where all of us join in to celebrate all things plant-based and the wonderful benefits of a vegan lifestyle, from saving the planet to being kind to animals and your…
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Beginning next month, Kraft Heinz will roll out its new vegan cheese and mayonnaise in a test run at 30 Giant Eagle stores across Cleveland. It'll expand the products nationally by the end of next year. But are mainstream cheese consumers…
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The vegan shift is in full swing Down Under as Domino's adds Impossible Beef to 700 menus across Australia and New Zealand. All pizzas on the Domino's Australia menu can now add Impossible Beef, the chain announced last week. It comes…
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Backed by NBA player Ricky Rubio and footballers Sergi Busquets and Sergi Roberto, Barcelona-based Heura says it's gearing up for what will be one of the biggest Series B funding rounds for the vegan meat sector in 2023. Heura is…
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With its world-class innovation centre, a Scale It Up Innovation Challenge, and pioneering protein aeration technology, leading machinery maker Bühler is helping global meat substitute startups supercharge their production and scaling…
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Beginning early next year, Swees Plant Based Foods Co., a Thai-based dairy-free cheese startup, will begin production in the country's first vegan cheese factory. Expecting to be fully operational in its new facility by 2023, Swees says…
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In an expected move as sales continue to miss targets, U.S.-based Beyond Meat has announced layoffs affecting 200 employees including their recently suspended COO. The layoffs at Beyond Meat include Deanna Jurgens, chief growth officer…
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The newly launched Singapore-based, Faba, says its vegan meal subscription service delivers the best of plant-based meals classic and new-world. With a pre-seed funding round raised through the Singaporean VC Antler—where the founders…
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