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Willicroft’s Vegan Bean Cheese Nets $2.1 Million To Expand Across Europe
Dutch bean-based plant-based cheese startup Willicroft has closed its pre-seed funding round, securing €2 million. The round was led by PINC and Rockstart with Döhler and Feast Ventures participating. Funding has been raised to support!-->…
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The 9 Best Vegan Sandals For Every Summer Occasion
“This outfit would be so cute if only I had a pair of sandals to go with it.” We know the feeling. Especially if you’re in search of cruelty-free slip-ons, with most of the sandals out there made using leather or other animal-based!-->…
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This Chef Is Moving From Steakhouses To Sustainable ‘Symplicity Foods’ To Take On Beyond Meat
Neil Rankin, founder of London steakhouse Temper, is entering the plant-based food sphere. The chef claims that he is fed up with alternative protein not quite hitting the right mark and claims he can do better. His gripes include Beyond!-->…
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Finless Foods’s Pokè-Style Plant-Based Tuna Now Available Across U.S.
California’s Finless Foods, one of the early players in the cultivated seafood space, is ready to debut its plant-based tuna analogue nationwide across the United States. Its pokè style product, which the company claims i minimally!-->…
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Seafood Reboot Nets $3.3 Million To Launch A New Wave Of Plant-Based Fish
Paris-based alt fish startup Seafood Reboot has closed a €3.2 million pre-seed funding round led by Demeter Investment Managers with participation from Senseii ventures, Founders Future and Beyond Impact. New funding has been secured to!-->…
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v2food Enters The Ready Meal Category With Four Plant-Based Classics
Australian plant-based meat leader v2food is diversifying its range with ready meals to offer consumers fast and convenient access to prepared vegan dishes. The company is debuting four options including spaghetti bolognese, lasagne, penne!-->…
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Evo Foods Announces New Partnership With Ginkgo Bioworks For Next-Gen Egg Products
Indian plant-based egg startup Evo Foods has announced it is partnering with Ginkgo Bioworks to create new ingredients for its products. The latter offers an established cell programming platform which will be leveraged to develop!-->…
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Unlimeat Crowdfunds To Launch Sold-Out Plant-Based Jerky In The US
Korea’s leading plant-based meat company is leveraging the power of crowdfunding to launch its jerky line in the U.S. A pre-launch campaign on Kickstarter allows global backers to participate. The official launch is scheduled for May!-->…
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Cargill And Cubiq Team Up To Take On The U.S. Alternative Fats Market
Barcelona’s Cubiq Foods has been developing its omega-3-rich smart fats since 2020 and now, the startup has announced a $5.75 million funding round from Moira Capital Partners, SGEIC and Newtree Impact to help it bring its developments to!-->…
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James Cromwell Stages ‘Glued-In’ Protest At Starbucks Over Plant Milk Surcharge
Actor and activist James Cromwell, best known for his roles in Succession and Babe, superglued himself to a Starbucks counter in New York City earlier this week. The act was a form of protest against the coffee chain’s continued!-->…
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Vegan Diet Shown To Offer ‘Meaningful’ Weight Loss For Obese And Diabetic People, In New Research
Following a vegan diet for three months has been found to offer significant health benefits to both obese and diabetic people. A study conducted by the Steno Diabetes Center in Copenhagen found that participants lost ‘meaningful’ amounts!-->…
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Haofood Partners With Lawson To Bring Plant-Based Chicken To 2,300 Stores
Shanghai’s Haofood has announced distribution partnership with Chinese convenience store giant Lawson that will see its new satay nugget stick product being stocked in 2,300 stores across the country, to give consumers easy access to!-->…
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Jems Launches Vegan Condoms To Take The Toxicity Out Of Sex
Canadian vegan condom maker Jems says it is advocating for safer, more informed sex by renouncing toxicity in all forms across its vegan condom range. The female-founded condom company, launched in 2021, remove animal products, gluten, and!-->…
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TiNDLE Maker Next Gen Foods Appoints 2 New Board Members To Strengthen Food System Disruption
Singapore’s Next Gen Foods, which owns the vegan TiNDLE brand, has welcomed two new board members to help cement the young company's position as a global plant-based leader: Jenny Lee, a managing partner at GGV Capital, and Mathys Boeren,!-->…
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Coles Pledges To Cater To Flexitarians Across Australia With Get Plant’d
Coles has debuted a new-to-it plant-based meat brand. The grocery giant has more than 800 locations throughout Australia, all of which will be stocking the Get Plant’d range. Products have been developed to mimic the full experience of!-->…
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‘It Flakes Like The Real Thing’: Irish Startup Debuts Whole-Cut Vegan Cod
Irish startup Sea & Believe recently unveiled its newest development: a vegan whole-cut cod fillet. The company considers the breakthrough to be its biggest to date. It follows the commercial release of seaweed goujons and seaweed!-->…
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Slutty Vegan Gets $25 Million in Funding Led By Shake Shack Founder To Open 20 New Burger Restaurants
Atlanta’s Slutty Vegan burger chain has closed a $25 million Series A funding round, led by New Voices Fund and restauranteur Danny Meyer’s Enlightened Hospitality Investments. The funding will be used to open 10 new restaurants in 2022!-->…
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Scientists Claim Swapping 20% Of Beef For Microbial Protein Will Halve Deforestation Demand
According to new research published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature swapping 20 percent of all beef eaten globally for microbial protein, such as the type used to make Quorn, would halve deforestation over the next 30 years, Further,!-->…
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More Than 30 D.C. Restaurants Join the First Veg Week In Washington
The nation's capital will celebrate its first Veg Restaurant Week from May 7-14th.
If you're looking for a last-minute treat for Mom this Mother's Day, try booking a table at one of more than 30 restaurants participating in Washington!-->!-->!-->…
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Happy Ocean Foods Nets New Investors for Its Vegan Seafood During ‘Lion’s Den’ Appearance
Munich-based Happy Ocean Foods, which makes plant-based alternatives to shrimp, has secured two investors following an appearance on Lion’s Den. The programme is the German version of the U.S.’s Shark Tank and the U.K’s Dragon’s Den. The!-->…
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Revo Foods Has Launched Its Vegan Smoked Salmon In The UK
Austria’s Revo Foods has debuted its plant-based smoked salmon analogue in the U.K. It will be sold by GreenBay, a popular online vegan supermarket. The launch follows a successful domestic unveiling back in October last year and!-->…
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