At Tesco, vegetable-centric dishes take precedence over those featuring vegan meat alternatives, with the former accounting for 40% of the supermarket's plant-based sales. On Whole Foods Market's annual trends report for 2024, the…
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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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Unilever has partnered with biotech firm Nufarm to produce oil from the entire sugarcane plant and replace fossil fuels from its laundry and beauty products. From laundry detergents to soaps, most cleaning products contain surfactants…
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Zomato has introduced a Food Rescue feature to allow customers to buy cancelled orders at a discounted rate, but restaurants remain divided over the move. India isn't just home to the world's largest population, it's also responsible…
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Thanks to a collaboration with Greene King, Redefine Meat's 3D-printed meat alternatives are now available at 1,000 UK restaurants, in a year when domestic sales have shot up by 100%. Israeli food tech startup Redefine Meat is capping…
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Food tech organisations have signed a deal to advance the alternative protein industry in South Korea, where cultivated meat is set to make its entry soon. As South Koreans prepare to welcome cultivated meat to their plates,…
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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 Coconut Cloud's coffee pods, Better Balance's Crypto.com Arena link-up,…
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Unilever is in talks with investment bank Piper Sandler to host an auction of The Vegetarian Butcher, the vegan business it bought six years ago. As it continues to shake up its global food portfolio, Unilever has reportedly put its…
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Sydney-based All G has secured the regulatory greenlight to sell its precision-fermented lactoferrin protein in China. It expects to receive approval in yet another market imminently. In what is yet another marker of China's biotech…
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Precision fermentation startup Imagindairy has received regulatory approval for its animal-free whey protein in Israel, as it closes in on its latest fundraising round. Israeli startup Imagindairy can now sell its cow-free whey protein…
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Fermentation startup Nature's Fynd has teamed up with actor Justine Lupe in a marketing campaign for its dairy-free Fy yogurts. How often do you get to break bread with a cast member of one of TV's most popular shows ever? It's the…
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Already working with major luxury brands, French cultivated leather startup Faircraft has raised $15.8M in funding to scale up operations. France may be the second largest exporter of leather in Europe, but a company based in its…
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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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In a bid to boost food security and cut waste, some of the UK's biggest supermarkets and charities have joined forces to form a surplus food distribution body. Tesco, Sainsbury's and M&S are among 15 organisations that have come…
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Italy's plant-based market is bucking the global decline, but there are several missed opportunities for companies and the industry as a whole. It has been two months since Gruppo Tonazzo, an Italian company that had been producing meat…
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Beyond Meat and Wendy's Georgia have announced a new menu item, the Plant Burger, a marker of the vegan giant's European focus this year. Californian plant-based pioneer Beyond Meat has struck its latest QSR partnership with fast-food…
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London-based New Wave Biotech has launched an AI bioprocess simulation software to help alternative protein companies expand production faster and cheaper. To address two of the biggest challenges facing alternative protein startups – …
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After months of negotiations, Denmark's policymakers have agreed on how to implement the livestock emissions tax they announced in June. Denmark's bid to tax livestock farmers and turn farmland into forest has received a broad majority…
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