vegan meat

Impossible Foods’ Pat Brown is walking away from his role as CEO at the company he founded 11 years ago in order to focus his time on key strategic initiatives. He will remain as chief visionary officer, reporting to the board and…
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Amazon’s private label line, Fresh, has added 15 new vegan products. The newly named Fresh Plant-Based is available online and from Fresh store locations. The new meat and dairy alternatives include almond milk, nuggets, patties, and…
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Chicago’s Nature’s Fynd, which is famously backed by tech billionaire Bill Gates, has announced its Meatless Original Breakfast Patties will be sold in select Whole Foods Market stores across the U.S. from April. The patties are made with…
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Israel’s More Foods is making a bold claim. The startup, founded in 2020 by Leonardo Marcovitz, says that realistic plant-based meats can be made from seeds. Specifically, upcycled pumpkin and sunflower seed solids that are used to create…
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Boston-founded plant-based meat startup Tender Food has closed a $12 million seed round. The round was led by Chris Sacca’s Lowercarbon Capital. Former investor Rhapsody Venture Partners participated alongside activist and actor Natalie…
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v2food has announced it has developed a range of plant-based chicken products. It comes after success with beef alternatives and a recent launch of meat-free pork into the Asian market. The company says it worked closely with government…
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It's been a week loaded with news about vegan cheese products. Primula, Daiya, and PeaTos all announced new products, the latter of them being a fully plant-based take on Cheetos. Elsewhere, Delta added more plant-based items to its…
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A new four-way industry collaboration has debuted a vegan chicken brand. Skinny Butcher, Golden West Food Group, Valor Siren Ventures, and Wow Bao are working together to make vegan chicken easier to buy than ever. The project involves…
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A new study from the Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) has determined that Australians know exactly what they are eating when they buy plant-based foods. The research is a first for the University of Technology Sydney offshoot. It…
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Sunfed has added a new raw beef analogue to its growing portfolio of realistic plant-based meat products. The prime diced beef development is the latest unprocessed offering that the company claims sets the company apart from many other…
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Comfort foods ruled the plant-based newsfeed this week with QSR chains and CPG companies alike debuting vegan takes on classic items around the world. Fuddruckers in the US and Goiko in Spain added plant-based items to their menus while…
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Kroger has announced a new strategic partnership with Impossible Foods that will see the two companies work together to create a line of proprietary meat substitutes for sale within the retail giant’s numerous locations. Kroger, the…
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Californian food tech startup Lypid has scored $4 million in a seed funding raise to scale their vegan fat. Green Generation Fund led the round, with Big Idea Ventures and SOSV’s Indie Bio participating, amongst others. New investment will…
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VFC, a UK-based vegan fried chick*n brand has taken marketing to a new level. Instead of creating new campaigns with activism at their core, as they usually do, the company has curated the wording of some of its harshest critics. Using…
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Australian Plant Proteins (APP) is leading a project to quadruple the animal-free protein manufacturing capability of South Australia (SA). Three new production plants will be constructed, at a cost of AU$378 million, to supply domestic…
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Startups around the world are now leveraging the power of chickpea protein to craft meat, egg, and dairy alternatives, and the latest to do so is a company out of Israel called CHKP Foods. Elsewhere in vegan news, iconic department store…
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Swedish startup Mycorena has announced the closure of a successful €24 million Series A funding round, which represents the biggest investment into alternative protein in the Nordic sector. The raise will support taking a proprietary plant…
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Beyond Meat CEO Ethan Brown has revealed he is confident that the company can overcome disappointing market performance in 2021. In a recent earnings conference call, he discussed factors that impacted revenue, including Covid-19 and said…
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Audra Labs, the plant-based meat enterprise that's an offshoot from the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star), is headed by former principal researcher Dr. Andrew Wan. Formerly of the Bioengineering and Nanotechnology…
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California’s Prime Roots has announced its new range of vegan meats and pâtes designed to mimic animal-based alternatives in appearance, taste and carving ability. Pepperoni, smoked ham and black pepper turkey can be ordered as a whole…
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It was another busy week for plant-based protein startups around the world. Perhaps most notably, UK-based Meatless Farms teamed up with the country's youngest vegan chef to help more schools build healthier lunch menus. Elsewhere, v2food…
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