Amazon shares sustainability pledges across private grocery brands
The company’s commitments focus on animal welfare; cocoa, coffee, and tea sourcing; palm oil use, eggs, and paper.
Burger King Austria makes plant-based burgers the “new normal”
“We want to stimulate social discussion and show that our plant-based alternatives taste confusingly similar,” says CMO.
Eat Just wins US$25 million investment from C2 Capital
The announcement comes after its products were included for the first time in China’s national blueprint for food security.
Vegan meat now costs the same as traditional meat, a study finds
The organisations compared the prices of alt-meat to their animal-based counterparts and found that the plant-based meat products did not suffer the same price increase despite inflation.
Sustainable alternatives to palm oil: do they exist?
The rapid expansion of plantations is causing massive deforestation, particularly in Asia, where it fuels the destruction of wildlife habitats such as those of orangutans.
Lypid partners with Louisa coffee to promote plant-based burger patties
The patties contain PhytoFat, Lypid’s proprietary vegan fat, which accurately mimics the texture, mouthfeel, and flavour of animal fats.
Chinese company Angel Yeast promotes a sustainable green yeast-based protein
The company has built 12 yeast production lines to provide enough annual capacity to distribute the finished products.
Aussies challenged to ditch single-use plastic cups
The challenge aims to help people, businesses, and cafes avoid billions of single-use coffee cups in landfills and litter yearly.
Whittaker’s launches plant-based Oat Milk chocolate
The latest addition to confectioner’s permanent range is a result of two years of perfecting the recipe – with a bit of Kiwi ingenuity.
CJ eyes plant-based foods as the next growth engine, targets 200 bln won in sales by 2025
Plant-based food uses ingredients derived from plants instead of animal protein, such as eggs, fish and red meat.
Japanese researchers create ‘edible’ cement from fruit scraps
In 2019, Japan produced approximately 5.7 million tonnes of food waste, which it aims to reduce significantly by 2030.
Aussies get the chance to invest in produce rescue startup Good & Fugly
“Good & Fugly gives our delicious fruit and veg the kind of home it deserves,” says partner farmer.
Lesser mealworms get the green light for human consumption in Europe
Lesser mealworm is used in a variety of products across Europe, including cereal bars, shakes, and gourmet burgers.
Kiwi research shows red meat has nutritional advantage over plant-based alternatives
Meat industry-funded study compares impact of burritos on blood, digestive systems and mood for four hours after consumption.
Aussie startup Farmers Pick saves thousands of ‘unwanted’ veggies from landfill
Farmers Pick wants to save Aussies up to 30 per cent on their weekly fruit and veggies bills and reduce food waste by 50 per cent.