As we reported this week, Japanese plant-based meat producer Daiz secured Series A funding of ¥650 (about $6 million) from the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Growth and Industrialization Support Organization in Tokyo, and Mitsubishi UFJ […]
Apeel Sciences has announced on its website that is has secured a US$250m investment led by led by Singapore‘s sovereign wealth fund, Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC), to continue in its mission in reducing […]
A new line of 100% plant-based frozen food products from hugely popular Danish brand Naturli’ is now on sale in many UK locations due to customer demand. Henrik Lund, CEO at Naturli’ describes a new […]
Following the news last month that KFC China was trialling vegan chicken nuggets, it has been reported that the outcome of the consumer trial couldn’t have been clearer in Shanghai: pre-sale coupons for the first […]
OmniPork’s retail grocery sales increased by 120% from April 2019 to January 2020, according to Food Navigator Asia. Last week saw the company’s rebrand to OmniFoods and launch of the world’s first plant-based luncheon meat […]
Lightlife, owned by Greenleaf Foods (the plant-based arm of meat manufacturer Maple Leaf), has made sweeping changes to its product portfolio following what it says was the most comprehensive survey in plant-based protein history, saying […]
According to its Impact Report 2020, JUST has today announced it has sold the equivalent of more than 40 million eggs made entirely of plants. JUST also tells us of plans to secure a partner and […]
Squeaky Bean is a producer of a range of vegan meats, creating delicious vegan lunchtime options for UK consumers. This rising brand also recently collaborated on a home delivery box service providing a range of […]
Sophie’s Kitchen’s vegan seafood alternatives saw its sales increase 3X in 2019 and says its mission is to “rock the seafood category in the way that Beyond Meat rocked the burger industry.” As the pioneers […]
The Good Food Institute has released a first-of-its-kind report evaluating the top 15 US retailers on their plant-based products. The results reveal conventional supermarkets to be superior in terms of offering the widest selection of […]
Marfrig, one of the world’s leading beef producers and the world’s largest beef patty producer, together with Big Food giant Archer Daniels Midland Co (ADM) has announced a venture to launch a brand called PlantPlus […]
Japanese plant-based meat producer Daiz has secured Series A funding to the tune of ¥650 million to upscale production and further R&D into its soy-based meat alternative. DAIZ utilizes a unique set of methods to […]
Gardein, a plant-based brand of Conagra Brands, Inc., will launch its new Ultimate Plant-Based Burger today May 28, in celebration of National Burger Day. Gardein is enlisting comedian Amy Sedaris, with entertainer and plant-based protein […]
Ryan Bethencourt, Founder of Wild Earth Pet Foods and co-author of The Clean Pet Food Revolution: How Better Pet Food Will Change the World, joins Elysabeth Alfano on The Plantbased Business Hour to discuss how the pet food […]
A new event founded by Lori and Jim Amos of PR agency Scout 22, called the Scout Plant-Based Expo and described as a “uniquely formatted plant-based expo”, has been announced for September 2021. The event […]
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