allplants founders

Founders Alex & Jonathan Petrides ©allplants

Interviews

allplants: “The Funding Will Grow to Further Establish ​allplants ​as Europe’s Number One Plant-Based Food Platform”

allplants was way ahead of the curve when it launched its vegan delivery box service in the UK, with no way of knowing that COVID would bring a wave of demand and interest in both DTC and plant-based foods, leading to the  largest crowdfund by any vegan business in the world.

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Startups, Accelerators & Incubators

Rollito Vegano Makes First Vegan Serrano Ham in Biodegradeable Packaging

Rollito Vegano was founded by Hugo and Alex during the pandemic, two vegan activists with aspirations to change the world. Their first product, Sinjamón, is the first 100% vegan Serrano ham in 100% compostable and biodegradable packaging and has been selling out in local retailers, helping to boost COVID time profits.

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Field roast nuggets

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Company News

Maple Leaf to Produce Plant-Based Line ‘Green Origin’ For Blackstone-Owned PFG

Greenleaf Foods, a subsidiary of Maple Leaf Foods, has been announced as the producer of a new line for foodservice called Green Origin, for US giant Performance Food Group Company. PFG states that with the launch, it will have one of the biggest plant-based exclusive brand portfolios in the foodservice industry.

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IKEA vegetable dog

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Company News

IKEA: 50% of Canteen Food and 80% of Retail Foods to be Plant-Based by 2025

New IKEA food commitments, announced Tuesday by the furniture giant, state that 50% of main meals offered in the restaurants will be plant-based, 80% to be non-red meat, and 80% of all packaged food offered to be plant-based by 2025. The company has recently introduced a veggie ball, a chicken ball, a veggie hot dog and a salmon ball.

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Impossible mince

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Studies & Numbers

Impossible Pork on Times Best Inventions List as Chinese Appetite for Pork Intensifies

Impossible Pork was named on the Times Best Inventions of 2020 list in the Food & Drink category, at a time when it is desperately needed; China’s pork consumption is set to be more than double that for all EU countries in 2020. Perfect Day’s Cow-Free Dairy was also named on the list for its innovations in sustainability.

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RACHEL HUGH The Vurger

Rachel Hugh ©The Vurger

Company News

The Vurger: “The Challenge of 2020 Has Not Prevented Us From Innovating”

This February, The Vurger secured £1.4M investment for expansion – and a month later, the pandemic hit the UK’s foodservice industry hard. Like many of their peers, The Vurger had to pivot, though still managing to open a new location. At the end of one very unusual business year, Co-founder Rachel Hugh tells us how and why.

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Omnipork luncheon meat

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Products & Launches

EXCLUSIVE: OmniPork’s Revolutionary Vegan SPAM to Arrive in Europe 2021

Hong Kong’s Omnipork has seen absolutely incredible success in 2020 with perhaps most notable to vegans (the McDonalds X Omnipork launch being vegetarian friendly but not vegan) being the launch of its vegan SPAM which has been an absolute phenomenon across Asia. In an interview with vegconomist, its European launch is revealed.

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