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Gastronomy & Food Service

Vegan Products From The Veggie Lovers Launch in Martha Stewart’s Marley Spoon

DTC meal box service Marley Spoon, backed by TV personality Martha Stewart, has added meat alternatives from The Veggie Lovers, developed and distributed by Future Food Group. The Veggie Lovers’ Vegan Meatballs had been previously added to the range at the end of December, and now boxes of The Veggie Lovers Vegan Bratwurst and The Veggie Lovers Vegan Burgers are set to follow.

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Company News

Hungry Planet Partners With Post Holdings as Plant-Based Demand Skyrockets

Plant meat producer Hungry Planet announces a partnership with CPG holding company Post Holdings, Inc., to expand the distribution of Hungry Planet’s portfolio in response to growing demand for alternative proteins. Based in St. Louis, Hungry Planet meats are distributed throughout the United States via foodservice, restaurants, grocery stores and e-commerce.

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Market & Trends

Market for Vegan Butter Exploding Internationally as Dairy Sales Slump

A recent study has found that between 2015 and 2019, dairy volumes slumped by around 300 million gallons, while consumption of plant-based alternatives saw a rise of around 50 million gallons. As per the Food Industry Association, around 30% of households are home to vegan, vegetarian, flexitarian, or pescatarian consumers, and this is leading to increased variety in retail.

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Sustainability / Environment

UN Reveals 30% of the Entire Planet Supports Plant-Based Diet as a Climate Policy

With 1.2 million respondents in 50 countries covering 56% of the world population, the UN’s People’s Climate Vote is the largest ever survey of public opinion on climate change. The poll revealed that an overall average of 30 % of people in the surveyed 50 countries support the promotion of plant-based diet as a climate policy. The figure is as much as 42% in developing states and 33% in high-income countries.

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Sedef Köktentürk is the new Managing Partner and COO at Blue Horizon

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Company News

Sedef Köktentürk Joins Blue Horizon Corporation as Managing Partner and COO

Swiss-based impact investor Blue Horizon Corporation announces the hiring of Sedef Köktentürk as Managing Partner and COO. She joins the leadership team and heads the Impact division. Köktentürk is a former Olympic windsurfer and previously spent three years as an Executive Director at Goldman Sachs.

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Company News

Veganz Expands its Climate Smart Products Into Greek Market

German full-range vegan food retailer Veganz launches into Greek supermarket chain AB (Alfa-Beta) as the first brand in the world to bring 24 climate-smart products to the Greek market. A climate-friendly range of 24 products including vegan chocolates, biscuits, bars and spreads, will be available in 200 stores across Greece.

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Plantbased Business Hour

The Future Of Food Is Here: Ryan Pandya of Perfect Day on The Plantbased Business Hour

CEO and Co-Founder of Perfect Day Foods, Ryan Pandya joins Elysabeth Alfano on The Plantbased Business Hour to discuss dairy without the cow. Yes. The future of food IS here. They discuss 1) precision fermentation, 2) is dairy made without the cow or the cows’ actual DNA plant-based and/or healthy?, 3) how do we communicate this to the consumer?, and 4) Perfect Day’s collaborations for the future. Podcast here. Below is a highlight clip (3:15) of Ryan explaining precision fermentation.  Long-form video interview is here.    Display content from YouTube Click here to display content from YouTube. Learn more in YouTube’s privacy policy. Always display content from YouTube Open “What Exactly Is Precision Fermentation And What Does It Mean For Our Food?” directly Now you …

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Interviews

Zero Egg: “We Believe Zero Egg is a Game-Changer in the Egg Category”

Zero Egg is a plant-based egg made with a combination of sustainable plant proteins including soy, potato, chickpea, and yellow pea protein. Shortly after launching, the brand announced it had secured $5 million in Series A funding; plant-based egg is the fastest-growing category in plant-based and these products are highly sought after.

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