Clear Meat, an Indian cell-based meat company, has developed cultured chicken mince that it claims is already as affordable to produce as conventional processed chicken.- 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 [...]
- A vegan pizza outlet called Sunny Slices has opened in Singapore. After starting out as a pop-up, its founders have partnered with sustainable food & beverage company Ebb & Flow Group to create the country’s [...]
- Plant-based pork products sales are forecast to grow multifold over the period of 2020-2030, as predicted by an ESOMAR certified market research and consulting firm. Spurred by awareness of the threat of infections associated with [...]
- Oatly, the market leader in oat drinks, has further expanded its presence in Asia with the launch of its dairy alternative products in Singapore. Oatly sees great potential in the Asian markets as do other [...]
- Beyond Meat announces the launch of Beyond Pork, designed specifically for the Chinese market. Beyond Pork has been developed for the Chinese market to mimic the flavour, texture and culinary versatility of to traditional pork.
- It would be difficult to find anyone in plant-based who is not familiar with the work of David Yeung in 2020 when OmniFoods raised a record $70 million; was ranked in Fortune‘s Change the World [...]
- Century Pacific Food, a large corporation based in the Philippines, announced it is to launch a plant-based brand called UnMeat. Currently, the company produces meat, fish, and dairy products, and is best known for its [...]
We are proud to announce that vegconomist is finally live at our newest platforms vegconomist.cn and vegconomist.hk, opening up our reach into Asia and bringing all the latest vegan business news to readers of Traditional [...]- Califia Farms is big in business in China at the moment and looks likely to remain so in the long term, as sales in the plant-based milk sector in China have grown by a spectacular [...]
- Leading vegan dog food producer v-planet announces that its 100% plant-based, non-GMO products, including its vegan kind kibble, are now available in Japan through Japanese distributor WHOLEFOODS, Inc.
- Meat-Tech 3D, an Israeli company working on developing 3D-printed cultivated meat, has announced that it is filing for a US IPO. The company has already been traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange for a [...]
- Thailand’s Let’s Plant Meat is an innovative brand that has featured in our newsfeed several times over recent months in its work to become a domestic version of Beyond Meat et al and to bring [...]
- The 2020 Asia-Pacific Agri-Food Innovation Summit is coming up on November 18-20. This year’s summit will be held virtually, with twelve agri-food startups presenting their new technologies. Among them are several plant-based and alt-protein companies.
- According to the United Nations, the world population is going from 7.6 billion people on the planet to roughly 9.8 billion people by 2050. However, with the almost 30% increase in people, we’re not getting [...]
- Dao Foods International has revealed its first cohort of Chinese plant-based startup ventures under its Dao Foods Incubator initiative. As we reported earlier this month, the China-focused Dao Foods had announced that its China Venture [...]
- Eat Just has contacted vegconomist to say the company has signed a $100M+ agreement with a consortium led by Proterra Asia, to meet demand for its mung bean-based JUST Egg in Asia. It is further [...]
- According to Reuters, Impossible Foods’ plantbased burger patties will be available in grocery stores in Hong Kong and Singapore from today as the company aims to increase its presence in Asia before entering China, where [...]
- MyAir is a company with a unique concept — managing stress via personalised nutrition bars. The Israeli startup has developed an algorithm that takes into account physiological and psychological data to profile an individual’s response [...]
- 7-Eleven Hong Kong is rolling out two of the plant-based OmniEat ready-to-eat meals by OmniFoods – Spicy Thai Basil OmniPork with Jasmine Rice and Thai OmniPork Stir-Fried Noodles, both selling at a limited offer and [...]
- The Good Food Institute India‘s Smart Protein Summit has recently come to an end after five days of talks. The aim of the summit, which was conducted online, was to make plans for a future [...]
- American fast-food chain KFC is to expand its trial of the Beyond Burger in China to over 200 locations. Previously, the burger was tested in five Chinese branches for just three days, but the new [...]
- Green Monday is partnering with McDonald’s Hong Kong to launch its first-ever vegetarian menu. The leading fast-food restaurant chain will incorporate OmniPork Luncheon into over 280 outlets of McDonald’s and 122 outlets of McCafé in Hong Kong and [...]
- China-focused Dao Foods International announces its China Venture Fund will invest in 30 Next-Gen Good Food Ventures over the next three years. With this latest move, the impact investor is making progress with its plans [...]
- Alt meat startup Next Gen has launched in Singapore with seed financing of $2.2 million. Next Gen was co-founded by Timo Recker and Andre Menezes. Timo was previously founder and CEO of the German plant [...]
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