Hot on the heels of the announcement last week that UK-based brand Mummy Meagz has launched a dairy-free crème egg, is the news that the vegan confectionary company is to release two new vegan Rocky [...]- The global leader of plant-based butter and spreads, Upfield Group B.V., has recently announced that one of its group companies, Upfield Europe B.V, has completed its purchase of Greek company Arivia S.A., the leading producer [...]
- In a groundbreaking move, the Spanish Government has recently announced it is investing in the Barcelona startup Foods for Tomorrow, producer of the 100% plant-based meat line Heura. The funding comes through the NEOTEC Program [...]
- Family-run vegan confectionary specialist company LoveRaw, from Altrincham UK, has successfully approached Blue Horizon Ventures for investment, inspired by its vision to create the “largest ecosystem for tastier, healthier and sustainable food across the globe.”
- European frozen food company iglo is launching the international Green Week 2020 with an oversized, traditional meat grinder from grandma’s kitchen loaded with peas, to draw attention to a top food trend, that of plant-based [...]
- According to research from shopping comparison website Finder.com, 12 million UK consumers (23% of the population) say that they will be vegetarian, vegan or pescatarian by 2021. There are already 6.7 million following a completely [...]
- Plant-based food giant Quorn will be the first major brand to introduce carbon emissions labelling on its products in a drive to help consumers better understand the impact of their shopping on the environment, it [...]
- Boris Johnson said during a BBC Breakfast interview yesterday that he will not be participating in Veganuary because it means giving up cheese. While Johnson tipped his “hat off to vegans who can handle it,” [...]
- A recent report by food safety certification experts Lloyds register surveyed 1000 UK consumers their views on the food industry, including their opinions on vegan and organic claims and ethical and sustainability considerations. The results [...]
- German Health insurance company BKK Provita has published a guide to plant based nutrition in hospitals and health facilities. Together with the German Hospital Institute (DKI), the guide will help clinic managers and caterering professionals [...]
- A healthy eating restaurant franchise with locations in Edinburgh and Glasgow is serving a vegan sashimi, which looks extremely similar to the real thing. KCal kitchen says that their offering is the first ever vegan [...]
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Yuícery: “We Want to Establish the Yuícery Brand as the Market Leader in the Vegan Fast Food Sector”
Since its launch in 2014, the Yuícery brand has developed from a pure juice manufacturer into a profitable company that now sells vegan food supplements in addition to juice products, and opened its first brick [...] - NOVAMEAT, the Barcelona-based startup that in 2018 created the world’s first 3D printed plant-based beef steak, has revealed the updated version of its whole muscle beef steak. Founder Giuseppe Scionti talks to vegconomist about the [...]
- UK-based plant meat producer THIS announces it has secured £4.7 million in seed funding led by London investment fund Backed, with participation from Five Seasons Ventures, Idinvest Partners, Seedcamp and Manta Ray Ventures.
- British vegan chocolate brand Mummy Meagz created the first vegan chocolate crème egg, which will launch in Holland & Barrett stores and independent retailers across the UK on 22nd January to coincide with Veganuary and [...]
- Frozen food brand iglo launches its Green Cuisine line in Germany today with a range of nine new products to establish an independent category of meat alternatives on the frozen food shelf. Iglo is owned [...]
- Multi award-winning vegan frozen pizza company, One Planet Pizza, announces the launch of latest vegan pizza creation – the Gluten Free Three Cheezly Margherita – which the company says was introduced in response to customer [...]
- The world’s first plant-based incubator, hosted by ProVeg, is now calling for a new round of applicants for its fourth cohort. After the recent cohort last September was a huge success, the organisation is again [...]
- UK: The Co-op has revealed major online expansion plans with a new same day delivery service in 650 stores, and additionally, what it claims to be the “biggest rollout of vegan products” with its new [...]
- Waitrose announces the addition of over 30 new own-label vegan products, doubling its to over 120 products in total. The British supermarket states that “sales for vegan and vegetarian products have increased in the last year, [...]
- Multinational retailer Marks & Spencer launched over 100 new vegan products to its Plant Kitchen range this Thursday amongst a huge Veganuary drive taking place internationally. The range now includes a variety of dishes, sandwiches [...]
- Supermarket giant Asda has launched an affordable range of 48 chilled and frozen ready meals, foods-to-go, and meat alternatives, under its first vegan own brand, Plant Based, launched yesterday 2nd January. The range is fully [...]
- In a landmark employment tribunal in Norwich, UK, a judge has ruled that ethical veganism is philosophical belief and is therefore protected by law. Jordi Casamitjana has today won his appeal over being dismissed from [...]
- Moving Mountains, the food tech company which launched the UK’s first plant-based ‘bleeding’ burger as a British answer to the Beyond Burger, announces it is partnering with Sainsbury’s to make its products available in UK [...]
- Hundreds of thousands of people around the world are participating in Veganuary 2020 and now several retailers are also organising numerous vegan activities. In Germany, Veganuary has officially launched with the participation of supermarkets such [...]
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