Vegan cheese producer Violife, recently acquired by Upfield to create one of the biggest plantbased manufacturers in the world, announces positive “proactive measures” to continue to supply retailers and customers during COVID-19, with the public [...]- New drinks brand Doodles has partnered with vegan food distributor Bravura Foods with a first-to-market concept: lightly sparkling, low-sugar drinks in special “colour me cans” featuring characters and pictures that kids can colour, wipe clean [...]
- Frozen vegan pizza company, One Planet Pizza, is delivering customised plant-based pizzas direct to your front door. Owing to the current times and determined to spread some positivity in the UK, the award winning brand [...]
- UK based tempeh brand, Better Nature, announces the launch of a nationwide initiative to help support those in need during the COVID-19 crisis. The company is sending out 15 free Tempeh Care Packs per week [...]
- With only 20 grams of fat, the startup Peace of Meat shows how to transform a multi billion-dollar industry and how nutrition will develop in the future. Co-founder Eva Sommer predicts that mass production of [...]
- THIS, creators of what it claims to be the “world’s most realistic plant-based chicken and bacon”, is launching its product range into foodservice company Brakes. THIS Isn’t Bacon was awarded a Great Taste Award with [...]
- What the Pitta, a UK based vegan kebab business with stores in Brighton, Camden, Croydon, and Shoreditch, has been named as London’s best takeaway in the British Kebab Awards. Co founders Cem Yildiz and Rojdan [...]
- The keynote speakers and program have been revealed for the 6th International Scientific Conference on Cultured Meat. This year’s event will take place at Crowne Plaza De Ruiterij in Maastricht, on Sunday, October 11. It [...]
- British vegan food delivery service allplants, run by brothers Alex and Jonathan Petrides, raised a record sum of over 3.4 million pounds through a crowdfunding campaign on the Seedrs platform. The original target was initially [...]
- Michelin chefs Gavin Cassidy and Eoin Lennon created vegan sauce company Porter & Nash after identifying a lack of choice in sauces and gravies suitable for vegans that offer both health benefits and flavour. What [...]
- UK vegan snack brand Cheeky P’s, founded by Malaysian siblings Gregory and Gracia Goh, has secured an investment deal with Spanish food group Dacsa, together with a number of angel investors. The popular vegan beer [...]
- Plant-based food producer The Meatless Farm has been identified as fastest growing brand in the rapidly expanding meat alternatives sector, with like-for-like retailer sales up 149%. The company reports that over 90% of the UK [...]
- Much loved plant-based Italian joint Picky Wops, which has two locations offering what has been described as the best vegan pizza in London, is organised and armed with some great ideas to help the local [...]
- A new analysis from Greenpeace is stating that the European Nation (to also include the UK), must drop its meat consumption by 71% by 2030, and by 81% by 2050, in order to tackle animal [...]
- Food-tech start-up Prolupin, a producer of alternative dairy products using proteins derived from lupin beans, announces the first closing of a double-digit million euro growth financing round, enabling the company to increasingly address demand and [...]
- Germany: In the course of private label harmonisation, the vegetarian and vegan private label range will be offered jointly by ALDI Nord and ALDI SÜD under the brand “Mein Veggie Tag”. These include veggie nuggets, [...]
- UK producer of vegan ready meal pots and plantbased jerky, Plantifull Food, has launched three of its chilled vegan meal range into 471 Holland and Barrett stores. The new listing comes on the back of [...]
- As revealed by Vegan Food UK, strawberry oatly ice cream is now available in Tesco stores in addition to the already existing flavours already launched by the company – Chocolate Fudge, Hazelnut Swirl and Salted [...]
- Paris-based Bel Group, a subsidiary of Unibell and owner of household cheese brands such as Babybel, Laughing Cow, and Boursin; is to acquire All in Foods, a French startup that produces the Nature & Moi brand. [...]
- Les Nouveaux Affineurs, specialist in French cheeses, has closed a fundraising of over 2 million euros with Demeter (Agrinnovation Fund), Newfund and Beyond Investing. The funding will allow the startup to accelerate its development and [...]
- Due to growing concerns around the coronavirus (COVID-19), the New Food Conference has been postponed and will now take place on 5 and 6 August 2020 in Berlin. The event was originally scheduled for late [...]
- The rise in plant-based products across the globe means that there is an opportunity for plant-based brands and manufacturers to position new products as healthier alternatives, as consumers look for new ways to be healthier [...]
- Vivera, the third largest European producer of plant-based food, has revealed it is predicting strong growth figures in 2020 and for the mid and long term. The company sees fast growing demand through most parts [...]
- Upfield’s Flora brand debuts a a plant-based whipping cream for the UK foodservice industry. Upfield states that 100% plant-based Flora Plant whipping was developed to help chefs deal with increasingly complex consumer diets and that [...]
- Vitmark-Ukraine is one of the largest Ukrainian producers of juices, soft drinks and baby food and exports to 25 countries globally. Due to the explosion of plant-based in the USA and Europe, the company has [...]
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