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  • Beyond Meat McDonalds

    Opinion: Large Multinationals Are Conquering the Vegan Market. Good Thing or Bad Thing?

    April 9, 2021 Society
    The list of small, medium, large and huge companies that are expanding their categories to include vegan products continues to grow overwhelmingly. From the corner shop to Burger King to Unilever, plant-based capitalism without a [...]
  • Beyond Meatballs

    Beyond Meat Expands Retail Distribution By Over 5000 US Locations

    April 9, 2021 Food & Beverage
    Beyond Meat announces several major product expansions throughout the US in both national and regional grocery chains, strengthening the company’s retail presence to approximately 28,000 retail outlets across the US. The new listings are as [...]
  • Impossible Foods FB

    Is Impossible Foods Readying For a $10 Billion Public Listing?

    April 9, 2021 Hot Off The Vegan Press, Trade
    According to a Reuters report which cites unnamed sources, Impossible Foods may be preparing for a public listing in the next 12 months which could either take the form of an IPO or a merger [...]
  • Minor Figures cold brew

    Minor Figures Expands into Whole Foods USA – Free Tasting Events From Tomorrow

    April 8, 2021 Food & Beverage
    Minor Figures, the UK-based brand known for making plant-based, carbon neutral, and barista standard coffee products, announces the launch of its Organic Oat M*lk at all Whole Foods located in the US mid-Atlantic region, including [...]
  • Online Vegan Marketplace Vejii Launches in Canada to Serve Growing Canadian Demand for Plant-Based

    April 8, 2021 Products & Launches
    Vejii Holdings Ltd announces the launch of its new Canadian platform, making available the largest online vegan marketplace to the estimated 2.3 million vegetarians and 850,000 vegans in Canada. The launch follows the success of [...]
  • Mission Barns Bacon

    Silicon Valley’s Mission Barns, Producer of World’s First Cultivated Bacon, Secures $24M to Upscale

    April 8, 2021 Cultured Meat, Hot Off The Vegan Press, Investments
    Mission Barns, Founded in Berkeley, CA in 2018, announces it has raised $24 million in a Series A round to upscale its cell-cultured fat technology and build a pilot factory in the Bay Area. High [...]
  • Tuna Hoagies - Good Catch

    Gathered Foods Secures $26.3M to “Propel Good Catch Plant-Based Seafood to the Forefront of the Industry”

    April 7, 2021 Investments
    Gathered Foods, producers of Good Catch plant-based seafood, announces it has secured $26.35 million in a B-2 bridge funding round. The company states that the fresh funding will further propel Good Catch plant-based seafood to [...]
  • Ingredion

    Ingredion Expands its Specialty Ingredient Portfolio With Acquisition of KaTech

    April 7, 2021 Companies & Portraits
    After announcing its new plant protein facility will be the first in North America to produce pea protein isolate, Ingredion Incorporated has announced its acquisition of German food tech company KaTech. With a strong focus [...]
  • New Report: US Sales of Plant-Based Products Are Outperforming Animal Products at a Staggering Rate

    April 7, 2021 Hot Off The Vegan Press, Studies & Numbers
    New data released today by the Plant Based Foods Association and The Good Food Institute reveals that US sales of plant-based meat, dairy, and eggs have outpaced sales of animal products for the third year [...]
  • Vikas Garg abillionveg

    abillion: “65% of Our Members Are Omnivores or Flexitarians – We Are Excited to Be the Platform That Guides Them in This Journey”

    April 6, 2021 Interviews
    Sustainability platform abillion today announces the launch of Save Vegan Restaurants fund with the commitment of donating up to $1 million to support vegan restaurants in the USA. The #SaveVeganRestaurants campaign launched April 1st in [...]
  • Field Roast pea protein hot dog

    Greenleaf Foods Launches New Field Roast & Lightlife Products at Whole Foods

    April 6, 2021 Products & Launches
    US company Greenleaf Foods, the owner of plant-based brands Field Roast and Lightlife, is expanding its range at Whole Foods to meet growing consumer demand. Three new options will be available at locations across the [...]
  • Ecovative Raises $60M in Funding For Mushroom-Based Leather, Packaging & Food

    April 1, 2021 Hot Off The Vegan Press, Investments
    Ecovative is a US company using mushrooms to make everything from bacon to leather. It has just raised $60M in a Series D funding round led by Viking Global Investors, with contributions from Senator Investment [...]
  • Shaun Quade and Veronica Fil Grounded

    Grounded: “We’re the People Who Make Tasty AF Cheese Out of Cauliflower and Hemp. And the Market Potential For That is Pretty Massive”

    March 31, 2021 Interviews
    This plant-based power couple needs no introduction for our vegconomist readers. Former economic advisor to the Australian government, food writer & restaurant critic Veronica Fil, along with her husband Shaun Quade, the Australian fine dining [...]
  • der neue, vegane B4Burger von Before The Butcher

    Before The Butcher Now Available for Home Delivery Through Vejii

    March 31, 2021 Food & Beverage
    Californian alt-meat brand Before The Butcher has launched on Vejii, a US-based online shopping platform offering a range of plant-based foods. This is the first time the brand’s products have been available online.
  • Future Fields cultured meat

    Future Fields Raises $2.2M, Aims to Slash the Cost of Cell-Cultured Meat

    March 31, 2021 Cultured Meat, Investments
    Future Fields, a Canadian cell-cultured startup based in Edmonton, has raised US$2.2M from three American venture capital firms — Bee Partners, Pioneer Fund, and Narrative Fund. Several private investors also contributed.
  • MeliBio honey

    MeliBio Raises $850,000 to Launch Real Honey Made Without Bees

    March 31, 2021 Investments
    US startup MeliBio has raised $850,000 in its pre-seed funding round. The funding will allow it to further develop and soft-launch its bee-free honey. Investors in the round included Big Idea Ventures, Joyance Partners, 18.ventures, [...]
  • PopcornShrimp New Wave Foods

    Tyson-Backed New Wave Foods Launches Its Seaweed Based Shrimp in the USA

    March 30, 2021 Products & Launches
    Following its recent $18M series A round, alternative seafood producer New Wave Foods announces today the official distribution of its plant-based shrimp to foodservice and restaurant companies in the USA. New Wave Shrimp, made from [...]
  • BREAKING: Grounded Foods’ Upcycled Cauliflower & Hemp Cheese Finally Arrives

    March 30, 2021 Hot Off The Vegan Press, Products & Launches
    When Veronica Fil first sampled the cauliflower and hemp-based cheese her husband, chef Shaun Quade had created, she said: “Do you realise what you’ve done? This could be huge.” She was right. The innovative portfolio [...]
  • Triton Algae Innovations

    University of San Diego Spinoff to Launch Algae-Based Tuna by End of 2021

    March 30, 2021 Food & Beverage
    US company Triton Algae Innovations, a spinoff of The University of California San Diego, has been working on algae-based products for over seven years. Now, it is close to launching a tuna alternative.
  • Project Pollo

    Project Pollo: The Vegan Chick’n Chain Aiming to Open 100 Restaurants in 5 Years

    March 29, 2021 Gastronomy & Catering
    Texan vegan chicken chain Project Pollo only opened its first restaurant last September. But in just six months, it has taken its total number of locations to five, and founder Lucas Bradbury is aiming for [...]
  • Vegan Fashion Week Collaborates With Japan’s Kapok Knot for Unisex Jacket Lined With Tree-Based Down

    March 26, 2021 Fashion & Beauty
    Vegan Fashion Week (VFW), the world’s leading ethical fashion movement founded in 2019 by ethical fashion expert and creative director Emmanuelle Rienda, announces a collaboration with Japanese fashion brand Kapok Knot on a US Indiegogo [...]
  • Seaspiracy Facebook Page

    Industry Leaders Speak Out About the Seaspiracy Documentary – Is a Shift to Plant-Based Enough?

    March 26, 2021 Environment, Hot Off The Vegan Press
    Following this week’s Netflix release of the documentary Seaspiracy, industry figures from Greenpeace, Earth Warriors, Roots & Hoots, and plant-based seafood producer Loma Linda, share opinions on the issues raised and the conclusions reached in [...]
  • VFC Secures £2.5 Million Seed Funding, Aims to Surpass £50M in International Sales by 2025

    March 25, 2021 Hot Off The Vegan Press, Investments
    VFC Foods Ltd – the mission-driven vegan fried chick*n company founded in the UK just three months ago and already operational in mainland Europe with plans for international expansion, today announces a raise of £2.5m [...]
  • PlantX Closes Over Subscribed Prospectus Offering

    PlantX Announces Record-Breaking Q3 Results, Prepares for NASDAQ Listing

    March 24, 2021 Trade
    Plant-based ecommerce platform PlantX reports a record-breaking third quarter with a 298% increase from the previous quarter, generating gross revenue of $1,832,484 for the three months. 
  • Lug Launches First-Ever PETA-Approved Vegan Leather Collection

    March 24, 2021 Fashion & Beauty
    Lug, a popular lifestyle brand specialising in fashionable handbags and accessories, announces the launch of its first-ever vegan leather collection, which debuted live on the QVC show Saturday Morning Q on 20 March 2021. The [...]

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