For the first time, the Danish government has added guidance to the country’s official dietary guidelines on how consumers can eat in a more climate-friendly way. The Danish Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Rasmus […]
Denmark-based convenience company Tasteful Foods is launching GRÖNT – a new series of plant-based ready-to-heat dishes that makes it easier to eat less meat. COOP Denmark and Rema1000 in Norway will be the first to […]
Rootly, a startup from Denmark, is developing vegan sausages with a difference. They’re made mostly with vegetables, but they contain a unique ingredient — recycled juice pulp.
Naturli’ has been the market leader in the plant-based segment in Denmark for over 30 years and switched to the production of vegan food in 2014. Most recently, the Scandinavian pioneer opened a 100% plant-based […]
Danish startup Beyond Leather Materials, creating apple-based leather alternatives, announces seed funding of €1.1 million, led by angel investor Steen Ulf Jensen via Jensengroup Investment Fund and accompanied by Rockstart and Vaekstfonden. The brand was […]
Dryk is a dairy alternative brand seeing success in its native Denmark where it produces a large range of plant milks with ingredients including hemp, quinoa, pea, and of course the ubiquitous oat. The company […]
Biosecience company Chr. Hansen has joined MISTA, a Californian-based startup optimizer focusing on the development of sustainable, innovative foods. Chr. Hansen aims to further develop fermented plant-based solutions and help to create a sustainable and […]
The University of Copenhagen has found a method for making protein powder from broad (also known as fava) beans. Researchers tested different crops in relation to which had the greatest potential as a protein powder […]
The corona crisis has come to Denmark. At Naturli’, who make plant-based food products, the crisis has accelerated several innovation projects which are being released now, while sales are quieter than normal.
As more and more Brits opt for organic and plant-based products, Danish brand Naturli’ Foods launches its Organic Vegan Spreadable into Waitrose stores. The 100% plantbased butter is gluten-free, offers a buttery flavour with a […]
Danish plantbased brand Naturli’ Foods finds that American retailers and restaurants “crazy about Danish plant-based foodstuffs” – especially a recently developed product called Ground PEA’F. With this new plantbased beef product, Naturli, whose exports have […]
After completing a €35 million investment last year for the extension of its pea plant in Belgium, COSUCRA now announces the opening of a second pea processing plant in Denmark, as the explosion of the […]
Simple Feast, a Danish mealbox startup launched in 2017, announces it has secured a total of $33 million in a Series B round led by venture capital firm 14W, with participation from Balderton Capital. The […]
Following our article last week regarding the developments at Danish Crown, regarding the future cessation of pig slaughter at its German facility, and its plans to produce plantbased products, we have received the following information […]
Danish Crown, one of Europe’s largest meat processors, is to stop slaughtering pigs at one of its facilities in Germany and has plans to produce plantbased beef products and burgers.
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