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Vegan Chicken Nuggets Could be Coming to a Movie Theatre Near You
AMC Theatres have collaborated with plant-based meat company Impossible Foods to bring vegan chicken nuggets to theatres across the United States.
Dairy is Dying: Ben & Jerry’s Entire Range is Now Nearly 40% Dairy-Free
The premium ice-cream brand is launching two new vegan flavors, bringing its official dairy-free count in the U.S. to 20 products.
Cultivated Dairy Startup Raises $120 million for Cow-Free Milk
“We don’t need the ‘rest of the cow,’ and we surely don’t need to spend resources in the process of creating a 900-kilogram animal.”
KFC to Launch Plant-Based Fried ‘Chicken’ at 4,000 U.S. Stores
The Beyond Fried Chicken will be available in stores nationwide from 10 January.
Cardi B: “I Want To Go Vegan”, Asks 20.5 Million Followers For Meat-Free Advice
Actor Drew Barrymore was among the thousands of people who tweeted their advice to the rap superstar, who hopes a vegan diet will help improve her health.
Cultivated Seafood Company Wildtype Announces First U.S. Retail Partners
Wildtype takes the next step in bringing sustainable, affordable cultivated salmon to U.S. grocery stores and restaurants.
7 Festive Vegan Recipes You Should Try This Year
Fill your table with delicious, flavor-packed vegan dishes this holiday season with these recommended recipes from some of our favorite plant-based chefs.
Scientists Discover Red Algae Can Make Meat-Free Burgers ‘Bleed’
As appetite grows for more sustainable proteins, a marine ingredient start-up has found an innovative use for red algae, which they say can be added to plant-based burgers and steaks to replicate an authentic ‘bloody’ juiciness.
World’s Largest Slaughter-Free Steak Revealed
Composed of cultivated real fat and muscle cells, taken from tissue samples that were painlessly obtained from a living cow, the steak weighs in at nearly 4oz.
Vegan Meat Brand Impossible Foods Raises $2 Billion Investment
Investors around the world continue to show a big appetite for planet-friendly alternatives to meat, as Impossible Foods’ latest funding round alone raises nearly $500 million.
Pet Food Giant Partners With Alt-Protein Leader to Produce Cell-Cultured Meat for Cats and Dogs
The pet-food market is set to be transformed over the coming years as companies re-imagine food for our companion animals in more sustainable and healthy ways.
$1 Million Prize To Accelerate Future of Cultivated Meat Announced
The global competition hopes to encourage innovative and collaborative research programs to advance the cultivated meat sector.
Danone to Spend $49 Million to Convert Factory from Dairy to Plant-Based
The food giant aims to increase its global plant-based sales to US$6.1 billion by 2025.
3D Printed Vegan Meat Cuts Launch in Restaurants
Redefine Meat brings to market what was previously considered technologically impossible: commercial-scale whole cuts of plant-based meat.
World’s Largest Animal Protein Producer, JBS, Invests $100 Million in Cultivated Meat
“The acquisition marks the company’s entry into the cultivated protein market,” JBS said in a statement.
Starbucks Trials Alt-Milk From Startup Perfect Day
Perfect Day produces real cow’s milk without using actual cows through a process called microbial fermentation.
Whole Foods Customers ‘Misled’ Over Animal Welfare Labels
The retailer is among those accused of ‘humane washing’ its meat products, as study finds high-welfare labels don’t require farmed animals to have access to the outdoors and allow farmed animals to undergo genetic modification and suffer physical mutilations.
“Catch of Tomorrow”: TIME Magazine Declares Vegan Tuna One of the Best Inventions of 2021
The plant-based tuna that looks and tastes as good as the real thing is named as one of the key innovations set to change the way we live.
Huge State-Of-The-Art Cultivated Meat Factory Opens in the U.S.
UPSIDE Foods’ new, $50 million facility is capable of producing up to 50,000 pounds of meat per year.
Starbucks Launches Plant-Based Seafood in Hong Kong
For the first time, the coffee giant has added sustainable, vegan crab cakes to its menu at 170 Hong Kong Starbucks locations.