20 Oct Turning a joke about vegan pork scratchings into reality
The environmental impact of eating meat has become more prominent, so why not make the classic bar snack vegan-friendly? Two British entrepreneurs tell their story...
The environmental impact of eating meat has become more prominent, so why not make the classic bar snack vegan-friendly? Two British entrepreneurs tell their story...
The world is going vegan – or at least an apparently consensus narrative on this is playing on a media loop. Excellent UK investigative food journalist, Joanna Blythman, is not impressed. Read on!
Beyond Meat became the first plant-based food manufacturer to go public on a major stock exchange on May 4. The company's stock, which was priced at $25 a share, closed the day up 163%, to $65.75. Beyond Meat ended the day with a market capitalisation of $3.9-billion.
A US food tech startup just raised $90-million to make it easier to invent new alternate proteins.
Unilever is acquiring The Vegetarian Butcher, a deal that fits with Unilever’s strategy to expand its portfolio into plant-based foods that are healthier and have a lower environmental impact.
Phil Lempert, known as 'The SupermarketGuru', is one of America’s leading food and consumer trend-watchers and analysts. Here's his report on what trend-setting US retailer, Whole Foods - now owned by Amazon - predicts for the F&B development in 2019.
Targeting increasingly adventurous consumers, set on new discoveries and experiences, will be key to developments in the food and beverage industry in 2019, asserts Innova in its latest report on trends for 2019.
Interest in vegan food has been booming across the rich world. Celebrity claims of veganism are everywhere: Bill Clinton and Al Gore, Serena and Venus Williams, Lewis Hamilton, Mike Tyson, Beyoncé, take your pick....The Economist takes a look at this burgeoning trend.