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...
13 Aug OP-ED: Millennial veganism
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!
08 May US: Beyond Meat sizzles as it goes public
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.
06 Mar Inventing new ingredients for plant-based foods
A US food tech startup just raised $90-million to make it easier to invent new alternate proteins.
20 Dec Unilever buys meat-free food company The Vegetarian Butcher
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.
18 Nov Whole Foods’ Top 10 Food Trends for 2019
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.
13 Nov Catering to ‘The Adventurous Consumer’ is key for 2019: Innova Market Insights
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.
23 Oct Why people in rich countries are eating more vegan food
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.