Archive of all The Vegan Food Group articles – Page 4
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Comment & OpinionNestlé’s plant-based push is a major challenge to the vegan sector’s biggest players
Nestlé will be able to battle rivals on taste, natural credentials and price
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Analysis & FeaturesHow environmental labelling on food could be the antidote to greenwashing
Systems that offer an environmental score on food packs are developing at a furious pace and heading our way. But which scheme will dominate, and to what extent will it succeed in engaging consumers?
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NewsFinnebrogue sets sights on Beyond Meat with meat-free Evolution Burger launch
The Northern Irish supplier’s new product was said to weigh in cheaper than the Beyond Burger while matching it on taste
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NewsLidl to launch own Eco-Score traffic light system
The Eco-Score system will be applied to 50 Lidl products in 105 Scottish stores this October
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NewsTesco, Morrisons, PepsiCo and Danone join Foundation Earth labelling pilot
The non-profit organisation has also appointed Cliona Howie as its executive director
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Category ReportThe magic money plant? Meat alternatives category report 2021
Plant-based brands’ valuations are soaring as potential buyers jostle for a slice of a booming young market. What’s the category’s future?
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NewsFast-growing Heck hires advisors to seek investment options
Spayne Lindsay has sent an information memorandum marketing the business to potential buyers and investors
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NewsThis secures biggest ever series A fundraise for UK plant-based brand
This plans to use the cash to support the rapid growth of the business, expand its R&D capabilities and bring to a pipeline of new products to the market.
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NewsFoundation Earth: food companies and retailers create eco-labelling scheme
The Foundation Earth scheme, which will launch in September, is the brainchild of late Finnebrogue founder Denis Lynn
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NewsKerry meat-free brand Naked Glory rebrands to Taste & Glory
The name change comes almost two years after the range’s launch in September 2019
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NewsMedia Bites 15 June: Covid, hospitality, Boxed, Meatless Farm
Boris Johnson has said that Britain must learn to live with coronavirus as he delayed the end of Covid restrictions by four weeks and insisted that July 19 would be the new “terminus date”.
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Comment & OpinionMeatless Farm’s fundraise shows plant-based is reaching a tipping point
The brand is likely to reap the rewards of an increasingly mainstream following with its consumer-facing Crowdcube campaign
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NewsMeatless Farm to mount £5m crowdfunding campaign
Its ‘farm-to-fork’ programme will involve investment at every stage of the supply chain, it said
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NewsMedia Bites 14 June: Meatless Farm, BrewDog, Covid lockdown
Plant-based burger and sausage maker Meatless Farm is giving its customers the chance to invest in the fast-growing company
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NewsUnilever challenges Quorn through tie-in with mycoprotein specialist Enough
Quorn is currently the only major meat-free brand to use the protein as a base for its products
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NewsSmash: Healthy food discount app for young people launches
Participating brands include Graze, Whitworths, Ugly Drinks, This, Meatless Farm and Deliciously Ella
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NewsMeatless Farm moves into savoury pastries with vegan sausage rolls
It will put the brand at loggerheads with the likes of Ginsters and Wall’s, both of which already sell chilled vegan sausage rolls in the supermarkets
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Category ReportGoing nuclear: barbecue category report 2021
If all goes to plan, barbecue season could explode this summer. How is the industry bracing itself to build on last year’s success?
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NewsMeatless Farm weighs up move into lab-grown meat market
The growth of lab-grown meat was “an inevitable part of the transition away from animal protein”, said Meatless Farm founder Morten Toft Bech
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NewsMeatless Farm opens separate plant-based protein supply division
The brand’s new site in Canada represents a CAD$15m investment