All Vegan and plant-based articles
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Profiles
Oggs CEO Hannah Carter on dyslexia, buyer meetings and animal welfare
‘I think people would make difference choices if they knew their muffins have barn egg in, or poor-welfare pork gelatine in their sweets’
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News
Germany’s Formo raises €35m to scale up lab-made cheese
This latest round of funding brings Formo’s total financing to over €135m.
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Analysis & Features
Is Veganuary losing steam? Or adapting to the future of plant-based?
Since launching in 2014, Veganuary has established itself as a key date in the calendar. But this year, activity is more muted. So does Veganuary need to adapt to a new environment? And what does it say about the future of plant-based?
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Range Preview
What’s new in Lidl’s Vemondo plant-based range
The range includes everything from meat free peppered ham to vegan grated cheese - all designed to make plant-based eating more accessible to every shopper
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Comment & Opinion
Meat-free needs to stop talking about meat
Successful meat-free brands will be those that focus on offering a nutritional profile over and above what meat can offer, says Alice Pilkington, principal analyst, Mintel Food & Drink
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News
Lidl claims a UK supermarket first with fibre food sales target
It aims to increase the tonnage of fibre it sells by 20% by 2026
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Profiles
My food & drink job: Eluney Gonzalez, national account manager, Better Nature
’That initial conversation where you tell people about your products really is just the tip of the iceberg’
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News
Oggs dodges Brexit ‘complexities’ with European production move
It comes as Oggs recently stopped producing its scrambled eggs alternative
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News
Vita Coco to bring ‘Treats’ line to UK shoppers
The NPD seeks to tap into ‘growing demand for healthier indulgences’
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Comment & Opinion
Crazy Sexy Food: podcast welcomes chilled not-chef Calum Harris
Harris plugs his new vegan cookbook by first addressing rumours he’s Jamie Oliver’s son
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Profiles
Beyond Meat’s Lee Crane on Watford FC, Oasis and jalapeños
‘From eco-friendly packaging to encouraging recycling and reducing single-use items, we need to minimise waste and protect the planet for future generations’
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News
Ditch AHDB’s Lets Eat Balanced campaign, campaigners urge
Campaigners led by Feedback have called on the government to step in and end the campaign
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Comment & Opinion
Does the science behind M&S’s Yay Mushrooms range hold up?
Containing lion’s mane and reishi mushroom, M&S’s nine-strong functional drinks range is the first of its kind from a major retailer, but the benefits remain unclear
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News
Moving Mountains eyes expansion into drinks, cereal and ice cream
The brand has applied to register its name as a trademark with the IPO across several additional classes
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News
This founder Andy Shovel launches new animal welfare charity ‘A Bit Weird’
The charity is aiming to disrupt how stories about animal suffering are told, with the current ‘grisly’ approach leaving consumers ‘unmoved’
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Profiles
My food & drink job: Paulina Wagner, trade marketing executive, Oatly
‘More brands are embracing bold, unconventional approaches, making it an exciting space for creative thinkers who love to challenge the norm’
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News
Allplants creditors owed £13m as administrators continue attempt to sell off assets
Allplants creditors are set to suffer a significant shortfall to the more than £13m owed when the vegan ready meals brand collapsed last year
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News
Trek expands hit Biscoff range with Protein Flapjack variant
Last year’s co-branded Power bar cashed in £3.9m in its first nine months
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Comment & Opinion
High flier changes everything with This sausage
A This Isn’t Pork Sausage changes the life of one high-flying real estate gal
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News
Lidl becomes first major retailer to adopt Vegetarian Society’s ‘Plant Based’ accreditation standard
The Vegetarian Society’s Plant Based trademark has been added to Lidl’s Vemondo Plant range, which it launched in October, tripling its plant-based offering in the process