Anay Mridul

London

Vegan Food Writer and Journalist at Freelance

Reporter, @GreenQueenHK. Coffeephile. Sheerio. Red Army. Vegan. Journo. Words: @observer, @CNBCTV18Live, @caffeinemag, @NewFoodMag, @FoodMattersLive, etc.

Articles

Hoxton Farms Partners with Sumitomo to Bring Lab-Grown Pork Fat to Asia

4 weeks ago | greenqueen.com.hk | Anay Mridul

5 Mins ReadFor cultivated meat, fat is all the rage right now. In Europe, Mosa Meat has filed for regulatory approval to sell its cultivated beef fat in Switzerland and the EU. Across the Atlantic, Mission Barns has received the go-ahead from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take its cultured pork fat one step closer to commercialisation in the US. Now, a British cultivated fat startup has set its sights on Asia, the world’s largest consumer of pork.
5 Minutes with A Future Food VC: Paulig Incubator's Erika Hombert

4 weeks ago | greenqueen.com.hk | Anay Mridul

2 Mins ReadThe use of AI across the board. Advancement in crop development. Bioproduction with low energy requirements. Sustainable agricultureCircularity in food productionSustainable packagingBringing an entrepreneurial culture to the F&B industry. I wouldn’t. I’d fix people’s pre-judgements and attitudes towards vegetarian and low-meat diets.
France Food Agency Advises Ban on Soy Products in Schools, Offices

4 weeks ago | greenqueen.com.hk | Anay Mridul

5 Mins ReadAfter attempting to ban cultivated meat, France could be coming for your tofu too. The French Agency for Food, Environmental, and Occupational Health Safety (ANSES), which oversees food safety in the country, has advised mass catering environments like schools, corporate cafeterias, and daycare facilities to stop serving soy products.
Canada's Odd Burger Pauses US Expansion Plans Amid Trump's Tariff War

4 weeks ago | greenqueen.com.hk | Anay Mridul

Canada's Odd Burger has halted its US expansion plan amid "increased political tensions" soon after it announced a plan to deal with the tariff war.
Grass-Fed Beef A Bogus Climate 'Solution' That Misleads Consumers, Confirms Study

4 weeks ago | greenqueen.com.hk | Anay Mridul

5 Mins ReadYou may be eating grass-fed beef because you’ve been told it’s better for the climate. Turns out this claim is misleading “a large portion of the population who really do wish their purchasing decisions will reflect their values”, according to Gidon Eshel, an environmental physics professor at Bard College and the lead author of a new study lifting the curtain on the planetary impact of beef.
BioCraft Can Now Sell Lab-Grown Meat to EU Pet Food Producers

4 weeks ago | greenqueen.com.hk | Anay Mridul

5 Mins ReadAfter a string of developments last year, 2025 is shaping up to be a big year for cultivated pet food. Just weeks after the first such product went on sale in the UK, another startup is gearing up to sell its version in the EU. BioCraft Pet Nutrition, a Delaware-based firm with a lab in Vienna, has received registration from Austrian authorities to use Category 3 animal byproducts (ABPs) in the EU, allowing it to sell its cultivated mouse meat to pet food producers in the region.
Future Food Quick Bites: Impossible Sliders, Major League Baseball & Cat Jewellery

1 month ago | greenqueen.com.hk | Anay Mridul

5 Mins ReadImpossible Foods has introduced its latest product, Beef Sliders, exclusively at Walmart stores. The mini vegan patties are available as a six-pack for $7.48. Plant-based startup Daily Harvest has launched a USDA-certified Organic Pea Protein Powder with 24g of protein per 120-calorie serving, which would cost roughly $2. Tex-Mex chain Pancheros Mexican Grill has rolled out a Tofurizo on its menu, which includes sautéed peppers and onions, paprika, cumin, cayenne, and chilli powder.
Cauliflower Ice Cream Startup Exits New Zealand, Shifts to US Amid 'Undeniable' Demand

1 month ago | greenqueen.com.hk | Anay Mridul

5 Mins ReadEatKinda, the New Zealand startup making dairy-free ice cream from cauliflower, is withdrawing from its home market and shifting focus across the Pacific. The firm’s products sold out at Hell Pizza locations four weeks after being launched, and are currently available at 120 Woolworths stores. But it has faced challenges in scaling up its operations domestically, which has impeded its growth plans.
Is This the Future of How We Eat?

1 month ago | greenqueen.com.hk | Anay Mridul

10 Mins ReadKarim Pichara has been working with artificial intelligence (AI) his whole life. “I always knew that AI was going to be a great thing – [but] not necessarily in the food space,” he says. The CTO of NotCo, the Chilean food tech startup he co-founded with CEO Matias Muchnick a decade ago, is sitting in the company’s office in San Francisco, speaking to Green Queen on a Zoom call in late February. “Back in 2015, I had this conversation with Matias,” he recalls.
The Biased Science That Fuelled Italian Farmers' Anti-Cultivated-Meat March

1 month ago | greenqueen.com.hk | Anay Mridul

5 Mins ReadIt was only a week ago that 20,000-odd farmers from across Italy marched the city of Parma with yellow and blue flags to demand an overhaul of European food safety regulations, specifically against cultivated meat and precision-fermented foods. The procession was organised by Coldiretti, Italy’s leading farmers’ association, which has been a key voice in lobbying for anti-cultivated-meat legislation in the country.