Tonazzo’s Meat Exit Powers Kioene Plant-Based Brand Rise
Italy’s Gruppo Tonazzo, after 136 years in meat, has gone all-in on plants. The family company closed its butchery operations at the end of 2024 and handed the reins to its Kioene plant-based brand, which has been around since the late 1980s. What was once a sideline has now become the centrepiece with attractive packs of mini burgers made from pumpkin, carrots, eggplant, spinach and kale are carried in Carrefour Italy and millions of households nationwide.
1 day ago1 min read
CowFree Milk and Cheese Hits Supermarkets
It’s finally here - CowFree milk and cheese, real dairy, zero cows. Israeli based, Strauss Group and Imagindairy have pulled off what was unthinkable a decade ago - supermarket-ready milk and cheese made by precision fermentation technology, not udders. Microbes like Aspergillus oryzae now crank out whey protein 100% nutritionally identical to the cow version.
3 days ago1 min read
How NZ’s Protein Production is Changing Face with Leaft Foods Rubisco
New Zealand’s green-leaf disruptor, Leaft Foods, is stepping firmly into Asia with a strategic partnership alongside Tokyo-based Lacto Japan. At the heart of this move is Rubisco Protein Isolate, a leaf-derived protein boasting an amino acid profile superior to dairy whey, coupled with the functionality to replace eggs, emulsifiers, and synthetic binders in everyday foods.
4 days ago1 min read
Jamie Oliver and India's Street Food
Jamie Oliver is back on the Sub-Continent, dipping into India's street food and veg traditions as part of his Ultimate Veg series. The clips are light, colourful, and unapologetically plant-forward - a absolute reminder that India’s culinary heritage has been carrying the veg flag long before it became a Western health trend.
4 days ago1 min read
Vegan Wellington Lead The Waitrose Early Christmas Parade
Christmas has officially jumped the queue as Waitrose in the UK unwraps its festive range a full four months early, and it’s not the turkey grabbing the spotlight. Instead, the UK grocer is making noise with plant-based centrepieces looking and feeling like the real stars of the table.
5 days ago1 min read
The Pure Food Co Expands Aged-Care Meals into Home Delivery
The Pure Food Co is quietly reshaping aged-care nutrition in New Zealand and Australia — and now its available at home. The company has gone beyond hospitals and rest homes, launching a home-delivery partnership with EAT that’s already winning praise from families.
6 days ago1 min read
Cultivated Meat Comes To RESPECT Farms
Europe is putting farmers at the centre of the cultivated meat revolution. The CRAFT Consortium, a coalition of Wageningen University, Mosa Meat, Aleph Farms, Multus, Kipster, Royal Kuijpers, and RespectFarms, has begun designing the world’s first cultivated meat farm, backed by €2 million in EIT Food funding. The model promises to slash water use by 78%, land by 95%, and social costs by 56%, while giving farmers a direct stake in cellular agriculture.
6 days ago1 min read
Cacao-Less Chocolate and Bean-Less Coffee and The New Bean-Free Brigade
Cacao and coffee, two of the planet’s most loved crops, are buckling under pressure. Cocoa prices have smashed past $10,000 a tonne, while weather stress is pushing Arabica uphill. Enter the bean-free brigade: innovators who promise the same taste experience, minus the deforestation, price shocks, and labour exploitation.
Sep 81 min read
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