Miyoko’s Creamery wins legal battle to use ‘dairy’ labels on vegan products
“Food is ever-evolving, and so too, should language to reflect how people actually use speech to describe the foods they eat.” Miyoko’s Creamery has won a year-long lawsuit against the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) after the US District Court for the Northern District of California ruled in favour of the plant-based dairy …
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Pizza Hut just launched Beyond Meat Pepperoni at 70 US outlets
Pizza Hut’s new Beyond Pepperoni pizza will first be available in 70 outlets across five cities in the US. Pizza Hut has launched a plant-based version of its top-selling pizza topping – pepperoni – in the US market for a limited time. The quick-service restaurant teamed up with Beyond Meat for its newest offering. According …
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Cheese brand GOOD PLANeT launches first-to-market vegan cheese wedges
The ‘snackable’ vegan cheese wedges come in three varieties: Original, Pepper Jack, and Smoked Gouda. This week, Good Planet Foods – maker of premium plant-based, allergen-free cheeses – launched new ‘snackable’ cheese wedges. The triangles, which are free from tree nuts, peanuts, gluten, soy and lactose, are made using coconut oil and chickpea proteins. They …
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Post Malone invests in plant-based burger company in $2.3 million funding round
Post Malone is among three other investors in Actual Veggie’s latest seeding round. The company has now raised $2.8 million USD in funding since its launch last year. Post Malone has been named one of the investors in plant-based burger company Actual Veggies’ latest investment round. The New York City-based startup, which launched in March …
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Burger King partners with Deliveroo for Meat-Free Monday campaign
The partnership formed to promote Meat Free Mondays will offer customers a free Vegan Royale worth £6.59. Starting this week, Deliveroo customers can feast on a free Vegan Royale from Burger King as part of a Meat-Free Monday campaign. The one-month offer on the food delivery service will run every Monday from August 9 to …
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Morrisons selling octopus for just 36p in UK store sparks outrage
“It just shows you the low value that we put on other living beings in our world around us. I don’t think you can even buy a chocolate bar for 36p.” Morrisons has been criticized for selling octopuses for just 36p after a charity worker posted an image of one of the creatures stacked on …
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Barack Obama’s 60th birthday bash menu to feature vegan food
The former POTUS will have a plant-based spread – handpicked by musician Questlove – for his 60th birthday celebrations. Former US President Barack Obama turned 60 on 4th August and will be celebrating the milestone by eating plant-based delicacies this weekend at Martha’s Vineyard. Unnamed sources privy to the festivities on leaking the menu told …
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Baskin-Robbins has now launched vegan Salted Fudge Bar ice cream
The ice cream giant says its new vegan flavour “ packs a punch of indulgence with melt-in-your-mouth creaminess from the oatmilk-base that makes it the greatest thing since ice cream.” Baskin-Robbins has rolled out a new vegan ice cream flavour in the US. The chain’s new Non-Dairy Salted Fudge Bar flavour will be available in …
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The Met Gala is going vegan for this year’s event
10 New York-based chefs will serve a collaborative plant-based menu for the first time in the history of the influential fashion event. The annual Met Gala will be serving its first fully plant-based menu at this year’s scheduled event next month (13 September). The move is part of its mission to promote equity, diversity and …
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Suffering and misery exposed at farms supplying Morrisons’ “welfare assured chicken”
“Morrisons cannot sell them, profit off their deformed, weak bodies, and then claim to take animal welfare seriously.” An undercover investigation of a major chicken supplier to supermarkets such as Morrisons has exposed the miserable and extremely painful short existence of the birds, the Mirror reported. Animal rights group Open Cages filmed footage at four …
Plant-based diet slashes risk of CVD and atherosclerosis, study finds
“Results of this study give people concrete swaps to make in their diet that are supported by research.” Plant-based foods can slash the risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and atherosclerosis when compared to diets that include animal products, a new study finds. In the study review published in Cardiovascular Research, scientists analysed cohort studies and …
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Gordon Ramsay once ‘allergic to vegans’ is now spokesperson for oat milk brand Silk
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay brands Silk’s vegan oat milk as G.O.A.T. – Greatest Of All Time. Gordon Ramsay is promoting USA’s best-selling plant-based oat milk brand Silk. The renowned chef joins a group of celebrities to endorse Silk’s oat drink in a G.O.A.T (greatest of all time) campaign after it was voted as the best …