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Coca-Cola sells its first nonfungible token
10 Aug 2021
Beverage giant Coca-Cola auctioned off its first-ever NFT or nonfungible token to commemorate International Friendship Day on July 30. Proceeds from the action, which totaled 217 ETH or $569.805, went to Special Olympics International.
Read morePunk health: Why young Chinese are fuelling health supplement sales
9 Aug 2021
Around the world, the health supplement market’s biggest consumers tend to be older people. In China, however, it is the younger generation of ‘punk health’ aficionados who are fuelling supplement sales.
Read moreObama celebrated 60 with top vegan brands
9 Aug 2021
Plant-based foods have become so widely accepted that former President Barack Obama’s 60th birthday celebration featured a vegan, plant-based menu, according to a menu leaked by Bloomberg.
Read moreBeyond Meat launches chicken tenders in US foodservice
6 Aug 2021
Beyond Meat now serves plant-based chicken nuggets at over 400 foodservice retail outlets in the United States. Its nuggets are made with a fava bean and pea protein base that the plant-based protein titan says customers consider to be on par with real...
Read moreQuorn invests in new French extrusion technology
5 Aug 2021
Heritage plant-protein maker Quorn awarded its most recent Future Food-Tech Innovation Challenge award to French startup Umiami for the company's novel extrusion technology process that promises thicker, more realistic cuts of plant-based protein.
Read moreChobani quietly files for IPO with expected $10B valuation
4 Aug 2021
In early July, Greek yogurt producer Chobani quietly and confidentially filed for an IPO with an anticipated valuation of more than $10 billion, Reuters reported. The company has not yet determined the number of shares it will sell nor the price range ...
Read morePlant-based nugget prices cheaper than real chicken
3 Aug 2021
Chickenflation is a real thing, and plant-based protein maker Alpha Foods is taking advantage of skyrocketing chicken prices to grab the attention of non-meat eaters and meat eaters alike.
Read moreBrazilian Geographical Indication looks to elevate Robusta to specialty coffee status
2 Aug 2021
Specialty coffee makers in Brazil are celebrating after a Robusta variety grown in the Amazon rainforest has received a protected Geographical Indication (GI).
Read moreChewing gum sales blow up in the U.S.
2 Aug 2021
As more people return to public life in the United States, gum sales are beginning to balloon following two years of sales declines, Bloomberg reported.
Read moreSurvey finds UK plant-based meals cheaper, more popular than meat
30 Jul 2021
The number of plant-based ready meals is surging in the U.K., and in addition to their increasing availability, their price point per portion is now below that of meat-filled ready meals, according to new research from the Eating Better coalition.
Read moreEuropean eco label scheme set to launch in 2022
29 Jul 2021
International industry titans from the food and beverage industry have come together with supermarkets and environmental scientists to form a non-profit that will launch front-of-pack eco-scores across Europe this September.
Read moreWorld’s first waxed vegan cheese wheels launch in Netherlands
28 Jul 2021
A Netherlands-based cheesemaker called Max&Bien debuted the world’s first vegan cheese wheel coated in paraffin wax to emulate traditional-style Dutch cheeses. This vegan cheese comes in 1.2-kilogram wheels for cheese and delicatessen stores as well as...
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