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Animal-free meat and dairy alternatives have been on quite a roll this week. First Beyond Meat announced it would be in all locations of Del Taco. Two days later, Impossible […]
Yesterday Carl’s Jr. got the internet all giddy when it announced it will sell a CBD-infused burger for one day, in one location. The Rocky Mountain High: CheeseBurger Delight burger […]
Today Maple Leaf Foods, a Canadian packaged meat company and owner of vegan food brands Lightlife and Field Roast, announced plans to build a $310 million plant-based protein factory in […]
At Burger King, having it “your way” could soon mean making that whopper 100 percent meat-free. Starting today, the fast food chain will offer a Whopper made with plant-based “bleeding” patties […]
Today Alpha Foods, a plant-based meal company, announced that it has raised $7 million in funding, led by New Crop Capital and AccelFoods (h/t Fortune). The Glendale, CA-based companies makes frozen […]
Questlove, legendary drummer and frontman for The Roots and bandleader for The Tonight Show, took to Instagram today to announce a new, non-musical project: a sandwich. Dubbed “Questlove’s Cheesesteak,” the sandwich […]
NotCo, a Chile-based startup that uses AI to create plant-based versions of dairy products, has raised $30 million led by The Craftory investment fund, with participation from Jeff Bezo’s Bezos […]
Say a bakery chain wants to add a vegan blueberry muffin to its menu. First, they’d have to find substitutes for butter and eggs — depending on their preferences, maybe […]
Happy Friday from L.A., where I came for a weekend of fancy toast, museum-hopping, and sipping as much green juice as my wallet can handle. Just a short way down the coast […]
The largest beef processor in Ireland and the U.K. just became the latest major food company to make their own version of a meatless burger meant to look, cook, and taste […]
Making a burger (or chicken nugget, or egg) out of plants that tastes like the real thing is no easy feat. It takes years of R&D, teams of scientists, and […]
