vegetarian

Raising the steaks: Why fake meat could be key to accelerating shift to climate-friendly diets

Investment

Raising the steaks: Why fake meat could be key to accelerating shift to climate-friendly diets

Social Market Foundation report argues UK has potential to lead global race to bring alternative proteins to market

clock 07 September 2021 • 6 min read
Quorn on the Kop: Liverpool FC serves up meat-free steak pies at Anfield

Marketing

Quorn on the Kop: Liverpool FC serves up meat-free steak pies at Anfield

Club claims veggie version of classic match day steak pie could see Anfield cut up to 2,250 tonnes of CO2 in just one season

clock 20 August 2021 • 2 min read

Policy

Beans over burgers: Why the National Food Strategy should focus on natural ingredients over fake meats

We should claim back our food heritage and fight climate change with nutritious foods that benefit the soils we're rapidly depleting, argues Bold Beans founder Amelia Christie-Miller

clock 26 July 2021 • 3 min read

Technology

'Guilt-free sausages': Lab-grown pork could be coming to British menus by 2023

UK developer Ivy Farm Technologies sets sights on producing 12,000 tonnes of cultivated pork each year by 2025

clock 19 May 2021 • 3 min read

Supply chain

UK's first vegan 'butcher' to open in London

Rudy's Vegan Butcher promises to sell wide range of plant-based cuts of fake meat both in person and online as sustainable diet trend grows, but will its European counterparts be able to offer their own veggie 'burgers'?

clock 21 October 2020 • 2 min read

Supply chain

Tesco targets major plant-based meat sales growth in UK first

UK retailer raises the steaks with major plan to scale up vegan and vegetarian alternatives across its stores over the next five years

clock 30 September 2020 • 5 min read

Supply chain

Plant balls: IKEA to rollout vegan 'meatballs' across UK stores

Swedish retailer claims plant-based alternative to its popular meatballs come with just four per cent of the climate footprint

clock 17 July 2020 • 3 min read

Management

Pandemic sows seeds of direct-to-consumer models for plant-based food

The pandemic has forced all food businesses to innovate, including the fast-expanding plant-based food industry

clock 19 June 2020 • 5 min read

Policy

Greener diets: The defining story of the new decade?

A huge number of food retailers are offering meatless menus, marking the start of a decade of disruption for British food and agriculture

clock 02 January 2020 • 6 min read

Supply chain

Brewdog launches Beyond Meat 'hybrid burger'

New burger features 50 per cent plant-based Beyond Meat mince, and 50 per cent real beef mince

clock 04 October 2019 • 2 min read