Entrepreneurs
8 Vegan Women-Owned Jewelry Brands We’re Crushing On
From paw-print cuff bracelets to hand-painted avocado earrings, these lady-boss brands are committed to sharing the vegan love in their designs—and we love them for it.
by Nicole Axworthy
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Meet the Chefs on Food Network’s First Vegan Episode of Beat Bobby Flay
Souley Vegan’s Tamearra Dyson and The Veggie’s Adyre Mason face off on the first ever vegan episode of Food Network’s Beat Bobby Flay.
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This New Fully Recycled Vegan Leather Handbag Is Made From 11 Plastic Bottles
New accessories brand Veganologie offers vegan leather handbags, wallets, and card holders made from fully recycled materials, right down to the zinc alloy hardware.
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Why South Carolina Is the New Hub of Sustainable Vegan Mushroom Leather
MycoWorks is investing $107 million to build its first full-scale mushroom leather production plant in South Carolina, where it will create 400 new jobs.
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Veganuary Founder Raises $14 Million to Take Chickens Out of the Food System
To date, UK-based brand VFC, co-founded in 2020 by Veganuary’s Matthew Glover, has raised more than $14 million to fund its mission of replacing chickens in the food system with vegan alternatives.
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Better Breakfast: Atlast Signs Deal to Grow 3 Million Pounds of Vegan Mushroom Bacon Annually
Startup Atlast partners with Whitecrest Mushrooms to grow 3 million pounds of vegan mushroom bacon on less than one acre of land.
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Finally, a Vegan Salmon Filet That’s As Flaky and Tasty As the Real Thing
Israel-based Plantish is challenging the $50 billion salmon industry with the world’s first whole-cut vegan filet that delivers the same taste, texture, and nutrition without harming a single fish.
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How Good Catch’s Vegan Salmon Is Taking a Bite Out of the Biggest Fish Category
Good Catch’s new first-to-market vegan salmon burgers offer consumers an alternative to the most-consumed fish in the United States.
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World Champion Fencer Miles Chamley-Watson Dares Everyone to Eat Vegan Chicken
Olympian Miles Chamley-Watson is known for disrupting the status quo in his sport of fencing and his new partnership with Daring Foods aims to topple the broken chicken industry with realistic vegan chicken.
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Dairy-Free Babybel Cheese Is Here and Other Vegan Food News of the Week
From new vegan Babybel cheeses to Starbucks UK dropping its vegan milk upcharge, we’re serving up the best in vegan food news.
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Boston Startup Gets FDA Approval for Protein That Makes Vegan Meat Taste Even Meatier
Motif FoodWorks heme-binding protein is created using precision technology and used to give plant-based meats the flavor and aroma of traditional meat products.
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This New Vegan Chicken Tastes Just Like Chicken Thanks to Artificial Intelligence
Chile’s The Not Company uses “Giuseppe”—its patented artificial intelligence technology platform—to create vegan chicken that tastes just like the real thing.
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This Cultured Meat Startup Just Raised a Record $347 Million with Help from Tyson
Future Meat Technologies’ historic $347 million Series B round shows that meat giants like Tyson are continuing to support the growth of cultured meat.
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Can Beer Waste Become Vegan Eggs and Milk? Budweiser’s Parent Company Is Looking Into It.
Budweiser’s parent company, Anheuser-Busch InBev, is working to develop alternative protein sources using the grains leftover from the beer-making process.
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Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger Join the Plastic-Free Vegan Leather Movement
Popular fashion brands Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger have partnered with vegan mushroom leather company Ecovative to bring plastic- and animal-free materials to the fashion world.
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Amy’s Just Opened Its Fourth Vegetarian Drive-Thru with Plans for 25 More by 2027
Amy’s Drive-Thru—where anything from burgers to milkshakes can be ordered vegan—is embarking on a massive expansion that will see 25 to 30 locations of the vegetarian drive-thru by 2027.
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Ice Cream Brand Coolhaus Ditches Dairy with Help from Perfect Day’s Animal-Free Whey
In the coming months, Coolhaus will become the first ice cream brand to fully transition to animal-free dairy using Perfect Day’s animal-free whey.
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This Toronto Cheese Master Makes Vegan Brie That’s Just Like the Real Thing
Toronto cheese master Afrim Pristine co-founded Future of Cheese, a vegan cheese brand that just launched (and promptly sold out of) its plant-based version of traditionally ripened brie.
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German Startup Develops Vegan Egg from Fava Beans. Is It Better Than Chicken Eggs?
Berlin-based Perfeggt’s new vegan liquid egg formulated with fava beans and other plant proteins will launch in early 2022.
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Four New Vegan Pizzas Arrive at San Francisco’s Joyride, Where Detroit-Style Square Pies Reign Supreme
Newcomer Joyride—a pizzeria from the owners of Samovar—is redefining Detroit-style pizzas in San Francisco with new plant-based pies topped with Beyond Sausage, Violife cheese, spicy meatless pepperoni, and vegan chicken.
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After Three Decades at Tyson, Two Meat Execs Jump Ship to Work for Beyond Meat
Longtime executives from meat giant Tyson Foods are joining vegan brand Beyond Meat in a move that proves that the plant-based meat shift isn’t just limited to dinner plates.
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Matt + Nat Makes Vegan Leather Handbags From Apple Waste for the First Time
Beloved vegan brand Matt + Nat is making its handbags even more sustainable, starting with its Studio 901 collection, made from the waste recovered from the apple juice industry.
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Step Aside Chicken Sandwiches: Impossible Cheeseburgers Are GrubHub’s Top Order of 2021
Impossible Cheeseburgers dethrone spicy chicken sandwiches as the top order of 2021 on Grubhub, where the popularity of meatless burgers is up by 442 percent.
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Why Former Dunkin’ CEO David Hoffmann Is Investing in Vegan Bacon
Former CEO David Hoffmann got the Beyond Sausage Breakfast Sandwich on the menu at Dunkin’. Now, he’s betting that vegan bacon brand Hooray Foods will reach thousands of quick-service restaurants.
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Why Michelin-Starred Chef Marco Pierre White Is Serving Whole-Cut Vegan Lamb
“I think it’s going to revolutionize our world,” Chef Marco Pierre White—Britain’s first three-starred Michelin chef—says about Redefine Meat’s whole-cut vegan lamb and beef.
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After Selling 1.3 Million Vegan Bacon Strips in the US, Hooray Foods Expands to Canada
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The New Betty Crocker? This Vegan Cake Mix Is Made with Perfect Day’s Animal-Free Whey
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Race to Save the Oceans: Fish-Free Seafood Companies Raise $116 Million in Last Six Months
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Restaurants
Fatburger’s CEO on the Future of Vegan Fast Food
by Tanya Flink
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Miyoko’s Creamery Is Giving Away 1,000 Free Vegan Pizzas. Here Is Where to Get One.
by Anna Starostinetskaya and Nicole Axworthy
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Get Ready, Los Angeles: Tabitha Brown Is About to Open Her First Restaurant
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San Francisco’s Greek Chain Souvla Is First in the Country to Serve Vegan Lamb
by Anna Starostinetskaya
Environment
Why This Startup Is Making Vegan Pecan Milk That Tastes Like Nuts Not Dairy
by Anna Starostinetskaya
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The Meatless McDonald’s McPlant Burger Is Finally Coming to America
by Anna Starostinetskaya
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There’s Now a Miyoko’s Creamery … Vegan Ice Cream. Here’s Where to Get it.
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Why TikTok Star Tabitha Brown Never Loses Sight of Her Faith, Family, or Why She’s Vegan
by Jasmin Singer
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Chef Matthew Kenney’s Newest Vegan Restaurant Is In the Maldives. Here’s What to Order.
by Nicole Axworthy
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New Startup MeliBio Uses Technology, Not Bees, to Make Real Honey
by Anna Starostinetskaya
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Here’s How This Startup Made the World’s First Animal-Free Egg Whites
by Anna Starostinetskaya
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Burger King Is the First Major Fast-Food Chain to Serve Vegan Impossible Nuggets
by Nicole Axworthy
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The Very Good Butchers Opens Another Vegan Butcher Shop. Next Up: Expansion Across North America.
by Nicole Axworthy
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