Good News Notes: “Creating a sustainable beauty brand is always a noble but inevitably fraught endeavour. Without even an established definition of what ‘sustainable beauty’ means – does the packaging have to be recyclable? must the formulations be vegan? – it can be difficult to distinguish which brands really deserve the moniker and which are just using it for show. …
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Meatless Farm Launches Plant-Based Hot Dog
Good News Notes: “The plant-based food category is growing at a faster rate as more popular, common consumer brands, like Starbucks explore the territory. Brands like Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods opened the door to Americans by striking deals with mainstream fast-casual restaurants like McDonald’s, KFC, Taco Bell, Burger King and more. Now heading into grilling season and still at home, many families…
Leonardo DiCaprio Urges 37 Million Fans to Replace Meat with Beyond Burgers
Good News Notes: “Today, actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio urged his 19.5 million Twitter and 18 million Facebook followers to reduce their meat consumption to fight the climate crisis. DiCaprio shared an image of a Beyond Burger with a statistic about the positive carbon impact of every American replacing one beef burger with a plant-based…
Plant-Based Burger Chain Set to Launch in Wayzata
Good News Notes: “While the fast-food giants race to add a token plant-based burger to their menus, restaurant entrepreneur Steele Smiley is poised to take the healthy eating movement a step further with an entirely plant-based fast casual burger joint opening next month in Wayzata. Don’t worry, the fries won’t taste healthy, Smiley promises. Stalk & Spade…
Bill Gates Wants Us to Eat 100% Synthetic Beef: What Is It?
Good News Notes: “Bill Gates has a big idea to fight climate change. The Microsoft cofounder and chair of the investment fund Breakthrough Energy Ventures recently suggested that ‘all rich countries should move to 100 [percent] synthetic beef’ in an interview with MIT Technology Review. Why is Gates, a direct and indirect investor in brands like…
20 Plant-Based Foods Coming to Market in 2021
Good News Notes: “The plant-based food boom is heating up. Growth in the segment outpaced all other food categories amid the coronavirus pandemic, with plant-based meat sales up 148 percent in 2020 compared to the year before. Having surpassed the $5 billion mark last year, the overall plant-based food market is set to top $74 billion by 2027. …
Beyond Meat and PepsiCo Team Up to Bring Planet-Friendly Vegan Fare to the Mainstream
Good News Notes: “When the company with one of the most successful IPOs in history comes together with a global beverage giant, all heads turn to see what’s cooking! The PLANeT partnership with Beyond Meat and PepsiCo is the coming together of delicious, cutting-edge, plant-based food technology and a powerhouse of marketing influence with the…
Eric Adams Wants Brooklynites to Try This Meat Reduction Challenge
Good News Notes: “Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is throwing his weight behind a 21-day challenge to eat less meat. And he’s doing it by pointing out both his own transformational health journey, and how eating healthy can boost resistance to COVID-19. ‘When many people make small individual changes, it has the potential to transform…
Plant-based brand This on course for bumper Veganuary | News | The Grocer
Good News Notes: “Plant-based brand This expects to make at least £1m in retail sales during Veganuary – 40% of its total sales last year – after selling more than £300,000-worth of its products in the first week of 2021. The brand, which registered retail sales of £2.5m last year [The Grocer Top Products Survey/Nielsen 52…
Aldi launches over 20 new vegan products and expects Veganuary food sales to double
Good News Notes: “Known as a budget retailer, Aldi is making Veganuary 2021 easier on the wallet as well as the stomach. With over 20 new vegan products, you certainly won’t go hungry this January or feel like you’re missing out. Aldi is also anticipating its vegan food sales to double this Veganuary as a…