Food and Drink

Bringing the natural and organic products industry the latest food and drink news from around the UK and Ireland.

New Leadership Team for Natural & Organic Products Expo

  After a distinguished career spanning a very impressive nineteen years with Diversified Communications, Carol Dunning has announced her decision to retire from her role...

Veganuary 2024: Whole Food Mains Trending on UK Restaurant Menus

5 Mins Read We’re nearly halfway through Veganuary 2024, and one trend is coming out strong on UK restaurant menus: a focus on whole-food...

From VFC to VFG: UK Alt-Meat Maker Rebrands with Aim to...

4 Mins Read After a year of acquisitions and continued sales growth, VFC Foods has rebranded to the Vegan Food Group with the aim...

The Sustainable Bottling Co. launches UK aluminium bottling factory

Melvin Jay, the founder of anti-plastic campaigning soda brand GUNNA Drinks, has launched a brand new aluminium bottling facility near Leicester on the back...

Phil Haughton, Founder of Better Food, receives MBE in New Year’s...

Phil Haughton, founder of award-winning Bristol-based organic retailer Better Food, receives recognition of his life’s work to create a better and fairer food system....

Steakholder Foods Unveils ‘Industry-First’ 3D-Printed Vegan Eel

4 Mins Read Israeli startup Steakholder Foods has unveiled the industry’s first 3D-printed eel to battle an industry riddled with overfishing and facing the...

Mycelium Could Be the Solution for World Hunger, Suggests New Report

5 Mins Read The world of mycelium has skyrocketed in 2023, presented as an environmental and nutritional powerhouse that’s cost-effective when produced at scale...

Let’s Eat Balanced?: UK Livestock Industry To Broadcast TV Ads Promoting...

6 Mins Read As the UK eats less meat and dairy than ever before, the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) is launching an...

12 Food System Insiders Share Their Takeaways From COP28

11 Mins Read After a whirlwind of a couple of weeks, COP28 is finally over – with promises fulfilled and promises broken, often simultaneously. It...

Bill Gates-Backed Nature’s Fynd Says It’s Launching The World’s First Fungi...

5 Mins Read Chicago-based food tech startup Nature’s Fynd will introduce what it claims are the “world’s first” fungi-based yogurts in January. Launching at...

Nordic Organic Food Fair & Eco Living Scandinavia relocates to Stockholm...

Nordic Organic Food Fair and Eco Living Scandinavia will move to KistaMässan in Stockholm for the 2024 edition, following industry feedback. The fair, which is...

Misinformation, Corporate Greed & Rising Costs: How Heather Mills’ Alt-Meat Brand...

8 Mins Read British vegan entrepreneur Heather Mills has announced that her legacy plant-based meat brand VBites is entering administration this week, after failing...

COP28 Daily Digest: Everything You Need To Know in Food and...

4 Mins Read Welcome to Day 12 of #COP28, the final day! In Green Queen’s COP28 Daily Digest, our editorial team curates the must-reads,...

Major Brand Refresh for Natural & Organic Products Europe in 2024

The branding and positioning of the highly successful Natural Organic Products Europe will see an important evolution of its sector focus. Taking place annually...

Neat Burger: Lewis Hamilton-Backed Vegan Fast-Food Chain to Close Half its...

5 Mins Read Despite recent international launches from NYC to Milan, Neat Burger has announced the closure of half of its UK restaurants after...

Top 20 Meat & Dairy Producers: GHG Emissions Up 3%, Majority...

6 Mins Read Greenhouse gas emissions from the world’s 20 largest meat and dairy producers increased by 3.28% in the last year, according to...

‘A Growing Movement’: Q&A with the Co-Founder of the World’s First...

6 Mins Read Ahead of what’s billed as the first-ever Veganic Summit (November 10-12), which will focus on organic plant-based farming that eschews the...

The Net-Zero Challenge: Carbon Offsets Need to Stop

5 Mins Read Stop pretending planting trees can justify fossil fuel emissions. By Mark Schapiro, Capital & Main Fossil fuel companies are no longer denying the realities of...

Notpla: Earthshot Prize Winner’s Seaweed Packaging Named ‘First and Only’ Plastic-Free...

4 Mins Read Earthshot Prize-winning British startup Notpla’s seaweed-based packaging has become the ‘first and only’ material recognised as plastic-free by a European Union...

Climate-Resilient Coffee: Meet Amatera, The French Startup That Raised €1.5M to...

4 Mins Read French biotech startup Amatera, which develops non-GMO, climate-friendly perennial plants using crop genetics technology, has closed a €1.5M pre-seed funding round...